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

A. J. M. Plompen; O. Cabellos; C. De Saint Jean; M. Fleming; A. Algora; M. Angelone; P. Archier; E. Bauge; O. Bersillon; A. Blokhin; F. Cantargi; A. Chebboubi; C. Diez; H. Duarte; E. Dupont; J. Dyrda; B. Erasmus; L. Fiorito; U. Fischer; D. Flammini; D. Foligno; M. R. Gilbert; J. R. Granada; W. Haeck; F.-J. Hambsch; P. Helgesson; S. Hilaire; I. Hill; M. Hursin; R. Ichou; R. Jacqmin; B. Jansky; C. Jouanne; M. A. Kellett; D. H. Kim; H. I. Kim; I. Kodeli; A. J. Koning; A. Yu. Konobeyev; S. Kopecky; B. Kos; A. Krása; L. C. Leal; N. Leclaire; P. Leconte; Y. O. Lee; H. Leeb; O. Litaize; M. Majerle; J. I Márquez Damián; F. Michel-Sendis; R. W. Mills; B. Morillon; G. Noguère; M. Pecchia; S. Pelloni; P. Pereslavtsev; R. J. Perry; D. Rochman; A. Röhrmoser; P. Romain; P. Romojaro; D. Roubtsov; P. Sauvan; P. Schillebeeckx; K. H. Schmidt; O. Serot; S. Simakov; I. Sirakov; H. Sjöstrand; A. Stankovskiy; J. C. Sublet; P. Tamagno; A. Trkov; S. van der Marck; F. Álvarez-Velarde; R. Villari; T. C. Ware; K. Yokoyama; G. Žerovnik

doi:10.1140/epja/s10050-020-00141-9

2023 Impact factor 2.6

Hadrons and Nuclei

Open Access

Eur. Phys. J. A (2020) 56: 181
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-020-00141-9

Review

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

A. J. M. Plompen¹^*, O. Cabellos², C. De Saint Jean³, M. Fleming⁴^,5, A. Algora⁶, M. Angelone⁷, P. Archier⁸, E. Bauge³, O. Bersillon³, A. Blokhin⁹, F. Cantargi¹⁰, A. Chebboubi⁸^,11, C. Diez¹², H. Duarte³, E. Dupont¹³, J. Dyrda⁴, B. Erasmus¹⁴, L. Fiorito⁴^,15, U. Fischer¹⁶, D. Flammini⁷, D. Foligno⁸, M. R. Gilbert⁵, J. R. Granada¹⁰, W. Haeck¹⁷, F.-J. Hambsch¹, P. Helgesson¹⁸, S. Hilaire³, I. Hill⁴, M. Hursin¹⁹, R. Ichou¹⁷, R. Jacqmin⁸, B. Jansky²⁰, C. Jouanne²¹, M. A. Kellett²², D. H. Kim²³, H. I. Kim²³, I. Kodeli²⁴, A. J. Koning²⁵, A. Yu. Konobeyev¹⁶, S. Kopecky¹, B. Kos²⁴, A. Krása¹⁵, L. C. Leal¹⁷, N. Leclaire¹⁷, P. Leconte⁸, Y. O. Lee²³, H. Leeb²⁶, O. Litaize⁸, M. Majerle²⁷, J. I Márquez Damián¹⁰, F. Michel-Sendis⁴, R. W. Mills²⁸, B. Morillon³, G. Noguère⁸, M. Pecchia¹⁹, S. Pelloni¹⁹, P. Pereslavtsev¹⁶, R. J. Perry²⁹, D. Rochman¹⁹, A. Röhrmoser³⁰, P. Romain³, P. Romojaro³¹, D. Roubtsov³², P. Sauvan³³, P. Schillebeeckx¹, K. H. Schmidt³⁴, O. Serot⁸, S. Simakov¹⁶, I. Sirakov³⁵, H. Sjöstrand¹⁸, A. Stankovskiy¹⁵, J. C. Sublet²⁵, P. Tamagno³, A. Trkov²⁵, S. van der Marck¹⁴, F. Álvarez-Velarde³¹, R. Villari⁷, T. C. Ware²⁹, K. Yokoyama³⁶ and G. Žerovnik¹

¹ European Commission, Joint Research Centre, 2440, Geel, Belgium
² Department of Energy Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28006, Madrid, Spain
³ CEA, DAM, DIF, 91297, Arpajon, France
⁴ OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, 92100, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
⁵ UK Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, OX14 3DB, UK
⁶ Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, 46071, Valencia, Spain
⁷ ENEA, Fusion and Technology for Nuclear Safety and Security Department, 00044, Frascati, Italy
⁸ CEA, DEN, DER, SPRC, LEPh, 13108, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
⁹ Nuclear Safety Institute of the Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia
¹⁰ Neutron Physics Department, Centro Atomico Bariloche, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
¹¹ LPSC, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, 38026, Grenoble Cedex, France
¹² Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear, Madrid, Spain
¹³ CEA, IRFU, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
¹⁴ Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG), Petten, The Netherlands
¹⁵ Studiecentrum voor Kernenergie-Centre d’Etude Nucléaire, 2400, Mol, Belgium
¹⁶ Institute for Neutron Physics and Reactor Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021, Karlsruhe, Germany
¹⁷ Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, 92262, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
¹⁸ Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 751 20, Uppsala, Sweden
¹⁹ Reactor Physics and Systems Behaviour Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232, Villigen, Switzerland
²⁰ Research Centre Řež, Prague, Czech Republic
²¹ CEA, DEN/DM2S/SERMA/LLPR, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
²² CEA, LIST, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel (LNE-LNHB), 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
²³ Nuclear Data Center, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon, 305-35, Republic of Korea
²⁴ Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI), 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
²⁵ NAPC-Nuclear Data Section, International Atomic Energy Agency, 1400, Vienna, Austria
²⁶ Atominstitut, Technische Universität Wien, 1040, Vienna, Austria
²⁷ Nuclear Physics Institute, 250 68, Řež, Czech Republic
²⁸ National Nuclear Laboratory, Central Laboratory, Sellafield, Seascale, Cumbria, CA27 0EF, UK
²⁹ Wood, Kings Point House, Queen Mother Square, Poundbury, Dorchester, DT1 3BW, UK
³⁰ Technische Universität München, FRM II, 85747, Garching, Germany
³¹ Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), 28040, Madrid, Spain
³² Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, ON, Canada
³³ Energy Engineering, UNED, 28040, Madrid, Spain
³⁴ Rheinstraße 4, 64390, Erzhausen, Germany
³⁵ Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, 1784, Sofia, Bulgaria
³⁶ Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1195, Japan

^* e-mail: arjan.plompen@ec.europa.eu

Received: 9 September 2019
Accepted: 17 March 2020
Published online: 14 July 2020

Abstract

The joint evaluated fission and fusion nuclear data library 3.3 is described. New evaluations for neutron-induced interactions with the major actinides $^{235}\hbox {U}$ , $^{238}\hbox {U}$ and $^{239}\hbox {Pu}$ , on $^{241}\hbox {Am}$ and $^{23}\hbox {Na}$ , $^{59}\hbox {Ni}$ , 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.