OECD/NEA Data Bank

Computer Program Service (CPS) E-Newsletter

No. 21, December 2004 

1. New computer codes & related information
2. Integral Experiments  
3. Workshops, training courses & tutorials, meetings
4. Thermochemical Database (TDB)
   
5. Nuclear Data News  

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

For more details see weekly updated list (on Mondays)

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

Integral Experiments Data for Model and Code Validation:

• The first technical review meeting relative to the International Reactor Physics Benchmark Experiments Project ( IRPhE ) was held from  27-28 October 2004 in Paris.
• The International Fuel Performance Experiments Database (IFPE) was recently updated with new experiments (18 October 2004).
• The Shielding Benchmark Experiments Database (SINBAD) includes now 35 Reactor Shielding, 26 Fusion Neutronics Shielding and 9 Accelerator Shielding Experiments. (last update: 15 December 2004).
• 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 REPNa series , the SETH Project and the PSB-VVER Project ). These data are subject to restrictions for their distribution at this stage. The reports and data from the RASPLAV project are now available to organisations from OECD member countries and from the Russian Federation

Workshops, training courses & tutorials planned for 2005:

• Schools / Courses
•  Training Courses for 2005

• TRIPOLI-4 planned for Winter 2005.
• PENELOPE 4-7 July 2005, Scope & Objectives and Syllabus, Registration Form.
  
• Workshop on Using MCNP5 for Medical Physics Applications, sponsored by Computational Medical Physics Working Group on Sunday, April 17, 2005, 1-5pm.  Participation is free. It is held in conjunction with the Monte Carlo 2005 Conference; Chattanooga Convention Center, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.
  
• Workshop on Advances in Monte Carlo Criticality Calculations, Avignon, France, 11 September 2005.
  This workshop will focus on recent advances in methods, codes, and data for Monte Carlo criticality calculations, including: improvements to MCNP5 kcode calculations, source entropy as a convergence diagnostic, Weilandt acceleration, stochastic geometry for HTGRs, use of mesh tallies for reactor applications, pre-ENDF/B-VII data, Doppler broadening, material composition library, etc. Presenters will be Forrest Brown & Russell Mosteller from the MCNP development team at LANL (see also: http://mcavignon2005.cea.fr/ )
• Workshop on the Monte Carlo Code TRIPOLI-4 , Avignon, France, 11 September 2005.   (see also: http://mcavignon2005.cea.fr/
• Further announcements for possible courses on MCNP5, MCNPX, SCALE5 and others will be made later. Future courses, tutorials etc. will be held depending on user interest and participation.

• Meetings Sponsored by the Nuclear Science Committee & Data Bank

Meetings scheduled

2005


• 16-18 February 2005
  Advanced Reactors with Innovative Fuels - ARWIF-2005
  Oak Ridge, USA
  http://www.oecd-nea.org/html/science/meetings/ARWIF2004/index.html
  
  
• 17-21 April 2005
  ANS International Conference “Monte Carlo 2005” -
  The Monte Carlo Method: Versatility Unbounded in a Dynamic Computing World,
  Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
  http://meetingsandconferences.com/MonteCarlo2005/
  
  
• 8-13 May 2005
  The Twelfth International Symposium on Reactor Dosimetry
  Park Vista Resort in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, USA
  http://www.reactordosimetry.com/
  
  
• 15-19 May 2005
  2005 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP’05)
  Grand Inter-Continental Seoul, Korea
  
  
• 21-26 August 2005
  ICENES 2005 – 12th International Conference on Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems
  Metropole Hotel, Brussels, Belgium
  
  
• 28 August - 1 September 2005
  Accelerator Applications - AccApp’05
  San Servolo, Venice,  Italy
  http://accapp05.infm.it/
  
  
• 12-15 September 2005
  Topical Meeting Mathematics & Computation, Supercomputing, Reactor Physics and Nuclear and Biological Applications - M&C 2005
  Avignon, Palais des Papes, France
  http://mcavignon2005.cea.fr/
  
  
• 2-6 October 2005
  Nureth 11 - Nuclear Reactors Thermal-Hydraulics
  Avignon
  SFEN and SFANS (french section of the American Nuclear Society) in cooperation with CEA
  
  
• 9-13 October 2005
  7th International Conference GLOBAL 2005
  Tsukuba, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
  
  
  
2006


• 2-5 April 2006
  2006 Biennial Radiation and Shielding Topical Meeting (RPS 2006)
  General Chair: Dr. Chuan Fu Wu  (Department of Energy)
  Technical Program Chair: Dr. Robert Hayes  (Westinghouse TRU Solutions)
  Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA
  
  
• 22-24 May 2006
  Shielding Aspects of Accelerators, Targets and Irradiation Facilities - SATIF-8
  Chair: Hee-seock LEE
  Pohang Accelerator Laboratory POSTECH, Korea, Rep.
  
  
• 10-14 September 2006
  PHYSOR-2006
  General Chair: Ben Rouben  (Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.)
  Technical Program Chair: Dr. Kenneth S. Kozier  (Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.)
  Vancouver, Canada
  

Update from the Thermochemical Database Project (TDB):

• The Reviews on the Chemical Thermodynamics of Nickel and Selenium (inorganic species and compounds) are now with the publisher and should be available in the first half of 2005.
• These two books will be followed shortly by two further volumes dealing with the inorganic species and compounds of Zirconium and with the species and compounds formed by selected organic ligands (EDTA, citrate, oxalate and ISA) with U, Np, Pu, Am, Tc, Se, Ni and Zr.

Nuclear Data News

• JEFF-3.1
  The NEA Data Bank organised a JEFF meeting 24-26 November where approximately 50 people discussed the next version of the general purpose library JEFF: JEFF-3.1. The data library is planned to be released for benchmarking in May of next year and by the end 2005 the final version is expected to be available for distribution.
  
  Progress on the Decay Data and Fission Yields library was presented during the JEFF meeting. The feedback from testing and benchmarking has been collected and the version for distribution is expected to be released along with the general purpose library JEFF3.1.
  
  JEFF-3/A Activation file is available at the NEA (to request a DVD copy: rugama@oecd-nea.org ).
  
  
• JANIS
  Janis (Java-based nuclear information software) is a display program designed to facilitate the visualisation and manipulation of nuclear data. It allows the user to access numerical values and graphical representations without prior knowledge of the storage format. It offers maximum flexibility for the comparison of different nuclear data sets.
  It can be used locally on a PC or remotely connected to the NEA web site.
  
  The Janis NEA remote database has been updated to include these libraries:
  BROND-2.2, CENDL-2.1 (general purpose libraries, processed with NJoy99.90 at 293.6K)
  JEFF-3/A (Activation, interaction data)
  JENDL-FP-DD 2000 (decay data, radioactive data)
  JENDL-FY 3.3 (fission yields)
  
  An upgrade to Janis 2.1 is available on the NEA web site:
  http://www.oecd-nea.org/janis/download.html
  or,  to request a DVD copy:  http://www.oecd-nea.org/janis/orderform.html
  You can also launch the new version online from the Janis web page: http://www.oecd-nea.org/janis , link "Launch Janis 2.1".
  

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