Handbook of activation, transmutation, and radiation damage properties of the elements simulated using FISPACT-II & TENDL-2014; Nuclear Fission plants (PWR focus)

• Mark R. Gilbert
• Jean-Christophe Sublet

Accurate predictions of material inventories is a key input to virtually all aspects of the operation, safety and environmental assessment of nuclear plants. Additionally, the neutron-induced transmutation (change) of material composition (inventory) with time, and the creation and evolution of configurational damage from atomic displacements, require precise quantification because they can lead to a change in material properties, and thus influence reactor-component lifetime. This report provides a detailed and comprehensive set of data concerning the activation, transmutation (depletion and build-up) response, and immediate damage response under neutron irradiation of all naturally occurring elements from hydrogen to bismuth. Whilst the goal of this ‘handbook’ is to provide a global picture of the response of a material, covering the majority of nuclear technological space, special focus is given to the conditions predicted and measured in nuclear fission plants, with this report, in particular, providing extensive calculations for a typical pressurized-water reactor (PWR). Results are presented from simulations with the inventory code FISPACT-II using the latest version of the TENDL nuclear data libraries – TENDL-2014.