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

25 Apr 2023, 08:00 → 27 Apr 2023, 18:00 US/Pacific

Livermore Valley Open Campus

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

Description

Participants

Aaron Hurst
Aaron Tamashiro
Adam Daskalakis
Ajeeta Khatiwada
Albert (Skip) Kahler
Alejandro Sonzogni
Allan Carlson
Amanda Lewis
Amber Lauer-Coles
Amy Lovell
Anastasia Georgiadou
Andrea Mattera
Andrej Trkov
Andrew Ratkiewicz
Andrew Till
Angela Chambers
Arantxa Cuadra
Ayman Hawari
Bobbi Riedel
Boris Pritychenko
Bret Beck
Brian Epping
Brown David
Caleb Mattoon
Catherine Percher
Charles Wemple
Chris Chapman
Daniel Siefman
Danila Roubtsov
David Heinrichs
Denise Neudecker
Dermott Cullen
Devin Barry
Donnie Mason
Doro Wiarda
Emanuel Chimanski
Eric Aboud
Georg Schnabel
Gerald (Gerry) Hale
Godfree Gert
Goran Arbanas
Greg Fischer
Gregory Potel Aguilar
Gustavo Nobre
Ian Thompson
Ionel Stetcu
Jason Thompson
Jeffrey Vanhoy
Jennifer Jo Ressler
Jesse Brown
Jesse Norris
Jordan McDonnell
Keegan Kelly
Keith Jankowski
Kemal Ramic
Kent Parsons
Kostas Kravvaris
Kyle Wendt
Marc Verriere
Marco Pigni
Marie-Anne descalle
Mark Chadwick
Mark Cornock
Mark Paris
Matthew Devlin
Matthew Mumpower
Michael Fleming
Michael Rapp
Michael Zerkle
Michal Herman
Mohamed Ouisloumen
Nathan Gibson
Nicolas Schunck
Noah Kleedtke
Patrick Talou
Peter Brain
Rajesh Ghimire
Ramona Vogt
Robert Casperson
Robert Haight
Roberto Capote
Shikha Prasad
Sofia Quaglioni
Sukhjinder Singh
Tim Gaines
Vincent Cheung
William Marshall
Wim Haeck
Yaron DANON

Contact

dbrown@bnl.gov

gnobre@bnl.gov

kravvaris1@llnl.gov

Tuesday, 25 April
- 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
    
    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
  
  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
Wednesday, 26 April
- 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
    
    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
  
  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
Thursday, 27 April
- 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
    
    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
  
  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)
  - 15:15
    
    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