Abstract
The SAMINT methodology allows coupling of differential and integral data evaluations in a continuous-energy framework. Prior to development of the SAMINT code, integral experimental data such as in the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Experiments Project remained a tool for validation of completed nuclear data evaluations. Now, SAMINT extracts information from integral benchmarks in the form of calculated sensitivity coefficients by Monte Carlo codes such as CE TSUNAMI-3D or MCNP6 and combines it with the results of experimental cross section measurements to produce an updated cross section evaluation utilizing information from both sets of data. The use of the generalized linear least squares methodology ensures that proper weight is given to both the differential and integral data. SAMINT is not intended to bias nuclear data toward specific integral experiments, but it should be used to supplement evaluation of differential experimental data. This work demonstrates the application of the SAMINT methodology to the new Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) evaluations of the resonance parameters for two isotopes of copper: 63Cu and 65Cu.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | ND 2016 |
| Subtitle of host publication | International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology |
| Editors | Peter Siegler, Wim Mondelaers, Arjan Plompen, Franz-Josef Hambsch, Peter Schillebeeckx, Stefan Kopecky, Jan Heyse, Stephan Oberstedt |
| Publisher | EDP Sciences |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9782759890200 |
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| State | Published - Sep 13 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 2016 International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, ND 2016 - Bruges, Belgium Duration: Sep 11 2016 → Sep 16 2016 |
Publication series
| Name | EPJ Web of Conferences |
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| Volume | 146 |
| ISSN (Print) | 2101-6275 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 2100-014X |
Conference
| Conference | 2016 International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, ND 2016 |
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| Country/Territory | Belgium |
| City | Bruges |
| Period | 09/11/16 → 09/16/16 |
Funding
This work was supported by the Department of Energy (DOE) Nuclear Criticality Safety Program, funded and managed by the National Nuclear Security Administration for DOE. a e-mail: [email protected] ∗This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under Contract No. DE-AC0500OR22725 with the US Department of Energy. The US Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US Government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow other to do so, for the US Government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http:// energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan).