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 96-Cm-244 HEDL,SRL,+ EVAL-APR78 MANN,BENJAMIN,HOWERTON,ET AL.    
 HEDL TME 77-54       DIST-JAN09                     20090105     
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           Original data taken from:  ENDF/B-VI.8                 
   Components of the energy released by fission (MT=458)          
   updated by O. Serot et al. (JEF/DOC-887).                      
                                                                  
  05-01 NEA/OECD (Rugama) 8 delayed neutron groups                
  Jefdoc-976 (Wilson and England, Prog Nucl Eng 41,71(2002)       
                                                                  
 ENDF/B-V MATERIAL CONVERTED TO ENDF-6 FORMAT BY NNDC             
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           HEDL       EVAL-APR78 MANN AND SCHENTER (FAST)         
           SRL        EVAL-JUL75 BENJAMIN (THERMAL)               
           LLL        EVAL-APR78 HOWERTON (GAMMA PRODUCTION)      
           ANC+AI     EVAL-MAY67 DUNFORD + ALTER                  
                           APR74  EXTENDED TO 20 MEV FOR ENDF/B   
                                  VERSION IV                      
MF=1  GENERAL INFORMATION  (MT=452-456, JENDL3.3)                 
  MT=451   COMMENTS AND DICTIONARY                                
  MT=452   NUMBER OF NEUTRONS PER FISSION                         
      SUM OF MT'S =455 AND 456.                                   
  MT=455   DELAYED NEUTRON DATA                                   
      SEMI-EMPIRICAL FORMULA BY TUTTLE (REF. 1)                   
  MT=456   NUMBER OF PROMPT NEUTRONS PER FISSION                  
      SEMI-EMPIRICAL FORMULA BY HOWERTON (REF. 2-3)               
  MT=458 ENERGY FROM FISSION  BASED ON SHER (REF. 17)             
MF=2                  RESONANCE PARAMETERS(0 EV TO 10 KEV)        
  MT=151 RESOLVED RESONANCES   PARAMETERS ARE INCLUDED FOR 37 RE- 
     SOLVED RESONANCES AND ONE BOUND LEVEL BASED ON ORELA, LASL,  
     AND MTR MEASUREMENTS(REFS.4-6) UP TO 520 EV.  PARAMETERS OF  
     THE BOUND LEVEL AND THE FIRST RESONANCE WERE MODIFIED WITHIN 
     REASONABLE EXPERIMENTAL LIMITS TO PROVIDE AGREEMENT WITH     
     INTEGRAL DATA (REFS. 7 + 8) AND PRODUCTION STUDIES (REFS.9 + 
     10).  THE POTENTIAL SCATTERING CROSS SECTION IS 10.32 BARNS  
     FROM OPTICAL MODEL CALCULATIONS.  2200 M/S CROSS SECTIONS    
     FROM RESONANCE PARAMETERS ARE   CAPTURE- 10.4 B, FISSION-    
     0.60 B, ELASTIC- 7.16 B, TOTAL- 18.13 B.  THIS VALUE DIFFERS 
     FROM THE TOTAL CROSS SECTION DETERMINED BY BERRETH ET AL.    
     (23+-3 B), BUT BERRETH S DATA WAS NOT CORRECTED FOR SMALL    
     ANGLE SCATTERING, A CORRECTION WHICH WOULD REDUCE THE MEAS-  
     URED 2200 M/S TOTAL CROSS SECTION SIGNIFICANTLY.  RESOLVED   
     RANGE- 0 TO 525 EV.                                          
         UNRESOLVED RESONANCES   PARAMETERS FOR S-WAVE RESONANCES 
     ARE AVERAGES FROM THE RESOLVED REGION, WITH THE FISSION      
     WIDTH FROM MOORE S MORE EXTENSIVE DATA FOR THE FISSION  RESO-
     NANCES(REF. 5).  FOR THE P-WAVE RESONANCES- D, GG, AND GF    
     ARE ALSO BASED ON THE RESOLVED REGION, WHILE GN0 IS DETERMIN-
     ED FROM THE P-WAVE STRENGTH FUNCTIONS OF DUNFORD AND ALTER   
     (REF. 11).  UNRESOLVED RANGE- 525 EV TO 10 KEV.              
MF=3                  SMOOTH CROSS SECTIONS(ABOVE 10 KEV)         
  MT=1   TOTAL CROSS SECTION   FAST REGION FROM AN OPTICAL MODEL  
     CALCULATION (REF. 12).                                       
  MT=2   ELASTIC SCATTERING  DATA OBTAINED IN PROCEDURE           
       IDENTICAL TO MT=1.                                         
  MT=4   INELASTIC SCATTERING  DATA RESULTS FROM THE SCATTERING   
       TO 3 LEVELS PLUS CONTINUUM.  AGAIN AN OM IS USED WITH A    
       STATISTICAL COMPOUND NUCLEUS MODEL (REF. 12)               
  MT=16 N,2N BASED ON STATISTICAL MODEL CALCULATIONS (REF. 12)    
  MT=17 N,3N BASED ON STATISTICAL MODEL CALCULATIONS (REF. 12)    
    MT=18  FISSION   THERMAL REGION DATA CALCULATED FROM RESONANCE
       PARAMETERS.  FAST REGION BASED ON DATA OF MOORE (REF 13),  
       WITH HIGHER ENERGY EVALUATIONS BASED ON STATISTICAL MODEL  
       CALCULATIONS (REF 12).                                     
  MT=19 (N,F) SAME AS MT=18 UNTIL (N,NF) THRESHOLD, CONSTANT      
        THEREAFTER.                                               
  MT=20 (N,NF) DIFFERENCE OF MT=18 AND MT=19                      
  MT=51,52,53,91 INELASTIC SCATTERING DATA RESULTS FROM THE       
        SCATTERING TO 3 LEVELS PLUS CONTINUUM.  AGAIN AN OM IS    
        USED WITH A STATISTICAL COMPOUND NUCLEUS MODEL (REF. 12)  
    MT=102 CAPTURE   THERMAL DATA CALCULATED FROM RESONANCE       
       PARAMETERS.  FAST REGION DATA FROM A STATISTICAL MODEL     
       ASSUMING DIPOLE RADIATION.                                 
                                                                  
MF=4                  LEGENDRE POLYNOMIALS                        
    MT=2   ELASTIC SCATTERING   LEGENDRE COEFFICINTS FOR 15TH     
       ORDER FIT TO CALCULATED ANGULAR DISTRIBUTIONS (DOM) ARE    
       PROVIDED BETWEEN 10 KEV AND 11 MEV AND 19TH ORDER BETWEEN  
       12 AND 15 MEV.                                             
    MT%2  ASSUMED ISOTROPIC                                       
                                                                  
MF=5                  SECONDARY ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS              
    MT=16  N,2N   NUCLEAR TEMPERATURE WITH ENERGY DEPENDENCE AS IN
       REFERENCE 14.                                              
  MT=17 SAME REFERENCE AS MT=16                                   
    MT=18  FISSION   MAXWELLIAN WITH CONSTANT TEMPERATURE FROM    
       CORRELATION OF REF. 15.                                    
  MT=19 AND 20 SAME AS MT=18                                      
  MT=91 BASED ON PARAMETERS OF GILBERT AND CAMERON (REF. 16)      
                                                                  
                                                                  
                      REFERENCES                                  
  1. TUTTLE R.J.: INDC(NDS)-107/G+SPECIAL, 29 (1979).             
  2. HOWERTON R.J.: NUCL. SCI. ENG., 62, 438 (1977).              
  3. R.J.HOWERTON,NUCL.SCI.ENG.46(1971)42.                        
  4. O.SIMPSON,F.SIMPSON,T.YOUNG,J.HARVEY,N.HILL, + R.            
     BENJAMIN(PRIVATE COMMUNICATION)                              
  5. M.MOORE + G.KEYWORTH,PHYS.REV.C3(1971)1656                   
  6. J.BERRETH,F.SIMPSON, + B.RUSCHE,NUCL.SCI.ENG.49(1972)145     
  7. R.BENJAMIN,K.MACMURDO + J.SPENCER,NUCL.SCI.ENG.47(1972)203   
  8. M.THOMPSON,M.HYDER, + R.REULAND,J.INORG.NUCL.CHEM.33(1971)   
     1553                                                         
  9. R.BENJAMIN,V.VANDERVELDE,T.GORRELL + F.MCCROSSON,PROC.CONF.  
     NUCL.CROSS SECT. + TECH.,WASH.,D.C.,MAR.,1975                
 10. R.BENJAMIN,V.VANDERVELDE,T.GORRELL + F.MCCROSSON,USERDA      
     REPORT TO BE ISSUED(WILL SUPERCEDE REF. 12)                  
 11. C.DUNFORD + H.ALTER,USAEC REPORT NAA-SR-12271(1967)          
 12. F.M.MANN + R.E.SCHENTER, TRANS. AMER. NUC. SOC. 23(1976)546  
        AND HEDL TME 77-54 (1977)                                 
 13. M.S.MOORE AND G.A.KEYWORTH, PHYS. REV. C3(1971)1656          
 14. K.PARKER,AWREO-79/63(1964)                                   
 15. E.BARNARD ET AL.,NUCL.PHYS.71(1965)228                       
 16. A. GILBERT AND A.G.W. CAMERON, CAN. J. PHYS. 43(1965)1466    
 17. R SHER AND C. BECK EPRI NP-1771 1981 AND REV.1 JAN. 1983     
                                                                  
MF=12,13,14,15     PHOTON PRODUCTION                              
     FILES TAKEN FROM THE LLL EVALUATIONS OF R. HOWERTON          
     DOCUMENTED IN UCRL 50400, VOL. 15, PART A (METHODS) SEPT 75  
     AND PART B (CURVES) APR 76. FILES EXTENDED TO THE ENERGY     
     RANGE 1.-5 EV TO 20 MEV AND MERGED TO THIS EVALUATION        
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