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Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 56 | Number 2 | February 1975 | Pages 202-210
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE75-A26660
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Basic nuclear data libraries, such as ENDF/B-III, are used today for the generation of multigroup cross-section sets. Since the multigroup sets are determined by calculating the weighted averages of the cross-section curves, knowledge of the weighting function within each group is required. In principle, this function is not only dependent on the specific reactor, but is also a function of position in the reactor. With existing codes and methods the weighting function in the Bondarenko-type library is not iterated, since each time the weighting function is changed, a code that handles the basic data library and consumes much computer time must be run.