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Chadwick, M. B.*; Capote, R.*; Trkov, A.*; Herman, M. W.*; Brown, D. A.*; Hale, G. M.*; Kahler, A. C.*; Talou, P.*; Plompen, A. J.*; Schillebeeckx, P.*; et al.
Nuclear Data Sheets, 148, p.189 - 213, 2018/02
Times Cited Count：60 Percentile：98.41(Physics, Nuclear)The CIELO collaboration has studied neutron cross sections on nuclides that significantly impact criticality in nuclear facilities - 
U, 
U, 
Pu, 
Fe, 
O and 
H - with the aim of improving the accuracy of the data and resolving previous discrepancies in our understanding. This multi-laboratory pilot project, coordinated via the OECD/NEA Working Party on Evaluation Cooperation (WPEC) Subgroup 40 with support also from the IAEA, has motivated experimental and theoretical work and led to suites of new evaluated libraries that accurately reflect measured data and also perform well in integral simulations of criticality. This report summarizes our results and outlines plans for the next phase of this collaboration.
Chadwick, M. B.*; Capote, R.*; Trkov, A.*; Kahler, A. C.*; Herman, M. W.*; Brown, D. A.*; Hale, G. M.*; Pigni, M.*; Dunn, M.*; Leal, L.*; et al.
EPJ Web of Conferences, 146, p.02001_1 - 02001_9, 2017/09
Times Cited Count：6 Percentile：96.25The CIELO collaboration has studied neutron cross sections on nuclides (O, Fe, 
U and Pu) that significantly impact criticality in nuclear technologies with the aim of improving the accuracy of the data and resolving previous discrepancies in our understanding. This multi-laboratory pilot project, coordinated via the OECD/NEA Working Party on Evaluation Cooperation (WPEC) Subgroup 40 with support also from the IAEA, has motivated experimental and theoretical work and led to suites of new evaluated libraries that accurately reflect measured data and also perform well in integral simulations of criticality.
Kunieda, Satoshi; Shibata, Keiichi; Fukahori, Tokio; Kawano, Toshihiko*; Paris, M.*; Hale, G.*
JAEA-Conf 2015-003, p.33 - 38, 2016/03
We present recent progress of nuclear data evaluation method in the resolved resonance range. Our multi-channel R-matrix code now includes photon-channel and computational capability of charged-particle elastic scattering. We also present the physical constraint from the theory in the analysis of experimental data. Example analysis results are shown for 
Be and 
O compound system. Finally, perspectives are discussed toward the advancement of nuclear data in the resonance region including those for medium-heavy nuclei.
O through R-matrix analysisKunieda, Satoshi; Kawano, Toshihiko*; Paris, M.*; Hale, G. M.*; Shibata, Keiichi; Fukahori, Tokio
Nuclear Data Sheets, 123, p.159 - 164, 2015/01
Times Cited Count：5 Percentile：38.48(Physics, Nuclear)The collision matrix in the R-matrix theory is unitary, hence theory brings strong constraints to behavior of the parameters. An unitarity-imposed R-matrix analysis is carried out for O system to evaluate O neutron cross-sections in the resolved resonance range. Covariance matrices are also estimated both for the cross-sections and angular distributions with a deterministic method. Present results mirror the nature in the theory as well as experimental information.
O up to 5.2 MeV through R-matrix analysisKunieda, Satoshi; Kawano, Toshihiko*; Paris, M.*; Hale, G. M.*; Shibata, Keiichi; Fukahori, Tokio
NEA/NSC/DOC(2014)13 (Internet), p.33 - 39, 2014/07
There still remain differences among measured data, which makes the evaluated cross-sections uncertain, and which consequently affects some integral calculation. O is one of the important nuclei in the nuclear application, but such kinds of issues appears in elastic-scattering and (n,
) reaction cross-sections. Purpose of this study is to solve those issues as they are common concerns in the world. We present estimated cross sections and their covariance data which are "physically" constrained by the R-matrix theory. The differences between the estimated and the measured cross-sections will be also discussed.
O cross-sections up to E
= 6.0 MeV with covariancesKunieda, Satoshi; Kawano, Toshihiko*; Paris, M.*; Hale, G. M.*; Shibata, Keiichi; Fukahori, Tokio
Nuclear Data Sheets, 118, p.250 - 253, 2014/04
Times Cited Count：10 Percentile：59.03(Physics, Nuclear)Oxygen is one of the most important materials in nuclear applications. However, there are big discrepancies among experimental and evaluated data in O(
) cross section. Also, there are increasing demands for giving uncertainties in evaluated cross section to estimate the margin of integral calculations. We analyzed experimental cross sections with R-matrix theory, and estimated cross sections with their uncertainties. In this analysis, not only the neutron but also an inverse reactions were included. The systematic uncertainties were also considered for each measurement. The resulting cross sections and uncertainties mirror both experimental and theoretical knowledges.
Kunieda, Satoshi; Shibata, Keiichi; Fukahori, Tokio; Kawano, Toshihiko*; Paris, M.*; Hale, G. M.*
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Light nuclei are used as the moderator, coolant and reflector in the reactors. Also, they are main constituents of human body. Therefore it is important to evaluate neutron cross sections and their covariances for those nuclei for reactor engineering and radiotherapy. In this study, we developed a multichannel R-Matrix code to estimate the cross sections and covariances in the resonance region. The code also has functions for parameter search and covariance estimation from experimental cross sections. In the presentation, we will show main features of our R-matrix code and example results for O-16.
Kunieda, Satoshi; Shibata, Keiichi; Fukahori, Tokio; Kawano, Toshihiko*; Paris, M.*; Hale, G. M.*
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The collision matrix calculated from the R-matrix theory is the unitary. Hence the theory brings physical constraints to the analysis of measured cross-sections. That means it may reduce some inconsistencies in the present experimental and evaluated data. The unitarity constraint analysis was carried out for the cross-section evaluation for O-16. We confirmed that the calculated differential cross-sections were also consistent with measured values.
