Benchmark tests of newly-evaluated data of U for CIELO project using integral experiments of uranium-fueled FCA assemblies

Fukushima, Masahiro   ; Kitamura, Yasunori*; Yokoyama, Kenji   ; Iwamoto, Osamu  ; Nagaya, Yasunobu  ; Leal, L. C.*

A nuclear data of U has been recently evaluated for the CIELO (Collaborative International Evaluated Library Organization) project. We tested the newly-evaluated data of U using integral experiments of the Fast Critical Assembly (FCA) performed at JAEA. We selected two integral data of uranium-fueled FCA assemblies; one is the sodium-void reactivity worth of FCA XXVII-1 assembly and the other is the criticalities of the seven assemblies of FCA IX. The benchmark tests support the evaluation done in the resonance regions. However, the U capture cross section above the unresolved resonance range needs further investigation.