OECD/NEA Data Bank

Computer Program Service (CPS) E-Newsletter

No. 26, December 2005

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 851 cases (21 October 2005).
• The Shielding Benchmark Experiments Database (SINBAD) includes 36 Reactor Shielding-27 Fusion Neutronics Shielding-, and 13 Accelerator Shielding-Experiments. (last update: 16 December 2005).
  
• 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:

• Courses / Workshops
  

• For 2006

• Further announcements for possible courses on MCNP5, MCNPX, SCALE5, TRIPOLI-4 and others will be made later. Future courses, tutorials etc. will be held depending on user interest and participation.
  

• 23 January - 10 February 2006
  Seminar and Training on Scaling, Uncertainty and 3D Coupled Code Calculations in Nuclear Technology, (3D.S.UNCOP-2005), 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)


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


• PENELOPE-2006 Barcelona, early July 2006, (programme is being prepared).


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

• 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 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. This workshop has focussed 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, X5 at LANL
• Workshop on the Monte Carlo Code TRIPOLI-4 , Avignon, France, 11 September 2005, by the TRIPOLI-4 team. The TRIPOLI-4 Monte Carlo transport code (neutron, gamma, electron/positron) is dedicated mainly to shielding, core physics and criticality studies. The workshop will be centered on the following topics:
  
  • description of the main capabilities/characteristics: geometry, material, source,
  • cross-sections, biasing techniques, estimators/scoring, …
  • overview on programming features: language, architecture, parallelism
  • overview on validation: experimental benchmarks and inter-code comparisons
  Presentation of some realistic studies carried out with TRIPOLI-4 and of future functionalities.
• APOLLO2 Workshop, Avignon, 11 September 2005 from 1.30 PM to 4.30 PM presented by Igor Zmijarevic APOLLO2 team members (CEA). Apollo2 is a widely used, general purpose transport code for assembly and core calculations. This workshop will give an overall view of the models implemented in the code and focus on recent developments, such as in self-shielding formalism, acceleration techniques for the method of characteristics, multigroup calculation in a large number of groups, 2D core calculations, etc. The qualification program of Apollo2 will be presented together with some recent applications.
• Workshop on Processing of Application Libraries for Monte Carlo Transport Calculations, 12-16 September 2005, IAEA, Vienna, Austria
• On request, the handouts of the Workshop on Advances in Monte Carlo Criticality Calculations, and Workshop on the Monte Carlo Code TRIPOLI-4 are available on CD-ROM to authorised users from NEA Data Bank member countries
• Workshop on Evaluation of Uncertainties in Relation to Severe Accidents and Level 2 Probabilistic Safety Analysis, Cadarache (France), 7-9 November 2005

• Meetings Sponsored by the Nuclear Science Committee Data Bank

2006

• 3-6 April 2006
  14th Biennial Topical Meeting of the ANS Radiation Protection and Shielding Division
  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.
  
  

• 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 + MC-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
  Contact: Doug Vogt

• 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, Russia

2008

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

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