International Reactor Dosimetry and Fusion File, IRDFF-II, January, 2020

(Nuclear data supersede IRDFF-v1.05 and all previous versions of IRDFF and IRDF-2002)

Coordinators: Andrej Trkov and Roberto Capote;      LAST WEBPAGE UPDATE: December 9, 2020

IRDFF-II PRIMARY REFERENCE:
A. Trkov, P.J. Griffin, S.P. Simakov, L.R. Greenwood, K.I. Zolotarev, R. Capote, D.L. Aldama, V. Chechev, C. Destouches, A.C. Kahler, C. Konno, M. Kostal, M. Majerle, E. Malambu, M. Ohta, V.G. Pronyaev, V. Radulovic, S. Sato, M. Schulc, E. Simeckova, I. Vavtar, J. Wagemans, M. White, and H. Yashima, IRDFF-II: A New Neutron Metrology Library. Special issue of Nuclear Data Sheets, Vol. 163, pp. 1-108 (2020). Also available as arXiv 1909.03336 (2019).

Overview

The new International Reactor Dosimetry and Fusion File (IRDFF-II) addresses neutron dosimetry needs for fission and fusion applications for incident neutron energies from 0 to 60 MeV. The library entries, enumerated in the Table I, include 119 metrology reactions with covariance information and corresponding decay data. The library also includes 4 cover cross sections of B, B-10, Cd and Gd used to support self-shielding corrections, 5 metrology metrics used by the dosimetry community, and 7 cumulative fission products yields. Several reference neutron fields for library validation are also provided. Finally, recommended radionuclide masses and elemental abundances to be used for dosimetry applications are also included.
The dosimetry library can be used in a broad range of applications from lifetime management and assessments of nuclear power reactors to other neutron metrology applications such as boron neutron capture therapy, therapeutic use of medical isotopes, nuclear physics measurements, and reactor safety applications. Library evaluations are based mainly on comprehensive experimental data, therefore the reaction library also represents an ideal benchmark collection for validation and improvement of theoretical nuclear reaction modelling.

IRDFF-II cross-section and decay data files (updated on December 9,2020)

The neutron dosimetry cross-section data for individual monitor and cover materials and corresponding decay data files can be accessed from the ENDF interface of the IAEA-NDS web page under the "Special Libraries" tab as IRDFF-II (Dosimetry), IAEA 2019, cross sections. All individual reactions used in the IRDFF-II evaluations of reactions on natural targets are also available as IRDFF-II (auxiliary files), IAEA 2019. Q-values of the MF40 covariances for reactions on natural targets were corrected for consistency on December 9 update.
Complete cross-section library in various forms can be downloaded from the links below:

Metrology (dosimetry) metrics: Damage cross sections (updated on June 19,2020)

A dosimetry metric is the result of folding a calculated dosimetry-related energy-dependent response function with the incident neutron energy-dependent fluence. Only dosimetry metrics that have been endorsed by a national nuclear regulator and/or by an international standards organization have been included. Table I lists the six dosimetry metrics included in the IRDFF-II library (note the two metrics listed for JEFF-3.3):
Metrology metrics can be downloaded from the links below:

Fission product yield data

The recommended set of cumulative fission product yield data relevant for neutron dosimetry are taken from the JEFF-33 and ENDF/B-VIII.0 libraries. Since the yields are given for selected isotopes only, no ENDF-formatted data are given.

IRDFF-II neutron reference spectra

The IRDFF-II library includes several benchmark neutron fields for data verification purposes. Further information and numerical data of the neutron spectra are available on the separate page. The full library of pointwise and group-wise benchmark neutron fields, respectively, in compressed (zip) format are also available.

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