Methods and approaches to provide feedback from nuclear and covariance data adjustment for improvement of nuclear data files

WPEC Subgroup 39 (SG39)

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• SG39 proposal by G. Palmiotti and M. Salvatores, WPEC meeting, May 2013
• SG39 mailing list for questions, comments or to consult archives

Meetings

1. NEA, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, 22-23 May 2013
2. NEA, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, 28-29 November 2013 (summary record)
3. NEA, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, 13 May 2014 (summary record)
   + Joint SG39/SG40-CIELO meeting, 14 May 14 2014
4. NEA, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, 27-28 November 2014 (summary record)
5. NEA,Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, 19-20 May 2015
   + Joint SG38/SG39/SG40-CIELO meeting, 20 May 2015
6. NEA, Institute Curie, Paris, France, 4 December 2015
7. NEA, OECD Conference Centre, Paris, France, 10-11 May 2016
8. NEA, OECD NEA, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 1-2 December 2016
9. NEA, OECD Conference Centre, Paris, France, 16-17 May 2017
   + Joint SG38/SG39/SG40-CIELO meeting, 17 May 2017
10. NEA, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 21 November 2017
11. NEA, OECD Conference Centre, Paris, France, 15-16 May 2018

WPEC/SG39 Reports

• Intermediate Report: "Methods and Approaches to Provide Feedback from Nuclear and Covariance Data Adjustment for Improvement of Nuclear Data Files"

Integral data

HCLWR-PROTEUS, last update 23 February 2017 (access to this file is restricted to SG39 members)

Establishment of Benchmark Problems for TRU Fission Rate Ratios of FCA-IX Assemblies: FCA-IX report (access to this file is restricted to SG39 members)

STEK and SEG

• K. Dietze et al., Integral Test of Neutron Data and Comparison of Codes by Re-analysis of the SEG and STEK Experiments, JEF/DOC-861, May 2001.
• K. Dietze et al., Integral test of JENDL-3.2 data by re-analysis of sample reactivity measurements at fast critical facilities, JNC Report TN9400 2001-043, February 2001.
• K. Dietze et al., Analysis of the Rossendorf SEF experiments using the JNC route for reactor calculation, JNC Report TN9400 99-089, November 1999.
• NEA-1714 - Collection of STEK reports from CPS
• NEA-1713 - Collection of SEG reports from CPS

IPPE sphere

• S.P. Simakov et al., Benchmarking of Uranium-238 Evaluations against Spherical Transmission and (n,xn)-Reaction Experimental Data, International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, Santa Fe, NM, USA, 2004, pp.67-70, CPD769 American Institute of Physics (2005).

BERENICE

• NEA-1759 - Collection of BERENICE documents from CPS

Sensitivities Profiles: Flattop-Pu, SNEAK-7A, SNEAK-7B, ASPIS-FE88 (access to these files are restricted to SG39 members)

• Sensitivities profiles (last update 2 March 2017, see README.txt for more information)
• Reference of S&U in the effective delayed neutron fraction, I. Kodeli

International databases

• Handbook of International Reactor Physics Benchmark Experiments (IRPhE)
• Handbook of the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP)
• Radiation shielding experiments database (SINBAD)

Benchmark results

• INL data
• JAEA data
• Emmeric's script

Related links

• WPEC Subgroup 33

Co-ordinators: G. Palmiotti, M. Salvatores
NEA contact: ( )

Last update: 24 November 2017