ENDF nuclear data for Carbon

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Hi guys,
I am trying to do some work with the OpenMC nuclear data function. The example notebook Nuclear data: working with ENDF file provides a helpful demonstration. But I met trouble with the ENDF file for Carbon. I cannot download its files, whatever which isotope is it, C0, C12, or C14. I checked the website:https://www-nds.iaea.org/ and change the evaluation to ENDFB-VIII.0, but it still can not work.
The error code is [Errno 104] Connection reset by peer.

The same method could download the data for other isotopes, such as Be9, H1 and Fe56. Carbon is the only exception at the moment.

Please contact me if you know the reason for that.

C12.py (607 Bytes)

Thanks in advance,

Yiming

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You can find ENDF/B-VIII.0 neutron evaluations from the IAEA here:
https://www-nds.iaea.org/public/download-endf/ENDF-B-VIII.0/n/

Personally, I don’t download individual files but instead just get the whole library. The NNDC at BNL is the primary host/maintainer of the ENDF library, and you can find their official archives here:
https://www.nndc.bnl.gov/endf/b8.0/download.html