Published 1900
NDS Staff Publication
Progress in Evaluated Nuclear Data for Tungsten with Covariances
Description
New evaluations for the tungsten isotopes 180,182,183,184,186W in the neutron energy range up to 150 MeV were
produced, including the covariance information. Minor adjustments to the existing resonance parameters were
made. Evaluations in the fast energy region were based on nuclear model calculations using the EMPIRE-2.19
code; covariance data were generated with the Monte Carlo technique to produce a prior estimate for the
covariance matrix. Experimental data were introduced through the GANDR system. The evaluated files were
tested on selected fusion neutronics benchmarks and fast reactor benchmarks. Marked improvement in
predicting measured integral parameters was observed, compared to the ENDF/B-VII library