Nuclear Data Week at BNL

The USNDP/CSEWG/NDAG Meetings
were held at BNL on Nov 18-22, 2013.

Monday, Nov 18, 2013

USNDP Reporting Session
Chair: A. Sonzogni
Morning, 9:00 A.M. - 10:00 P.M.
Location: Berkner B

Break

USNDP Reporting Session
Chair: A. Sonzogni Morning, 10:15 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.
Location: Berkner B

Lunch Break
12:30 - 02:00

USNDP Long Range Planning
Chair: J. Kelley
Afternoon, 2:00 - 3:35 P.M.
Location: Berkner B Topics for Discussion

Survey results from Low Energy Meeting, E.A. McCutchan, 10'
ENSDF priorities and characterization of user base
- What is the relation between ENSDF and other databases (DDEP, EGAF, AME,MIRD, RIPL/NuDat/ENDF), 10'
How do undergraduates contribute?, Kelley, 5'
How do postdocs contribute?, Kelley, 5'
ENSDF status, outlooks, and committment, 20'
- Necessary levels for sustained activity
- Five year outlook for present manpower
What is a feasible hiring strategy?, 5'
What are the plans for Nuclear Data Sheets?, 20'
LLNL's Generalized Nuclear Data project, Matoon, 10'
XML format transition, 10'

Break

USNDP long range planning discussion (PI and DB Managers only)
Chair: M. Herman
Afternoon, 3:45-5:30 P.M.
Location: Berkner B

Tuesday, Nov 19, 2013

USNDP Structure Group Chair: E.A. McCutchan Morning, 9:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Location: Berkner B Evaluation Formats and Procedures Evaluation isssues Review of USNDP involvement in NSDD action items Tale of two (simple) nuclides in ENSDF, Singh Format check (FMTCHK) for delayed particle data sets, Basunia Discussion	NDAG Morning, 8:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Location: NNDC Conference Room, 197D
Lunch Break 12:00 - 02:00
USNDP Plenary Chair: S. Hoblit Afternoon, 2:00 - 3:00 P.M. Location: Berkner B GW SAID database, R. Workman (GWU), 30' State of the EMPIRE, M. Herman (BNL), 5' NSR, Pritychenko, 10' Discussion of DOE/NSF open access mandate for raw data
Break
USNDP Reactions, Chair: T. Kawano Afternoon, 3:15 - 6:30 P.M. Location: Berkner B OMP in rare-earth region, G. Nobre (BNL), 20' MLBW, D. Brown (BNL), 20' Freya, R. Vogt (LLNL), 30' CGMF and CoH3, P. Talou (LANL), 30' S(a,b) and direct capture, G. Arbanas (ORNL), 30' Data mining an EXFOR database, J. Hirdt, (St. Joseph's College, Patchoque), 15'	USNDP Structure Chair: J. Kelley Afternoon, 3:15 - 6:30 P.M. Location: Berkner C IAEA NDS, P. Dimitriou, 10' Libraries and Codes, 10' Nudat, A. Sonzogni, 5' Analysis codes, T.D. Johnson, 5' Horizontal Evaluations -- ongoing, 40' IAEA-CRP on "Nuclear Data for Charged-particle Monitor Reactions and Medical Isotope Production": ANL, 10' IAEA CRP on beta-N: related to its horizontal compilation and evaluation of P_n and associated half-lives, Singh, 10' Compilation and evaluation of BE2 for first 2⁺ states in e-e nuclei, B. Pritychenko, 5' EGAF, R. Firestone, 10' Horizontal Evaluations -- developing IAEA Consultants Meeting on a Database of Photon Strength Data, R. Firestone Conferences, 15' ND2013, Sonzogni (BNL), 6' INPC2013 conference in Florence & HIAS13 Symposium: ANL, 3' Low-energy community meeting, McCutchan (BNL), 3' IAEA Technical Meeting on "Auger Electron Emission Following Nuclear Decay: Data Needs for Medical Applications", ANL, 3' XUNDL Workshop: (covered in XUNDL status report), 3'

Wednesday, Nov 20, 2013

CSEWG Evaluation Committee Chair: Toshihiko Kawano Morning, 8:30 A.M. - 12:40 P.M. Location: Berkner B Objectives regarding evaluation plans for ENDF/B-VIII, M. Herman, T. Kawano, 5' Overview of Cielo, led by T. Kawano Database management for preparing for ENDF/B-VIII, Brown, 15' Overview of conclusions from CIELO/NEMEA7 meeting on 1H, 16O, 56Fe, 235,8U and 239Pu evaluation plans, (Round table discussion led by Kawano, with input from CIELO/NEMEA7 attendees) 60' Overview of BNL evaluation work/plans, D. Brown, 15' Overview of ORNL evaluation work/plans, M. Dunn/M. Pigni,15' Overview of LLNL evaluation work/plans, N. Summers, 15' Overview of LANL evaluation work/plans, T. Kawano, 15' Nuclear data related activities at KAERI, Y. Cho, 10' Evaluation efforts at IAEA/NDS, P. Dimitriou, 10' Prompt fission PFNS evaluation plans - work from LANL and LLNL, P. Talou, 15' Summary of IAEA Standards meeting and plans for next evaluation, A. Carlson, 15'	USNDP Structure Chair: J. Kelley Morning, 9:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Location: Berkner C Specific examples on: Measurements Why do we need new data on ⁶⁷Cu?, F. Kondev Beta- and gamma-ray emisson probabilities in decay of ⁶⁷Cu, J. Chen Another interesting case of ICC measurement: the 88-keV, M4 transition in ^127mTe, N. Nica NNDC Experimental Activities, E.A. McCutchan Systematics Motivation for better data/new evaluation Neutron induced fission measurements at TUNL - J. Kelley
CSEWG Excecutive Committee Working Lunch 12:00 - 02:00	Lunch Break 12:00 - 02:00
CSEWG Validation Committee Chair: Skip Kahler Afternoon, 2:00 - 5:30 P.M. Location: Berkner B The NNDC "ADVANCE" System, BNL/Brown, 20' LANL Experience while Creating & Validating ACE and MultiGroup Files From ENDF/B-VII.1 (LANL/Conlin, 20') Integral Testing of 239Np Capture Cross Section Evaluations using Reactor Experiments (ORNL/Gauld), 20' Status of FENDL-3 Validation and Application for ITER (UWisc/Sawan, 20') Data Testing at AECL (CRNL/Roubtsov. 20')
Break
Data Testing at ANL, ANL/Lell, 20' Data Testing at Bettis & KAPL Using MC Codes to Validate Nuclear Data and Processing, UWisc/Davis 15' Testing ENDF/B-VII.1 Covariance Data, ORNL/Williams, 15' Thermal Data Testing at LLNL, Heinrichs/Lent, 15' Data Testing Revised 235U and 239Pu Files with ICSBEP Benchmarks (LANL/ORNL, Kahler/Leal, 20') Floor Discussion & Wrap-Up

Thursday, Nov 21, 2013

CSEWG Measurement Committee
Chair: Yaron Danon
Morning, 8:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.
Location: Berkner B

Lunch Break
12:00 - 02:00

CSEWG Formats and Processing Committee
Chair: M. Dunn
Afternoon, 2:00 - 5:30 P.M.
Location: Berkner B

Proposal for evaluated covariance data for decay spectra, Badikov (MEPHI), 15'
NLIB identifier for TENDL, Brown
LLNL Efforts to Development new ENDF format infrastructure, Mattoon, 20'
Processing Codes (45 min)
- NJOY Status Report, Kahler, 15'
- AMPX Status Report, Wiarda, 15'
ANL Status Report, 15 min'
BNL Activities Related to Formats and Processing and ENDF-102 Manual, 15'

Break

CSEWG Covariances Committee
Chair: D. Smith
Location: Berkner B

Friday, Nov 22, 2013

CSEWG Formats and Processing Committee Chair: M. Dunn Morning, 8:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Location: Berkner B	NDAG, if needed. Morning, 8:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Location: NNDC Conference Room, 197D
Break
CSEWG Covariances Committee Chair: D. Smith Location: Berkner B Consistent FPY Covariance Matrices in Uncertainty Quantification Analyses, M. Pigni (ORNL) Integral Experiment Assimilations for U-235,8 and Pu-239, S. Hoblit (BNL) General Discussion on Covariance Issues (moderator D. Smith, ANL)

Nuclear Data Week at BNL

The USNDP/CSEWG/NDAG Meetings were held at BNL on Nov 18-22, 2013.

Monday, Nov 18, 2013

Tuesday, Nov 19, 2013

Wednesday, Nov 20, 2013

Thursday, Nov 21, 2013

Friday, Nov 22, 2013

The USNDP/CSEWG/NDAG Meetings
were held at BNL on Nov 18-22, 2013.