Mini-CSEWG 2023

Name: Mini-CSEWG 2023
Start: 2023-04-25T08:00:00-07:00
End: 2023-04-27T18:00:00-07:00
Location: Livermore Valley Open Campus

Apr 25, 2023, 8:00 AM → Apr 27, 2023, 6:00 PM US/Pacific

Livermore Valley Open Campus

Brown David (NNDC, Brookhaven National Laboratory), Gustavo Nobre (BNL)

Description

Contact

dbrown@bnl.gov

gnobre@bnl.gov

kravvaris1@llnl.gov

Participants

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Tue, April 25
- Formats & Processing
  - 1
    
    Welcome
    
    Speakers: Brown David (NNDC, Brookhaven National Laboratory), Dorothea Wiarda (ORNL)
    
    Welcome.pdf
  - 2
    
    Clarification of ENDF sum rules (#145)
    
    Speaker: Brown David (NNDC, Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    
    MR145.pdf
  - 3
    
    Correct a minor omission in File 4 (#141)
    
    Speaker: Brown David (NNDC, Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    
    MR141.pdf
  - 4
    
    Thermal neutron capture primary gamma-rays: Issue and repair
    
    Speakers: Emanuel Chimanski (BNL), Ian Thompson (LLNL)
    
    Emanuel-Chimanski.pdf
    
    Emanuel-Chimanski.pptx
  - 5
    
    Ability to use MT=900-999 for primary gammas (#139)
    
    Speaker: Ian Thompson (LLNL)
    
    Thompson-MCSEWG-April23-v5.pptx
  - 6
    
    Clarification for collapsing of probability matrices (#143)
    
    Speaker: Dorothea Wiarda (ORNL)
  - 7
    
    LTY=0 matrices options clarification (#142)
    
    Speaker: Dorothea Wiarda (ORNL)
  - 8
    
    Format Proposal for Isotopic Distribution in TSL Files for ENDF/B-VIII.1 (#144)
    
    Speaker: Chris Chapman (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
    
    mini_csewg_2023_tslformat_c86.pdf
    
    mini_csewg_2023_tslformat_c86.pptx
  - 10:20 AM
    
    Break
  - 9
    
    FUDGE
    
    Speaker: Caleb Mattoon (Lawrence Livermore National Lab)
    
    FUDGE_testing.pdf
  - 10
    
    NJOY
    
    Speaker: Wim Haeck (LANL)
  - 11
    
    AMPX
    
    Speaker: Jordan McDonnell (UT-Battelle)
  - 12
    
    General discussion: How to use the new TSL data effectively in user code
    
    Speaker: Dorothea Wiarda (ORNL)
- 12:00 PM
  
  Lunch
- Release Discussion
  - 13
    
    Timeline Discussions
    
    Speaker: Gustavo Nobre (BNL)
    
    Commit history.mov
    
    Commit history of a file.mov
    
    Commits since a release.mov
    
    ENDF-VIII.1-miniCSEWG.key
    
    ENDF-VIII.1-miniCSEWG.pdf
  - 14
    
    ADVANCE Discussion
    
    Speaker: Brown David (NNDC, Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    
    ADVANCE-Discussion.pdf
  - 15
    
    Automated updates to masses, Q-values, thresholds and electrons
    
    Speaker: Bret Beck (LLNL)
    
    mini-CSEWG_masses_Beck.pdf
  - 16
    
    Exit distributions
    
    Speakers: Hye Young Lee (LANL), Ian Thompson (LLNL)
    
    MCDEWG-ExitDistributions-Thompson-v3.pptx
    
    miniCSEWG2023_SecondaryParticleEval_LANL_Lee.pdf
- CSEWG Executive Committee Meeting
  
  AGENDA
  - refine paper timeline
  - lay down rules for Big Paper authorship & author ordering
  - set up time for discussing TSL conflicts
  - Any Other Business
Wed, April 26
- Validation I
  - 17
    
    Welcome
    
    Speakers: Brown David (NNDC, Brookhaven National Laboratory), Michael Zerkle (Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory)
    
    Welcome2.pdf
  - 18
    
    Validation of Nuclear Data Files from the Third Preliminary Release of ENDF/B-VIII.1
    
    Speaker: Noah Kleedtke (LANL)
    
    la_ur_23_24422.pdf
  - 19
    
    Validating ENDF/B-VIII.1beta1 with LLNL pulsed-sphere neutron-leakage spectra
    
    Speaker: Denise Neudecker (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division)
    
    PulsedSpheres_CSEWGValSessionNovember2023.pdf
  - 20
    
    NNL Testing of ENDF/B-VIII.1(beta1)
    
    Speaker: Jason Thompson (NNL-KAPL)
  - 10:30 AM
    
    Break
  - 21
    
    Initial Assessment of ENDF/B-VIII.1β1 with VALID Criticality Benchmarks
    
    Speaker: William Marshall (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
    
    E8.1B1_validation-ORNL_Rev1.pptx
  - 22
    
    AWE Fast Crit Testing of beta1
    
    Speaker: Mark Cornock (AWE.Plc)
    
    MINI CSEWG_Validation_MC_TG.pdf
  - 23
    
    LLNL MERCURY ENDF/B-VIII.1(β1) testing results using GNDS processed by FUDGE
    
    Speaker: Marie-Anne Descalle (LLNL)
    
    V&V_miniCSEWG_20230424.pdf
  - 24
    
    Recent experimental benchmark results for TEX-Pu for TSL testing
    
    Speaker: Catherine Percher (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
    
    CPercher-mCSEWGMay23.pptx
- 12:00 PM
  
  Lunch
- Validation II
  - 25
    
    E8R1 beta1 testing in Studsvik’s CASMO5 lattice physics code
    
    Speaker: Rodolfo Ferrer (Studsvik Scandpower)
    
    ferrer-mini-csewg-e8r1.pdf
    
    Pu239plots.xlsx
  - 26
    
    Evaluation of the Pool Critical Assembly (PCA) Benchmark with ENDF/B-VIII.1beta1 using MCNP6
    
    Speaker: Greg Fischer (Westinghouse)
    
    WAAP-12621_Revision_0.pdf
  - 27
    
    Open Discussion
Thu, April 27
- Evaluations
  - 28
    
    Welcome
    
    Speakers: Brown David (NNDC, Brookhaven National Laboratory), Denise Neudecker (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division), Mark Chadwick (Lanl)
    
    Welcome3.pdf
  - 29
    
    Evaluation observations
    
    Speaker: Mark Chadwick (Lanl)
    
    Chadwick.miniCSEWG.overview.2023.2.pptx
    
    Chadwick.miniCSEWG.phnuc.2023.pptx
  - 30
    
    Ongoing 239Pu resonance work for beta2 consideration
    
    Speaker: Marco Pigni (ORNL)
    
    mini-csewg2023.pdf
  - 31
    
    Updates on 9Be and 6Li for beta2 consideration
    
    Speaker: Mark Paris (LANL T-2)
    
    paris-light-elem-mini-csewg-2023.pdf
  - 32
    
    Updates on 238U for beta2 consideration and comments on other isotopes - Fl, Cu, Ni, 16O, TSL
    
    Speaker: Roberto Capote (IAEA NDS)
    
    Capote-Eval-miniCSWEG-APR2023.pdf
  - 33
    
    On integral benchmarks for resolving TSL conflicts for ENDF/B-VIII.1 release
    
    Speaker: Kemal Ramic (Oak Ridge National Lab)
    
    mini_CSWEG_2023_on_integral_benchmarks.pdf
  - 10:50 AM
    
    Break
  - 34
    
    Updates on 236U for beta2 consideration
    
    Speaker: Ionel Stetcu (Los Alamos National Lab)
    
    Stetcu-miniCSEWG2023-u4-u6.pdf
  - 35
    
    Capture spectra
    
    Speaker: Amanda Lewis (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
  - 36
    
    Prospectus: consistent evaluation of Pt isotopes
    
    Speaker: Mike Herman (LANL)
    
    PtProspectus.pdf
  - 37
    
    Photonuclear cross section comparisons for beta2
    
    Speaker: Mark Chadwick (Lanl)
    
    Chadwick.miniCSEWG.phnuc.2023.pptx
- 12:00 PM
  
  Lunch
- Covariances
  - 38
    
    MF=34 format and O-16 covariance testing
    
    Speaker: Nathan Gibson (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
  - 39
    
    Pu-9, U-5, U-8
    
    Speaker: Kent Parsons (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
    
    minicsewg.pdf
  - 40
    
    Covariance ADVANCE testing
    
    Speaker: Brown David (NNDC, Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    
    covariance.pdf
  - 41
    
    Covariance LLNL testing
    
    Speaker: Robert Casperson (LLNL)
    
    Casperson_CovarianceTest_v2.pdf
  - 42
    
    Covariance Testing Progress for ENDF/B-VIII.1β1 at ORNL
    
    Speaker: William Marshall (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
    
    CovarianceTesting_Rev0.pdf
    
    CovarianceTesting_Rev0.pptx
  - 43
    
    Covariance processing from ORNL + Ta-181
    
    Speakers: Jesse Brown (ORNL), Jordan McDonnell (UT-Battelle)
  - 3:15 PM
    
    Break
  - 44
    
    Covariance testing and Update on 239Pu and 235U PFNS covariances
    
    Speakers: Denise Neudecker (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division), Nathan Gibson (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Patrick Talou (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
    
    Cov_CSEWGCovsessionNovember2023.pdf
  - 45
    
    Full Energy Covariance Generation of Pb-208
    
    Speaker: Peter Brain (RPI)
  - 46
    
    Pu-9, U-5, U-3 RRR covariances
    
    Speaker: Marco Pigni (ORNL)
  - 47
    
    n+239Pu covariance evaluation at LLNL
    
    Speakers: Konstantinos Kravvaris, Kyle Wendt (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
    
    Kravvaris_mCSEWG23.pdf
  - 48
    
    INDEN Covariances
    
    Speaker: Andrej Trkov (Jozef Stefan Institute)
    
    Trkov_U235_Cov-2.pptx
  - 49
    
    Pu-9(n,f) cross section covariances
    
    Speaker: Georg Schnabel (IAEA)
    
    2023-04-27 mini-CSEWG presentation.pdf