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EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 239, 2020
ND 2019: International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology
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Article Number | 15002 | |
Number of page(s) | 4 | |
Section | Data Dissemination and International Collaboration | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202023915002 | |
Published online | 30 September 2020 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202023915002
Overview of the OECD-NEA Working Party on International Nuclear Data Evaluation Cooperation (WPEC)
1 OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Boulogne-Billancourt, FRANCE
2 CEA, Nuclear Energy Division, Cadarache, FRANCE
3 Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
4 Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
5 CEA-Irfu, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, FRANCE
6 China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China
7 Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai-mura, Japan
8 North Carolina State University, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Raleigh, NC, USA
9 Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
10 IAEA Nuclear Data Section, Vienna, Austria
11 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA
12 National Nuclear Laboratory, Sellafield, UK
13 Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, USA
14 European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Geel, Belgium
15 Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
* e-mail: michael.fleming@oecd-nea.
Published online: 30 September 2020
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Working Party on International Nuclear Data Evaluation Cooperation (WPEC) was established in 1989 to facilitate collaboration in nuclear data activities. Over its thirty year history, different Subgroups have been created to address topics in nearly every aspect of nuclear data, including: experimental measurements, evaluation, validation, model development, quality assurance of databases and the development of software tools.
WPEC has recently completed activities on fission yield evaluation, the general nuclear database structure (GNDS) to replace the ENDF-6 format, methods to provide feedback to evaluation, studies of specific capture cross sections, new methods in thermal scattering kernel evaluation and the Collaborative International Evaluated Library Organisation (CIELO) Pilot Project. Ongoing activities in GNDS application programming interface (API) development, methods for covariance evaluation and quality assurance in nuclear data validation using the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP) database are complemented by the work of two Expert Groups that oversee the High-Priority Request List (HPRL) for Nuclear Data and the continuous development of the GNDS. New activities on the use of integral experiments for nuclear data validation and adjustment, as well as the use of the Shielding Integral Benchmark Archive and Database (SINBAD) for validation have begun and will be coordinated alongside future Subgroups.
After three decades we will review the status of WPEC, how it integrates other collections and activities organised by the NEA and how it dovetails with the initiatives of the IAEA and other bodies to effectively coordinate international activities in nuclear data.
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