Mini-CSEWG-2017

4 May 2017, 09:00 → 5 May 2017, 17:00 US/Mountain

Hot Rocks (upstairs) (Los Alamos)

Alejandro Sonzogni, Dave Brown, Mark Chadwick (Lanl), Mike Herman (BNL)

Goal of the Mini-CSEWG-2017 meeting is to review progress towards ENDF/B-VIII.0 relase scheduled for the end of 2017. The focus will be on the beta4 release, its's performance in the validation and work needed to be done before the final release of the library.  

Minutes ToDo_May_2017.pdf

Thursday, 4 May

09:00 → 10:00 Overview

Where we are now?

Convener: Dr Mark Chadwick (Lanl)

Overview Session

Draft-2 of the Agenda is presented in this Indico-site. 

09:00 Welcome

Speaker: Dr Mark Chadwick (Lanl)

09:10 What has changed so far?

Speaker: Brown David (NNDC, Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Slides dbrown-overview.pdf

09:30 Status of standards evaluations

Speaker: Roberto Capote (IAEA NDS)

Slides Capote-miniCSWEG2017-NeutStd.pdf Capote-miniCSWEG2017-NeutStd.pptx

09:50 Anniversary plans

Speaker: Alejandro Sonzogni (NNDC - BNL)

Slides sonzogni-anniversary.pdf sonzogni-anniversary.pptx

10:00 → 12:15 Validation

How is ENDF/B-VIII.0 performing, what needs to be fixed?

Convener: Dr Skip Kahler (LANL)

10:00 LANL benchmarking

Speakers: Dr Denise Neudecker (LANL), Dr Jeremy Conlin (LANL), Dr Skip Kahler (LANL)

Slides

• hist-gaussians.pdf
• Kahler_May2017_miniCSEWG_data_testing.pdf
• NeudeckerLLNLPulsedSpheres_CSEWGMay2017.pdf

10:30 Coffee Break

10:40 IAEA benchmarking

Speakers: Dr Andrej Trkov (International Atomic Energy Agency), Roberto Capote (IAEA NDS)

Slides Capote-miniCSWEG2017-benchmark.pdf Capote-miniCSWEG2017-benchmark.pptx

11:00 NNL Benchmarking

Speaker: Dr Mike Zerkle (Bettis)

Slides miniCSEWG_2017.pdf mini-CSEWG-HH2O-final.pdf

11:30 Summary of other testing, eg VDM

Speaker: Dr Skip Kahler (LANL)

Slides

• Arcilla_BNL.pdf
• endf8_mar19_svdm_only.pdf
• JEFF33T3_Benchmarking_ICSBEP-OCabellos-v7.pdf
• JEFF33T3-Shielding-OCabellos-v8.pdf

11:45 Integral testing of ENDF against RPI data (semi-integral scattering, and Fe capture)

Speaker: Prof. Yaron Danon (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

Slides DANON_mini__CSEWG2017.pdf

12:15 → 13:15 Lunch

13:15 → 14:25 Validation

How is ENDF/B-VIII.0 performing, what needs to be fixed?

Convener: Dr Skip Kahler (LANL)

13:45 Library deficiencies

Speaker: Brown David (NNDC, Brookhaven National Laboratory)

document tsl-evals_rev01.xlsx

Slides dbrown-deficiencies.pdf

14:05 Astrophysical cross sections

Speaker: Dr Boris Pritychenko (NNDC, BNL)

Slides X4Pritychenko2017.pdf X4Pritychenko2017.pptx

14:25 → 17:00 Evaluation

Only stuff that's going into ENDF/B-VIII.0!

Convener: Dr Mark Chadwick (Lanl)

14:25 Light nuclei evaluations & issues (incl adding back in g prod)

Speaker: Gerry Hale (LANL)

Slides mini-CSEWG_2017.pdf mini-CSEWG_2017.pptx

14:45 Fe status

Speaker: Dr Mike Herman (BNL)

Slides CIELO-iron-evaluation.key CIELO-iron-evaluation.pdf

14:55 235U status

Speaker: Roberto Capote (IAEA NDS)

Slides Capote-miniCSWEG2017-NeutStd.pptx Capote-miniCSWEG2017-u235-u238.pdf

15:05 238U status

Speaker: Roberto Capote (IAEA NDS)

15:15 239Pu status

Speaker: Patrick Talou (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Slides Talou-Pu239status-miniCSEWG-May2017.pdf

15:25 Coffee Break

15:40 PFGS updates for actinides

Speaker: Dr Ionel Stetcu (Los Alamos National Lab)

Slides Stetcu-mini-csewg-May2017.pdf

15:55 Gamma production (validation, comparisons)

Speakers: Goorley, Dr Ionel Stetcu (Los Alamos National Lab), Morgan White (LANL), Roberto Capote (IAEA NDS)

Slides csewg.April-2017.pdf csewg.April-2017.pptx

16:10 Energy deposition in fission

Speakers: John Lestone (LANL), Morgan White (LANL)

Slides CSEWG_May17.pdf

16:35 Status of the high-energy “LA150” type part of evaluations

Speaker: Dr Mike Herman (BNL)

Slides High-energy.key High-energy.pdf

17:00 → 18:00 Round table discussion on evaluation items

Convener: Dr Mark Chadwick (Lanl)

17:00 beta4->beta5 items

Speaker: All

Friday, 5 May

08:30 → 10:30 Formats

We always release a formal manual for the format when we release. This time we have 2 formats!

Convener: Dr Michael Dunn (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

08:30 ENDF-6 manual status

Speaker: Brown David (NNDC, Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Slides dbrown-manual-status.pdf

08:50 "Final" ENDF-6 format proposals - PGFS

Speaker: Dr Ionel Stetcu (Los Alamos National Lab)

document Format-mf6_pnu_chinuplusgammas.docx

Slides Stetcu-miniCSEWG-formatMF6MT18.pdf

09:10 "Final" ENDF-6 format proposals - MF=4 for non-neutron evaluations

Speaker: Brown David (NNDC, Brookhaven National Laboratory)

document MF4_format_proposal.pdf

09:30 EG-GNDS - choose members of governance board

Speaker: Brown David (NNDC, Brookhaven National Laboratory)

document Approved_Mandate_WPEC_Expert_Group_GNDS_21_Nov_2016-2pages.pdf

Slides Presentation1.pdf

09:50 GND, what's needed for B-VIII.0?

Speaker: Dr Bret Beck (LLNL)

Slides ENDF-VIII_translationStatus.pdf

10:10 Discussion of processing problems

Speaker: All

10:30 → 12:05 Decay Data and Covariances

10:30 Decay data, how is it used?

Speaker: Soloman

10:50 Decay data updates

Speaker: Alejandro Sonzogni (NNDC - BNL)

Slides sonzogni-decay.pdf

11:10 Covariance work of 235U and 239Pu in the RRR

Speaker: Dr Marco Pigni (ORNL)

11:25 Problems in covariance evaluations

Speaker: Dorothea Wiarda (ORNL)

Slides CSWEG_Wiarda_Covariance.pdf

11:35 Covariance testing at ORNL

Speaker: William Marshall

Slides ENDF8_covar_testing_WJM_etal_Rev4.pdf

11:55 PFNS Covariance

Speaker: Dr Denise Neudecker (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division)

Slides NeudeckerPu239U235PFNSCov_CSEWGMay2017.pdf

12:30 → 13:15 Lunch

13:15 → 17:15 Round table discussion on various topics

Convener: Dr Mark Chadwick (Lanl)

13:15 Topics for discussion:

Speaker: All