Processing and benchmarking of evaluated nuclear data file/b-viii.0β4 cross-section library by analysis of a series of critical experimental benchmark using the monte carlo code MCNP(X) and NJOY2016

• Main Authors: Kabach Ouadie, Chetaine Abdelouahed, Jalil Abdelhamid, Darif Abdelaziz, Saidi Abdelmajid
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017-12-01
• Series: Nuclear Engineering and Technology
• Subjects: Benchmark; Critical; Evaluated nuclear data File (ENDF)/B-VI.8; ENDF/B-VII.0; ENDF/B-VII.1; ENDF/B-VIII.0β4; MCNP(X); NJOY2016; Validation
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573317302917
• ISSN: 1738-5733

To validate the new Evaluated Nuclear Data File (ENDF)/B-VIII.0β4 library, 31 different critical cores were selected and used for a benchmark test of the important parameter keff. The four utilized libraries are processed using Nuclear Data Processing Code (NJOY2016). The results obtained with the ENDF/B-VIII.0β4 library were compared against those calculated with ENDF/B-VI.8, ENDF/B-VII.0, and ENDF/B-VII.1 libraries using the Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP(X)) code. All the MCNP(X) calculations of keff values with these four libraries were compared with the experimentally measured results, which are available in the International Critically Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project. The obtained results are discussed and analyzed in this paper.