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 93-Np-239 ORNL       EVAL-DEC88 R. Q. WRIGHT                     
                      DIST-JAN09                     20090105     
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-----INCIDENT NEUTRON DATA                                        
------ENDF-6 FORMAT                                               
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**         Original data taken from:  JEFF-3.1                  **
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**         Original data taken from:  JEFF-3.0                  **
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   DATA TAKEN FROM   :-   ENDF/B-VI.4 (DIST-FEB90)                
                                                                  
                          JENDL-3.2 (MF1MT452,455,456)            
   Same LNU=2 representation for all neutron multiplicities       
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 ENDF/B-V MATERIAL CONVERTED TO ENDF-6 FORMAT BY NNDC             
      CONVERTED FROM JENDL-2 EVALUATION, MAT 2932 (SEE BELOW)     
      93-NP-239 KYUSHU U.+ EVAL-MAR76 Y.KANDA,JENDL-CG            
                                                                  
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        ORNL,   REVISED MARCH 2, 1987      R. Q. WRIGHT           
                                                                  
  THE JENDL2 NP-239 EVALUATION, MAT 2932, HAS BEEN REVISED BELOW  
  4.0 EV.  IN THIS ENERGY RANGE THE CAPTURE CROSS SECTION, MF=3,  
  MT=102, IS GIVEN BY:                                            
                                                                  
                  SIGC(E) = 77.0*SQRT(E0)/SQRT(E)                 
                                                                  
          WHERE E IS THE ENERGY IN EV AND E0 = 0.0253 EV.         
                                                                  
 THIS CHANGE WAS MADE IN ORDER FOR THE THERMAL CAPTURE CROSS      
 SECTION TO BE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE VALUE GIVEN IN REFERENCE 1.  
 THE TOTAL CROSS SECTION WAS MODIFIED TO BE IN AGREEMENT WITH     
 THE SUM OF THE ELASTIC AND THE REVISED CAPTURE CROSS SECTIONS.   
                                                                  
 IN ADDITION, THE TOTAL CROSS SECTIONS AT 6.2533 AND 7.5000 MEV   
 WERE INCREASED BY ABOUT 0.1% SO THAT THEY WOULD BE IN AGREEMENT  
 WITH THE SUM OF THE PARTIAL CROSS SECTIONS AT THESE ENERGIES.    
                                                                  
 THE FORMAT WAS CHANGED FROM ENDF/B-IV TO ENDF/B-V.               
                                                                  
 REFERENCE 1.  S. F. MUGHABGHAB, "NEUTRON CROSS SECTIONS: VOL 1,  
     NEUTRON RESONANCE PARAMETERS AND THERMAL CROSS SECTIONS,     
     PART B:  Z=61-100"  (1984), ACADEMIC PRESS.                  
                                                                  
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HISTORY                                                           
76-03 THE EVALUATION FOR JENDL-1 WAS PERFORMED BY KANDA (KYUSHU   
      UNIV.) AND JENDL-1 COMPILATION GROUP.  DETAILS ARE GIVEN    
      IN REF. /1/.                                                
83-03 JENDL-1 DATA WERE ADOPTED FOR JENDL-2 AND EXTENDED TO 20    
      MEV.  MF=5 WAS REVISED.                                     
84-01 COMMENT DATA WERE ADDED.                                    
                                                                  
MF=1  GENERAL INFORMATION                                         
  MT=451  DESCRIPTIVE DATA AND DICTIONARY                         
  MT=452  NUMBER OF NEUTRONS PER FISSION                          
     TAKEN FROM THE NP-237 DATA OF ENDF/B-IV.                     
                                                                  
MF=2  RESONANCE PARAMETERS                                        
  MT=151 NO RESONANCE PARAMETERS WERE GIVEN.                      
                                                                  
     2200-M/SEC CROSS SECTIONS AND CALCULATED RESONANCE INTEGRALS.
                       2200 M/SEC        RES. INTEG.              
         ELASTIC        10.50 B             -                     
         CAPTURE        37.00 B          445.   B                 
         FISSION         0.0  B            7.06 B                 
         TOTAL          47.50 B             -                     
                                                                  
MF=3  NEUTRON CROSS SECTIONS                                      
  BELOW 4.0 EV.                                                   
  MT=1    TOTAL                                                   
     SUM OF PARTIAL CROSS SECTIONS.                               
  MT=2    ELASTIC SCATTERING                                      
     THE CONSTANT CROSS SECTION OF 10.5 BARNS WAS ASSUMED FROM    
         SIG=4*3.14*(0.147*A**(1/3))**2.                          
  MT=18   FISSION                                                 
     ASSUMED TO BE ZERO BARNS.                                    
  MT=102  CAPTURE                                                 
     THE FORM OF 1/V WAS ASSUMED.  THE 2200-M/SEC CROSS SECTION   
     WAS ADOPTED FROM THE EXPERIMENTAL DATA BY STOUGHTON AND      
     HALPERIN /2/.                                                
  ABOVE 4.0 EV.                                                   
  MT=1    TOTAL                                                   
     CALCULATED WITH OPTICAL AND STATISTICAL MODEL CODE CASTHY    
     /3/.  OPTICAL POTENTIAL PARAMETERS WERE OBTAINED BY OHTA AND 
     MIYAMOTO /4/ BY USING THE TOTAL CROSS SECTION OF PU-239.     
        V = 45.87-0.2*EN, WI= 0.06, WS= 14.1, VSO= 7.3 (MEV)      
        R = 1.27        , RI= 1.27, RS=1.302, RSO= 1.27(FM)       
        A0= 0.652       , AI=0.315, AS= 0.98, ASO=0.652(FM)       
  MT=2  ELASTIC SCATTERING                                        
     CALCULATED WITH CASTHY /3/.                                  
  MT=4,51-58,91  INELASTIC SCATTERING                             
     CALCULATED WITH CASTHY /3/.  THE LEVEL SCHEME WAS ADOPTED    
     FROM NUCL. DATA SHEETS VOL.6.                                
           NO.     ENERGY(MEV)  SPIN-PARITY                       
          G.S.      0.0          5/2 +                            
            1       0.03114      7/2 +                            
            2       0.07112      9/2 +                            
            3       0.07467      5/2 -                            
            4       0.11766     11/2 +                            
            5       0.1230       7/2 -                            
            6       0.17305      9/2 -                            
            7       0.2414      11/2 -                            
            8       0.320       13/2 -                            
     LEVELS ABOVE 430 KEV WERE ASSUMED TO OVERLAPPING.  IN THE    
     CALCULATION THE CAPTURE, FISSION, (N,2N) AND (N,3N) CROSS    
     SECTIONS WERE CONSIDERED AS COMPETING PROCESSES.             
  MT=16,17  (N,2N) AND (N,3N)                                     
     CALCULATED WITH PEARLSTEIN'S METHOD /5/.                     
  MT=18  FISSION                                                  
     ESTIMATED FROM THE NP-237 FISSION CROSS SECTION BY NORMALIZ- 
     ING WITH NEUTRON SEPARATION ENERGIES.                        
  MT=102  CAPTURE                                                 
     BELOW 100 KEV, THE CROSS SECTION WAS CALCULATED FROM         
         SIG = 435 / SQRT(EN) BARNS.                              
     ABOVE 100 KEV, THA SHAPE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL DATA FOR NP-237 
     BY NAGLE ET AL. /6/ WAS ADOPTED AND NORMALIZED TO 1.4 BARNS  
     AT 100 KEV.                                                  
                                                                  
MF=4  ANGULAR DISTRIBUTIONS OF SECONDARY NEUTRONS                 
  MT=2               CALCULATED WITH CASTHY CODE /3/.             
  MT=51-58           ISOTROPIC IN THE CENTER-OF-MASS SYSTEM.      
  MT=16,17,18,91     ISOTROPIC IN THE LABORATORY SYSTEM.          
                                                                  
MF=5  ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS OF SECONDARY NEUTRONS                  
  MT=16,17,91        EVAPORATION SPECTRUM.                        
  MT=18              MAXWELLIAN FISSION SPECTRUM ESTIMATED FROM   
                     Z**2/A SYSTEMATICS /7/.                      
                                                                  
REFERENCES                                                        
 1) IGARASI S. ET AL.: JAERI 1261 (1979).                         
 2) STOUGHTON R.W. AND HALPERIN J.: NUCL. SCI. ENG., 6, 100       
    (1959).                                                       
 3) IGARASI S.: J. NUCL. SCI. TECHNOL., 12, 67 (1975).            
 4) OHTA M. AND MIYAMOTO K.: J. NUCL. SCI. TECHNOL., 10, 583      
    (1973).                                                       
 5) PEARLSTEIN S.: NUCL. SCI. ENG., 23, 238 (1965).               
 6) NAGEL R.J. ET AL.: 1971 KNOXVILLE CONF., 259 (1971).          
 7) SMITH A.B. ET AL.: ANL/NDM-50 (1979).                         
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 Relevant comments taken from JENDL-3.2                           
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HISTORY                                                           
76-03 THE EVALUATION FOR JENDL-1 WAS PERFORMED BY KANDA (KYUSHU   
      UNIV.) AND JENDL-1 COMPILATION GROUP.  DETAILS ARE GIVEN    
      IN REF. /1/.                                                
83-03 JENDL-1 DATA WERE ADOPTED FOR JENDL-2 AND EXTENDED TO 20    
      MEV.  MF=5 WAS REVISED.                                     
87-07 DATA FORMAT WAS CONVERTED INTO ENDF-5 FORMAT AND ADOPTED    
      TO JENDL-3.                                                 
94-06 JENDL-3.2.                                                  
       NU-P, NU-D AND NU-TOTAL WERE MODIFIED.                     
      COMPILED BY T.NAKAGAWA (NDC/JAERI)                          
                                                                  
     *****   MODIFIED PARTS FOR JENDL-3.2   ********************  
      (1,452), (1,455), (1,456)                                   
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MF=1  GENERAL INFORMATION                                         
  MT=451  DESCRIPTIVE DATA AND DICTIONARY                         
  MT=452 NUMBER OF NEUTRONS PER FISSION                           
     SUM OF NU-P NAD NU-D.                                        
  MT=455 DELAYED NEUTRONS PER FISSION                             
     AVERAGE VALUES OF SYSTEMATICS BY TUTTLE/2/, BENEDETTI ET     
     AL./3/ AND WALDO ET AL./4/  DECAY CONSTANTS WERE ASSUMED TO  
     BE THE SAME AS THOSE OF NP-237 EVALUATED BY BRADY AND        
     ENGLAND/5/.                                                  
  MT=456 PROMPT NEUTRONS PER FISSION                              
     BASED ON SYSTEMATICS BY MANERO AND KONSHIN/6/, AND BY        
     HOWERTON/7/.                                                 
                                                                  
REFERENCES                                                        
 1) IGARASI S. ET AL.: JAERI 1261 (1979).                         
 2) TUTTLE R.J.: INDC(NDS)-107/G+SPECIAL, P.29 (1979),            
 3) BENEDETTI G. ET AL.: NUCL. SCI. ENG., 80, 379 (1982).         
 4) WALDO R. ET AL.: PHYS. REV., C23, 1113 (1981).                
 5) BRADY M.C. AND ENGLAND T.R.: NUCL. SCI. ENG., 103, 129 (1989).
 6) MANERO F. AND KONSHIN V.A.:  AT. ENERGY REV.,10, 637 (1972).  
 7) HOWERTON R.J.: NUCL. SCI. ENG.,62, 438 (1977).                
 8) STOUGHTON R.W. AND HALPERIN J.: NUCL. SCI. ENG., 6, 100       
    (1959).                                                       
 9) IGARASI S. AND FUKAHORI T.: JAERI 1321 (1991).                
10) OHTA M. AND MIYAMOTO K.: J. NUCL. SCI. TECHNOL., 10, 583      
    (1973).                                                       
11) PEARLSTEIN S.: NUCL. SCI. ENG., 23, 238 (1965).               
12) NAGEL R.J. ET AL.: 1971 KNOXVILLE CONF., 259 (1971).          
13) SMITH A.B. ET AL.: ANL/NDM-50 (1979).                         
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