The joint evaluated fission and fusion nuclear data library, JEFF-3.3

The joint evaluated fission and fusion nuclear data library 3.3 is described. New evaluations for neutron-induced interactions with the major actinides $^{235}$U, $^{238}$U and $^{239}$Pu, on $^{241}$Am and $^{23}$Na, $^{59}$Ni, Cr, Cu, Zr, Cd, Hf, W, Au, Pb and Bi are presented. It includes new fission yields, prompt fission neutron spectra and average number of neutrons per fission. In addition, new data for radioactive decay, thermal neutron scattering, gamma-ray emission, neutron activation, delayed neutrons and displacement damage are presented. JEFF-3.3 was complemented by files from the TENDL project. The libraries for photon, proton, deuteron, triton, helion and alpha-particle induced reactions are from TENDL-2017. The demands for uncertainty quantification in modeling led to many new covariance data for the evaluations. A comparison between results from model calculations using the JEFF-3.3 library and those from benchmark experiments for criticality, delayed neutron yields, shielding and decay heat, reveals that JEFF-3.3 performes very well for a wide range of nuclear technology applications, in particular nuclear energy

Nuclear data evaluation for sup 2 sup 3 sup 8 Pu, sup 2 sup 3 sup 9 Pu, sup 2 sup 4 sup 0 Pu, sup 2 sup 4 sup 1 Pu and sup 2 sup 4 sup 2 Pu irradiated by neutrons and protons at the energies up to 250 MeV

The evaluation of nuclear data for plutonium isotopes with atomic mass number from 238 to 242 has been performed. Neutron data were obtained at the energies from 20 to 250 MeV and combined with JENDL-3.3 data at 20 MeV. Evaluation of the proton data has been done from 1 to 250 MeV. The coupled channel optical model was used to obtain angular distributions for elastic and inelastic scattering and transmission coefficients. Pre-equilibrium exciton model and Hauser-Feshbach statistical model were used to describe neutron and charged particles emission from the excited nuclei. These evaluation is the first work for producing the full set of evaluated file up to 250 MeV for plutonium isotopes

Neutron and proton nuclear data evaluation for sup 2 sup 3 sup 5 U and sup 2 sup 3 sup 8 U at energies up to 250 MeV

Basic features of nuclear data evaluation for uranium isotopes sup 2 sup 3 sup 5 U and sup 2 sup 3 sup 8 U at intermediate energies are described. The coupled channel optical model was used to obtain total cross section, reaction cross section, angular distributions and transmission coefficients. The direct, pre-compound and evaporation models were used to describe neutron and charged particles emission from excited nuclei. The neutron data evaluated were combined with JENDL-3.3 data below 20 MeV to obtain a full data set in the whole energy range between 10 sup - sup 5 eV an 250 MeV. Evaluation of the proton data has been done at energies from 1 to 250 MeV

Nuclear data evaluation for sup 2 sup 3 sup 7 Np, sup 2 sup 4 sup 1 Am, sup 2 sup 4 sup 2 sup g Am and sup 2 sup 4 sup 2 sup m Am irradiated by neutrons and protons at energies up to 250 MeV

Evaluation of nuclear data has been performed for sup 2 sup 3 sup 7 Np, sup 2 sup 4 sup 1 Am, sup 2 sup 4 sup 2 sup g Am and sup 2 sup 4 sup 2 sup m Am. Neutron data were obtained at energies from 20 to 250 MeV and combined with JENDL-3.3 data at 20 MeV. Evaluation of the proton data has been done from 1 to 250 MeV. The coupled channel optical model was used to obtain angular distributions for elastic and inelastic scattering and transmission coefficients. Pre-equilibrium exciton model and Hauser-Feshbach statistical model were used to describe neutron and charged particles emission from excited nuclei. These evaluation is the first work for producing full sets of evaluated file up to 250 MeV for sup 2 sup 3 sup 7 Np and Americium isotopes

Neutron-induced damage simulations: Beyond defect production cross-section, displacement per atom and iron-based metrics

Nuclear interactions can be the source of atomic displacement and post-short-term cascade annealing defects in irradiated structural materials. Such quantities are derived from, or can be correlated to, nuclear kinematic simulations of primary atomic energy distributions spectra and the quantification of the numbers of secondary defects produced per primary as a function of the available recoils, residual and emitted, energies. Recoils kinematics of neutral, residual, charged and multi-particle emissions are now more rigorously treated based on modern, complete and enhanced nuclear data parsed in state of the art processing tools. Defect production metrics are the starting point in this complex problem of correlating and simulating the behaviour of materials under irradiation, as direct measurements are extremely improbable. The multi-scale dimensions (nuclear-atomic-molecular-material) of the simulation process is tackled from the Fermi gradation to provide the atomic-and meso-scale dimensions with better metrics relying upon a deeper understanding and modelling capabilities of the nuclear level. Detailed, segregated primary knockon-atom metrics are now available as the starting point of further simulation processes of isolated and clustered defects in material lattices. This allows more materials, incident energy ranges and particles, and irradiations conditions to be explored, with sufficient data to adequately cover both standard applications and novel ones, such as advanced-fission, accelerators, nuclear medicine, space and fusion. This paper reviews the theory, describes the latest methodologies and metrics, and provides recommendations for standard and novel approaches