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 98-Cf-251 NEA        RCOM-JUN82 SCIENTIFIC CO-ORDINATION GROUP   
                      DIST-JAN09                     20090105     
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-----INCIDENT NEUTRON DATA                                        
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**         Original data taken from:  JEFF-3.0                  **
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  05-01 NEA/OECD (Rugama) 8 delayed neutron groups                
  Jefdoc-976 (Wilson and England, Prog Nucl Eng 41,71(2002)       
                                                                  
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   DATA TAKEN FROM   :-   JEF-2.2 (DIST-JAN92)                    
                                                                  
                          ENDF/B-VI.4 (MF1 MT452,455,456)         
                                                                  
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*   JEF-2                                                        *
*     DATA WERE TAKEN FROM ENDF/B-V(MAT=8851).                   *
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*    3-JAN-85: RADIOACTIVE DECAY DATA DELETED.                    
*   10-JUN-86: ISOTROPIC MF=4,MT=18 ADDED.                        
*    7-APR-88: CHANGE OF THE FLAG FROM SINGLE LEVEL TO MULTI LEVEL
*              BREIT-WIGNER RESONANCE PARAMETERS.FOR THE SPIN OF  
*              L=0,RESONANCES HAVE BEEN RANDOMLY ASSIGNED BY THE  
*              COMPUTER CODE RNDSPIN (H. GRUPPELAAR)              
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           BNL,SRL,LLLEVAL-JUL76 KINSEY-ASSEMBLER(SEE COMMENTS)   
                      DIST-DEC78                       790307     
 THIS EVALUATION IS IN GENERAL A COMBINATION OF THE AUGUST        
 1975 EVALUATION OF BENJAMIN AND MCCROSSON AT SRL DOCUMENTED HERE 
 AND THE ENDL EVALUATION OF HOWERTON AT LLL (REF.3). BOTH SOURCES 
 WERE MODIFIED TO CONFORM TO THE ENDF/B-V FORMAT REQUIREMENTS.    
 IMPORTANT CHANGES OR ADDITIONS ARE NOTED.                        
MF=1                  GENERAL INFORMATION                         
  MT=452 NUBAR   THERMAL VALUE COMPUTED FROM SEMI-EMPIRICAL WORK  
     OF GORDEEVA AND SMIRENKIN(REF.1) AS REVISED BY MANERO AND    
     KONSHIN(REF.2).  ENERGY DEPENDENCE BASED ON WORK OF HOWER-   
     TON(REF.3) RENORMALIZED TO THE THERMAL VALUE AT BNL.         
MF=2                  RESONANCE PARAMETERS(0 TO 10 KEV)           
  MT=151 RESOLVED RESONANCES   RESONANCE PARAMETERS DETERMINED BY 
     THE GENRPAR CODE(REF.4) BASED UPON RESONANCE INTEGRALS AND   
     CROSS SECTIONS FROM PRODUCTION MEASUREMENTS(REF.5) AND ORR   
     IRRADIATIONS(REF.6).  RESOLVED REGION - 0 TO 163.9 EV.       
         UNRESOLVED RESONANCES   SAME BASIS AS RESOLVED, WITH     
     AVERAGE RESONANCE PARAMETERS.  UNRESOLVED REGION - 163.9 EV  
     TO 10 KEV.                                                   
  NOTE: A BOUND LEVEL AT -2.035 EV WAS REMOVED FROM THE SRL       
     EVALUATION. APPRORIATE BACKGROUNDS WERE INCLUDED IN MF=3     
     IN ORDER THAT THE NG AND NF CURVES WOULD REMAIN THE SAME.    
CROSS SECTION         SIGMA(0.0253 EV)      I(0.5 EV - 20 MEV)    
TOTAL                  8191.73                                    
ELASTIC                   8.84                                    
FISSION                5321.28               4949.63              
CAPTURE                2861.61               1629.34              
MF=3                  SMOOTH CROSS SECTIONS(1.-5 EV TO 20 MEV)    
  MT=1 SUM OF THE ELASTIC, NF, AND NG BACKGROUND FILES UP TO 10   
     KEV JOINED TO THE LLL EVALUATION.                            
  MT=2 BACKGROUND IS A CONSTANT UP TO THE FIRST RESONANCE         
     WHICH THEN GOES RAPIDLY TO ZERO. CONSTANT CHOSEN TO GIVE     
     A THERMAL CROSS SECTION IN COMBINATION WITH THE RESONANCE    
     PARAMETERS WHICH IS EQUAL TO 90( OF THE SPHERICAL OPTICAL    
     MODEL VALUE. ABOVE 10 KEV THE CROSS SECTION IS FROM THE      
     LLL EVALUATION.                                              
  MT=18,102 BACKGROUND WAS CALCULATED TO GIVE THE SAME CURVE      
     AFTER THE BOUND LEVEL WAS DELETED AS WAS OBTAINED WITH THE   
     ORIGINAL SRL PARAMETERS UP TO 10 KEV JOINED TO THE           
     LLL EVALUATION.                                              
  MT=4,91 FROM LLL EVALUATION WITH Q CALCULATED FROM THRESHOLD.   
  MT=16,17,37 FROM LLL EVALUATION WITH THRESHOLD CALCULATED FROM  
     THE Q VALUE.                                                 
  MT=251,252,253 CALCULATED AT BNL.                               
MF=4                  ANGULAR DISTRIBUTIONS                       
  MT=2 ELASTIC FROM LLL EVALUATION CULLED TO 101 POINTS PER       
     DISTRIBUTION AND RENORMALIZED.                               
  MT=16,17,37,91 DUMMY ISOTROPIC DISTRIBUTIONS.                   
MF=5                  SECONDARY NEUTRON ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS      
  MT=16,17,37,91 FROM LLL EVALUATION.                             
  MT=18 SIMPLE FISSION MAXWELLIAN WITH ENERGY DEPENDENT TEMPER-   
     ATURE FROM THE SRL EVALUATION.                               
                      REFERENCES                                  
  1. L.D.GORDEEVA AND G.N.SMIRENKIN,SOV.AT.EN.14(1963)56.         
  2. F.MANERO AND V.A.KONSHIN,AT.EN.REV.10(1972)637.              
  3. R.J.HOWERTON, UCRL 50400, VOL. 15, PART A (METHODS) SEPT 75  
    AND PART B (CURVES) APR 76.                                   
  4. F.J.MCCROSSON,PROC.CONF.NEUT.CROSS SECTIONS AND TECH.,       
     KNOXVILLE,TN,MARCH 1971,P.714.                               
  5. R.W.BENJAMIN,F.J.MCCROSSON,V.D.VANDERVELDE, AND T.C.GORRELL, 
     USERDA REPORT DP-1394(1975).                                 
  6. J.HALPERIN,C.E.BEMIS,R.E.DRUSCHEL,AND R.E.EBY,USAEC REPORT   
     ORNL-4706(1971)47.                                           
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 Relevant comments from ENDF/B-VI.4                               
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                       ENDF/B-VI REVISION 1                       
 ADDED MISSING FISSION NEUTRON ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION MF=4 MT=18    
   ASSUMED TO BE ISOTROPIC                                        
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 ENDF/B-V MATERIAL CONVERTED TO ENDF-6 FORMAT BY NNDC             
 *         *          *          *          *          *         *
 THIS EVALUATION IS IN GENERAL A COMBINATION OF THE AUGUST        
 1975 EVALUATION OF BENJAMIN AND MCCROSSON AT SRL DOCUMENTED HERE 
 AND THE ENDL EVALUATION OF HOWERTON AT LLNL (REF.3). BOTH SOURCES
 WERE MODIFIED TO CONFORM TO THE ENDF/B-V FORMAT REQUIREMENTS.    
 IMPORTANT CHANGES OR ADDITIONS ARE NOTED.                        
MF=1                  GENERAL INFORMATION                         
  MT=452 NUBAR   THERMAL VALUE COMPUTED FROM SEMI-EMPIRICAL WORK  
     OF GORDEEVA AND SMIRENKIN(REF.1) AS REVISED BY MANERO AND    
     KONSHIN(REF.2).  ENERGY DEPENDENCE BASED ON WORK OF HOWER-   
     TON(REF.3) RENORMALIZED TO THE THERMAL VALUE AT BNL.         
  MT=455 DEL. NUBAR, M.C.BRADY AND T.R.ENGLAND, NSE 103,129(1989) 
                                                                  
                      REFERENCES                                  
  1. L.D.GORDEEVA AND G.N.SMIRENKIN,SOV.AT.EN.14(1963)56.         
  2. F.MANERO AND V.A.KONSHIN,AT.EN.REV.10(1972)637.              
  3. R.J.HOWERTON, UCRL 50400, VOL. 15, PART A (METHODS) SEPT 75  
    AND PART B (CURVES) APR 76.                                   
  4. F.J.MCCROSSON,PROC.CONF.NEUT.CROSS SECTIONS AND TECH.,       
     KNOXVILLE,TN,MARCH 1971,P.714.                               
  5. R.W.BENJAMIN,F.J.MCCROSSON,V.D.VANDERVELDE, AND T.C.GORRELL, 
     USERDA REPORT DP-1394(1975).                                 
  6. J.HALPERIN,C.E.BEMIS,R.E.DRUSCHEL,AND R.E.EBY,USAEC REPORT   
     ORNL-4706(1971)47.                                           
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