OECD/NEA Data Bank

Computer Program Service (CPS) E-Newsletter

No. 35, December 2007

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
  - The list concerning Nuclear Model Codes was updated and includes also codes for parameter best-fit
• Searches by keywords can be made
• Graphs with statistical service data for 2006
  

Integral Experiments Data for Model and Code Validation:

• The 2007 edition of the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP) has been released in September 2007. It contains now experimental data for over 4092 critical configurations. Access to request a copy.
  


• The International Fuel Performance Experiments Database (IFPE) contains 1209 cases (November 2007). Since then new experiments were released in particular relative to MOX fuels which are in process of being compiled and evaluated. They shall be integrated into IFPE during 2008.
  


• The Shielding Benchmark Experiments Database (SINBAD) includes 42 Reactor Shielding, 27 Fusion Neutronics Shielding, and 15 Accelerator Shielding Experiments (last update: 21 May 2007).



• The second edition of the  International Handbook of Evaluated Reactor Physics Benchmark Experiments Handbook (IRPhE) was published in March 2007 and contains reactor physics benchmark specifications that have been derived from experiments that were performed at various nuclear experimental facilities around the world. The third edition, including new evaluations, is scheduled for March 2008.
  


• Prof. M.M.R Williams has released the following three of his legacy books for free distribution for use by students and other researchers.


• The Slowing Down and Thermalization of Neutrons, North-Holland Publishing Company - Amsterdam, 582 pages, 1966
• Mathematical Methods in Particle Transport Theory, Butterworths, London, 430 pages, 1971
• Random Processes in Nuclear Reactors, Pergamon Press Oxford New York Toronto Sydney, 243 pages, 1974




• Prof. Jeffery Lewins has recently released the following two legacy books:
  
• Importance: The Adjoint Function : The Physical Basis of Variational and Perturbation Theory in Transport and Diffusion Problems.
• Nuclear Reactor Kinetics and Control
These will be available in the near future on CD-ROM.

Workshops, training courses & tutorials planned for 2008:

• 30 January - 1 February 2008
  
Course on "Analytical Benchmarks: Case Studies in Neutron Transport Theory" using the Handbook (including computer codes) to be 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 (Registration now closed).
Teacher: Prof. Barry D. Ganapol.


• 25-29 February 2008 Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis Training Course using SCALE TSUNAMI Syllabus, held at OECD/NEA Headquarters. Registration Form.
  
  
• 7-11 April 2008 A training course on the Monte Carlo computer code TRIPOLI-4 will be held  at OECD/NEA Headquarters. TRIPOLI-4 Course Programmme. The new version that is being released contains cross section libraries from the latest evaluations. It contains also an interactive pre-processor for preparing of geometries. Registration Form.
  
  
• 12-16 May 2008
  Joint introductory/intermediate MCNP/MCNPX training course, ITN, Sacavem, Lisbon (Portugal) - co-sponsored by ORNL/RSICC. Registration form.
  
  
• 19-23 May 2008
  GEANT4 (a toolkit for the simulation of the passage of particles through matter) workshop  organised at ORNL by the RSICC (Radiation Shielding Information Computational Center) in co-operation with the NEA Data Bank. Programmme, schedule and additional information.
  
  
• 2-6 June 2008
  REFIT-2007 Training course -  Multilevel Resonance Parameter Least Square Fit of Neutron Transmission and Capture Data, EC-JRC-IRMM, Geel, contact  Peter Schillebeeckx
  
  
• 30 June - 3 July 2008
  
Training course on PENELOPE-2008 - a Code System for Monte Carlo Simulation of Electron and Photon Transport. Scope & Objectives, Syllabus and accommodation. Registration form.


• 29 September - 3 October 2008
  Training Course on FLUKA, a fully integrated particle physics MonteCarlo simulation package. OECD/NEA Data Bank, Issy les Moulineaux, France. Registration Form.
  

• Meetings Sponsored by the Nuclear Science Committee & Data Bank

2007

• 15-19 April 2007
  SNA-2007 + M&C-2007, Joint International Topical Meeting 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).
  

• 22-27 April 2007
  Nuclear Data Conference ND-2007
  Nice, France
  Contact:  nd2007@cea.fr

• 28 May-1 June 2007
  Eighth International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety - ICNC-2007
  "Pribaltiyskaya" Hotel, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
  Contact: Y. Rugama

• 9-13 September 2007
  GLOBAL-2007
  Boise, Idaho, USA
  Contact: Teri Ehresman

2008

• 20-22 February 2008
  Workshop on Advanced Reactors with Innovative Fuels (ARWIF-2008), JAEA, Tsuruga, Japan,
  

• 13-17 April  2008
  Eleventh International Conference on Radiation Shielding (ICRS11) and Fifteenth Topical on Radiation Protection and Shielding (RPS15). Organiser: Georgia Institute of Technology, Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, Georgia, USA

• 21-23 April 2008
  SATIF-9, Shielding Aspects of Accelerators, Targets and Irradiation Facilities -
  Spallation Neutron Source, SNS, 701 Scarboro Road, OAK RIDGE, TN, USA

• 25-30 May 2008
  13th International Symposium on Reactor Dosimetry
  Akersloot, Netherlands

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

2009

• 3-7 May 2009
  M&C-2009, ANS Mathematics and Computation Division  (Call for Papers)
  Saratoga Springs, NY. USA
  Contact: Tom Sutton

• 6-10 September 2009
  GLOBAL-2009: 8th Global Congress on Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Sustainable Options and Industrial Perspectives, Paris, France