Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis for an accelerator-driven system with JENDL-4.0

A sensitivity and uncertainty analysis was performed for the accelerator-driven system (ADS) proposed by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) with the latest version of the Japanese Evaluated Nuclear Data Library (JENDL-4.0). Significant discrepancies have been found between the reactor physics parameters of JENDL-4.0 and those of JENDL-3.3. An analysis with the sensitivity coefficients showed that the major contributors to these discrepancies are the differences in the inelastic scattering cross sections of 206Pb and 207Pb, and the capture and inelastic scattering cross sections and ν value of 241Am. The uncertainty analysis with the JENDL-4.0 covariance data found that the covariances of the fission neutron spectrum of minor actinides (MAs) have a considerable impact on the uncertainties of the reactor physics parameters.