OECD/NEA Data Bank

Computer Program Service (CPS) E-Newsletter

No. 28, April 2006 

1. New computer codes & related information
2. Integral Experiments
3. Workshops, training courses & tutorials, meetings

The most recently acquired or tested computer codes and data libraries are:

For more details see daily updated list

• List of the programs by subject field  
• Searches by keywords can be made

Integral Experiments Data for Model and Code Validation:

• The International Fuel Performance Experiments Database (IFPE) contains 1183 cases (27 March 2006).
• The Shielding Benchmark Experiments Database (SINBAD) includes 37 Reactor Shielding-27 Fusion Neutronics Shielding-, and 13 Accelerator Shielding-Experiments. (last update: 4 April 2006).
• The first edition of the  International Handbook of Evaluated Reactor Physics Benchmark Experiments (IRPhE) was published in March 2006 and contains reactor physics benchmark specifications that have been derived from experiments that were performed at various nuclear experimental facilities around the world. 
  
• The experimental data and reports from recent projects operated under the auspices of the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) have been added to the Data Bank. (These comprise the CABRI project, the SETH Project and the PSB-VVER Project). These data are subject to restrictions for their distribution.

Workshops, training courses & tutorials planned for 2006:

• Schools / Courses / Workshops
  

• For 2006/2007
  

• 15-17 May 2006
  TOUGH Symposium 2006, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA



• 4-7 July 2006
  PENELOPE-2006, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Scope & Objectives and Syllabus. Registration Form.



• 17-21 July 2006
  Intermediate Workshop on MCNPX, ENEA, Bologna, Italy. Registration Form.



• 23 August - 1 September 2006
  Frédéric Joliot/Otto Hahn Summer School on Nuclear Reactors: Physics, Fuels, and Systems, CEA Cadarache, France



• 28-31 August 2006
  The OECD Halden Reactor Projects organises every year an International Summer School. The next one is called OECD - HRP Summer School on Water Chemistry of Nuclear Reactor Systems, held at Halden, Norway. The deadline for registration is June 30. (Invitation), (Programme)
  



• 15-17 September 2006
  Workshop on Use of Monte Carlo Techniques for Design and Analysis of Radiation Detectors, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal



• 9-13 October 2006
  Training Course on MCNP5, ITN Sacavém, Lisbon, Portugal
  



• 22 January - 9 February 2007
  Seminar and Training on Scaling, Uncertainty and 3D Coupled Code Calculations in Nuclear Technology, (3D.S.UNCOP-2007), Department of Nuclear Engineering of Texas A&M, College Station, Texas, USA



• Further announcements for possible courses on SCALE5, TRIPOLI-4 and others will be made later. Future courses, tutorials etc. will be held depending on user interest and participation.

• Courses / Workshops recently held

• NJOY Workshop and User Group Meeting, 2 May 2005, NEA headquarters, 12 boulevard des Iles , 92130 Issy les Moulineaux, France (Proceedings)
• PENELOPE-2005, 4-7 July 2005, Scope & Objectives and Syllabus
  
• Seminar and Training on Scaling, Uncertainty and 3D Coupled Code Calculations in Nuclear Technology, (3D.S.UNCOP-2005) University of Zagreb, 20 June - 8 July 2005
• Workshop on Advances in Monte Carlo Criticality Calculations, Avignon, France, 11 September 2005.
  
• Workshop on the Monte Carlo Code TRIPOLI-4 , Avignon, France, 11 September 2005, by the TRIPOLI-4 team. 
• APOLLO2 Workshop, Avignon, 11 September 2005 from 1.30 PM to 4.30 PM.

• Workshop on Processing of Application Libraries for Monte Carlo Transport Calculations, 12-16 September 2005, IAEA, Vienna, Austria
• Workshop on Evaluation of Uncertainties in Relation to Severe Accidents and Level 2 Probabilistic Safety Analysis, Cadarache (France), 7-9 November 2005
• Seminar and Training on Scaling, Uncertainty and 3D Coupled Code Calculations in Nuclear Technology, (3D.S.UNCOP-2005), 23 January - 10 February 2006, School of Nuclear Engineering, Barcelona, Spain
• 7-8 April 2006
  Training Course on Neutron Spectra Unfolding, Cape Town, South Africa: UMG software package provided by PTB (UMG: Unfolding with GRAVEL and MAXED)

• Meetings Sponsored by the Nuclear Science Committee & Data Bank

2006

• 22-24 May 2006
  Shielding Aspects of Accelerators, Targets and Irradiation Facilities - SATIF-8
  Chair: Hee-seock LEE
  Pohang Accelerator Laboratory POSTECH, Korea, Rep.
  
  

• 5-7 September 2006
  CFD4NRS: Workshop on Benchmarking of CFD Codes for Application to Nuclear Reactor Safety, OECD/NEA and IAEA, hosted by Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS), Garching, Munich, Germany
  
  
• 10-14 September 2006
  PHYSOR-2006-Topical Meeting Advances in Nuclear Analysis and Advances in Nuclear Analysis and Simulation
  Hyatt Regency Vancouver
  General Chair: Ben Rouben (Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.)
  Technical Program Chair: Dr. Kenneth S. Kozier (Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.)
  Vancouver, Canada
  Call for Papers (PDF)



• 25-29 September 2006
  9th Information Exchange Meeting on Actinide and Fission Product Partitioning and Transmutation (co-organised NSC/NDC)
  Nîmes, France
  



• 1-4 October 2006
  3rd International Topical Meeting on High Temperature Reactor Technology - HTR 2006,
  Potchefstroom, South Africa
  
  

2007

• 15-18 April 2007
  SNA-2007 + M&C-2007, Joint International Conference on Mathematics & Computation and Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications
  Monterey Marriott, Monterey, California, USA
  General Chair: Tomas Diaz de la Rubia and Brian Wirth (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
  Technical Program Chair: Jasmina Vujic (University of California, Berkeley)
  Monterey, California, USA
  

• 22-27 Avril 2007
  Nuclear Data Conference ND-2007
  Nice, France
  

• 28-31 May 2007
  Eighth International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety - ICNC-2007
  Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
  
  

2008

• 14-18 September 2008
  PHYSOR-2008-Nuclear Power: A Sustainable Energy Resource
  Interlaken, Switzerland
  

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