Resonance Parameters and Covariance Evaluations for the Gadolinium Isotopes
Résumé
Gadolinium (Gd) isotopes are widely encountered in criticality safety and reactor
applications. They are listed in the APPENDIX B of the US Department of Energy, Nuclear
Criticality Safety Program (NCSP). The Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire
(IRSN) works close to NCSP to address data issues pertinent to criticality safety. New
evaluation of Gd isotopes, 152Gd, 154Gd, 155Gd, 156Gd, 157Gd, 158Gd, and 160Gd, in the resolved
resonance region has been performed with the code SAMMY. The resonance evaluations of
these isotopes are in response to issues in connection to critical benchmark results and
reactor physics analysis of power reactors. Furthermore, one of the main objectives is to
understand and to generate more accurate cross sections and to improve their uncertainties
and correlations thru the cross-section covariance representation. Both the resonance
parameter and resonance parameter covariance are derived by a combination of the codes
SAMMY, SAMDIST, and SAMINT. SAMMY is basically a differential evaluation tool based on
the R-matrix theory for the cross section; SAMDIST verifies the statistical properties of
resonance parameters while SAMINT permits the incorporation of integral data in the
evaluation process.
The differential data used in the evaluation are transmission and capture cross section data
available in the EXFOR database whereas critical benchmarks were those accessible in the
ICSBEP database.
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