Historical overview of nuclear data evaluation in intermediate energy region

Fukahori, Tokio  

In recent years, intermediate energy nuclear data are required for various applications such as accelerator-driven systems for waste transmutation, spallation neutron sources, advanced cancer therapies, estimation of single event up set rate and dose on astronauts. For these requirements, many groups in the world continue intermediate energy nuclear data evaluation. The early stage of this evaluation was initiated in USA. For example, Pearlstein at Brookhaven National Laboratory produced systematics, modified ALICE code and evaluated proton and neutron nuclear data in late 1980s. At Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, similar data developed for a medical application. Following them, many countries, such as Europe, Japan, Russia, China, Korea, started the preparation of nuclear data in this energy region. Overview of evaluation methods, results of evaluations are presented in comparison between experimental data and evaluated files, mainly JENDL High Energy File, as well as results from benchmark calculations.