Name: Nuclear Data Week(s) 2021 (CSEWG-USNDP-NDAG)
Start: 2021-11-08T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2021-11-19T18:00:00-05:00
Location: Online

Monday 15 November 2021
10:00 Welcome/Announcements
Welcome/Announcements
10:00 - 10:15
Contributions

10:00 Welcome - Dave Brown (BNL)
10:15 Formats Committee - Format Tracker Issues and Proposals
Formats Committee - Format Tracker Issues and Proposals
10:15 - 10:45
Contributions

10:15 Overloaded MAT numbers / misassigned MAT numbers for Al2O3 (#16) - Dave Brown (BNL)

10:25 MAT numbers for U(UO2) and O(UO2) do not agree with ENDF Manual (#7) - Dave Brown (BNL)

10:35 O in BeO in UO2: MAT numbers for thermal scattering (#1) - Dave Brown (BNL)
10:45 Formats Committee - Processing Code Reports
Formats Committee - Processing Code Reports
10:45 - 11:45
Contributions

10:45 NJOY - LANL - Wim Haeck (LANL)

11:05 AMPX / SAMMY - ORNL - Andrew Holcomb (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Dorothea Wiarda (ORNL)

11:25 FUDGE - LLNL - Bret Beck (LLNL)
11:45 Lunch
Lunch
11:45 - 12:30
12:30 Formats Committee - Format Issues for Discussion
Formats Committee - Format Issues for Discussion
12:30 - 13:40
Room: B
Contributions

12:30 Thermal Scattering Law - Andrew Holcomb (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Dorothea Wiarda (ORNL)

12:40 Inconsistent use of the characteristic bound cross section for incoherent elastic scattering (#13) - Jose Ignacio Marquez Damian (European Spallation Source)

12:55 Additional questions for discussion

13:10 Unresolved Resonance Region - Andrew Holcomb (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Dorothea Wiarda (ORNL)
13:40 Short break
Short break
13:40 - 13:45
13:45 Formats Committee - Status Report
Formats Committee - Status Report
13:45 - 14:30
Room: B
Contributions

13:45 EG-GNDS Status Report - Dave Brown (BNL)

14:00 ENDF-102 Status Report - Dorothea Wiarda (ORNL) Michael Dunn (Spectra Tech, Inc.)

14:15 TBD - Dorothea Wiarda (ORNL) Michael Dunn (Spectra Tech, Inc.)
14:30 Break
Break
14:30 - 14:45
14:45 Covariance Committee - Adjustment
Covariance Committee - Adjustment
14:45 - 15:35
Room: B
Contributions

14:45 Updates from the covariance session committee - Denise Neudecker (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division)

14:50 WPEC/SG46 TAR exercise: preliminary results - Oscar Cabellos

15:05 The benefit of adjusting with criticality and reaction rate data - Robert Casperson (LLNL)

15:20 Getting sensitivities for various integral responses supporting nuclear data validation and adjustment - Denise Neudecker (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division) jesson hutchinson (LANL)
15:35 Break
Break
15:35 - 15:45
15:45 Covariance Committee - New eval.
Covariance Committee - New eval.
15:45 - 16:45
Room: B
Contributions

15:45 Covariance update from INDEN - Roberto Capote (IAEA NDS)

15:55 Covariance update for light elements - Mark Paris (LANL T-2)

16:05 Covariance update for actinides in the RRR - Marco Pigni (ORNL)

16:15 Covariances for the Fission Product Yield Reevaluation - Amy Lovell (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

16:30 Recent Work on Thermal Scattering Covariance Generation and Compression - Aaron Tumulak
16:45 Break
Break
16:45 - 16:55
16:55 Covariance Committee
Covariance Committee
16:55 - 18:00
Room: B
Contributions

16:55 Covariances processing and testing - Nathan Gibson (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

17:10 Neutron-Gamma Emission Correlations in 252Cf(sf) - Ramona Vogt Ramona Vogt (LLNL and UC Davis) Stefano Marin (University of Michigan)

17:20 Bayesian Monte Carlo evaluation framework for imperfect data - Goran Arbanas (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Jesse Brown (ORNL)

17:35 An Uncertainty Quantification Toolkit for GNDS Formatted Libraries - Kyle Wendt (LLNL)

17:45 Unifying the URR PT approaches and covariance work in a consistent framework - Matteo Vorabbi (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Tuesday 16 November 2021
10:00 Measurements Committee
Measurements Committee
10:00 - 11:00
Room: B
Contributions

10:00 LANL progress on LENZ, SPIDER, and SREFT - Hye Young Lee (LANL)

10:10 LANL progress on ChiNu and Scattering - Keegan Kelly (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

10:20 ORNL neutron induced cross section experiments on Zr90 - Klaus Guber (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

10:35 Overview of Nuclear Data measurement and analysis at RPI - Yaron Danon (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

10:50 Gamma-ray spectroscopy of fission products for forensics: La-140 and I-130 beta decay - Andrea Mattera (BNL)
11:00 Break
Break
11:00 - 11:10
11:10 Measurements Committee
Measurements Committee
11:10 - 12:10
Room: B
Contributions

11:10 Recent Work related to Neutron Standards - Allan Carlson (NIST)

11:25 Neutron and charged-particle cross section measurements - josh brown (UC Berkeley)

11:40 Differential cross section measurements of the 13C(a,n)16O reaction at the University of Notre Dame - James deBoer (University of Notre Dame)

11:55 The current status of the EXFOR project - Boris Pritychenko (NNDC, BNL)
12:10 Lunch
Lunch
12:10 - 13:10
13:10 Validation Committee
Validation Committee
13:10 - 14:30
Room: B
Contributions

13:10 Introduction - Michael Zerkle (Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory)

13:15 ENDF Phase 1 Checking & Review Status - Dave Brown (BNL)

13:30 ORNL Experience with the ENDF/B-VIII.0 Graphite TSL Evaluations - Friederike Bostelmann (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

13:45 Validating the LANL versus INDEN 239Pu file in the fast range - Denise Neudecker (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division)

14:00 The impact of FENDL-3.2 on ITER and FNSF fusion reactor computational benchmarks - Tim Bohm (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

14:15 Validating Gamma-ray Data Produced in 14-MeV Neutron Interaction - Isabel Hernandez
14:30 ND 2022 Announcements
ND 2022 Announcements
14:30 - 14:45
Contributions

14:30 ND 2022 Announcements - Caleb Mattoon (Lawrence Livermore National Lab)
14:45 Discussion on Outreach
Discussion on Outreach
14:45 - 15:15
Room: B
Contributions

14:45 Discussion on Outreach - Benjamin Shu Elizabeth McCutchan (BNL)
Wednesday 17 November 2021
10:00 Evaluation Committee - TSL sublibrary
Evaluation Committee - TSL sublibrary
10:00 - 12:00
Room: B
Contributions

10:00 TNSL Implementation and Testing in FUDGE - Caleb Mattoon (Lawrence Livermore National Lab)

10:12 NJOY+NCrystal: Update of the Code and Thermal Scattering Library - Jose Ignacio Marquez Damian (European Spallation Source)

10:24 Nuclear Graphite TSL Evaluation and Cross Section - Iyad Al-Qasir (University of Sharjah)

10:36 Code Verification Project for Generating ACE Libraries - Andrej Trkov (International Atomic Energy Agency)

10:48 Thermal Neutron Scattering Evaluation for Polyethylene from RPI/ORNL/ESS - Kemal Ramic (European Spallation Source)

11:00 Zirconium Hydride TSL Evaluation - Ingrid Švajger

11:12 Calcium Hydride (CaH2) TSL Evaluations and Cross Sections - Benjamin Laramee Benjamin Laramee (NCSU)

11:24 Evaluation of TSL of the delta-phase yttrium hydride (YH2 to YH1.31) - Vedant Mehta (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

11:36 Zirconium Carbide TSL Evaluations - Jonathan Wormald

11:48 Uranium Carbide and Uranium-Metal TSL Evaluations and Cross Sections - Jonathan Crozier (NCSU)
12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:00
13:00 Evaluation Committee - Fission Product Yields
Evaluation Committee - Fission Product Yields
13:00 - 15:20
Room: B
Contributions

13:00 Nuclear Data Activities on Fission Yields at LBNL - Eric Matthews (UC Berkeley)

13:20 Energy Dependent Fission Product Yields from Neutron- and Photon-Induced Fission - Anton Tonchev (LLNL)

13:40 Update on short-lived and cumulative fission product yields from the NPML Collaboration - Jason Harke (LLNL)

14:10 FPY Data Compilations. - Boris Pritychenko (NNDC, BNL)

14:20 FPY Evaluation Work at LANL - Amy Lovell (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

14:40 Angular Momentum Studies with FREYA - Ramona Vogt

15:00 Fission yields interplay with beta-delayed neutrons and electrons - Alejandro Sonzogni (NNDC - BNL)
15:20 Break
Break
15:20 - 15:30
15:30 Evaluation Committee - Charged Particles
Evaluation Committee - Charged Particles
15:30 - 16:10
Room: B
Contributions

15:30 Summary of the light-element CP induced evaluations for VIII.1 - Mark Paris (LANL T-2)

15:50 TM on (alpha, n) nuclear data evaluation and data needs - Paraskevi Dimitriou (International Atomic Energy Agency)
Thursday 18 November 2021
10:00 Evaluation Committee - Neutron sublibrary
Evaluation Committee - Neutron sublibrary
10:00 - 12:10
Room: B
Contributions

10:00 Current status of ENDF - Gustavo Nobre (BNL)

10:30 Solving the burnup conundrum: Updates in U-235 and U-238 evaluations in the RRR - Andrej Trkov (International Atomic Energy Agency) Marco Pigni (ORNL) Roberto Capote (IAEA NDS)

11:10 INDEN evaluation of neutron induced reactions on Pu-239: status and updates - Roberto Capote (IAEA NDS)

11:40 URR for 233,235U and 239Pu - Marco Pigni (ORNL)
12:10 Lunch
Lunch
12:10 - 12:55
12:55 Evaluation Committee - Neutron sublibrary
Evaluation Committee - Neutron sublibrary
12:55 - 14:25
Room: B
Contributions

12:55 239Pu evaluation updates - Denise Neudecker (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division) Matthew Mumpower (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

13:25 239Pu evaluation - Gregory Potel Aguilar (LLNL)

13:55 TN update plans and advances for 16O and 9Be - Mark Paris (LANL T-2)
14:25 Break
Break
14:25 - 14:40
14:40 Evaluation Committee - Neutron sublibrary
Evaluation Committee - Neutron sublibrary
14:40 - 16:10
Room: B
Contributions

14:40 59Ni - Sean Kuvin

15:10 181Ta - Mike Herman (BNL)

15:40 Updates to the n+63,65Cu Angular Distributions - Jordan McDonnell (UT-Battelle) Marco Pigni (ORNL)
Friday 19 November 2021

10:00

10:00 - 12:00
Room: C

12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:00
13:00 NDAG/NCSP - Opening Remarks
NDAG/NCSP - Opening Remarks
13:00 - 13:10
Contributions

13:00 Opening Remarks & Introductions - Michael Zerkle (Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory)

13:05 Review and Adoption of the Agenda - All
13:10 NDAG/NCSP - Technical Presentations
NDAG/NCSP - Technical Presentations
13:10 - 14:05
Contributions

13:10 Status of 233U capture measurements and analysis - Esther Leal Cidoncha (LANL)

13:30 149Sm results with DICER / DANCE - Paul Koehler (LANL)

13:50 Update on RPI sub-thermal neutron transmission measurement capability - Dominik Fritz (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
14:05 NDAG/NCSP - NDAG Business
NDAG/NCSP - NDAG Business
14:05 - 15:30
Contributions

14:05 Nuclear Data Requests -Review of 5-year plan, Appendix B - Michael Zerkle (Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory)

14:35 Other Business - All

14:45 FY2022 NCSP Calendar - Michael Zerkle (Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory)

14:50 Time and Place of Next NDAG Meeting - Michael Zerkle (Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory)

14:55 Summary of Action Items - Michael Zerkle (Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory)