94-Pu-237

 94-Pu-237 JAERI      EVAL-MAR95 T.Nakagawa, V.A.Konshin          
JAERI-Research 95-067 DIST-MAR02                       20001004   
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HISTORY                                                           
95-02 New evaluation was made by Nakagawa and Konshin /Na95/.     
00-10 Compiled by T.Nakagawa.                                     
      The following quantities are re-evaluated after JAERI-      
      Research 95-067:                                            
         MF=3 MT=102                                              
         MF=5 MT=16, 17, 18, 19                                   
                                                                  
MF=1 General information                                          
  MT=451 Descriptive data                                         
  MT=452 Number of neutrons per fission                           
    Sum of MT=455 and 456.                                        
  MT=455 Delayed neutrons per fission                             
    Determined from the systematics of Manero and Konshin /Ma72/. 
  MT=456 Prompt neutrons per fission                              
    Determined from the data for Pu-239.                          
                                                                  
MF=2 Resonance parameters                                         
  MT=151                                                          
    No resonance parameters were given.                           
                                                                  
       Thermal cross sections and resonance integral (barns)      
                                                                  
                  0.0253 eV     resonance int.                    
      Total       2966.5            -                             
      Elastic       11.5            -                             
      Fission     2455.0          816                             
      Capture      500            142                             
                                                                  
MF=3 Neutron cross sections                                       
  Below 1.0 eV                                                    
    The fission cross section at the thermal energy was based on  
    the recommended value of Mughabghab /Mu84/ based on           
    experimental data. The ratio of capture to fission cross      
    sections was assumed to be the same as that in the keV region 
    (about 1/5).The 1/v shape was assumed to the fission and      
    capture cross sections.  The elastic scattering cross setion  
    of 11.5 b was calculated with CASTHY /Ig91/.                  
                                                                  
  Above 1.0 eV                                                    
    Three codes of CASTHY/Ig91/, ECIS/Ra00/ and STAPRE/Uh76/      
    were used.                                                    
                                                                  
    Parameters (MeV, fm) of deformed potential/Ko93/ for ECIS:    
         V   = 46.2 - 0.3*E                                       
         W-d = 3.05 + 0.4*E                0 =< E =< 10 MeV       
             = 7.05 - 0.082*(E-10)         10 < E <=20 MeV        
         W-v = 8.0/(1+exp(-(E-50)/10))                            
         V-so= 6.2                                                
         r-r = 1.26             a-r = 0.63                        
         r-d = 1.26             a-d = 0.52                        
         r-so= 1.12             a-so= 0.47                        
         beta-2 = 0.220       beta-4 =0.07                        
                                                                  
    The spherical potential parameters/Ig85/ used in CASTHY:      
         V   = 44.7  - 0.3*E,  r-r = 1.256, a-r = 0.626           
         W-d = 4.115 + 0.4*E,  r-d = 1.260, a-d = 0.555+0.0045*E  
         V-so= 7.5,            r-so= 1.256, a-so= 0.626           
      V was modified so as to reproduce the total cross section   
      of Pu-239 in the keV region.                                
                                                                  
    Level density parameters used in CASTHY:                      
                a(1/MeV)  T(MeV)  delta(MeV) E-x(MeV) spin-cutoff 
      Pu-237     30.94     0.389   0.779       4.2131    31.10    
      Pu-238     31.68     0.394   1.556       5.1959    31.56    
                                                                  
    STAPRE calculation is described in Ref.  /Ko95/.  Fission     
    barrier parameters used are as follows:                       
                                                                  
                   Ef-A(MeV)     Ef-B(MeV)                        
          Pu238    5.60          5.10                             
          Pu237    6.00          5.80                             
          Pu236    5.30          4.70                             
          Pu235    5.60          5.10                             
                                                                  
  MT=1 Total                                                      
    1 eV - 400 keV: calculated with CASTHY.                       
    Above 400 keV : calculated with ECIS.                         
                                                                  
  MT=2 Elastic scattering                                         
    Below 1 keV: a constant value of 11.5 b was assumed.          
    Above 1 keV: Calculated as the (total) - (sum of partial)     
                 cross sections.                                  
                                                                  
  MT=4, 51-91 Inelastic scattering                                
    Compound process was calculated with CASTHY, and direct one   
    with ECIS.                                                    
                                                                  
    Level scheme/Ak95/:                                           
           Energy (keV)  Spin-parity direct-component             
      g.s.      0.0          7/2 -                                
        1      47.71         9/2 -           *                    
        2     106.0         11/2 -           *                    
        3     145.54         1/2 +                                
        4     155.45         3/2 +                                
        5     175.0         13/2 -           *                    
        6     201.18         5/2 +                                
        7     224.25         7/2 +                                
        8     257.0         15/2 -           *                    
        9     280.22         5/2 +                                
       10     304.0          9/2 +                                
       11     320.97         7/2 +                                
       12     370.4          3/2 +                                
       13     371.0          9/2 +                                
       14     404.19         5/2 +                                
       15     407.83         5/2 +                                
       16     438.41         7/2 +                                
       17     453.2          7/2 +                                
       18     473.5          7/2 +                                
       19     486.0          9/2 +                                
       20     513.0          9/2 +                                
       21     545.0          1/2 -                                
       22     582.0          5/2 -                                
       23     591.0          3/2 -                                
     Levels above 655 keV were assumed to be overlapping.         
     The direct process was calculated with ECIS for the levels   
     marked with *.                                               
                                                                  
  MT=16,17 (n,2n) and (n,3n) reactions                            
    Calculated with STAPRE.  The results were reported in Ref.    
    /Ko95/.                                                       
                                                                  
  MT=18 Fission                                                   
    Above 1 MeV, the cross section /Ko95/ calculated with STAPRE  
    was adopted.  In the region 0.1 - 1 MeV, assumed to have      
    almost same shape as Pu-239. Below 100 keV, the reaction cross
    section * 0.85 was assumed.                                   
                                                                  
  MT=102 capture                                                  
    Calculated with CASTHY. The average capture width of 0.047 eV 
    and the level spacing of 0.233 eV were assumed.  The direct   
    and semi-direct cross section was calculated with DSD /Ka99/. 
                                                                  
MF=4 Angular distributions of secondary neutrons                  
  MT=2 Elastic scattering                                         
    Above 400 keV: calculated with ECIS.                          
    Below 400 keV: calculated with CASTHY.                        
                                                                  
  MT=16,17, 18 (n,2n), (n,3n) and Fission                         
    Assumed to be isotropic in the laboratory system.             
                                                                  
  MT=51-91 Inelastic scattering                                   
    Calculated with CASTHY and ECIS.                              
                                                                  
MF=5 Energy distributions of secondary neutrons                   
  MT=16, 17, 91                                                   
    Calculated with EGNASH/Ya90/.                                 
                                                                  
  MT=18                                                           
    Evaporation spectrum with nuclear temperature obtained from   
    the systematics of Smith et al. /Sm79/ and Howerton-Doyas     
    /Ho71/.  The ratios of multi-chance fission to total were     
    estimated from the STAPRE calculation/Ko95/.                  
                                                                  
References                                                        
Ak95) Y.A. Akovali: Nucl. Data Sheets, 74, 461 (1995).            
Ho71) R.J. Howerton and R.J. Doyas: Nucl. Sci. Eng., 46, 414      
      (1971).                                                     
Ig85) A.V. Ignatyuk, et al.: Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. 42, 360 (1985).  
Ig91) S. Igarasi and T. Fukahori: JAERI 1321 (1991).              
Ka99) T. Kawano: private communication (1999).                    
Ko93) V.A. Konshin, et al.: Proc. Workshop on Computation and     
      Analysis of Nuclear Data Relevant to Nuclear Energy and     
      Safety, Trieste, Italy, 10 Feb. - 13 Mar 1992, World        
      Scientific, p.775 (1993).                                   
Ko95) V.A. Konshin: JAERI-Research 95-010 (1995).                 
Ma72) F. Manero, V.A. Konshin: At. Energy Review, 10, 637 (1972). 
Mu84) S.F. Mughabghab: "Neutron Cross Sections, Vol.1, Part B,"   
      Acadenic Press (1984)                                       
Na95) T. Nakagawa and V.A. Konshin: JAERI-Research 95-067 (1995). 
Ra00) J. Raynal: unpublished.                                     
Sm79) A. Smith, et al.: ANL/NDM-50 (1979).                        
Uh76) M. Uhl and B. Stromaier: IRK-76/10 (1976).                  
Ya90) N. Yamamuro: JAERI-M 90-006 (1990).