Proceedings of the CSEWG & USNDP Meetings
BNL, November 3-6, 2009

Edited by Michal Herman, National Nuclear Data Center, BNL

Summary Document (Minutes) Summary of the 59^th Cross Section Evaluation Working Group Meeting

Summary of the 12^th U.S. Nuclear Data Program Meeting

Presentations & Reports

CSEWG Annual Meeting, Nov 3-5

Evaluation Committee
Validation Committee
Measurements Committee
Formats & Processing Committee
Covariance Committee

USNDP Annual Meeting, Nov 4-6

Informal round-table discussion
Nuclear Structure Working Group
Nuclear Reaction Working Group
User Forum
Reporting

Agenda

CSEWG - Green

USNDP - Blue

Monday, Nov 2, 2009
Berkner B

09:00 - 15:30
NDAG Nuclear Criticality Safety (Chair: McKnight)

Tuesday, Nov 2, 2009
Berkner B

08:30 - 12:30
CSEWG Opening, Herman, 10'
Evaluation Committee (Chair: Kawano)

BNL report, Herman, 30'
LANL report, Kawano, 30'
ORNL report, Dunn, 30
Comment on Pu239 thermal, Carlson, 10'
GMA, Carlson, 1'
LLNL report, Brown, 30'
Status of ENDF/VII.1 covariances, Obložinský, 10'
KAERI Cm evaluation, Lee, 10'
GForge presentation, Arcilla, 10'
Timeline and issues for VII.1 release

12:30 - 14:00
Lunch Break

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

Plans for ENDF/B-VII.1 release
ND 2013 - Major nuclear data conference (USA)
Next special issue of Nuclear Data Sheets
WPEC matters
Next meeting

14:00 - 17:30
Validation Committee (Chair: Kahler)

Selected ENDF/A Materials in Sigma, Sonzogni, 15'
Integral Quantities Calculated from ENDF Libraries, Pritychenko, 15'
FENDL Benchmark Calculations in Preparation for Upgrade to FENDL-3, Sawan (UWisc), 20'
233U Benchmarks with a Comparison to COG & MCNP Results using ENDF/B-VII.0, Heinrichs (LLNL), 20'
Progress on Deuterium, Kozier, 15'
Data Validation Results from ANL, McKnight, 20'
Nuclear Validation Effort at LLNL, Descalle, 15'
Data Testing at LANL, Kahler/Mosteller & All, 20'

Wednesday, Nov 4, 2009
Berkner B, Berkner C

08:30 - 12:30 Measurements Committee Nuclear data experiments at LANSCE - Highlights 2009, Haight, 30' ORNL cross section measurement activities, Guber, 20' Nuclear data measurements at ANL, Kondev, 20' LBNL thermal cross section measurements and evaluations, Firestone, 20' Cross section measurements at Rensselaer, Danon 20' Decay and neutron emission measurements at HRIBF, Rykaczewski, 20' NIST Measurements and Standards Work at Other Facilities, Carlson, 20' Experimental nuclear data activity at LLNL, Burke, 20' Thermal neutron capture in Gd isotopes, Choi, 15'	09:30 - 12:30 Informal round-table discussion (Chair: Baglin) Handling of discrepant or unrealistic half-life data; problems with analysis software, etc., etc. B(E2) Units Minimum acceptable uncertainties for adopted half-lives
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break 12:30 Common Photo
	14:00 - 14:10 USNDP Opening, Herman, 10'
14:10 - 16:30 Formats & Processing Committee (Chair: Dunn) Formats and related issues (65') Activation reaction format proposal, Sublet, 15' Scattering radius uncertainty proposal, Kahler, 15' File 40 format correction, Trkov, 5' Status report for WPEC Subgroup 32 URR Investigation, Leal/Lubitz, 30' Processing Codes (1h) NJOY Status Report, Kahler, 15' AMPX Status Report, Wiarda and Dunn, 15' LLNL Status Report, Brown, 15' ANL Status Report, Yang, 15' BNL Activities Related to Formats and Processing (15') BNL activities related to formats and processing, Trkov, 15'	14:10 - 17:30 Nuclear Structure Working Group (Chair: Baglin) Databases/Compilations/Dissemination: Status of ENSDF & Nuclear Data Sheets, Tuli, 15' NSR Through the Prism of a User, Kondev, 10' NSR Keywording: Content and Relevance - a Compiler's Perspective, Singh, 10' NSR Status Report, Pritychenko, 20' Status of XUNDL & Atomic Mass Compilations, Singh, 15' Compilation of Directly Measured J Values, Singh, 10' NuDat Refinements, Sonzogni, 15' ENSDF Analysis Codes, Tuli, 10' Reports: Resonance Reaction Data in ENSDF, Singh, 10' J π values from R-Matrix Analyses, Chen, 10' Access to Archival Material from P. Endt for A=21-44, Cameron, 10'
16:30 - 17:35 Nuclear Reaction Working Group (Chair: Kawano) State of EMPIRE, Herman, 15' Model code development at LANL, Kawano, 15' Capture gamma ray modeling, Summers, 10' FREYA results, Vogt, 10' Optical model calculation, Kunieda, 15'

Thursday, Nov 5, 2009
Berkner B, Berkner C

08:30 - 12:30
Covariance Committee (Chair: D. Smith)

AFCI-1.2 Covariance Library, Mattoon, 20'
Uncertainty Analysis with the AFCI1.2 Covariance Matrix, Aliberti, 30'
Covariance Processing Issues in VII.0 and ENDF/A, Arcilla, 20'
Covariance Review of VII.0 and ENDF/A, Obložinský, 30'
QA for Covariances, D. Smith/Muir & All, 30'
Measurement Uncertainties in Neutron White Source Experiments, Guber, 20'
Uncertainties in Experiments: A Collaborative Project, D. Smith & All, 30'

Concluding Session (Chair: Herman)

13:00
CSEWG adjourns

08:30 - 12:30
Nuclear Structure Working Group (Chair: Baglin)

Reports continued
- Uncertainties of Normalized Particle Emission Probabilities, Browne, 15'
- Jπ from (n,γ) Measurements and Statistical Model Calculations, Firestone, 15'
- Nuclear Structure and Decay Data Activities at the IAEA, Abriola, 15'
Manpower
- European ENSDF Evaluation Developments, Tuli, 10'
  - November 2008 meeting at IAEA
  - March 2009 Workshop in Bucharest
Outreach:
- Outreach activities: FY09 achievements, FY10 plans, All, 15'
Business arising from Wednesday's round-table discussion?

13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break

USNDP Coordinating Committee Working Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
Berkner A

Situation in USNDP laboratories (all)
ND 2013 - Major nuclear data conference (USA)
Report FY09 & Workplan FY11
Budget briefing FY12
Next meeting

14:00 - 16:00
User Forum (chair Sonzogni)

B. Pfeiffer, GSI, The Atomic Mass Evaluation - An Example of Nuclear Physics Data for Fundamental Physics and Application, 40+20'
B. Sherrill, FRIB, Michigan State University, Nuclear Data Opportunities and Needs at FRIB, 40+20'

14:00 - 15:30
AFCI Physics Working Group (chair Hill)

Recent Workshops of Interest to NE/NP, Schroeder, 30'
Nuclear Theory Tools, Talou, 20'
Office of Science FOAs, Palmiotti, 20'
Nuclear Data Assimilation in Office of Science funded FOA, Pigni, 20'

15:30 - 18:00
AFCI Adjustment (chair Palmiotti)

Adoption of the agenda and Review of Actions from past meeting, 20'
FY2009 Sensitivity Analysis Activity at ANL, Yang, 30'
BNL Recent Work on Production of Covariances, Mattoon/Obložinský, 30'
FY09 INL Experiment Analyses, Hiruta, 15'
INL Feedback on Use of AFCI 1.2 Covariance Matrix, Palmiotti, 15'
Evaluation of Prompt Fission Neutron Spectrum Uncertainties for n+Pu239 and n+Pu240 Reactions, Talou, 20'
Discussion on future work and Adoption of future Actions, 20'

Friday, Nov 6, 2009
Berkner B, Berkner C

08:30 - 12:30
Reporting (chair Obložinský)

USNDP Web services, Pritychenko, 15'
Data Trees: Yesterday's tech for tomorrow, Ouellet, 10'

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

Concluding Session (chair Herman)

13:00
USNDP adjourns

AFCI Physics Working Group (chair Hill)

NDAG Summary, McKnight, 20'
Use of AFCI-1.2 Covariance Matrix for Uncertainty Estimates on the Main Integral Parameters of Fast Neutron Systems, Aliberti, 30'
MC-Based Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analyses at LANL, Parsons, 30'
Nuclear Theory, Vary, 40'
Testing the Performance of Modern Nuclear Data Files for Fast Reactor Applications, McKnight, 30'
Elastic/Inelastic Development NEUP, Wells, 30'
Consideration of Transformational Approaches for Nuclide Transmutation, Taiwo, 30'
Decay and Neutron Emission Measurement Capability for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Rykaczewski, 30'
Overview and Status Update on the ORIGEN Isotopic Depletion Capabilities in SCALE, Gauld, 30'
To be announced, Todosow, 30'

Proceedings of the CSEWG & USNDP Meetings BNL, November 3-6, 2009

Edited by Michal Herman, National Nuclear Data Center, BNL

Presentations & Reports

CSEWG Annual Meeting, Nov 3-5

USNDP Annual Meeting, Nov 4-6

Agenda

Monday, Nov 2, 2009 Berkner B

Tuesday, Nov 2, 2009 Berkner B

Wednesday, Nov 4, 2009 Berkner B, Berkner C

Thursday, Nov 5, 2009 Berkner B, Berkner C

Friday, Nov 6, 2009 Berkner B, Berkner C