Design study of benchmark experiment for large-angle scattering cross section for non-solid target with 14 MeV neutron

Abstract

Accuracy of large-angle scattering cross section in nuclear data has a large contribution on precision of neutron transport calculation in fusion reactor design. In the previous research, benchmark experiments for a solid target were carried out, however, non-solid targets, which are enclosed in a container, could not be dealt with. This is because we were not able to remove the effect due to existence of the container in the previous method. In this study, we performed design study of advanced benchmark experiment for large-angle scattering cross section especially for a non-solid target in a container. In addition, we also carried out benchmark experiments for silicon, which is important for the fusion reactor, however, is one of the elements that are difficult to obtain a solid target. In conclusion, we successfully developed an advanced benchmark experimental method for non-solid targets and verified it numerically by Monte Carlo calculation. In addition, we also found experimentally that large-angle scattering cross section of silicon is underestimated in JENDL-4, ENDF-B/VIII and JEFF-3.3.