Application of JADE V&V capabilities to the new FENDL v3.2 beta release

FENDL nuclear data libraries are planned to be adjourned soon with a new release (v3.2). A beta version, together with previous FENDL releases and the ENDF/B-VIII.0, have been tested on the sphere leakage and ITER 1D computational benchmarks using JADE, a new and under development verification and validation (V and V) tool. The consistency checks performed on the new FENDL v3.2 beta release did not spot any formal inconsistency and the comparison of the results show that, in general, the new FENDLv3.2 beta behaviour is quite similar to the FENDL v3.1d one. Nevertheless, a few significant differences with respect to the previous FENDL version and to the ENDF/B-VIII.0 results have been highlighted by the tool and discussed in the paper. The work proves how JADE has the potential to become an important player in the V and V procedures of nuclear data libraries.