93-Np-237

 93-NP-237 JAERI      EVAL-Jan01 T.Nakagawa, O.Iwamoto            
JAERI-R 2001-059      DIST-MAR02 REV4-JUL01            20010730   
----JENDL-3.3         MATERIAL 9346                               
-----INCIDENT NEUTRON DATA                                        
------ENDF-6 FORMAT                                               
                                                                  
HISTORY                                                           
79-03 NEW EVALUATION WAS MADE BY N.WACHI AND Y.KANDA (KYUSHU      
      UNIVERSITY), AND Y.KIKUCHI (JAERI).                         
87-11 (N,2N), (N,3N) AND FISSION CROSS SECTIONS WERE RE-EVALUATED 
      IN THE ENERGY RANGE ABOVE 100 KEV BY Y.UENOHARA AND Y.KANDA 
      (KYUSHU UNIVERSITY).                                        
88-01 COMPILED BY T.NAKAGAWA (JAERI).                             
        MODIFIED QUANTITIES : (1,452), (1,456), (3,2), (3,16)     
                              (3,17) AND (3,18)                   
89-02 FP YIELDS WERE TAKEN FROM JNDC FP DECAY FILE VERSION-2.     
89-03 (N,2N) REACTION CROSS SECTION WAS MODIFIED.                 
93-08 JENDL-3.2.                                                  
      (2,151), (3,18), (8,16) and (9,16) MODIFIED BY T.NAKAGAWA   
      (NDC/JAERI)                                                 
01-01 JENDL-3.3                                                   
      Reevaluated and compiled by T.Nakagawa /1/                  
                                                                  
     *****   MODIFIED PARTS FROM JENDL-3.2  ********************  
     All except (3,16)                                            
     ***********************************************************  
                                                                  
                                                                  
MF=1  General Information                                         
  MT=451  Descriptive data and directory records                  
                                                                  
  MT=452  Number of neutrons per fission                          
     Sum of MT's= 455 and 456                                     
                                                                  
  MT=455  Delayed neutron data                                    
     Nu-d was based on the experimental data of Saleh et al./2/,  
     Charlton et al./3/, Piksaikin et al./4/ and Zeinalov et      
     al./5/ Decay constants were detemined from the experimental  
     data of Piksaikin et al. /4/.                                
                                                                  
  MT=456  Number of prompt neutrons per fission                   
     Based on the experimental data of Veeser /6/, Frehaut et     
     al. /7/, Malinovskii et al. /8/, Boikov et al. /9/,          
     and recommended data of Mughabghab /10/.                     
                                                                  
                                                                  
MF=2 Resonance Parameters                                         
  MT=151 Resolved and unresolved resonance parameters             
  1) Resolved resonance parameters for MLBW formula (below 500 eV)
      Neutron and capture widths: Gressier et al. /11/ and        
            Auchampaugh et al. /12/                               
      Fission width: Borzakov et al./13/, Dermendjiev et al.      
            /14/ and Auchampaugh et al. /12/                      
      Parameters of the -0.56- and 0.49-eV resonance were         
      adjusted to reproduce thermal fission and capture cross     
      sections.                                                   
      Scattering radius of 10.5 fm to reproduce the thermal total 
      cross section calculated from Gressier et al.'s parameters. 
                                                                  
  2) Unresolved resonance parameters (500 eV - 35 keV)            
      The average resonance parameters were determined with ASREP 
      /15/ to reproduce average cross sections:                   
                                                                  
          total: Auchampaugh et al. /12/                          
        fission: Yamanaka et al. /16/, Iwasaki et al./17/         
        capture: Weston and Todd /18/                             
                                                                  
                                                                  
         Thermal cross sections and resonance integrals           
    -------------------------------------------------------       
                    0.0253 eV    reson. integ.                    
    -------------------------------------------------------       
    total          175.79                                         
    elastic         14.06                                         
    fission          0.0204            6.90                       
    capture        161.71            657                          
    -------------------------------------------------------       
                                                                  
                                                                  
MF=3 Neutron Cross Sections                                       
                                                                  
  MT= 1 Total cross section                                       
    Evaluation by Ignatyuk et al./19/ was adopted. Their data     
    reproduce well the experimental data of Kornilov et al./20/   
    and Auchampaugh et al./12/                                    
                                                                  
  MT= 2 Elastic scattering cross section                          
    Calculated as (total - sum ofpartiacl cross sections)         
                                                                  
  MT=4, 51-82,91 Inelastic scattering cross sections              
    Evaluation by Ignatyuk et al./19/ was adopted.                
                                                                  
  MT=16 (n,2n) reaction cross section                             
    The same as JENDL-3.2.                                        
    [Comment for JENDL-3.2]                                       
      FOR JENDL-2, DATA WERE CALCULATED WITH THE EVAPORATION      
      MODEL OF SEGEV+/21/. THE DATA FOR JENDL-3 WERE EVALUATED    
      BY FITTING TO THE FOLLOWING EXPERIMENTAL DATA.              
        PERKIN+ /22/, LANDRUM+ /23/, LINDKE+ /24/,                
        FORT+ /25/, GROMOVA+ /26/ AND KORNILOV+ /27/.             
      THE DATA OF JENDL-2 WERE USED AS PRIOR VALUES, AND 50%      
      FRACTIONAL STANDARD DEVIATIONS WERE ASSIGNED TO THEM.       
                                                                  
  MT=17, 37 (n,3n), (n,4n) recation cross sections                
    Evaluation by Ignatyuk et al./19/ was adopted.                
                                                                  
  MT=18 Fission cross section                                     
    Based on the experimental data:                               
      Brown+ /28/, Jiacoletti+ /29/, Kobayashi+ /30/,             
      Plattard+ /31/, Alkhazov+ /32,33,34/, Grady+ /35/,          
      Cance+ /36/, Meadows+ /37,38/, Wu+ /39/, Zasadny+ /40/,     
      Garlea+ /41/, Gul+ /42/, Merla+ /43/, Behrens+ /44/,        
      Goverdovskij+ /45/, Kanda+ /46/, Terayama+ /47/,            
      Desdin+ /48/, Iwasaki+ /17/, Kuprijanov+ /49/,              
      Kovalenko+ /50/.                                            
                                                                  
  MT=102 Capture cross section                                    
    Evaluation by Ignatyuk et al./19/ was adopted.                
                                                                  
                                                                  
MF=4  Angular Distributions of Secondary Neutrons                 
  MT=2,51-82                                                      
    ENDF/B-VI was adopted.                                        
                                                                  
    note: Data of MF=81 at 16 MeV were deleted because of         
          nagative distributions.                                 
                                                                  
                                                                  
MF=5  Energy Distributions of Secondary Neutrons                  
  MT=18                                                           
    Maxwellian distributions were assumed. Temperature was        
    based on Baba /51/ and Boikov et al. /9/.                     
                                                                  
  MT=455                                                          
    Taken from Brady and England /52/.                            
                                                                  
                                                                  
MF=6  Energy-Angle Distrubutions                                  
  MT=16, 17, 37, 91                                               
    ENDF/B-VI was adopted.                                        
                                                                  
                                                                  
MF=8  Radioactive Decay                                           
  MT=16                                                           
    Decay data of Np-236: taken from Table of isotopes /53/       
                                                                  
                                                                  
MF=9  Multiplicities for Production of Radioactive Nuclides       
  MT=16                                                           
    Meta-stable state (T-1/2 =22.5H) production was assumed to    
    be 75 %.                                                      
                                                                  
                                                                  
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