FY2021 Foreign Travel

Destination	Date	Lab and Participants	Conference/Meeting Title	Justification
OECD/NEA Paris, France	Oct 2020	LANL Hutchinson, Amundson, McKenzie, McSpaden, Kristin Smith, Favorite	ICSBEP, IRPhE, and SINBAD Technical Review Meetings (Virtual Meeting)	Authors or reviewers for KRUSTY and JAEA evaluations for ICSBEP. Also attend IRPhE, and SINBAD Technical Review Meetings.
OECD/NEA Paris, France	May 2021	LANL Paris, Herman, Colin, Haeck, Thompson, Cutler	WPEC Annual Meeting and associated subgroup meetings (Virtual Meeting)	Contributor and co-leads of multiple sub-groups and expert groups, including SG45 "Validation of Nuclear Data Libraries (VaNDaL) Project,” SG46 “"Efficient and Effective Use of Integral Experiments for Nuclear Data Validation,” SG49 "Reproducibility in Nuclear Data Evaluation," and SG38 “Beyond the ENDF format: A modern nuclear database structure.” All of these groups are focused on activities that overlap with NCSP priorities.
OECD/NEA Paris, France	Jun 2021	LANL Brown, Rising	OECD Expert Group Meetings for NCSP, collaboration with IRSN on NCS (Virtual Meeting)	Participation provides state-of-art information for improving MCNP®, Whisper, and other computational methods that are necessary and heavily used in NCSP work. In addition, this allows for direct collaboration with IRSN.
OECD/NEA Paris, France	Jul 2021	LANL Hayes, Thompson	WPNCS Meeting (Virtual Meeting)	Participate in activities of the Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety and expert group meetings. Related to NCSP priorities.
OECD/NEA Paris, France	Oct 2020	LLNL Heinrichs, Norris, Percher	ICSBEP, IRPhE, and SINBAD Technical Review Meetings (Virtual Meeting)	ICSBEP, IRPhE, and SINBAD Technical Review Meetings.
IAEA NDS Vienna, Austria	Oct 2020	LLNL Godfree, Mattoon	IAEA Technical Meeting on Nuclear Data Processing (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID)	Technical meeting of international experts on nuclear data processing methods and codes.
Brussels, Belgium	Nov 2020	LLNL Coleman, Percher	Nuclear Education and Training NESTet 2021 International Conference (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID)	Premier conference on nuclear education and training.
OECD/NEA Paris, France	Nov 2020	LLNL Norris, Siefman	OECD NEA Training Course on FISPACT-II (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID)	Unique training opportunity on UKAEA’s enhanced multiphysics, inventory, and source term code system.
IAEA NDS Vienna, Austria	Dec 2020	LLNL Heckmaier, Mattoon	IAEA Technical Workshop on Compilation of Experimental Nuclear Reaction Data (EXFOR) (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID)	Technical meeting of international experts on nuclear data compilation essential for nuclear data evaluation.
OECD/NEA Paris, France	May 2021	LLNL Mattoon, Percher, Siefman	WPEC Annual Meeting and associated subgroup meetings (Virtual Meeting)	Technical meeting of international experts on nuclear data including SG38 (GND) and SG42 (Thermal scattering law).
Giardini Naxos, Sicily, Italy	May 2021	LLNL Siefman	Best Estimate Plus Uncertainty (BEPU) 2020 International Conference (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID)	Premiere conference on best estimate and uncertainty methodologies. (https://www.nineeng.com/bepu2020/)
Lausanne, Switzerland	May 2021	LLNL Chidambaram, Stone	International Symposium on Reactor Dosimetry ISRD 2021 (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID)	Premier conference on experimental techniques, databases, and standards for neutron metrology.
Japan	Jun 2021	LLNL Coleman	World Nuclear University (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID)	Unique nuclear educational and training opportunity for emerging leaders and SMEs in nuclear technology.
Toronto, Canada	Jun 2021	LLNL Zywiec	Deep Learning Summit (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID)	International conference focusing on deep learning methodology, current research areas and practical applications.
OECD/NEA Paris, France	Jul 2021	LLNL Percher, Zywiec	WPNCS Meeting (Virtual Meeting)	Participate in activities of the Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety and expert group meetings on IE S/U, MC methods, criticality accidents, and experimental needs.
Tokyo, Japan	Sep 2021	LLNL Mattoon, Siefman	5th International Conference on Nuclear Data Covariances (CANCELLED DUE TO COVD)	Premier workshop on covariances and S/U methods.
Paris, France	TBD-2021	LLNL Heinrichs, Percher, Siefman	Coordinate International Collaboration Efforts with IRSN (Meeting not held)	Coordinate joint IRSN-LLNL work as described in Appendix E of the Five-Year Execution Plan.
Aldermaston, United Kingdom	TBD-2021	LLNL Coleman, Yamanaka, Zywiec	JOWOG29/30 Meetings (Meeting not held)	Coordinate joint AWE-LLNL work as described in Appendix F of the Five-Year Execution Plan.
OECD/NEA Paris, France	Oct 2020	NNL NDAG Chair (Zerkle)	ICSBEP, IRPhE, and SINBAD Technical Review Meetings (Virtual Meeting)	Provide oversight of NCSP IE tasks as ICSBEP, SINBAD, and IRPhEP tasks are the end product of the NCSP IE process. May be held online due to COVID-19.
OECD/NEA Paris, France	May 2021	NNL NDAG Chair (Zerkle)	WPEC Annual Meeting and associated subgroup meetings (Virtual Meeting)	As NDAG Chair, participate in WPEC.
OECD/NEA Paris, France	Jul 2021	NNL NDAG Chair (Zerkle)	WPNCS Meeting (Virtual Meeting)	As NDAG Chair, participate in SG8 on criticality benchmark expert knowledge.
OECD/NEA Paris, France	Oct 2020	ORNL Bowen, Marshall	ICSBEP, IRPhE, and SINBAD Technical Review Meetings (Virtual Meeting)	Provide oversight of NCSP IE tasks as ICSBEP tasks are the end product of the NCSP IE process.
Vienna, Austria	Nov 2020	ORNL Pigni	IAEA International Nuclear Data Evaluation Network (INDEN) (Virtual Meeting)	IAEA International Nuclear Data Evaluation Network (INDEN), Vienna, 1 week. International nuclear data evaluation collaboration. Represent NCSP and ORNL interests in international nuclear data evaluation.
London, UK or Paris, FR	Dec 2020	ORNL Bowen	ISO TC85/SC5 Plenary and WG8 Nuclear Criticality Safety Meetings (Virtual Meeting)	Continue to provide US leadership with ISO Nuclear Criticality Safety Standards (Rescheduled 2020 meeting)
IRMM Mol, Belgium	Jan 2021	ORNL Guber, Brown	Resonance region nuclear data measurements using GELINA facility at IRMM (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID)	Continues cross-section measurements to support the production of new cross-section evaluations per the schedule in Appendix B of the Five-Year Plan. Jesse Brown to support half of the visits to supporting succession planning.
Vienna, Austria	Mar 2021	ORNL Wiarda	Consultancy Meeting on Model Code Output & Application Nuclear Data Form Structure (Virtual Meeting)	Invited talk by the IAEA
IRMM Mol, Belgium	Apr 2021	ORNL Guber, Brown	Resonance region nuclear data measurements using GELINA facility at IRMM (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID)	Continues cross-section measurements to support the production of new cross-section evaluations per the schedule in Appendix B of the Five-Year Plan. Jesse Brown to support half of the visits to supporting succession planning.
Tokyo, Japan	May 2021	ORNL Bowen	ISO TC85/SC5 Plenary and WG8 Nuclear Criticality Safety Meetings (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID)	Continue to provide US leadership with ISO Nuclear Criticality Safety Standards (Annual Meeting)
OECD/NEA Paris, France	May 2021	ORNL Pigni, Wiarda	WPEC Annual Meeting and associated subgroup meetings (Virtual Meeting)	Technical meeting of international experts on nuclear data including SG38 (GND), EG-GNDS, SG42 (thermal scatter), SG44 (covariance), SG45 (validation), SG46 (IE for ND evaluation)
IRMM Mol, Belgium	Jun 2021	ORNL Guber, Brown	Resonance region nuclear data measurements using GELINA facility at IRMM (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID)	Continues cross-section measurements to support the production of new cross-section evaluations per the schedule in Appendix B of the Five-Year Plan. Jesse Brown to support half of the visits to supporting succession planning.
IRMM Mol, Belgium	Sep 2021	ORNL Guber, Brown	Resonance region nuclear data measurements using GELINA facility at IRMM (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID)	Continues cross-section measurements to support the production of new cross-section evaluations per the schedule in Appendix B of the Five-Year Plan. Jesse Brown to support half of the visits to supporting succession planning.
Tokyo, Japan	Sep 2021	ORNL Holcomb, Arbanas, Wiarda, Brown or Pigni	5th International Conference on Nuclear Data Covariances (CANCELLED DUE TO COVD)	This conference is within the mission of ORNL ND work and aligned with the NCSP Mission and Vision.
OECD/NEA Paris, France	Jul 2021	ORNL Marshall, Bowen, Clarity, Wieselquist, Hart	WPNCS Meeting (Virtual Meeting)	AM collaboration; provide relationship between IAEA and ISO with respect to NCS standards.
Paris, France	TBD-2021	ORNL Wiarda, Holcomb, McDonnell	IRSN Meetings (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID)	Coordinate joint IRSN-ORNL work per 5YP such as the Pu SlideRule; Collaborate with IRSN on the resonance evaluation of the isotopes for the NCSP.
Vienna, Austria	Mar-2021	ORNL Pigni	IAEA International Nuclear Data Evaluation Network (INDEN) (Virtual Meeting)	IAEA International Nuclear Data Evaluation Network (INDEN), Vienna, 1 week. International nuclear data evaluation collaboration. Represent NCSP and ORNL interests in international nuclear data evaluation.
Aldermaston, United Kingdom	TBD-2021	ORNL Bowen	JOWOG29/30 Meetings (Meeting not held)	Coordinate NCSP work as described in Appendix F of the Five Year Execution Plan. Bowen invited to participate.
OECD/NEA Paris, France	May 2021	RPI Danon	WPEC Annual Meeting and associated subgroup meetings.	As CSEWG US Measurements Chair, participate and present in the WPEC meeting, subgroup SG-C (high priority list), and other subgroups. Also actively participate in SG-48 (Advances in Thermal Scattering Law Analysis).
OECD/NEA Paris, France	Oct 2020	SNL Ames, Harms, Lutz	ICSBEP, IRPhE, and SINBAD Technical Review Meetings (Virtual Meeting)	ICSBEP, IRPhE, and SINBAD Technical Review Meetings.

FY2021 Foreign Travel

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