About the NNDC
Mission
The National Nuclear Data Center (NNDC) collects, evaluates, and disseminates nuclear physics data for basic nuclear research and applied nuclear technologies. The NNDC is a worldwide resource for nuclear data. The information available to the users of NNDC services is the product of the combined efforts of the NNDC and cooperating data centers and other interested groups, both in the United States and worldwide.
The NNDC specializes in the following areas:
- Nuclear structure and low-energy nuclear reactions
- Nuclear databases and information technology
- Nuclear data compilation and evaluation
There are currently 16 permanent staff members at the NNDC, including 11 with PhDs. The group includes scientific, professional, and support staff. Additionally, 6 people with a PhD degree work part-time under contract. The NNDC also hosts about 4 short-term visiting scientists and about 10-15 undergraduate interns per year.
Address
National Nuclear Data Center
Building 817
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, NY 11973-5000
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Phone: (631) 344-2902
Fax: (631) 344-2806
E-mail: nndc@bnl.gov
Internet:https://www.nndc.bnl.gov
Contacts
| Center Head | David Brown | (631) 344-2814 | dbrown@bnl.gov |
| Deputy Head | Elizabeth Ricard-McCutchan | (631) 344-5096 | mccutchan@bnl.gov |
| NNDC Office | Cat Dunn | (631) 344-5590 | cdunn@bnl.gov |
For technical questions, please use the following list:
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| ENDF | David Brown | (631) 344-2814 | dbrown@bnl.gov |
| Webmaster | Benjamin Shu | (631) 344-7161 | bshu@bnl.gov |
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EXFOR NSR |
Boris Pritychenko | (631) 344-5091 | pritychenko@bnl.gov |
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ENSDF Capture Gammas Wallet Cards Nuclear Data Sheets |
Elizabeth McCutchan | (631) 344-5096 | mccutchan@bnl.gov |
| NuDat | Donnie Mason | (631) 344-2961 | dmason@bnl.gov |
Staff
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Telephone
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| Ramon Arcilla | (631) 344-5086 | arcilla@bnl.gov |
| David Brown | (631) 344-2814 | dbrown@bnl.gov |
| Emanuel Chimanski | (631) 344-5319 | echimansk@bnl.gov |
| Cat Dunn | (631) 344-5590 | cdunn@bnl.gov |
| Samuel Kim | (631) 344-4913 | skim3@bnl.gov |
| Donnie Mason | (631) 344-2961 | dmason@bnl.gov |
| Andrea Mattera | (631) 344-6339 | amattera@bnl.gov |
| Elizabeth McCutchan | (631) 344-5096 | mccutchan@bnl.gov |
| Christopher Morse | (631) 344-2659 | cmorse@bnl.gov |
| Gustavo Nobre | (631) 344-5205 | gnobre@bnl.gov |
| Shuya Ota | (631) 344-2305 | sota@bnl.gov |
| Boris Pritychenko | (631) 344-5091 | pritychenko@bnl.gov |
| Benjamin Shu | (631) 344-7161 | bshu@bnl.gov |
| JoAnn Totans | (631) 344-5209 | totans@bnl.gov |
| Jin Wu | (631) 344-4527 | jwu2@bnl.gov |
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Web Statistics
The NNDC has provided remote electronic access to its databases and other information since 1986.
Access via the Web started in 1994.
The figure below shows the time evolution of the number of electronic retrievals
- web, telnet and FTP - from 1996 to 2020.
History
Nuclear Data activities started at BNL in 1952 under the
Brookhaven Neutron Cross Section Compilation Group,
changed to the Sigma Center in 1961, which became the
National Neutron Cross Section Center in 1967 and finally
the National Nuclear Data Center in 1977, providing a half-century
of data and expertise to the world community.
The following people have served as head of the NNDC:
- Sol Pearlstein (1977-1990)
- Charlie Dunford (1991-2001)
- Pavel Oblozinsky (2002-2009)
- Michal Herman (2009-2016)
- Alejandro Sonzogni (2016-2021)
- David Brown (2021-Present)
An updated version the NNDC's history, prepared on its 50th anniversary, can be found here.