Mini-CSEWG-2017

Name: Mini-CSEWG-2017
Start: 2017-05-04T09:00:00-06:00
End: 2017-05-05T17:00:00-06:00
Location: Los Alamos

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

Hot Rocks (upstairs) (Los Alamos)

Hot Rocks (upstairs)

Los Alamos

4200 W Jemez Rd Los Alamos, NM 87544

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

Description

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.

Support

LKrejci@bnl.gov

Participants

Boris Pritychenko
Bret Beck
Chuck Lee
David Brown
David Heinrichs
Denise Neudecker
Donald Smith
Dorothea Wiarda
Hye Young Lee
Ian Thompson
Jason Thompson
Jeremy Conlin
Jesse Holmes
John Bess
John Lestone
Keegan Kelly
Luiz Leal
Marco Pigni
Mark Chadwick
Mark Paris
Matt Devlin
Michael Dunn
Michael Rapp
Michael Zerkle
Mike Herman
Morgan White
Patrick Jaffke
Patrick Talou
Robert Haight
Ron Nelson
Skip Kahler
Sonzogni Alejandro
Toshihiko Kawano
William Marshall
Yaron Danon

Thursday 4 May
- Thu 4 May
- Fri 5 May
- Overview
  
  Where we are now?
  
  Convener: Dr Mark Chadwick (Lanl)
  
  Overview Session
  
  Draft-2 of the Agenda is presented in this Indico-site.
  - 1
    
    Welcome
    
    Speaker: Dr Mark Chadwick (Lanl)
  - 2
    
    What has changed so far?
    
    Speaker: Brown David (NNDC, Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    
    Slides
  - 3
    
    Status of standards evaluations
    
    Speaker: Roberto Capote (IAEA NDS)
    
    Slides
  - 4
    
    Anniversary plans
    
    Speaker: Alejandro Sonzogni (NNDC - BNL)
    
    Slides
- Validation
  
  How is ENDF/B-VIII.0 performing, what needs to be fixed?
  
  Convener: Dr Skip Kahler (LANL)
  - 5
    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
  - 6
    
    IAEA benchmarking
    
    Speakers: Dr Andrej Trkov (International Atomic Energy Agency), Roberto Capote (IAEA NDS)
    
    Slides
  - 7
    
    NNL Benchmarking
    
    Speaker: Dr Mike Zerkle (Bettis)
    
    Slides
  - 8
    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
  - 9
    
    Integral testing of ENDF against RPI data (semi-integral scattering, and Fe capture)
    
    Speaker: Prof. Yaron Danon (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
    
    Slides
- 12:15
  
  Lunch
- Validation
  
  How is ENDF/B-VIII.0 performing, what needs to be fixed?
  
  Convener: Dr Skip Kahler (LANL)
  - 10
    
    Library deficiencies
    
    Speaker: Brown David (NNDC, Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    
    document
    
    Slides
  - 11
    
    Astrophysical cross sections
    
    Speaker: Dr Boris Pritychenko (NNDC, BNL)
    
    Slides
- Evaluation
  
  Only stuff that's going into ENDF/B-VIII.0!
  
  Convener: Dr Mark Chadwick (Lanl)
  - 12
    
    Light nuclei evaluations & issues (incl adding back in g prod)
    
    Speaker: Gerry Hale (LANL)
    
    Slides
  - 13
    
    Fe status
    
    Speaker: Dr Mike Herman (BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 14
    
    235U status
    
    Speaker: Roberto Capote (IAEA NDS)
    
    Slides
  - 15
    
    238U status
    
    Speaker: Roberto Capote (IAEA NDS)
  - 16
    
    239Pu status
    
    Speaker: Patrick Talou (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
    
    Slides
  - 15:25
    
    Coffee Break
  - 17
    
    PFGS updates for actinides
    
    Speaker: Dr Ionel Stetcu (Los Alamos National Lab)
    
    Slides
  - 18
    
    Gamma production (validation, comparisons)
    
    Speakers: Goorley, Dr Ionel Stetcu (Los Alamos National Lab), Morgan White (LANL), Roberto Capote (IAEA NDS)
    
    Slides
  - 19
    
    Energy deposition in fission
    
    Speakers: John Lestone (LANL), Morgan White (LANL)
    
    Slides
  - 20
    
    Status of the high-energy “LA150” type part of evaluations
    
    Speaker: Dr Mike Herman (BNL)
    
    Slides
- Round table discussion on evaluation items
  
  Convener: Dr Mark Chadwick (Lanl)
  - 21
    beta4->beta5 items
    
    Speaker: All
    
    a) - Fixes
    
    b) - Covariances
    
    c) - Fast neutron range
    
    d) - Documentation in the file
Friday 5 May
- Thu 4 May
- Fri 5 May
- 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)
  - 22
    
    ENDF-6 manual status
    
    Speaker: Brown David (NNDC, Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    
    Slides
  - 23
    
    "Final" ENDF-6 format proposals - PGFS
    
    Speaker: Dr Ionel Stetcu (Los Alamos National Lab)
    
    document
    
    Slides
  - 24
    
    "Final" ENDF-6 format proposals - MF=4 for non-neutron evaluations
    
    Speaker: Brown David (NNDC, Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    
    document
  - 25
    
    EG-GNDS - choose members of governance board
    
    Speaker: Brown David (NNDC, Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    
    document
    
    Slides
  - 26
    
    GND, what's needed for B-VIII.0?
    
    Speaker: Dr Bret Beck (LLNL)
    
    Slides
  - 27
    
    Discussion of processing problems
    
    Speaker: All
- Decay Data and Covariances
  - 28
    
    Decay data, how is it used?
    
    Speaker: Soloman
  - 29
    
    Decay data updates
    
    Speaker: Alejandro Sonzogni (NNDC - BNL)
    
    Slides
  - 30
    
    Covariance work of 235U and 239Pu in the RRR
    
    Speaker: Dr Marco Pigni (ORNL)
  - 31
    
    Problems in covariance evaluations
    
    Speaker: Dorothea Wiarda (ORNL)
    
    Slides
  - 32
    
    Covariance testing at ORNL
    
    Speaker: William Marshall
    
    Slides
  - 33
    
    PFNS Covariance
    
    Speaker: Dr Denise Neudecker (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division)
    
    Slides
- 12:30
  
  Lunch
- Round table discussion on various topics
  
  Convener: Dr Mark Chadwick (Lanl)
  - 34
    Topics for discussion:
    
    Speaker: All
    
    a) - Covariance data status and path forward
    
    b) - Continued discussion on evaluation issues
    
    c) - Timeline & goals of future betas
    
    d) - Do we need a Hackathon? Micro-CSEWG?
    
    e) - TENDL files (Capote)
    
    Slides
    
    f) - Big paper issues
    
    g) - TSL issues?