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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

  • Ouadie, Kabach (Nuclear Reactor and Nuclear Security Group Energy Center, Nuclear Physics Laboratory, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University) ;
  • Abdelouahed, Chetaine (Nuclear Reactor and Nuclear Security Group Energy Center, Nuclear Physics Laboratory, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University) ;
  • Abdelhamid, Jalil (Nuclear Reactor and Nuclear Security Group Energy Center, Nuclear Physics Laboratory, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University) ;
  • Abdelaziz, Darif (Nuclear Reactor and Nuclear Security Group Energy Center, Nuclear Physics Laboratory, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University) ;
  • Abdelmajid, Saidi (Nuclear Reactor and Nuclear Security Group Energy Center, Nuclear Physics Laboratory, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V University)
  • Received : 2017.05.26
  • Accepted : 2017.08.24
  • Published : 2017.12.25
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Abstract

To validate the new Evaluated Nuclear Data File $(ENDF)/B-VIII.0{\beta}4$ 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 $ENDF/B-VIII.0{\beta}4$ 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.

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