US National Nuclear Data Week 2015 (CSEWG-NDAC-USNDP-NDAG)

US/Eastern
B (Berkner)

B

Berkner

Brookhaven National Laboratory
Dave Brown, John Kelley (NCSU & TUNL), Mark Chadwick (Lanl), Mike Herman (BNL)
Description
Minutes are available here.
Nuclear Data Week at BNL traditionally consists of the CSWEG, USNDP and NDAG meetings. In 2015 it will also include the first meeting of the USNDP Nuclear Data Advisory Committee (USNDP-NDAC), which was formed
recently following recommendation of the USNDP Review Panel held in July 2014.
The Criticality Safety Program - Nuclear Data Advisory Group (CSP-NDAG), not to be confused with the USNDP-NDAC, will be held on Wednesday (Nov. 4) afternoon (!), in parallel with the reporting session of USNDP-NDAC.

Warning: the schedule shown below is tentative and the details may change although dates of the major meetings are essentially fixed.

US National Nuclear Data Week 2015 is exempt from being considered a conference.

Registration
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Session Managers
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Please note that non-U.S. nationals need to complete the GIS form no later than 35 days before the meetings.

Minutes
Participants
  • Aaron Hurst
  • Albert (Skip) Kahler
  • Alejandro Sonzogni
  • Allan Carlson
  • Andrej Trkov
  • Andrew Davis
  • Andrew Hummel
  • Arnold Aronson
  • Ayman Hawari
  • Balraj Singh
  • Boris Pritychenko
  • Boris Pritychenko
  • Bret Beck
  • Bret Beck
  • BRIAN EPPING
  • Brian Epping
  • Brown David
  • Brown David
  • Caleb Mattoon
  • Caroline Nesaraja
  • Catherine Romano
  • cecil lubitz
  • Charles Wemple
  • Chuck Lee
  • Chuck Lee
  • Danila Roubtsov
  • David Heinrichs
  • David Heinrichs
  • Dennis McNabb
  • Devin Barry
  • Donald Smith
  • Donald Smith
  • Dorothea Wiarda
  • Dorothea Wiarda
  • Edgardo Browne
  • Elizabeth McCutchan
  • Erich Ormand
  • Filip Kondev
  • Goran Arbanas
  • Gustavo Nobre
  • Gustavo Nobre
  • Hye Young Lee
  • Ian Thompson
  • Ian Thompson
  • Jagdish Tuli
  • Jasmina Vujic
  • Jeremy Conlin
  • Jeremy Lloyd Conlin
  • Jesse Holmes
  • Jesse Holmes
  • Joanna Ingraham
  • John Bess
  • John Bess
  • John Kelley
  • Jon Batchelder
  • Jun Chen
  • Klaus Guber
  • Lee Bernstein
  • Luiz Leal
  • Luiz Leal
  • Marco Pigni
  • Mark Chadwick
  • Mark Chadwick
  • Mark Cornock
  • Mark Williams
  • Meiring Nortier
  • Michael Carpenter
  • Michael Dunn
  • Michael Rapp
  • Michael Rapp
  • Michael Smith
  • Michael Thoennessen
  • Michael Zerkle
  • Michael Zerkle
  • Mike Dunn
  • Mike Herman
  • Mike Herman
  • Mohamed Sawan
  • Paraskevi Dimitriou
  • Ramon Arcilla
  • Ramon Arcilla
  • Ramona Vogt
  • Richard Firestone
  • Robert Haight
  • Roberto Capote
  • said mughabghab
  • Shamsuzzoha Basunia
  • Skip Kahler
  • Sonzogni Alejandro
  • Ted Barnes
  • Tim Gaines
  • Tim Johnson
  • Timothy Trumbull
  • Timothy Trumbull
  • Toshihiko Kawano
  • Toshihiko Kawano
  • Vladimir Sobes
  • Yaron Danon
  • Yaron Danon
Support
    • 09:00 12:00
      CSEWG: Evaluation Committee: (I) B

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      Brookhaven National Laboratory
      Convener: Dr Mark Chadwick (Lanl)
      • 09:00
        Welcome 10m
        Speakers: Dr Mark Chadwick (Lanl), Dr Mike Herman (BNL)
      • 09:10
        Evaluation of ENDF/B-VIII Cross Sections 40m
        Speaker: Dr Mark Chadwick (Lanl)
        Slides
      • 09:50
        IAEA Evaluation within CIELO: 238U, 235U, thermal constants 35m
        Speakers: Dr Andrej Trkov (International Atomic Energy Agency), Roberto Capote (IAEA NDS)
        Slides
      • 10:25
        Coffee break 15m
      • 10:40
        56Fe Advances at BNL 30m
        Speakers: Dr Andrej Trkov (International Atomic Energy Agency), Dr Gustavo Nobre (BNL), Dr Mike Herman (BNL)
        Slides
      • 11:10
        Longer range B-VIII Objectives 20m
        Speaker: Dr Toshihiko Kawano (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 11:30
        Overview of B-VIII Library, Cleanups and 86Kr 30m
        Speaker: Brown David (NNDC, Brookhaven National Laboratory)
        Slides
    • 12:00 13:00
      Lunch 1h Cafeteria

      Cafeteria

      Berkner

    • 13:00 14:00
      CSEWG: Evaluation Committee: (II) B

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      Brookhaven National Laboratory
      Convener: Dr Mark Chadwick (Lanl)
      • 13:00
        Concerns about the 7.8 -11 eV 235U cross section integral 15m
        Speaker: Dr Allan Carlson (NIST)
        Slides
      • 13:15
        ORNL/IRSN resonance evaluations of O, Ca, Fe, W, a and actinide isotopes 30m
        Speaker: Dr Marco Pigni (ORNL)
        Slides
      • 13:45
        SAMMY Modernization 15m
        Speaker: Goran Arbanas (ORNL)
        Slides
    • 14:00 17:00
      CSEWG: Validation Committee B

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      Brookhaven National Laboratory
      Convener: Dr Skip Kahler (LANL)
      • 14:00
        ADVANCE update 20m
        Speaker: Brown David (NNDC, Brookhaven National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 14:20
        Benchmark Testing of CIELO Nuclides at the IAEA 20m
        Speaker: Dr Andrej Trkov (International Atomic Energy Agency)
        Slides
      • 14:40
        ICSBEP Benchmark Testing of CIELO Nuclides at LANL 20m
        Speaker: Dr Skip Kahler (LANL)
        Slides
      • 15:00
        Nuclear Data Testing and Evaluation at CNL (Canada) and CAB (Argentina) 20m
        Speaker: Dr Danila Roubtsov (Chalk River Laboratories, AECL)
        Paper
        Slides
      • 15:20
        break 20m
      • 15:40
        Comparisons of ENDF/B-VII.1, JEFF-3.1.2 and JENDL-4.0 Hafnium Evaluated Data Files 20m
        Speaker: Dr Timothy Trumbull (BMPC - KAPL)
        Slides
      • 16:00
        Issues with ENDF/B-VII.1 Radioactive Decay Data 20m
        Speaker: Dr Jesse Holmes (Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 16:20
        Latest Benchmark Contributions to the 2015 Edition of the ICSBEP Handbook 20m
        Speaker: Andrew Hummel (Idaho National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 16:40
        Re-Analysis of the Rossendorfer Ringzonen-Reaktor/Schnelles Einsatz-Gitter Experiments 20m
        Speaker: Andrew Hummel (Idaho National Laboratory)
        Slides
    • 09:00 12:00
      CSEWG: Measurement Committee B

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      Brookhaven National Laboratory
      Convener: Prof. Yaron Danon (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
      • 09:00
        Nuclear Data Experiments at LANSCE: Brief Highlights 2015 30m
        Speaker: Dr Robert Haight (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 09:30
        New Directions on Nuclear Data Activity at LANSCE 30m
        Speaker: Hye Young Lee (LANL)
        Slides
      • 10:00
        ORNL activity for the NCSP 20m
        Speaker: Dr Klaus Guber (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 10:20
        Coffee break 20m
      • 10:40
        Update on Nuclear Data Research at RPI 30m
        Speaker: Prof. Yaron Danon (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
        Slides
      • 11:10
        NIST Measurements and Standards including Related Work at Other Facilities 30m
        Speaker: Dr Allan Carlson (NIST)
        Slides
      • 11:40
        The current state of the EXFOR library 20m
        Speaker: Dr Boris Pritychenko (NNDC, BNL)
        Slides
    • 12:00 14:00
      CSEWG: Executive lunch (Chadwick, Carlson, Barnes, Kahler, Dunn, Danon, Don Smith, Brown, Kawano) A

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      Convener: Dr Mike Herman (BNL)
    • 12:00 14:00
      Lunch 2h Cafeteria

      Cafeteria

      Berkner

    • 14:00 17:00
      CSEWG: Formats and Processing Committee B

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      Brookhaven National Laboratory
      Convener: Dr Michael Dunn (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
      • 14:00
        ENDF Formats Manual Updates 15m
        Speaker: Brown David (NNDC, Brookhaven National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 14:15
        Status Report on WPEC SG38 Format Development 20m
        Speaker: Caleb Mattoon (Lawrence Livermore National Lab)
        Slides
      • 14:35
        NJOY Status Report 20m
        Speaker: Dr Skip Kahler (LANL)
        Slides
      • 14:55
        Coffee break 15m
      • 15:10
        AMPX Status Report 20m
        Speaker: Dorothea Wiarda (ORNL)
        Slides
      • 15:30
        FUDGE Status Report 20m
        Speaker: Dr Bret Beck (LLNL)
        Slides
    • 09:00 12:25
      CSEWG: Covariances Committee B

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      Brookhaven National Laboratory
      Convener: Dr Donald Smith (Argonne National Laboratory)
      • 09:00
        UMC: Unfinished Business 20m
        Speaker: Dr Donald Smith (Argonne National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 09:20
        Sensitivity study of 252Cf observables to FREYA inputs 20m
        Speaker: Ramona Vogt (LLNL and UC Davis)
        Slides
      • 09:40
        Uncertainty Quantification in (α,n) Neutron Source Calculations in an Oxide Matrix 20m
        Speaker: Dr Marco Pigni (ORNL)
        Slides
      • 10:00
        FPY Covariance matrices in the thermal and fission spectrum energy range 20m
        Speaker: Dr Marco Pigni (ORNL)
        Slides
      • 10:20
        PFNS Covariances 15m
        Speakers: Dr Denise Neudecker (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division), Morgan White (LANL)
        Slides
      • 10:35
        Coffee break 15m
      • 10:50
        Buffer 1h 30m
    • 09:00 10:00
      USNDP: XUNDL Working Group C

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      Conveners: Elizabeth McCutchan (BNL), Dr Shamsuzzoha Basunia (LBNL)
      • 09:00
        Brief Status of XUNDL 10m C

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        Speakers: Dr Balraj Singh (McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada), Elizabeth McCutchan (BNL)
        Slides
      • 09:10
        Development of proceedures, policy and guidelines 20m C

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        Speakers: Elizabeth McCutchan (BNL), Dr Shamsuzzoha Basunia (LBNL)
        Slides
      • 09:30
        Efforts and commitment 10m C (Universe)

        C

        Universe

        Speaker: Elizabeth McCutchan (BNL)
        Slides
      • 09:40
        Discussion 20m C

        C

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    • 10:00 12:25
      USNDP: Horizontal Evaluations and other Related Activities C (Universe)

      C

      Universe

      • 10:00
        Introduction to NDS JAVA 30m
        Speaker: Dr Jun Chen (NSCL/MSU)
        Slides
      • 10:30
        Status of Delayed Neutron Emission Probabilities-IAEA CRP 10m
        Speaker: Dr Balraj Singh (McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
        Slides
      • 10:40
        Horizontal Evaluations: Status of AME and NuBase 10m
        Speaker: Dr Filip Kondev (Argonne National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 10:50
        Horizontal Evaluations: K-isomer evaluation s and fission hindrances 10m
        Speaker: Dr Filip Kondev (Argonne National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 11:00
        Break 20m
      • 11:20
        Atlas of Nuclear Isomers 10m
        Speaker: Dr Balraj Singh (McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
      • 11:30
        B(E2) evaluation for first 2+ states in all the even even nuclei 10m
        Speakers: Dr Balraj Singh (McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada), Dr Boris Pritychenko (NNDC, BNL)
        Slides
      • 11:40
        Horizontal evaluation of beta-delayed proton emitting 10m
        Speaker: Jon Batchelder (University of California Berkeley)
        Slides
      • 11:50
        IAEA report 30m
        Speaker: Paraskevi Dimitriou (International Atomic Energy Agency)
    • 12:25 14:15
      Lunch 1h 50m Cafeteria (Universe)

      Cafeteria

      Universe

    • 14:15 18:00
      CSP-NDAG C

      C

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      Brookhaven National Laboratory

      Organizational meeting of the Nuclear Data Advisory Group of the US Criticality Safety Program

      Convener: Dr Skip Kahler (LANL)
      • 14:15
        Opening Remarks 5m
        Speaker: Dr Skip Kahler (LANL)
      • 14:20
        Agenda 5m
        Slides
      • 14:25
        A Multi-Program Nuclear Data Working Group 20m
        Speaker: Dr Catherine Romano (ORNL)
        Slides
      • 14:45
        Thermal Kernel Work 1h 15m
        Speakers: Prof. Ayman Hawari (North Carolina State University), David Heinrichs (LLNL), Goran Arbanas (ORNL), Dr Michael Zerkle (Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory), Prof. Yaron Danon (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
      • 16:00
        Break 15m
      • 16:15
        5-Year Plan, Appendix B Review 1h
        Speaker: Dr Skip Kahler (LANL)
        Slides
      • 17:15
        Other Business 15m
      • 17:30
        FY2016 NCSP Calendar 20m
        Speaker: Dr Skip Kahler (LANL)
        Slides
      • 17:50
        Next NDAG Meeting 5m
        Speaker: Dr Skip Kahler (LANL)
      • 17:55
        Summary 5m
        Speaker: Dr Skip Kahler (LANL)
    • 14:15 18:00
      USNDP-NDAC: Reporting session B

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      Brookhaven National Laboratory
      Convener: Dennis McNabb (LLNL)
      • 14:15
        USNDP Overview of Response to DOE Review 2h
        Speakers: Elizabeth McCutchan (BNL), Dr Mike Herman (BNL)
        Slides
      • 16:15
        NNDC report 30m
        Speaker: Dr Mike Herman (BNL)
        Slides
      • 16:45
        ND compilation: NSR and EXFOR 20m
        Speaker: Dr Boris Pritychenko (NNDC, BNL)
        Slides
      • 17:05
        ND compilation: XUNDL 10m
        Speaker: Dr Balraj Singh (McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
        Slides
      • 17:15
        Coffee break 15m
      • 17:30
        ND dissemination 30m
        Speaker: Alejandro Sonzogni (NNDC - BNL)
        Slides
    • 09:00 12:15
      USNDP-NDAC: Session I B

      B

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      Brookhaven National Laboratory
      Convener: Dennis McNabb (LLNL)
      • 09:00
        Roundtable discussion of transparency and inclusivity of the budget process 1h
        Speaker: except NNDC All
      • 10:00
        Summary of Berkeley Workshop 1h
        Speaker: Dr Lee Bernstein (LLNL/UCB)
        Slides
      • 11:00
        Nuclear Structure Physics 30m
        Speakers: Dr Filip Kondev (Argonne National Laboratory), Prof. John Kelley (NCSU & TUNL)
        Slides
      • 11:30
        Nuclear Reaction Physics 30m
        Speakers: Brown David (NNDC, Brookhaven National Laboratory), Dr Toshihiko Kawano (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
        Slides
    • 12:15 14:00
      Lunch 1h 45m Cafeteria (Universe)

      Cafeteria

      Universe

    • 12:15 14:00
      Lunch with younger scientists to hear their perspective on their opportunities for career development C

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      NDAC members + Libby McCutchan, Jun Chen, Aron Hurst, Gustavo Nobre

      Convener: Dennis McNabb (LLNL)
    • 14:00 15:00
      USNDP-NDAC: Workforce issues and plans to address them B

      B

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      Brookhaven National Laboratory
      Conveners: All, Dr Mike Herman (BNL)
      • 14:00
        Introduction 15m
        Speaker: Dr Mike Herman (BNL)
        Slides
      • 14:15
        Discussion 45m
        Speaker: All
    • 15:00 16:30
      USNDP-NDAC: Discuss report (NDAC only) C

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      Convener: Dennis McNabb (LLNL)
    • 15:00 16:30
      USNDP: Developing a strategy for comparison of NDS JAVA with NDS-Pub: as time permits B

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      Brookhaven National Laboratory
      Convener: Prof. John Kelley (NCSU & TUNL)
      • 15:00
        Developing a strategy for comparison of NDS JAVA with NDS-Pub 20m
        Speakers: Dr Balraj Singh (McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada), Dr Filip Kondev (Argonne National Laboratory), Jagdish Tuli (NNDC), Dr Jun Chen (NSCL/MSU)
      • 15:20
        Discussion 1h 10m
        Speaker: All
    • 16:30 17:00
      USNDP-NDAC: Close-out Session B

      B

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      Brookhaven National Laboratory
      Convener: Dennis McNabb (LLNL)
    • 08:40 12:50
      USNDP: Session I: ENSDF Technical Discussions B

      B

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      Brookhaven National Laboratory
      Convener: Prof. John Kelley (NCSU & TUNL)
      • 08:40
        IAEA report 20m
        Speaker: Paraskevi Dimitriou (International Atomic Energy Agency)
      • 09:00
        Brief Summary of ENSDF Status 10m
        Speaker: Jagdish Tuli (NNDC)
        Slides
      • 09:10
        Discussion on Effort, workforce and commitments 20m
      • 09:30
        Discussion on Status of evaluation codes: including the following list 5m
        Speakers: Alejandro Sonzogni (NNDC - BNL), Dr Balraj Singh (McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada), Dr Filip Kondev (Argonne National Laboratory), Jagdish Tuli (NNDC), Dr Tim Johnson (NNDC)
      • 09:35
        Java-Gamut 5m
        Speaker: Dr Balraj Singh (McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
        Slides
      • 09:40
        log ft 5m
        Speaker: Dr Balraj Singh (McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
      • 09:45
        special case conversion coefficients 5m
        Speaker: Dr Balraj Singh (McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
      • 09:50
        Ruler 5m
        Speaker: Dr Filip Kondev (Argonne National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 09:55
        General Discussion - consideration of altering agenda to extend codes discussion, and discussion on a codes workshop in the spring. 15m
      • 10:10
        Break 20m
      • 10:30
        Format of delayed particle emissions 15m
        Speaker: Dr Balraj Singh (McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
      • 10:45
        Discussion on XML Format 20m
        Speakers: Dr Balraj Singh (McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada), Dr Filip Kondev (Argonne National Laboratory), Jagdish Tuli (NNDC)
      • 11:05
        Actinide Half-life issues raised at ASTM meeting 10m
        Speaker: Alejandro Sonzogni (NNDC - BNL)
        Slides
      • 11:15
        Review of 2015 NSDD recommendations 15m
        Speaker: Dr Balraj Singh (McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
      • 11:30
        Status of the NSR reference database with interface to pdf documents 20m
        Speaker: Dr Boris Pritychenko (NNDC, BNL)
        Slides
      • 11:50
        Brief status of NuDat 5m
        Speaker: Alejandro Sonzogni (NNDC - BNL)
      • 11:55
        General Discussion 15m
      • 12:10
        UC Berkeley Activities 20m
        Speaker: Dr Lee Bernstein (LLNL/UCB)
        Slides
    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch 1h 30m Cafeteria (Universe)

      Cafeteria

      Universe

    • 14:00 14:30
      USNDP: Technical discussions - continued B

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      Brookhaven National Laboratory
      Convener: Prof. John Kelley (NCSU & TUNL)
      • 14:00
        Discussion of figure display in web output 20m
        Speaker: Dr Balraj Singh (McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
      • 14:20
        ENSDF to NDS: PN record 10m
        Speaker: Dr Shamsuzzoha Basunia (LBNL)
        Slides
    • 14:30 16:30
      USNDP: Curiosities, meanderings and sundry encounters B

      B

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      Brookhaven National Laboratory
      Convener: Prof. John Kelley (NCSU & TUNL)
      • 14:30
        Decay Data for Medical Applications 10m
        Speaker: Dr Filip Kondev (Argonne National Laboratory)
      • 14:40
        What’s the story on 1991Re02, 1995ReZZ and 2008ReZZ 10m
        Speaker: Prof. John Kelley (NCSU & TUNL)
        Slides
      • 14:50
        New 209Po half-life 10m
        Speaker: Dr Filip Kondev (Argonne National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 15:00
        14C Half-life 10m
        Speaker: Prof. John Kelley (NCSU & TUNL)
        Slides
      • 15:10
        Fractional authorship in nuclear physics 10m
        Speaker: Dr Boris Pritychenko (NNDC, BNL)
        Slides
      • 15:20
        NA-22 Leveraged funding 20m
        Speaker: Dr Lee Bernstein (LLNL/UCB)