Nuclear Energy Agency Online Bulletin

December 2000

Covers new material for November

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The December bulletin covers the following items:

New publications
Nuclear safety
Radiation protection

Nuclear science
Nuclear law
Data Bank


New publications

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Second International Nuclear Emergency Exercise INEX2: Final Report of the Finnish Regional Exercise
Deuxième exercice international d'urgence INEX 2 : Rapport final sur l'exercice régional finlandais
ISBN 92-64-08580-7 9
Bilingual, 98 pages.

Free publications are available at www.oecd-nea.org/pub/.

Evaluation and Analysis of Nuclear Resonance Data
JEFF Report 18
ISBN 92-64-18272-1, 168 pages.

Disponible également en français :
Évaluation et analyse des données relatives aux résonances nucléaires
Rapport JEFF 18
ISBN 92-64-28272-6, 164 pages (1086 ko).
Benchmark Calculations of Power Distribution within Fuel Assemblies
Phase II: Comparison of Data Reduction and Power Reconstruction Methods in Production Codes
ISBN 92-64-18275-6, 234 pages (1681 kb).

International Evaluation Co-operation
Processing and Validation of Intermediate Energy Evaluated Data Files (Volume 14)
NEA/WPEC-14, 36 pages (169 kb)
 

Nuclear safety

Nuclear safety news
  • An expert seminar was held on 14-15 November in Munich reviewing results of the Rasplav project. The project examined the behaviour of the lower head of the reactor pressure vessel during accidents leading to core meltdown. A press communiqué is available at www.oecd-nea.org/general/press/2000/2000-15.html.

  • A workshop to disseminate information on the Plant Safety Monitoring and Assessment (PLASMA) system was held on 6-7 November. The basic function of the PLASMA operator support system is to perform critical safety functions (CSF) monitoring and present Westinghouse-type, symptom-based emergency operating procedures (EOPs) for VVER-440 type reactors. For more information, see www.oecd-nea.org/12-00-nsd.html.

Regular features


Radiation protection

The Steering Group of the Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) - for which the NEA and IAEA serve as a joint secretariat - held its annual meeting on 8-10 November 2000 at the IAEA Headquarters in Vienna. During this meeting, the ISOE Steering Group launched several new programmes and initiatives and approved the ISOE programme for 2001. A topical discussion on Deregulation of the electricity market and its implications on radiation protection in nuclear installations was the highlight of the meeting. For more information, see www.oecd-nea.org/jointproj/isoe.html.

The NEA programme in the field of nuclear emergency preparedness and management is currently focusing on preparations for the next International Nuclear Emergency Exercise, INEX 2000. This will be held at the Gravelines nuclear power plant in northern France on 22-23 May 2001. At its meeting on 27-28 November, the INEX 2000 Planning Committee finalised an evaluation procedure for the exercise's follow-up. For more information, see  www.oecd-nea.org/rp/inex/index.html.


Nuclear science

The International Conference on Advanced Monte Carlo for Radiation Physics, Particle Transport Simulation and Applications (MC2000) was held on 23-26 October. This was the largest conference on this topic so far. It will have an impact on a wider and improved utilisation of the Monte Carlo methods in real life applications. For more information, see www.oecd-nea.org/12-00-ns.html and the MC2000 official website itn1.itn.pt/Meetings/MC2000/.

The final reports of the OECD/NEA - US/NRC PWR Main Steam Line Break Benchmark are being finalised and published. A summary of this activity is now available at www.oecd-nea.org/general/mnb/12-00-ns1.html.


Nuclear law

An International School of Nuclear Law has been established to provide high quality education in the various aspects of this discipline both for law students pursuing their studies at doctoral or masters level and young legal professionals already active in the nuclear sector. For more information, see 12-00-law.html.

Data Bank

The Expert Group on Organic Ligands within the NEA Thermochemical Database (TDB) project met in Zürich, Switzerland on 13-15 November 2000. The group is reviewing simple organic compounds for nickel, zirconium, selenium, technetium, uranium, neptunium, plutonium, and americium with a view to publishing recommended thermochemical data for these compounds in 2001. For more information about the TDB project, see www.oecd-nea.org/dbtdb.

Dates and topics of forthcoming training courses can be found at www.oecd-nea.org/databank/training-courses/.

Computer program services

A page giving the list of all new programs in the last 12 months can be found at www.oecd-nea.org/tools/abstract/new.

New software packages available from the Data Bank

29-NOV-2000 NEA-1613 ZZ MICROX 2 FSS LIB, Data Library for Fast Spectrum Systems Analysis (Now tested)
29-NOV-2000 ESTS1300 PEPIN, 3D elastic seismic wave propagation code (Arrived)
29-NOV-2000 DLC-0205 ZZ MCNPXDATA, Standard N, Photon, and Electron Data Libraries for MCNPX. (Arrived)
29-NOV-2000 CCC-0705 MCNPX, MC N-Particle Transp. Code System for Multiparticle & High Energy App (Arrived)
28-NOV-2000 PSR-0450 KENO3D, Visualization Tool for KENO V.a and KENO-VI Geometry Models (Arrived)
28-NOV-2000 CCC-0699 MCNP-DSP, MC N-Particle Transport Code with Digital Signal Processing (Arrived)
27-NOV-2000 PSR-0480 NJOY99, Data Processing System of Evaluated Nuclear Data Files ENDF format (Now tested)
24-NOV-2000 NEA-1638 ANITA-2000, Isotope Inventories from N Irradiation, for Fusion Applications (Now tested)
24-NOV-2000 PSR-0248 ABAREX,OPTICAL STATISTICAL NUCL MODEL FOR N X-SEC CALC (Now tested)
24-NOV-2000 PSR-0363 FRANCO, FEM Fuel Rod Analysis for Solid and Annular Configurations (Now tested)
24-NOV-2000 DLC-0188 ZZ SKYSDATA-KSU, Neutron and Gamma Skyshine Respondes (Now tested)
24-NOV-2000 PSR-0352 SCAMPI, Problem Dependent Library Preprocessing in AMPX Format (Now tested)
24-NOV-2000 CCC-0636 ISO-PC, X-Ray, Gamma- Bremsstrahlung Dose-Rates (Now tested)
24-NOV-2000 DLC-0154 ZZ ANSLV, Multigroup X-Sections Library for ANS Reactor Design Studies (Now tested)
24-NOV-2000 CCC-0646 SKYSHINE-KSU, Gamma Skyshine Doses by Integral Line-Beam Method (Now tested)
23-NOV-2000 CCC-0623 RISKIND,RADIOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT FOR SPENT NUCL FUEL TRANSP (Arrived)
23-NOV-2000 CCC-0574 PRISIM, PLANT RISK STATUS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (Arrived)
22-NOV-2000 CCC-0582 NITRAN, NEUTRON TRANSPORT CODE SYSTEM BASED ON ANISTROPIC SCATTERING (Arrived)
22-NOV-2000 PSR-0365 MOCUP, MCNP/ORIGEN COUPLING UTILITY PROGRAMS. (Arrived)
21-NOV-2000 NEA-1210 ZZ HATCHES,DATA LIB FOR RADIO_CHEM MODELLING (Arrived)
06-NOV-2000 NEA-1561 CHEMENGL/CHIMISTE, Chemical and Physical Properties of Elements (Arrived)
06-NOV-2000 IAEA1322 EVALPLOT,ENDF/B POINT X-SEC & ANGL DISTR & ENERGY DISTR PLOTS (Arrived)
06-NOV-2000 IAEA1321 COMPLOT,COMPARE ENDF/B PLOTS OF REACTN_DATA (Arrived)
06-NOV-2000 IAEA1380 ACTIVATE2000 (Arrived)
06-NOV-2000 IAEA1379 PREPRO2000 (Arrived)
06-NOV-2000 IAEA1307 CONVERT,FORTRAN PROG CONV FOR DIFFERENT COMPUTERS (Arrived)
06-NOV-2000 IAEA1309 FIXUP,ENDF/B REDUNDANT X-SEC CHECK (Arrived)
06-NOV-2000 IAEA1310 LEGEND,ANGL DISTR TABLE CALC FROM ENDF/B (Arrived)
06-NOV-2000 IAEA0849 GROUPIE,BONDARENKO SELF-SHIELDED X-SEC FROM ENDF/B (Arrived)
06-NOV-2000 IAEA0932 VIRGIN,UNCOLLIDED N_FLUX & N_REACTIONS FROM TRANSMISSION IN ENDF/B MAT (Arrived)
06-NOV-2000 IAEA1283 SIXPACK,ENDF/B-IV DOUBLE DIFF X-SEC CONV TO SINGLE DIFF FORM (Arrived)
06-NOV-2000 IAEA0854 SIGMA-1,DOPPLER_BROADENING OF ENDF/B LIN_LIN INTERPOLATED POINT_X-SEC (Arrived)
06-NOV-2000 IAEA1314 RELABEL,LABELS FORTRAN STATEMENTS IN ENDF/B PROCESSING PROG (Arrived)
06-NOV-2000 IAEA0848 RECENT,TOT_X-SEC,ELAST_X-SEC,FISSION_X-SEC FROM ENDF/B RESON_PARAM (Arrived)
06-NOV-2000 IAEA1313 MIXER,X-SEC CALC FOR MIX OF ENDF/B MAT (Arrived)
06-NOV-2000 IAEA1312 MERGER,MERGES ENDF/B DATA BY MAT OR ZA (Arrived)
06-NOV-2000 IAEA1311 LINEAR,LIN_LIN INTERPOLN OF ENDF/B POINT X-SEC (Arrived)
06-NOV-2000 IAEA1308 DICTION,REACTN_INDEX GEN FOR ENDF/B MAT (Arrived)
30-OCT-2000 NEA-1535 D2O,THERMODYN & TRANSP PROPERTIES OF D2O (Now tested)


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