OECD/NEA Data Bank

Computer Program Service (CPS) E-Newsletter

No. 30, September 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 2006 edition of the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP) has been released in September. It contains now experimental data for 3955 critical configurations.
  
• The International Fuel Performance Experiments Database (IFPE) contains 1183 cases (6 June 2006).
• The Shielding Benchmark Experiments Database (SINBAD) includes 38 Reactor Shielding-27 Fusion Neutronics Shielding-, and 15 Accelerator Shielding-Experiments. (last update: 28 August 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 next edition, with new experimental data is scheduled for March 2007.
  
• 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 available to organisations from OECD member countries and from the Russian Federation

Workshops, training courses & tutorials planned for 2006:

• Schools / Courses / Workshops
  

•  For 2006/2007
  

• 15-17 November 2006
  Training Course on Montecarlo Simulation, Universidad Internacional de Andalucía, Baeza (Jaén), Spain
  contact: Jose Maria Fernandez-Varea


• 20 November 2006
  NJOY users group meeting, NEA Headquarters, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
  

• 28-29 November 2006
  Journées "codes de calcul en radioprotection, radiophyisque et dosimétrie", INSTN, Saclay
• contact: Emanuelle Gaillard-Lecanu
  

• 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


• 12-15 March 2007
  Training Course on MCNP5>, University of Pisa, Italy
  


• Further announcements for possible courses on MCNP5, 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

• 15-17 September 2006
  Workshop on Use of Monte Carlo Techniques for Design and Analysis of Radiation Detectors, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
• 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., (Programme)
• 23 August - 1 September 2006
  Frédéric Joliot/Otto Hahn Summer School on Nuclear Reactors: Physics, Fuels, and Systems, CEA Cadarache, France
• 17-21 July 2006
  Intermediate Workshop on MCNPX, ENEA, Bologna, Italy.
  
• 4-7 July 2006
  PENELOPE-2006, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Scope & Objectives and Syllabus.
• 15-17 May 2006
  TOUGH Symposium 2006, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
• Training Course on Neutron Spectra Unfolding, 7-8  April 2006, Cape Town, South Africa: UMG software package provided by PTB (UMG: Unfolding with GRAVEL and MAXED)
• 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

• Meetings Sponsored by the Nuclear Science Committee & Data Bank

2006

• 25-29 September 2006
  9th Information Exchange Meeting on Actinide and Fission Product Partitioning and Transmutation (co-organised NSC/NDC)
  Nîmes, France
  http://www.oecd-nea.org/html/pt/iempt9/index.html 
  Contact: Federico Mompean



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

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)
  Monterey, California, USA
  

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

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

2008

• 13-17 April  2008
  Eleventh International Conference on Radiation Shielding (ICRS11) and Fifteenth Topical on Radiation Protection and Shielding (RPS15). Orhaniser: Georgia Institute of Technology, Callaway Gardens 
  
  
  
• 14-18 September 2008
  PHYSOR-2008-Nuclear Power: A Sustainable Energy Resource
  Interlaken, Switzerland
  
  

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