https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018029
Regular Article
Critical review of CIELO evaluations of n+ 235U, 238U using differential experiments
NAPC – Nuclear Data Section, International Atomic Energy Agency,
Vienna
1400, Austria
* e-mail: R.CapoteNoy@iaea.org
Received:
18
December
2017
Received in final form:
28
February
2018
Accepted:
14
May
2018
Published online: 14 November 2018
Key reactions have been selected to compare JEFF-3.3 (CIELO 2) and IAEA CIELO (CIELO 1) evaluated nuclear data files for neutron induced reactions on 235U and 238U targets. IAEA CIELO evaluation uses reaction models to construct the evaluation prior, but strongly relied on differential data including all reaction cross sections fitted within the IAEA Neutron Standards project. The JEFF-3.3 evaluation relied on a mix of differential and integral data with strong contribution from nuclear reaction modelling. Differences in evaluations are discussed; a better reproduction of differential data for the IAEA CIELO evaluation is shown for key reaction channels.
© R. Capote and A. Trkov, published by EDP Sciences, 2018
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