JEFF-4.0 Thermal Scattering Law (TSL) sublibrary

Overview

The JEFF-4.0 sub-library for thermal-neutron scattering provides a comprehensive dataset including the thermal scattering data for the elements of 84 materials of which 24 in elemental form and 60 compounds. Special attention has been paid to key reactor materials, providing evaluations for U and O in UO2, Pu and O in PuO2, Th and O in ThO2, and Zircaloy (Zy4). The files in the JEFF-4.0 TSL sub-library are from different sources:

• 36 elements are from the JEFF project, with 16 files that are new compared to JEFF-3.3, updates in 6 files and a new evaluation for the important case of hydrogen in water (H in H2O).
• 31 elements from ENDF/B-VIII.1 library.
• 65 elements from the NJOY+NCrystal Library.

The source, evaluations, compounds and directories for ACE libraries of the JEFF-4.0 TSL evaluations are summarized below.

Source	Evaluation	Compound	Evaluated file	ACE xsdir
JEFF-4	Be	Be	tsl_Be_Be	be
JEFF-4	Bi	Bi	tsl_Bi_Bi	bi
JEFF-4	Al	Al2O3	tsl_Al_Al2O3	asap
JEFF-4	Ca	CaH2	tsl_Ca_CaH2	cacah2
JEFF-4	C	C5O2H8	tsl_C_C5O2H8	cc5o2h8
JEFF-4	C	C8H8	tsl_C_C8H8	cc8h8
JEFF-4	C	CH2	tsl_C_CH2	cch2
JEFF-4	D	D2O	tsl_D_D2O	dd2o
JEFF-4	C	Graphite	tsl_C_Graphite	graph
JEFF-4	H	C5O2H8	tsl_H_C5O2H8	hc5o2h8
JEFF-4	H	C8H8	tsl_H_C8H8	hc8h8
JEFF-4	H	CaH2	tsl_H_CaH2	hcah2
JEFF-4	H	CH2	tsl_H_CH2	hch2
JEFF-4	H	H2O	tsl_H_H2O	hh2o
JEFF-4	H	HF	tsl_H_HF	hhf
JEFF-4	H	Ice	tsl_H_Ice	hice
JEFF-4	H	ZrH1.5	tsl_H_ZrH15	hzrh15
JEFF-4	H	ZrH2	tsl_H_ZrH2	hzrh2
JEFF-4	H	ZrH	tsl_H_ZrH	hzrh
JEFF-4	H	Mesitylene	tsl_H_Mesitylene	mesi
JEFF-4	Mg	Mg	tsl_Mg_Mg	mg24
JEFF-4	O	Al2O3	tsl_O_Al2O3	osap
JEFF-4	O	C5O2H8	tsl_O_C5O2H8	oc5o2h8
JEFF-4	O	D20	tsl_O_D20	od2o
JEFF-4	D	L(o-D)	tsl_ortho-D	orthod
JEFF-4	H	L(o-H)	tsl_ortho-H	orthoh
JEFF-4	D	L(p-D)	tsl_para-D	parad
JEFF-4	H	L(p-H)	tsl_para-H	parah
JEFF-4	Pu, O	PuO2	tsl_PuO2	puo2
JEFF-4	Si	Si	tsl_Si_Si	sili
JEFF-4	Th, O	ThO2	tsl_ThO2	tho2
JEFF-4	H	Toluene	tsl_H_Toluene	tol
JEFF-4	U, O	UO2	tsl_UO2	uo2
JEFF-4	Zr	ZrH1.5	tsl_Zr_ZrH15	zrzrh15
JEFF-4	Zr	ZrH2	tsl_Zr_ZrH2	zrzrh2
JEFF-4	Sn, Zr	Zy4	tsl_Zy4	zy4
ENDF/B-VIII.1	Li-7	LiD	tsl_7Li_7LiD	li-lid
ENDF/B-VIII.1	Be	Be2C	tsl_Be_Be2C	be-be2c
ENDF/B-VIII.1	Be	BeF2	tsl_Be_BeF2	be-bef2
ENDF/B-VIII.1	Be	BeO	tsl_Be_BeO	be-beo
ENDF/B-VIII.1	Be	FLiBe	tsl_Be_FLiBe	be-flibe
ENDF/B-VIII.1	H	Benzene	tsl_H_Benzene	benzene
ENDF/B-VIII.1	C	Be2C	tsl_C_Be2C	cbe2c
ENDF/B-VIII.1	C	CF2	tsl_C_CF2	ccf2
ENDF/B-VIII.1	C	UC	tsl_C_UC	c-uc
ENDF/B-VIII.1	C	ZrC	tsl_C_ZrC	c-zrc
ENDF/B-VIII.1	D	LiD	tsl_D_7LiD	d-lid
ENDF/B-VIII.1	F	BeF2	tsl_F_BeF2	f-bef2
ENDF/B-VIII.1	F	CF2	tsl_F_CF2	f-cf2
ENDF/B-VIII.1	F	FLiBe	tsl_F_FLiBe	f-flibe
ENDF/B-VIII.1	F	MgF2	tsl_F_MgF2	f-mgf2
ENDF/B-VIII.1	H	Paraffinic Oil	tsl_H_ParaffinicOil	hparaoil
ENDF/B-VIII.1	H	UH3	tsl_H_UH3	huh3
ENDF/B-VIII.1	H	YH2	tsl_H_YH2	hyh2
ENDF/B-VIII.1	H	CH4 liquid	tsl_H_CH4-liquid	ch4-l
ENDF/B-VIII.1	Li	FLiBe	tsl_Li_FLiBe	li-flibe
ENDF/B-VIII.1	Mg	MgF2	tsl_Mg_MgF2	mg-mgf2
ENDF/B-VIII.1	Mg	MgO	tsl_Mg_MgO	mg-mgo
ENDF/B-VIII.1	N	UN	tsl_N_UN	n-un
ENDF/B-VIII.1	O	BeO	tsl_O_BeO	o-beo
ENDF/B-VIII.1	O	MgO	tsl_O_MgO	o-mgo
ENDF/B-VIII.1	H	CH4 solid	tsl_H_CH4-solid	ch4-s
ENDF/B-VIII.1	U	UC	tsl_U_UC	u-uc
ENDF/B-VIII.1	U	UN	tsl_U_UN	u-un
ENDF/B-VIII.1	U	U	tsl_U_U	u-met
ENDF/B-VIII.1	Y	YH2	tsl_Y_YH2	y-yh2
ENDF/B-VIII.1	Zr	ZrC	tsl_Zr_ZrC	zr-zrc
NJOY+nCrystal	Ag	Ag	tsl_Ag_Ag	ag-met
NJOY+nCrystal	Al	Al	tsl_Al_Al	al-met
NJOY+nCrystal	Al	Y3Al5O12	tsl_Al_Y3Al5O12	al-yag
NJOY+nCrystal	Au	Au	tsl_Au_Au	au-met
NJOY+nCrystal	Bi	Ge3Bi4O12	tsl_Bi_Ge3Bi4O12	bi-bgo
NJOY+nCrystal	Ca	CaO2H2	tsl_Ca_CaO2H2	cacaoh
NJOY+nCrystal	Ca	Ca	tsl_Ca_Ca	ca-met
NJOY+nCrystal	C	Diamond	tsl_C_Diamond	cdiam
NJOY+nCrystal	Cr	Cr	tsl_Cr_Cr	cr-met
NJOY+nCrystal	Cu	Cu	tsl_Cu_Cu	cu-met
NJOY+nCrystal	D	MgD2	tsl_D_MgD2	d-mgd
NJOY+nCrystal	Fe	Fe-alpha	tsl_Fe_Fe-alpha	fe-alp
NJOY+nCrystal	Fe	Fe-gamma	tsl_Fe_Fe-gamma	fe-gam
NJOY+nCrystal	F	LiF	tsl_F_LiF	f-lif
NJOY+nCrystal	Ga	GaN	tsl_Ga_GaN	ga-gan
NJOY+nCrystal	Ga	GaSe	tsl_Ga_GaSe	gagase
NJOY+nCrystal	Ge	Ge	tsl_Ge_Ge	ge
NJOY+nCrystal	Ge	Ge3Bi4O12	tsl_Ge_Ge3Bi4O12	ge-bgo
NJOY+nCrystal	Ge	GeTe	tsl_Ge_GeTe	gegete
NJOY+nCrystal	H	CaO2H2	tsl_H_CaO2H2	hcaoh
NJOY+nCrystal	H	KOH	tsl_H_KOH	h-koh
NJOY+nCrystal	H	LiH	tsl_H_LiH	h-lih
NJOY+nCrystal	H	MgH2	tsl_H_MgH2	h-mgh
NJOY+nCrystal	H	MgOH2	tsl_H_MgOH2	hmgoh
NJOY+nCrystal	H	NaMgH3	tsl_H_NaMgH3	hnamgh
NJOY+nCrystal	H	NaOH	tsl_H_NaOH	hnaoh
NJOY+nCrystal	H	SrH2	tsl_H_SrH2	h-srh
NJOY+nCrystal	I	NaI	tsl_I_NaI	i-nai
NJOY+nCrystal	K	K	tsl_K_K	k
NJOY+nCrystal	K	KOH	tsl_K_KOH	k-koh
NJOY+nCrystal	Li	LiF	tsl_Li_LiF	li-lif
NJOY+nCrystal	Li	LiH	tsl_Li_LiH	li-lih
NJOY+nCrystal	Mg	MgD2	tsl_Mg_MgD2	mg-mgd
NJOY+nCrystal	Mg	MgH2	tsl_Mg_MgH2	mg-mgh
NJOY+nCrystal	Mg	MgOH2	tsl_Mg_MgOH2	mgmgoh
NJOY+nCrystal	Mg	NaMgH3	tsl_Mg_NaMgH3	mgnamgh
NJOY+nCrystal	Mo	Mo	tsl_Mo_Mo	mo-met
NJOY+nCrystal	Na	Na	tsl_Na_Na	na-met
NJOY+nCrystal	Na	NaI	tsl_Na_NaI	na-nai
NJOY+nCrystal	Na	NaMgH3	tsl_Na_NaMgH3	nanamgh
NJOY+nCrystal	Na	NaOH	tsl_Na_NaOH	nanaoh
NJOY+nCrystal	Nb	Nb	tsl_Nb_Nb	nb-met
NJOY+nCrystal	N	GaN	tsl_N_GaN	n-gan
NJOY+nCrystal	Ni	Ni	tsl_Ni_Ni	ni-met
NJOY+nCrystal	O	Ge3Bi4O12	tsl_O_Ge3Bi4O12	o-bgo
NJOY+nCrystal	O	CaO2H2	tsl_O_CaO2H2	ocaoh
NJOY+nCrystal	O	KOH	tsl_O_KOH	o-koh
NJOY+nCrystal	O	MgOH2	tsl_O_MgOH2	omgoh
NJOY+nCrystal	O	NaOH	tsl_O_NaOH	onaoh
NJOY+nCrystal	O	Y3Al5O12	tsl_O_Y3Al5O12	o-yag
NJOY+nCrystal	Pb	Pb	tsl_Pb_Pb	pb-met
NJOY+nCrystal	Pd	Pd	tsl_Pd_Pd	pd-met
NJOY+nCrystal	Pt	Pt	tsl_Pt_Pt	pt-met
NJOY+nCrystal	Se	GaSe	tsl_Se_GaSe	segase
NJOY+nCrystal	Sn	Sn	tsl_Sn_Sn	sn-met
NJOY+nCrystal	Sr	SrH2	tsl_Sr_SrH2	sr-srh
NJOY+nCrystal	S	ZnS	tsl_S_ZnS	s-zns
NJOY+nCrystal	Te	GeTe	tsl_Te_GeTe	tegete
NJOY+nCrystal	Ti	Ti	tsl_Ti_Ti	ti-met
NJOY+nCrystal	V	V	tsl_V_V	v-met
NJOY+nCrystal	W	W	tsl_W_W	w-met
NJOY+nCrystal	Y	Y3Al5O12	tsl_Y_Y3Al5O12	y-yag
NJOY+nCrystal	Zn	Zn	tsl_Zn_Zn	zn-met
NJOY+nCrystal	Zn	ZnS	tsl_Zn_ZnS	zn-zns
NJOY+nCrystal	Zr	Zr	tsl_Zr_Zr	zr-met

Pu and O in PuO2

New evaluations generated at CEA/DES Cadarache with CINEL using PDOS from Manley (2012) and lattice parameters reported by Minamoto (2009).

TSL are given as a function of temperature for Pu isotopes and O-16 in PuO2.

References:

• S. Minamoto et al., Calculations of thermodynamic properties of PuO2 by the first-principles and lattice vibration, J. Nucl. Mat. 385, 18-20 (2009)

• M.E. Manley et al., Measurement of the phonon density of states of PuO2⁢(+2% Ga): A critical test of theory, Phys. Rev. B 85, 132301 (2012)

• G. Noguere, S. Xu, L. Desgrange, J. Boucher, E. Bourasseau, G. Carlot, A. Filhol, J. Ollivier, T. Hansen, V. Nassif, I. Ouente Orench, C. Colin, L. Laversenne, J-M. Zanotti and Q. Berrod, Generation of thermal scattering laws with the CINEL code, EPJ Web of Conferences 284, 17002 (2023)

• S. Xu and G. Noguere, Generation of thermal scattering files with the CINEL code, EPJ Nucl. Sci. Technol. 8, 8 (2022)

Th and O in ThO2

New evaluation generated at CEA/DES Cadarache with CINEL using PDOS and lattice parameters from ILL measured with IN6-SHARP and D1B:

• G. Noguere, Y. Calzavara, M. Diakaki, A. Filhol, J. Ollivier and S. Xu. (2020). Measurements of the double-differential neutron cross section of ThO2 , U3O8 and UAl at room temperature. Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) doi:10.5291/ILL-DATA.1-04-184

• G. Noguere, C. V. Colin, L. Lavarsenne and V. Nassif. (2020). Measurements of the neutron elasticscattering angular distribution of ThO2 below 300K. Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) doi:10.5291/ILL-DATA.CRG-2771

TSL are given as a function of temperature for Th-232 and O-16 in ThO2.

References:

• G. Noguere, S. Xu, L. Desgrange, J. Boucher, E. Bourasseau, G. Carlot, A. Filhol, J. Ollivier, T. Hansen, V. Nassif, I. Ouente Orench, C. Colin, L. Laversenne, J-M. Zanotti and Q. Berrod, Generation of thermal scattering laws with the CINEL code, EPJ Web of Conferences 284, 17002 (2023)

• S. Xu and G. Noguere, Generation of thermal scattering files with the CINEL code, EPJ Nucl. Sci. Technol. 8, 8 (2022)

U and O in UO2

New evaluation generated at CEA/DES Cadarache with CINEL using PDOS and lattice parameters from ILL measured with IN4, IN6-SHARP, D4, D20:

• G. Noguere, M. Diakaki, E. Farhi, A. Filhol, J. Ollivier and S. Xu. (2020). Measurements of the double-differential neutron cross-section of U in UO2 up to 1600 K. Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) doi:10.5291/ILL-DATA.1-04-172

• G. Noguere, Y. Calzavara, E. Farhi, A. Filhol, L. Leal, J. Ollivier, S. Rols, C. Sage and J. P. Scotta. (2016). Measurement of the double-differential neutron cross section of U in UO2 from room temperature to Hot Full Power conditions. Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) doi:10.5291/ILL-DATA.1-04-105

TSL are given as a function of temperature for U-238 and O-16 in UO2.

References:

• S. Xu, G. Noguere, L. Desgranges, J.I. Marquez Damian, Atomic scale Monte-Carlo simulations of neutron diffraction experiments on stoichiometric uranium dioxide up to 1664 K, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 1002, 165251 (2021)

• G. Noguere, J. P. Scotta, S. Xu, A. Filhol, J. Ollivier, E. Farhi, Y. Calzavarra, S. Rols, B. Fak, J.-M. Zanotti and Q. Berrod, Combining density functional theory and Monte Carlo neutron transport calculations to study the phonon density of states of U⁢O2 up to 1675 K by inelastic neutron scattering, Phys. Rev. B 102 134312 (2020)

• G. Noguere, S. Xu, A. Filhol, J. Ollivier, E. Farhi and Y. Calzavara, Measurement of the double-differential neutron cross section of UO2 from room temperature to hot full power conditions, EPJ Web. of. Conf. 239, 14003 (2020)

• G. Noguere, S. Xu, L. Desgrange, J. Boucher, E. Bourasseau, G. Carlot, A. Filhol, J. Ollivier, T. Hansen, V. Nassif, I. Ouente Orench, C. Colin, L. Laversenne, J-M. Zanotti and Q. Berrod, Generation of thermal scattering laws with the CINEL code, EPJ Web of Conferences 284, 17002 (2023)

• S. Xu and G. Noguere, Generation of thermal scattering files with the CINEL code, EPJ Nucl. Sci. Technol. 8, 8 (2022)

Sn and Zr in Zy4

New evaluation generated at CEA/DES Cadarache with CINEL using PDOS and lattice parameters from ILL measured with IN6-SHARP and D1B:

• G. Noguere, Y. Calzavara, M. Diakaki, A. Filhol, J. Ollivier and S. Xu. (2020). Measurements of the double-differential neutron cross section of ThO2 , U3O8 and UAl at room temperature. Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) doi:10.5291/ILL-DATA.1-04-184

• G. Noguere, C. V. Colin, L. Lavarsenne and V. Nassif. (2020). Measurements of the neutron elasticscattering angular distribution of ThO2 below 300K. Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) doi:10.5291/ILL-DATA.CRG-2771

TSL are given as a function of temperature for Zr and Sn in Zircaloy-4. Burnup directory contains TSL for T=600 K as a function of burnup.

References:

• G. Noguere, S. Xu, A. Filhol, J. Ollivier, J.-M. Zanotti, Q. Berrod, V. Nassif, I. Puente Orench, C. Colin, T. C. Hansen, D. Bernard, Systematics of zircaloy-4 lattice parameters from 2 K to PWR irradiation conditions, EPJ Plus 139, 787 (2024)

• G. Noguere, S. Xu, L. Desgrange, J. Boucher, E. Bourasseau, G. Carlot, A. Filhol, J. Ollivier, T. Hansen, V. Nassif, I. Ouente Orench, C. Colin, L. Laversenne, J-M. Zanotti and Q. Berrod, Generation of thermal scattering laws with the CINEL code, EPJ Web of Conferences 284, 17002 (2023)

• S. Xu and G. Noguere, Generation of thermal scattering files with the CINEL code, EPJ Nucl. Sci. Technol. 8, 8 (2022)