Proceedings of the CSEWG & USNDP Meetings

BNL, November 4-7, 2008

Edited by Pavel Obložinský, National Nuclear Data Center, BNL

Summary Document (Minutes)

Summary of the 58^th Cross Section Evaluation Working Group Meeting

Summary of the 11^th U.S. Nuclear Data Program Meeting

Agenda

CSEWG
USNDP

Tuesday, Nov 4, 2008
Berkner B

08:30 - 12:30
Berkner B
CSEWG Opening
Evaluation Committee (chair Chadwick), 3h
New format: We will focus, isotope by isotope, on updates for ENDF/B-VII.1 release, to occur in ~ 2010.
We will also discuss longer range updates planned for B/VII.2, especially for the major actinides.

Overview comments and plans for VII.1, & ENDF/A, Chadwick, Herman, 15'
Release files for ENDF/B-VII.0.fix1, Little, 15'
B-VII.1 upgrade plans, All, 90'
- Update on IAEA standards group efforts, Carlson
- 6Li(n,t). Fix format error, Hale upgrade based on LANSCE data, issues related to changing standard: Hale/Chadwick, 1-2 slides
- 9Be. Insights from new RPI data, fix of VII.0 interpolation problem, future plans: Hale/Danon/Chadwick, 1-2 slides
- 16O. Comments on whether (n,a) should be changed and when? Note comments by Kolbe, PSI: Hale/Chadwick, 1 slide
- V. Anything new?
- 19F. Updates from ORNL and LLNL: Dunn/Leal/Firestone 1-2 slides
- 22Na. Resonance total width: who?
- Ti isotopes. B-VII.0 took Ti from JENDL3.3. New evaluations from LANL, testing in crits and pulsed spheres? ORNL 48Ti(n,g) - was this used? Note Danon exper. talk on total x/s at 0.5-20 MeV & need for res. energy shift: Kawano/Leal, 2 slides
- 55Mn. New ORNL evaluation results, including comments on ZPR performance, BNL fast region, input from LLNL? Leal/McKnight/Pigni/Summers, 2 slides
- 35,37Cl. ORNL evaluation submitted Feb 07, has it been tested? Dunn/Leal, 1-2 slides
- 52,53Cr. ORNL measurements and plans to submit evaluation in FY09. Leal/Dunn, 1 slide
- Fe(n,a). Did B-VII.0 at higher energies use Haight (n,xa) data, if not - can we do this: Talou/Haight
- 58,60Ni. ORNL measurements and plans to submit evaluation in FY09: Leal/Dunn, 1 slide
- Gd. Note planned RPI capture expts this year; ORNL evaluation planned for 2010. Mosteller comments from reactor community experience.
- 90Zr. Should beta4 be released? Feedback from KAPL & Kozier, possible issues noted by Trkov. Note Danon exper. talk on nat-Zr total x/s at 0.5-20 MeV suggesting B/VI.8 was better: Pigni, 1-2 slides
- Cd. Adoption of BNL upgrade and positive results from data testing? Note Danon exper. talk on how RPI data support the change in the thermal region: Herman/Mughabghab/Mosteller, 1-2 slides
- 182,183,184,186W evaluations. ORNL resonance work, LLNL work, adoption of new IAEA evaluation? Herman/Leal/Firestone 1-2 slides
- Cu. LLNL evaluation. Testing against crits including Zeus? Summers, 1-2 slides. New Chinese evaluation: Chadwick
- Pu,U isotopes - fix fission spec above 10 MeV to have finer points: Chadwick, 1 slide
- 240Am new LLNL evaluation: Summers, 1 slide
- 241Am (n,g) upgrade - higher cross-section: Kawano, 1-2 slides
- MA. Possible adoption of certain Japanese minor actinide files, Kawano
- Possible modification to fission x.s. for 241Am, 237U, etc. based on LANL reaction rate crit assembly testing, and Japan FCA testing: Chadwick, 2 slides
- 237U from LLNL: Summers, 1-2 slides
- Possible Cum. FP yield upgrades of E&R for certain fission products: Chadwick, 1 slide
- 233U delayed neutron fix to B-VII.0 file: Little, 1 slide
- 237Np planned upgrade - (n,2n), chi? Anything else planned? Kawano/Chadwick, 1 slide
- Missing photon data erroneously not-carried-over from B-VI, and plans to include in B/VII.1: White, 1 slide
- S-alpha-beta in ENDF/B-VII.0 and in fix1. Comments, including observations from Physor08, Little, 1 slide
B-VII.2 longer range plans, All, 45'

1H(n,p) scattering: Strakovsky, 10' + slide from Hale
2D. Any new data from Geel? Comments from Kozier, Hale
239Pu. Resonance region, including collaboration with JEFF: Leal, 1-2 slides
239Pu, 235, 238U. Fission chi spectrum LANL/LLNL plans, 235U recent Geel exper, Shusaku Noda, 2 slides
239Pu, 235,238U. 14 MeV inelastic scattering/preeq plans, Bethe sphere testing: Chadwick, 2 slides
235U.Capture update, WPEC subgroup: Kawano? 1 slide
238U.Capture & standard evaluation & Walner measurement: Chadwick comments
240Pu upgrade in fast region. Any testing results? Talou, 2-slides
Actinide inelastic scattering in fast region, future theory and evaluation: Kawano, 1-2 slides
Dy. ORNL measurements and plans to submit evaluation in FY11: Leal/Dunn, 1 slide
The Temperature of Coherent Scattering Cross Sections, Lubitz, 15'

Concluding discussion, 15'

12:30-14:00 Lunch break

CSEWG Executive Committee Working Lunch, 13:00-14:00, Berkner A

Organizational matters
Plans for ENDF/B-VII.1 release
Next special issue of Nuclear Data Sheets
WPEC matters
Next meeting

14:00-17:30 Berkner B

Validation Committee

List of ENDF/B-VII.0 deficiencies, Herman, 15'
LLNL validation, Descalle, 15'
Benchmarking FENDL-2.1 with ENDF/B-VII.0 replacing VI.8, Sawan, 15'
H-2 & UO2 Data Testing at AECL, Kozier, 15'
Data Testing at ANL, McKnight , 15'
ENDF/B-VII Nuclear Data Libraries in SCALE, Williams, 15'
Data Testing at LANL, 50'
- Comments on ENDF/B-VII.0 deficiencies, Mosteller, 15'
- ICSBEP Benchmarks with Ti and V, Kahler, 10'
- Code Comparisons with Big-10, Kahler for MacFarlane, 10'
- Data Testing with the Official MCNP5 ENDF/B-VII Library, Kahler, 5'
- Physor2008 summary, Chadwick, 10'
Comments on ENDF/B-VII.0 deficiences, Ignatyuk, 15'
Other testing

Wednesday, Nov 5, 2008
Berkner B, Berkner C

08:30 - 12:30 Berkner B
Measurements Committee (chair Danon), 2.5h

Nuclear data measurements at ANL, Kondev, 15'
Status of cs standards measurements, Carlson, 15'
Nuclear data experiments at LANSCE - Highlights 2008, Haight, 30'
ORNL cross section measurement activities, Dunn, 15'
LLNL experimental overview, Wu, 15
Cross section measurements at Rensselaer, Danon 15'
LBL thermal cs evaluations and measurements, Firestone, 15'
EXFOR - compilation and issues, Hlavac, 10'

Formats & Processing Committee (chair Dunn), 1.5h

Formats and related issues
- Short Collision Time Issue, Lubitz, 15'
Processing Codes
- NJOY Status Report, Kahler, 15'
- AMPX Status Report, Wiarda and Dunn, 15'
- LLNL Status Report, McNabb, 15'
- ANL Status Report, McKnight, 15'
- Status report on PREPRO, TART and POINT, Cullen/Dunn, 5'

9:30 - 12:30 Berkner C
Informal round-table discussion (chair Tuli) 3h

Guidance on use of new NDS band-drawing software, Geraedts
Feedback on response to the new format
Individual evaluators' questions regarding formats, procedures, data handling, etc.

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
13:30 Common Photo

14:10 - 17:30 Berkner B
Formats & Processing Committee (chair Dunn), 0.5h

BNL Activities Related to Formats and Processing
- ENDF-6 manual and checking codes, Herman, 15'
- Covariance processing at BNL, Arcilla, 10'
- Sigma retrieval system, Pritychenko, 10'

Covariance Committee (chair D. Smith), 2.5h

CovCom website, D. Smith, 10'
Covariance Workshop report, D. Smith, 15'
BNL covariance effort, Obložinský, 15'
Recent covariance evaluations at BNL, Pigni, 15'
Recent covariance work at ORNL, Leal, 20'
LLNL covariance overview, Vogt, 20'
Recent covariance work at LANL, Talou, 30'
Covariances of fission cross sections and nubars for actinides, Ignatyuk, 15'

14:00 - 17:30 Berkner C
USNDP Opening, Obložinský, 10'
14:10 - 17:30 Nuclear Structure WG (chair Baglin)
Status Reports:

ENSDF & Nuclear Data Sheets, Tuli, 15'
NSR, Bhattacharya, 15'
Compilations: XUNDL & Atomic Masses, Singh, 15'
NDS software: new band-drawings (1); proposed new Tables (2), Geraedts, 20'
NuDat, Sonzogni, 15'
ENSDF Analysis and Utility Codes, Baglin/Kibedi, 15'

Other Reports:

Systematics of M1 transition rates: RUL, Singh; 15'
Update on topical evaluation of Z=9-14, N=16-24 nuclides: Island of Inversion, Basunia, 15'
Recent work on ENSDF and NSR, Basu, 5'

14:10 - 17:30 Berkner B
Nuclear Reaction WG (chair Kawano)

Covariance evaluations, with CSEWG

Thursday, Nov 6, 2008
Berkner B, Berkner C

08:30 - 12:30 Berkner B
Covariance Committee (chair D. Smith), 1.5h

Covariances and neutron dosimetry: status and needs, Griffin, 20'
Use of recent covariances in fast reactor studies, Aliberti, 20'
Neutron spectrum covariances in uncertainty analyses, Yang, 20'
Quality assurance of covariance files, Muir, 5'
Partial contributions to total variance, Muir, 15'
GNEP covariance library, Mattoon, 10'
Sigma: covariance retrieval & visualization, Sonzogni, 10'
Comedy of "Errors", D. Smith, 10'

Nuclear reaction modeling (chair Kawano), with USNDP

Concluding Session (chair Obložinský)

13:00 CSEWG adjourns

08:30 - 12:30 Berkner C
Nuclear Structure WG (chair Baglin)
Reports continued

ANL activities in support of IAEA-CRP on "Updated Decay Data Library for Actinides", Kondev, 20'
Evaluation of discrepant data for half-lives: 198Au example, Ouellet, 10'
The latest precision ICC measurement from Texas A&M: 197mPt (M4, 346.5), Nica, 20'
International collaborations & initiatives supporting ENSDF sponsored by the IAEA, Abriola, 15'

Manpower

Report on IAEA/ICTP Workshop, Apr./May 2008, Tuli, 10'
Status of European support for ENSDF evaluations, Tuli, 10'

Outreach

Outreach activities: FY08 achievements, FY09 plans, All, 15'

Other business/discussion?

End of Working Group Meeting

08:30 - 12:30 Berkner B
Nuclear Reaction WG (chair Kawano)

Covariance evaluations, with CSEWG
Nuclear reaction modeling, 1h

State of EMPIRE, Herman, 15'
New fission barrier calculation, Moller, 15'
Reaction modeling at LANL, Kawano, 10'
Fission spectrum modeling at LLNL, Vogt, 15'
New version of SAMMY, Arbanas, 10'

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break
13:00-14:00, Berkner A USNDP Coordinating Committee Working Lunch

Organizational matters
Situation in USNDP laboratories (all)
Report FY08 & Workplan FY10
Budget briefing FY11
Next meeting

14:00 - 17:30 Berkner B
User Forum (chair Sonzogni)

Nuclear Astrophysics: the need for Indirect Techniques and Nuclear Data, R. Tribble (Texas A&M University), 30'
Global calculations with the interacting boson model, Pieter van Isacker (GANIL, France), 30'
The nickel isotopes - status of theory "then" and "now", B. Alex Brown (Michigan State University), 30'
Spectroscopy of trans-plutonium nuclei, S. Tandel (University of Massachusetts Lowell), 30'

Friday, Nov 7, 2008
Berkner B

08:30 - 12:30 Berkner B
Reporting (chair Herman)

USNDP web services, Pritychenko, 15'
Task Force Reports (TF chairs, 15' each)
- Nuclear data for homeland security, Brown/Vogt
- Nuclear data for astrophysics, Smith/Nesaraja
Laboratory Reports (all, 10' each)
- NNDC report, Obložinský
- ANL report, Kondev
- LANL report, Kawano
- LBNL report, Firestone
- LLNL report, Brown/Vogt
- NIST report, Carlson
- McMaster report, Chen/Singh
- ORNL report, Smith/Nesaraja
- TUNL report, Kelley

Concluding Session (chair Obložinský)

13:00 USNDP adjourns

Proceedings of the CSEWG & USNDP Meetings

BNL, November 4-7, 2008

Edited by Pavel Obložinský, National Nuclear Data Center, BNL

Summary Document (Minutes)

Summary of the 58th Cross Section Evaluation Working Group Meeting

Summary of the 11th U.S. Nuclear Data Program Meeting

Agenda

Tuesday, Nov 4, 2008 Berkner B

Wednesday, Nov 5, 2008 Berkner B, Berkner C

Thursday, Nov 6, 2008 Berkner B, Berkner C

Friday, Nov 7, 2008 Berkner B