Nuclear Data Week at BNL

The CSEWG/USNDP meeting was held November 5-9 at BNL.

Please note that the NPWG was canceled.

Below is the agenda with presentations available. If your presentation is not listed, please send us an email.

*Nov 5, 2012, Monday* , Berkner
9:00-10:00 USNDP Reporting Session 1 (PI and DB Managers only) BNL/NNDC, Herman ANL, Kondev LANL, Kawano LBNL, Firestone	9:00-10:00 USNDP informal discussions (McCutchan)
Coffee Break
10:15-12:00 USNDP Reporting Session 1 (PI and DB Managers only) LLNL, Summers McMaster, Singh TUNL, Kelley NIST, Carlson	10:15-12:00 USNDP informal discussions (McCutchan)
12:00-1:30 Lunch break
1:30-3:00 USNDP Structure Session 1 ENSDF Status Report, Tuli, 20' XUNDL Status, Singh, 10' NSR Status, Pritychenko, 10' NUDAT Status, Sonzogni, 10' EGAF Status, Firestone, 15' Analysis Codes, Johnson, 15'
Coffee Break
3:15-5:30 USNDP Structure Session 1 IAEA Nuclear Data Section Report, Abriola, 15' DDEP Status, Kondev, 5' Future nuclear structure evaluation plans Nuclear Structure 2012 Conference, Kondev, 15' Evaluation of future FRIB data, McCutchan, 15' Evaluation of Continuum Particle/γ-ray data, Firestone, 15' ENSDF evaluation formats and procedures ENSDF evaluation issues, Tuli, Singh, 60'
*Nov 6, 2012, Tuesday* , Berkner and NNDC Conference Room
08:30 - 10:00 USNDP Reporting Session 2, (PI and DB Managers only) Berkner Hall	8:30-10:00 USNDP informal discussions (McCutchan)

10:15- 12:00 USNDP Structure, Session 2 ENSDF evaluation formats and procedures Standard decay data methodology, All, 15' Standard capture γ-ray data methodology, Firestone, 15' Integration of XUNDL into ENSDF, All, 15' RIPL Evaluation, Firestone, 15' Standalone databases for Decay and (n,γ), Singh, Firestone, 15' Mass chain/horizontal evaluation assignments, all, 15'	10:15-12:00 USNDP Reaction, Session State of the EMPIRE, Herman, 20' Implementation of PFNS in EMPIRE, Nobre, 20' Theory of Reactions for Unstable Isotopes, Arbanas, 20'
12:00-1:30 Lunch break
1:30-3:00 USNDP Structure, Session 2 Use of K0 data in decay scheme normalization, Basunia, 20' Preliminary results for ^63,65Cu(n,γ), Rogers, 20' Final results for ^{182,183,184,186}W(n,γ), Hurst, 20' Final results for ²³Na,^24,25,26Mg and ^39,40,41K,(n,γ), Firestone, 20' TANDEM Actinide Measurement Collaboration, Firestone, 10'	1:30-3:00 USNDP Reaction, Session Code Development at LANL, Kawano, 20' Reaction Modeling at LLNL, Summers, 20'	1:30-3:30 NDAG, Conference Room Bldg. 197D
Coffee Break
3:15-5:30 USNDP Structure, Session 2 New ICC Precision Measurement in ¹¹⁹Sn, Nica, 20' Averaging nuclear data, Birch, 20' Photon strengths for primary γ-rays in (n,γ), Firestone, 20' Nuclear theory codes, Pritychenko, 20' P_n and t_1/2 for A<72 β-delayed neutron emitters, Birch, 20' Discussion The role of experiment and theory in the USNDP, All		3:15-5:30 NDAG, Conference Room Bldg. 197D
*Nov 7, 2012, Wednesday* , *Berkner*
8:30-10:00 CSEWG Validation Committee BNL Progress on Continuous Integration/Data Testing, Brown/Arcilla, 20' Part 1 Part 2 INL Activities with Covariance Data, Palmiotti, 20' ORNL Experience with the Decay File, Gauld, 30' Data Testing at ANL, Lell/McKnight, 20'
Coffee Break
10:15-12:00 CSEWG Validation Committee Data Testing at ANL, McKight, 20' Validation and Testing of the Starter FENDL-3 Neutron Library, Sawan, 20' Data Testing at LANL, Kahler, 20' Other
12:00-1:30 Lunch break
1:30-3:00 CSEWG Evaluation Committee BNL decay data advances, Johnson, McCutchan, Sonzogni, 20' Assimilation project feedback to nuclear data evaluations, Herman, 20' Cielo project, international collaborations for priority isotopes and current discrepancies between ENDF, JEFF, JENDL, Chadwick, 25' ORNL, Recent work on U and Pu resonance analyses, Leal, 25'
Coffee Break
3:15-5:30 CSEWG Evaluation Committee Round Table Discussion Topics Feedback from standards Feedback from validation/testing Feedback from assimilation/adjustment exercises C, N, O, F isotopes Fe isotopes Zr, Na, isotopes Actinides, resonance work Actinides, inc precise (n,f), (n,n') and chi, (n,g) Actinide advances for detection/correlations, incl chi(j), nu(j) for n and g Charged particle ENDL/ECPL conversions Capture gamma rays, EGAF
*Nov 8, 2012, Thursday, Berkner*
8:30-10:00 CSEWG Measurements Committee Nuclear Data Experiments at LANSCE, Haight, 15' The TPC and SPIDER project, Meharchand, 15' The Chi-Nu project, Perdue, 15' Recent ORNL Measurements, Guber, 30' NIST Measurements and Standards including Related Work at Other Facilities, Carlson, 20' Update of experimental activites in low-energy nuclear physics at LLNL, Scielzo, 30'
Coffee Break
10:15-12:00 CSEWG Measurements Committee Nuclear Data Related Activity at RPI, Danon, 30' Thermal neutron-capture measurements on the Cu isotopes, Rogers, 20' New measurement of the radiative thermal-capture cross section for the rare isotope W-180, Hurst, 20' EXFOR database and recent changes, Pritychenko, 20' Criticality measurements and plans in Nevada to NCERC, Chadwick, 15'
12:00-1:30 Lunch break
1:30-3:00 CSEWG Formats and Processing Committee Formats and related issues, 80' File 2 Scattering Radius Manual Clarification, Wemple, 10' Remove Line Numbers from ENDF Files, Brown, 10' Possible New Sub-libraries for ENDF/B-VII.X, Brown, 10' Beta Decay Anti-neutrino Spectrum, Brown, 10' Status Report on GND Format Development, Beck/Matton, 20' Progress with Processing GND, Beck/Matton, 20'
Coffee Break
3:15-5:00 CSEWG Covariance Session The Full Bayesian Technique, Neudecker, 15' Plans for COMMARA-3, Hoblit, 15' Covariance Activities at KAERI, Cho, 15' Covariance Applications in Fast Reactor Development, Aliberti, 15' Thermal Moderator Covariance Issue Discussion, Dunn, 15'
*Nov 9, 2012, Friday, Berkner*
8:30-10:00 CSEWG Formats and Processing Committee Processing Codes, 40' NJOY Status Report, Kahler, 20' AMPX Status Report, Wiarda, 10' ANL Status Report, Lee, 10' BNL Activities Related to Formats, Processing and the ENDF Manual, 10' BNL ENDF I/O Package, Hoblit, 10'
Coffee Break
10:15-12:00 CSEWG Covariance Session ²³⁹Pu Covariances for Assimilation, Palumbo, 10' Covariance matrices for nuclear decay and fission yield data, Pigni, 10' PFNS: Consistent Evaluations, UQ, and Propagation of Uncertainties, Rising, 15' Covariance QA Procedures: Why Are They Necessary?, Smith, 15' Covariance QA Document: Suggested Updates, Smith, 10' Experience with ENDF/B-VII.1 Covariances, All, 20'