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Japanese Evaluated Nuclear Data Library

An evaluated Nuclear Data Library is a data file that contains recommended nuclear data. The Nuclear Data Evaluation Center of Japan Atomic Energy Agency is making the Japanese Evaluated Nuclear Data Library, JENDL, with the aid of Japanese Nuclear Data Committee (JNDC).

The first version of JENDL (JENDL-1) was released in1977. The latest version is JENDL-4.0 released in 2010 which contains neutron-induced reaction data for 406 nuclides, in the neutron energy range from 10-5 eV to 20 MeV. Such data files as JENDL-4.0, which provide the data for various application fields, are called "general purpose files". They contain various kinds of data in the wide energy range. We are making also JENDL special purpose files which contains only the data needed in their application field.

JENDL is also available from other WWW sites.

General Purpose Files

Name
Release year
Number of nuclides
Characteristics
JENDL-1
1977
72
 The first Japanese evaluated nuclear data library. It contains the data important for fast breeder reactors. The neutron energy range is from 10-5 eV to 20 MeV.
JENDL-2
 1982
revised in
1984		 84 The maximum neutron energy is 20 MeV. The data of structural material and heavy nuclides were revised. The data are applicable to fast breeder reactors and shielding calculations
1985 181 The data of fission product nuclides are added.
Numerical data
JENDL-3 1989 171 The data in the MeV region were modified. The data of important heavy nuclides were evaluated with the simultaneous evaluation. The gamma-ray production data were given to 59 nuclides.
JENDL-3.1 1990 324 The data of fission product nuclides were added.
JENDL-3.2 1994 340 The data were largely improved. JENDL-3.2 is applicable to fast breeder reactors, thermal reactors, shielding, fusion neutronics, etc.
Numerical data
JENDL-3.3 2002 337 Data were improved for medium-heavy and actinide nuclides. Double-differential cross sections (DDXs) and covariances were given to part of nuclides.
Numerical data
JENDL-4.0 2010 406 The data were largely improved. The nuclides more requested from users were added. Second neutron and gamma-ray data were enriched. The nuclides include covariance data were added.
Numerical data


Special Purpose Files

Name
Release year
Characteristics
JENDL Actinoid File 2008
(JENDL/AC-2008)		 2008 Neutron-induced reaction data for 79 nuclides from Ac (Z=89) to Fm (Z=100).
Numerical data
JENDL Activation Cross Section File 96 (JENDL/A-96) 1996 For activity estimation of reactor material. The data of 233 nuclides and 1246 reactions.
Numerical data
JENDL (alpha,n) Reaction Data File 2003 (JENDL/AN-2003) 2003 Neutron production cross sections of 13 nuclides for alpha-particle induced reactions.
Numerical data
JENDL (alpha,n) Reaction Data File 2005 (JENDL/AN-2005) 2005 Neutron production cross sections of 17 nuclides for alpha-particle induced reactions.
Numerical data
JENDL Dosimetry File 91 (JENDL/D-91) 1991 The data of 61 reactions for reactor dosimetry and their covariance.
Numerical data
JENDL Dosimetry File 99 (JENDL/D-99) 1999 The revised version of Dosimetry File 91. The data of 67 reactions for reactor dosimetry and their covariance data.
Numerical data
JENDL FP decay Data File 2000 (JENDL/FPD-2000) 2000 Decay data for 1229 fission product nuclides.
Numerical data
JENDL Fusion File 99 (JENDL/F-99) 1999 For fusion neutronics. The data for 92 nuclides are stored
Numerical data
JENDL Gas-Production Cross Section File 91 (JENDL/G-91) 1991 The cross section data of gas production reactions such as (n,p) and (n,alpha) of reactor material induced by neutrons.
Numerical data
JENDL High Energy File 2004 (JENDL/HE-2004) 2004 Neutron- and proton-induced reaction data up to 3 GeV for 66 nuclides.
Numerical data
JENDL High Energy File 2007 (JENDL/HE-2007) 2007 Neutron- and proton-induced reaction data up to 3 GeV for 106 nuclides.
Numerical data
JENDL Photonuclear Data File 2004 (JENDL/PD-2004)
 2004 Photon-induced reaction data up to 140 MeV for 68 nuclides.
Numerical data


Nuclear Data Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)
Modified at 2010/05/28 20:49 JST
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