The Nuclear Reaction Data Centres Network (NRDC)

The NEA Data Bank provides nuclear data services as part of the Nuclear Reaction Data Centres Network (NRDC). This is a world-wide co-operation of nuclear data centres, under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

More information about the NRDC and recent status of EXFOR compilations can be found on:

www-nds.iaea.org/nrdc

The NRDC objectives and tasks are to:

• compile experimental nuclear data and bibliographic information;
• collect evaluated nuclear data;
• exchange nuclear data of all types with other data centres;
• promote the development of special purpose evaluated data files;
• develop common formats for computerised exchange of nuclear data;
• co-ordinate the development of computer software for managing and disseminating nuclear data;
• document current and future data needs in order to be able to meet changing user demands.

The NRDC includes two types of data centres:

• Core centres provide co-ordinated, worldwide customer services covering the entire range of nuclear data services. Data compiled and collected at these centres is exchanged on a regular basis and therefore is identical in content (to within a few weeks);
• Specialised centres provide an essential complement to the core centres by assuming responsibility for the collection and dissemination of data of a specialised type or application. These centres do not normally provide the entire range of services offered by the core centres.

Core nuclear data centres
Centre name			Location	Service scope
	NDS	IAEA Nuclear Data Section	Vienna	IAEA member countries, in particular, developing countries
	NEADB	OECD/NEA Data Bank	Paris	NEA Data Bank member countries
	NNDC	US National Nuclear Data Center	Brookhaven	United States of America and Canada
	CJD	Russian Nuclear Data Center	Obninsk	Countries of the former Soviet Union

Last reviewed: 10 March 2017