CSEWG and USNDP 2006 Meetings

Proceedings
of the CSEWG & USNDP Meetings, BNL, November 6-9, 2006 Edited by Pavel Oblozinsky, National Nuclear Data Center, BNL

Summary Document
Presentations & Reports
Photos

Summary Document

CSEWG Summary

USNDP Summary

Presentations and Reports (see also Agenda)

CSEWG Annual Meeting, Nov 6-8

Validation of ENDF/B-VII beta3
CSEWG After ENDF/B-VII.0
Formats and Processing Committee
Measurements Committee
Validation Committee
Common CSEWG-USNDP Session

USNDP Annual Meeting, Nov 7-9

User Community-USNDP Discussion Forum
Structure Working Group
Reaction Working Group
Task Force and Lab Reports

Agenda

Nov 6, 2006, Monday, Berkner B
08:30-08:45 CSEWG Opening, Oblozinsky
08:45-12:30 Validation of ENDF/B-VII (Chadwick, chair) Status of ENDF/B-VII beta3, Herman, 10' Phase 1 testing, Arcilla, 5' ENDF/B-VII.0 paper and follow-up papers, Oblozinsky, 15' Validation of beta3 at LANL, 1h Overall b3 testing results, Kahler, 45' 233U/Zr testing and Be results, MacFarlane, 15' (conference call) New Evaluation of Zr-90, Herman, 10' Overview of Zr data in ENDF/B-VII.0, Lubitz Testing of Zr, Zerkle, 10' Revision of 235U delayed nubar, Lubitz, 15' Final report on standards, Carlson, 15' Observation on data testing, Chadwick/MacFarlane, 15' 237Np evaluation, Kawano, 5'
12:30-14:00 Lunch Break CSEWG Executive Committee Working Lunch, Berkner A ENDF/B-VII.0 release CSEWG after ENDF/B-VII.0 WPEC matters ND2007 conference Next meeting
14:00-16:45 Validation of ENDF/B-VII continues (McKnight, chair) Summary of validation at Petten including keff and transmission, McKnight, 20' Update on 2H, Kozier, 10' Validation at LLNL, Brown, 10' ENDF/B-VII.0 covariances, D. Smith, 15' Covariance generation in resonance region, Leal,10' Covariances for major actinides in fast region, Kawano, 10' Update on NJOY-ERRORJ, Kawano, 5' Comments on work for b3 (photonuclear, adjustments), Young, 15' Decay data library in ENDF/B-VII, Sonzogni, 15' Fission energy release in b3, Kahler/MacFarlane, 15' Benchmarking system, White, 10' Comments on calibration, Chadwick, 15' 16:45-17:00 ENDF/B-VII.0 release, Oblozinsky
18:30 CSEWG Dinner (courtesy of Brookhaven Science Associates) Danfords on the Sound, Port Jefferson

Nov 7, 2006, Tuesday, Berkner B, Berkner C
08:30-10:30 General discussion: CSEWG after ENDF/B-VII.0 (Oblozinsky, chair) CSEWG committees Future priorities Future releases ENDF-6 Formats Manual Questions for the Post ENDF/B-VII.0 Era, McKnight (More from ANL processing!) 11:00-12:30 Formats and Processing Committee (Greene, chair) Considerations for Post ENDF/BVII.0 Format Revisions (30') Proposed format modification in the resonance region, Larson Fission energy release format modification, Kahler OECD Format Needs, OECD Representative Q-values in ENDF, Brown Processing Codes (50') NJOY Status Report, Kahler & MacFarlane AMPX Status Report, Dunn LLNL Codes Status Report, Brown ANL Codes Status Report, McKnight Covariance processing code PUFF, Dunn Status of Other ENDF related codes, All BNL Activities Related to Formats and Processing (10') Checking Codes, Herman ENDF-102, Herman	08:30-12:30 Informal round-table discussion on ENSDF evaluation policies Open to all ENSDF evaluators (Tuli, chair)
12:30-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-14:10 USNDP Opening, Oblozinsky, Berkner B
14:10-15:10 Common Session CSEWG + USNDP (Chadwick, chair), Berkner B Nuclear Data Sheets: Journal for structure & reaction data? Introductory comments, Oblozinsky, 15' Discussion (Kelley, all)
15:15-16:45 Measurements and Basic Physics Committee (D. Smith, chair), Berkner B Neutron cross section measurements, 65' Measurements at n_TOF, Mengoni, 20' Measurements at LANL, Haight, 20' Measurements at NIST, Carlson, 5' Measurements at ORNL, Dunn, 10' Measurements at RPI, Block, 10' Other topics, 25' Measurements at ANL, Kondev, 5' Status of ITER and neutronics, Sawan, 10' EAF 2007 Activation Workshop, Cheng, 5' Status of CSISRS compilation, Rochman, 5' 16:45-18:00 Evaluation Committee (Chadwick, chair) Updates on recent/ongoing evaluation work Evaluation work at LANL (includes Ir, Am), Kawano, 15' Evaluation work at ORNL, Leal, 15' Evaluation work at BNL (includes resonances), Herman, 15' Evaluation work at LLNL (includes delayed γ-s), Brown, 10' Work on quantification of uncertainties for fast reactors at KAERI, Gil, 10' Future priorities for evaluations beyond VII.0, 30' GNEP needs Discussion, all	15:15-18:00 User Community-USNDP Discussion Forum (Sonzogni, chair), Berkner C Research/user talks Talk by Cyrus Baktash (ORNL), 35' Talk by Gilles de France (GANIL), 35' Talk by Betty Tsang (MSU), 35' n_TOF project at CERN, Alberto Mengoni (IAEA), 35' Discussion, 30' How are current USNDP services utilized How can current services be improved How research community can contribute

Nov 8, 2006, Wednesday, Berkner B, Berkner C
8:30-9:30 Validation Committee (McKnight, chair) Summary discussion of outstanding discrepancies from VII.0 validation Discussion of broader issues beyond VII.0 09:30-11:00 CSEWG concluding session (Oblozinsky, chair) Sigma: New ENDF interface, Pritychenko, 10' Concluding discussion Next meeting, Minutes Other business 11:00 CSEWG adjourns	08:30-12:30 USNDP Structure WG (Baglin, chair) 8:30-9:00 Database Status reports: ENSDF (J. Tuli; 5'-10') NSR (D. Winchell; 5'-10') XUNDL (B. Singh; 5'-10') 9:00-10:00 Software, web pages: Status of ENSDF Analysis and Utility Codes (T. Burrows; 10'-15') Absolute and relative γ-ray intensities in ENSDF (E. Browne; 10') Obtaining mixing ratio data from conversion coefficients (5') Status of ββ-decay and B(E2) data (B. Pritychenko; 20') 10:00-10:15 Coffee Break 10:15-12:30 Reports: BRICC: How good are the conversion coefficients now? (T. Burrows; 20') New evaluators (J. Tuli; 10') ENSDF contribution to ENDF/B-VII decay data library (A. Sonzogni; 20')
12:30-14:00 Lunch break USNDP Coordinating Committee, Berkner A Report FY06 Workplan FY08 Budget briefing FY09 Next meeting
14:00-17:30 USNDP Reaction WG (Kawano, chair), parallel session, Berkner B Nuclear reaction modeling Code PRECO, Kalbach, 10' Code EMPIRE, Herman, 10' Code McGNASH, Bonneau, 10' Covariances Covariance work at BNL, Rochman, 10' Resonance covariances for actinides, Leal, 10' Fast covariances for actinides, Kawano, 10' Processing of covariances by ERORJ, Kawano, 5' Processing of covariances by PUFF, Dunn, 5'	14:00-17:30 USNDP Structure WG continues (Baglin, chair) 14:00-15:30 Formats/Procedures /J rules/Policies, etc. New rotational band J rules (B. Singh) Expediting ENSDF (T. Burrows) Should priority be given to rapid inclusion in ENSDF of papers on new nuclides and/or first observations of excited states in nuclides? Evaluator reminders Membership and responsibilities 15:30-15:45 Coffee break 15:45-16:30 Nuclear Data Sheets: Space limitations Access to and content of introductory material 16:30-17:00 Other issues ICC (N. Nica) Interactions with structure and decay data user community Other business? 17:30 End of WG Meeting

Nov 9, 2006, Thursday, Berkner B, Berkner C
08:30-11:00 USNDP Reports (TF reports, Lab reports) (Tuli, chair) Task Force Reports, 10' each Nuclear Data for Astrophysics, C. Nesaraja Nuclear Data for/from RIA, Kawano Nuclear Data for Homeland Security, Brown Laboratory reports, 10' each NNDC Report, Oblozinsky ANL Report, Kondev LANL Report, Kawano LBNL Report, Baglin LLNL Report, Brown NIST Report, Carlson McMaster Report (structure and astrophysics combined), Chen ORNL Report, Nesaraja TUNL Report, Kelly, Kalbach 11:30-12:30 Concluding discussion, Oblozinsky NNDC Web services, Pritychenko, 10' Advanced Fuel Cycle Workshop (Aug 06), Baglin, 10' Budget briefing Next meeting, Minutes 13:00 USNDP adjourns	08:30-17:30 NDAG Criticality Safety Meeting (Nuclear Data Advisory Group) (McKnight, ANL, chair), the meeting is by invitation only.