R&D for accuracy improvement of neutron nuclear data on minor actinides, 1; A Summary of progress in the AIMAC project

Harada, Hideo   ; Iwamoto, Osamu  ; Iwamoto, Nobuyuki  ; Kimura, Atsushi   ; Terada, Kazushi; Nakao, Taro; Nakamura, Shoji  ; Mizuyama, Kazuhito; Igashira, Masayuki*; Katabuchi, Tatsuya*; Sano, Tadafumi*; Shibahara, Yuji*; Takahashi, Yoshiyuki*; Takamiya, Koichi*; Pyeon, C. H.*; Fukutani, Satoshi*; Fujii, Toshiyuki*; Hori, Junichi*; Yashima, Hiroshi*

To improve accuracy of neutron nuclear data on minor actinides, a Japanese nuclear data project entitled as "Research and development for Accuracy Improvement of neutron nuclear data on Minor ACtinides (AIMAC)" has been performed by integrating all of the forefront knowledge and techniques in four different fields, such as, differential nuclear data measurement, integral nuclear data measurement, nuclear chemistry, and nuclear data evaluation. Highlights of the AIMAC project and their impacts are outlined.