IAEA Nuclear Data Library / Thermal Scattering Law
The IAEA Nuclear Data Library / Thermal Scattering Law is a database that was assembeled for general use in the public domain as an IAEA NDL in ENDF-6 format at the end of 2006. These data sets have also been fully (or partially) adopted within various international/national nuclear applications libraries for their immediate use (JEFF-3.1 and ENDF/B-VII).
Background:
The calculations of the thermal scattering law data were performed a long time ago
and were tailored to the computer technology of the sixties.
Since then the calculations were repeated
for the ENDF/B-VI library, but with essentially the same input data, except for a somewhat extended energy
transfer range. Water is the most widely used moderator/coolant in nuclear reactors. Zirconium hydride
is used in TRIGA research reactors, which are operated in many laboratories in the world.
Objectives:
Produce
an improved library of thermal scattering law data for hydrogen bound in water, hydrogen bound in zirconium
hydride, and deuterium bound in heavy water.
Resource Information
| Quality Level |
Quality-checked by the IAEA Secretariat |
| Completeness |
Selective. Thermal Neutron Scattering Data for the Moderator Materials H2O, D2O and ZrHx |
| Update Frequency |
Occasionally |
| Last Resource Update |
2006 |
| Subject |
Nuclear Physics |
| Organizational Source |
Nuclear Applications |
| Data Type |
Evaluated Data Library |
| Keywords |
Zirconium hydride; thermal scattering; hydrogen; waste incineration; Thermal Scattering Law; evaluated nuclear data library |
| Contact Point |
online@iaeand.iaea.org |
| Page Authors |
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