Comparison of Results from the MCNP™ Criticality Validation Suite Using ENDF/B-VI and Preliminary ENDF/B-VII Nuclear Data

Russell D. Mosteller
2005 AIP Conference Proceedings  
The MCNP Criticality Validation Suite is a collection of 31 benchmarks taken from the International Handbook of Evaluated Criticality Safety Benchmark Experiments. MCNP5 calculations clearly demonstrate that, overall, nuclear data for a preliminary version of ENDF/B-VII produce better agreement with the benchmarks in the suite than do corresponding data from ENDF/B-VI. Additional calculations identify areas where improvements in the data still are needed. * Extrapolated to critical † k 4 measurement.
doi:10.1063/1.1945047 fatcat:ximfvcyeu5gc7bqb4tpajirlum