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ICSBEP/SINBAD/IRPhEP Meetings at LLNL

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
April 16–19, 2024
In-Person / Virtual
Livermore Valley Open Campus (LVOC)

2590 Greenville Road
Livermore, CA 94550 (For GPS Use Only)
B643 Conference Annex

Contacts

percher1 [at] llnl.gov (Catherine Percher)
W: (925) 423-9345 | C: (925) 579-4226

mitchell89 [at] llnl.gov (Scarlet Mitchell)
W: (925) 423-6770 | C: (925) 321-4564

 

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LLNL entrance signage and flowers

Agenda

NOTE: Schedule (detailed agenda to be released closer to meeting date)

Tuesday / Wednesday, April 16–17

ICSBEP Technical Review Group Meeting

Wednesday, April 17 (afternoon)

Technical Tours at LLNL

  • LLNL Laboratory Space including the Inherently Safe Subcritical Assembly and the Pulsed-Neutron Die-Away Experiment at Radiation Calibration Laboratory’s Low Scatter Facility
  • National Ignition Facility
    NOTE: If you are not a U.S. citizen and would like to attend the tours, be sure to register for the technical tours by February 1, 2023, to ensure enough time for processing of your site access.

Thursday, April 18

SINBAD Task Force Meeting

Friday, April 19

IRPhEP Technical Review Group Meeting

 

International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project

The International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP) Handbook contains criticality safety benchmark specifications that have been derived from experiments that were performed at various critical facilities around the world. The benchmark specifications are intended for use by criticality and safety analysts as well as nuclear data evaluators to validate calculational techniques and data. The ICSBEP Technical Review Group (TRG) meets annually to evaluate new benchmark evaluations for inclusion into the handbook. The ICSBEP is coordinated by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and falls under the Working Party for Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS).

Shielding Integral Benchmark Archive and Database

The Shielding Integral Benchmark Archive and Database (SINBAD) contains compilations for experiments related to reactor shielding, fusion neutronics shielding, and accelerator shielding experiments. The work on SINBAD is jointly carried out by the United States’ Radiation Safety Information Computational Center (RSICC) and the NEA, where the Expert Group on Physics of Reactor Systems (EGPRS) is mandated to monitor gaps and steer the development of SINBAD in collaboration with RSICC.

International Reactor Physics Evaluation Project

The International Handbook of Evaluated Reactor Physics Benchmark Experiments (IRPhE) contains reactor physics benchmark specifications that have been derived from experiments that were performed at various nuclear facilities around the world. The benchmark specifications are intended for use by reactor designers, safety analysts and nuclear data evaluators to validate calculational techniques and data. The Handbook is a product of the International Reactor Physics Evaluation (IRPhE) Project, conducted by the OECD NEA and falls under the Working Party for Reactor Systems (WPRS.

Airports and Map

  • San Francisco Airport to LLNL: Driving time 1.25 hrs / Distance 52 miles
  • Oakland Airport to LLNL: Driving time 45 min / Distance 33 miles
  • San Jose Airport to LLNL: Driving time 50 min / Distance 35 miles
  • Map from Airport to LVOC

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