OECD/NEA Data Bank E-Newsletter
No. 4, December 2008
The Data Bank would like to thank
you for your
co-operation throughout the year and wishes you the very best this
holiday season.
Content:
- Nuclear data and tools
- Processed data
libraries
- Chemical thermodynamics
data
- Computer programs
- Integral experiments
data
- Benchmarks
- Training courses and
workshops
- Conferences
- Other items
1. Nuclear data and tools
Participants in the Joint
European Fission and
Fusion (JEFF) project met on 18-20 November at NEA offices in
Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. Meeting participants decided on revised
fission and fusion data evaluations to be incorporated into an updated
release of the JEFF nuclear data library, to be released as JEFF-3.1.1
shortly. More information is available at www.oecd-nea.org/html/dbdata/projects/nds_jef.htm.
A workshop on processing tools for evaluated nuclear data libraries was
held in conjunction with the JEFF meeting on 18 November at NEA
premises chaired by Skip Kahler from Los Alamos National Laboratory,
USA. More information is available at http://www.oecd-nea.org/html/dbdata/process/workshop-2008/.
In order to support the distribution and best use of the various
evaluated nuclear data libraries, the NEA promotes the exchange of
information on processed libraries, pre-processing and processing
codes. The NEA also provides a framework for the processing of
evaluated nuclear data through its nuclear data services. More
information is available at www.oecd-nea.org/html/dbdata/process/.
2. Processed data libraries
Recently acquired or tested
application data
libraries:
- NEA-1822/01 ZZ
FLUKA05-PRE-LIB, FLUKA05 Multi-group, multi-purpose nuclear data
library, neutrons, photons, charged particles
- NEA-1837/01 ZZ-TENDL-2008-ACE, TENDL-2008 based library for neutrons, protons,
deuterons, tritons, helions, alpha and gammas
For a full list of processed cross-section data
libraries
visit www.oecd-nea.org/dbprog/categ-z.html.
For the most recent updates to NJOY, a data processing
system
of evaluated nuclear data files in ENDF format, visit www.oecd-nea.org/dbprog/njoy-links.html.
3. Chemical thermodynamics data
4. Computer Programs
The most recently acquired or tested
computer
codes and application data libraries are:
- ANGELO-LAMBDA, Covariance
matrix interpolation and mathematical verification (Updated version)
- IAEA1426/01 PLOT-S,
Plotting Program with
special Features for Windows Environment (New)
- PSR-0542/01 MGA8, Determine
Pu Isotope Abundances from Multichannel Analyzer Gamma Spectra (New)
- USCD1237/01 DRAGON2PARTISN Cross-Sections
Data Generation for PARTISN4.0 (New)
- CCC-0726/01 CNCSN, Two-
and Three-Dimensional Coupled Neutral and Charged Particle Sn Code
System (New)
- NEA-1678/09 BOT3P5.3, 3D Mesh Generator and Graphical Display of Geometry for
Radiation Transport Codes, Display of Results (Updated
version)
- NEA-1835/01 Reactor
Shielding Design Manual by Rockwell T. III (New)
- USCD1149/64 ENSDF/ADDGAM,
Adds Gammas to Adopted Data Sets (Updated version)
- USCD1149/65 ENSDF/ALPHAD,
Calculation Alpha Hindrance Factors (Updated version)
- USCD1149/66 ENSDF/AVETOOLS, Three statistical methods to
calculate
averages of experimental data with uncertainties (New)
- USCD1149/67 ENSDF/FMTCHK,
Format Checking
Program (Updated
version)
- USCD1149/68 ENSDF/GABS,
Absolute Gamma-Ray
Intensities from ENSDF Data (Updated
version)
- USCD1149/69 ENSDF/GTOL,
Least Squres Fit of
Gamma Spectra and Level Assignment (Updated version)
- USCD1149/70 ENSDF/LOGFT,
Beta-Decay log-ft and Partial Capture Calculation (Updated version)
- USCD1149/71 ENSDF/PANDORA,
Physics Checks on ENSDF Data (Updated
version)
- USCD1149/72 ENSDF/RULER,
Reduced Transition Problems Abilities Calculation (Updated version)
- USCD1149/73 ENSDF/HSICC,
Interpolation Between Hager-Seltzer and
Dragoun-Plajner-Schmutzler (Updated
version)
- USCD1149/74 ENSDF/TREND,
Tabulation of ENSDF Data (Updated
version)
- NEA-1525/14 PENELOPE2008, A Code System for Monte-Carlo Simulation of Electron and
Photon Transport (Updated version)
- CCC-0740/01 MCNP5/MCNPX, Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport Code System Including
MCNP5 1.50, MCNPX 2.6.0, VISED and Data Libraries (New)
Note for users of DVDs sent out by the NEA Data Bank :
The CD-ROM and DVD robot used at the NEA Data Bank to produce copies of
the information it distributes was upgraded recently. The
result
of this upgrade and modification is that there might arise
compatibility problems with operating systems and/or DVD-readers older
than 11 years, i.e. released before 1997. Users experiencing problems
with old DVD readers should either request information on CD-ROM or
upgrade their readers.
For more details see the daily updated list at
www.oecd-nea.org/html/dbprog/cpsnew.html.
5. Integral experiments data
Radiation shielding
Reactor physics
- The March 2008 edition of the International Reactor
Physics
Benchmark Experiments (IRPHE) Project handbook is available at www.oecd-nea.org/html/dbprog/IRPhE-latest.htm.
The IRPhE review meeting preparing the 2009 edition of the IRPhE
Handbook was held in October 2008. The next edition will be issued in
March 2009.
- NEA-1739/02 IRPhE/AVR, High Temperature Reactor Experience, Archival Documentation
Criticality
The 2008 edition of the
International
Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP)
was
released in September. You may request a DVD by accessing the
INL webpages.
6. Benchmarks
7. Training courses and workshops
- 2-6 March 2009
SCALE6
Lattice Physics and Depletion Course, OECD/NEA Data
Bank -
co-sponsored by ORNL/RSICC, Issy les Moulineaux, France. Registration form.
-
16-20 March 2009
Training course on "Analytical Benchmarks: Case Studies in Neutron Transport Theory using
the Handbook (including computer codes) published on "Analytical Benchmarks
for Nuclear Engineering Applications (Case Studies in Neutron Transport
Theory)". This course is intended for transport methods developers and
those who teach reactor physics and transport theory. In addition, the
course would be appropriate for anyone with an analytical interest in
solving equations and the application of numerical methods to obtain
extreme accuracy. Teacher: Prof. Barry D. Ganapol. Registration form.
- 23-27 March 2009
MCNP/MCNPX
Training course, OECD NEA Data Bank - co-sponsored by
ORNL/RSICC,
Issy les Moulineaux, France. Registration form. Syllabus.
- 30 March - 3 April 2009
Training
Course on FLUKA - A Multipurpose Particle Interaction and Transport
Monte Carlo Code, National Center of Scientific Research "Demokritos",
Athens, Greece. Registration form. Syllabus.
8. Conferences
Meetings and conferences sponsored by the Nuclear
Science
Committee & Data Bank
2009
- 3-7 May 2009
2009
International Conference on Advances in Mathematics, Computational
Methods, and Reactor Physics, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA.
Contact: Tom Sutton
-
7-10 June 2009
First International Conference on Advancements in Nuclear
Instrumentation, Measurement Methods and their Applications
ANIMMA, Marseille,
southern France.
- 6-10 September 2009
GLOBAL-2009:
8th Global Congress on Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Sustainable Options and
Industrial Perspectives, Paris, France.
2010
- 9-14 May 2010
Physor-2010
Advances in Reactor Physics to Power the Nuclear Renaissance, Sheraton
Station Square Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
See also: Other
NEA
nuclear science meetings
9. Other items
Information on joint research projects related to
nuclear
safety
A steam explosion experiments (STEX) database was updated (International
Steam
Explosion Experimental Data Base).
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