On a Possible Resolution of the Nitrogen Nonelastic Neutron Cross-Section Discrepancy Below 9 MeV

New measurements of differential elastic scatter-ing cross sections of neutrons from nitrogen at six energies between 6.0 and 8.5 MeV yield nonelastic cross sections which are in essential agreement with the sum of the measured nonelastic partial cross sections. The new data give results systematically lower than those obtained from previous measurements, thereby removing the discrepancy in the nonelastic cross sections of nitrogen below 9 MeV.