Benchmark experiment on a copper slab assembly bombarded by D-T neutrons

Copper is a very important material for fusion reactor because it is used in superconducting magnets or first walls and so on. To verify nuclear data of copper, a benchmark experiment was performed using the D-T neutron source of the FNS facility in Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute. An cylindrical experimental assembly of 629 mm in diameter and 608 mm in thickness made of pure copper was located at 200 mm from the D-T neutron source. In the assembly, the following quantities were measured: (1) neutron spectra in energy regions of MeV and keV, (2) neutron reaction rates, (3) prompt and decay gamma-ray spectra, and (4) gamma-ray heating rates. The obtained experimental data were compiled in this report.