| Destination | Date | Lab and Participants | Conference/Meeting Title | Justification | |
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| IAEA Vienna, Austria |
Fall 2022 | LANL Neudecker |
IAEA Consultancy Meeting - INDEN and Nuclear Data Standards (NCSP did not fund travel or time) |
Meetings (INDEN and Neutron Data Standards) are related to nuclear data evaluation of U-238, U-235, and Pu-238-242 fission observables (nu-bar, PFNS, (n,f) cross sections.) These are related to FY22 milestones of ND1. | |
| IRSN Paris, France |
TBD 2022 | LANL Alwin, Goda, Hutchinson, Thompson |
Coordinate International Collaboration Efforts with IRSN | Coordinate work as described the Five-Year Execution Plan, Appendix E. | |
| AWE Reading, UK |
TBD 2022 | LANL Alwin, Cutler, Goda, Hutchinson, Sanchez |
Coordinate International Collaboration Efforts with AWE and UKNNL (Trip will not be held) |
Coordinate work as described the Five-Year Execution Plan, Appendix F. | |
| IAEA Vienna, Austria |
Fall 2022 | LANL Haeck, Gibson |
IAEA Consultancy Meeting | Meetings are related to nuclear data processing, the codes and the processed formats. As NJOY developers (AM-2) and processors (AM-1) we play an important role. | |
| OECD/NEA Paris, France |
Apr 2023 | LANL Amundson Favorite, Hutchinson, McKenzie, McSpaden, Smith, Stolte, Weldon |
ICSBEP, IRPhE, and SINBAD Technical Review Meetings | Authors or reviewers for MUSIC, Chlorine Worth Study, Godiva Benchmark Update and JAEA evaluations for ICSBEP, as well as authors of future submissions who have not attended previously. Will also attend IRPhE, and SINBAD Technical Review Meetings. | |
| OECD/NEA Paris, France |
May 2023 | LANL Colin, Gibson, Haeck, Herman, Paris Thompson |
WPEC Annual Meeting and associated subgroup meetings (NCSP did not fund travel or time) |
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 EG-GNDS "Recommended Definition of General Nuclear Database Structure." All of these groups are focused on activities that overlap with NCSP priorities. Attending WPEC and its Subgroup 49 to present NCSP sponsored Ta181 evaluation and as a paramount example of evaluation reproducibility. | |
| Lausanne, Switzerland | May 2023 | LANL Whitman |
Seventeenth International Symposium on Reactor Dosimetry | Conference devoted to reactor dosimetry and radiation metrology | |
| Aix-en Provence, France |
Jun 2023 | LANL Stolte, Thompson |
WONDER: 6th International Workshop on Nuclear Data Evaluation for Reactor ApplicationsEvaluation for Reactor Applications |
Majority of topics important to integral experiment benchmarking and validation of nuclear data |
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| OECD/NEA Paris, France |
Jul 2023 | LANL Alwin, Hayes, Rising, McKenzie, Thompson |
WPNCS Annual Meeting and associated subgroup meetings | Contributors and participants in multiple subgroups aimed at providing and comparing state-of-the-art information for improving MCNP®, Whisper, and other computational methods that are necessary and heavily used in NCSP work. Ongoing subgroups include: benchmark quality assessments and metrics, computational bias methods and comparisons, and benchmark correlation calculational methods. | |
| Niagra Falls, Ontario, Canada | Aug 2023 | LANL Amundson, Clark Haeck, Rising, Thompson, Whitman, |
The International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2023)
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Participation provides state of the art information on improving theoretical models and simulations associated with data analysis of criticality experiments. Participation in MCNP/Whisper methods scientific exchanges with general ANS mathematics and computational scientists. Session about nuclear data and evaluation where both NJOY and our validation work are relevant. | |
| IAEA Vienna, Austria |
Oct 2022 | LLNL Heinrichs, Siefman |
CoNDERC- IAEA Technical Meeting on Compilation of Nuclear Data Experiments for Radiation Characterization | Technical meeting of international experts on integral experiments for validation of nuclear data | |
| OECD/NEA Paris, France |
Feb 2023 | LLNL Siefman |
20th Meeting of the Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (Trip not taken) |
Technical meeting of international experts on technical issues relating to the analysis of reactor systems and reactor physics | |
| IRSN Paris, France |
Apr 2023 | LLNL Heinrichs, Percher, Norris, Tamashiro |
Coordinate International Collaboration Efforts with IRSN | Coordinate joint IRSN-LLNL work as described in Appendix E of the Five-Year Execution Plan. | |
| OECD/NEA Paris, France |
Apr 2023 | LLNL Heinrichs, Norris, Percher, Aboud |
ICSBEP, IRPhE, and SINBAD Technical Review Meetings | ICSBEP, IRPhE, and SINBAD Technical Review Meetings. | |
| AWE Reading, UK |
May 2023 | LLNL Coleman, Heinrichs, Percher |
JOWOG29/30 Meetings | Coordinate joint AWE-LLNL work as described in Appendix F of the Five-Year Execution Plan. | |
| Lausanne, Switzerland | May 2023 | LLNL Siefman, Tamashiro |
Seventeenth International Symposium on Reactor Dosimetry | Conference devoted to reactor dosimetry and radiation metrology | |
| OECD/NEA Paris, France |
May 2023 | LLNL Mattoon, Siefman |
WPEC Annual Meeting and associated subgroup meetings (Trip not funded by NCSP) |
Technical meeting of international experts on nuclear data including SG38 (GND) and SG42 (Thermal scattering law). | |
| Antibes, France | Jun 2023 | LLNL Coleman, Percher |
International Conference on Packaging and Transportation (PATRAM) | Conference focused on nuclear packaging and transportation and related issues including criticality | |
| OECD/NEA Paris, France |
Jul 2023 | LLNL Percher, Coleman |
WPNCS Annual Meeting and associated subgroup meetings | 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. | |
| Niagra Falls, Ontario, Canada | Aug 2023 | LLNL Heinrichs, Norris, Zywiec |
The International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2023) | Conference devoted to nuclear calculation and computation methods | |
| OECD/NEA Paris, France |
Apr 2023 | NNL NDAG Chair (Zerkle) |
ICSBEP, IRPhE, and SINBAD Technical Review Meetings | As NDAG Chair, participate in ICSBEP, IRPhE, and SINBAD Technical Review Meetings. | |
| OECD/NEA Paris, France |
May 2023 | NNL NDAG Chair (Zerkle) |
WPEC Annual Meeting and associated subgroup meetings | As NDAG Chair, participate in WPEC, SG48 (Thermal Scattering Law) and EG-HPRL | |
| OECD/NEA Paris, France |
Jul 2023 | NNL NDAG Chair (Zerkle) |
WPNCS Annual Meeting and associated subgroup meetings (Trip not taken) |
As NDAG Chair, participate in SG8 on criticality benchmark expert knowledge. | |
| IRSN Paris, France |
Oct 2022 | ORNL Wiarda, Brown, McDonnell |
IRSN Meetings | 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. AMPX Training | |
| IAEA Vienna, Austria |
Oct 2022 | ORNL Pigni |
IAEA Technical Meeting on Nuclear Data Processing (Trip not taken) |
Technical meeting of international experts on nuclear data processing methods and codes. | |
| IAEA Vienna, Austria |
Oct 2022 | ORNL Wiarda, McDonnell, Brown |
IAEA Technical Meeting on Nuclear Data Processing | Technical meeting of international experts on nuclear data processing methods and codes. | |
| IRMM Mol, Belgium |
Nov 2022 | ORNL Guber, Brown |
Resonance region nuclear data measurements using GELINA facility at IRMM | 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. | |
| IAEA Vienna, Austria |
Nov 2022 | ORNL Pigni |
IAEA International Nuclear Data Evaluation Network (INDEN) on Actinides | Technical meeting of international experts on nuclear data processing methods and codes. | |
| IAEA Vienna, Austria |
Dec 2022 | ORNL Pigni |
IAEA International Nuclear Data Evaluation Network (INDEN) on Structural Methods | Technical meeting of international experts on nuclear data processing methods and codes. | |
| OECD/NEA Paris, France |
Apr 2023 | ORNL Bowen, Marshall, Celik, Dupont |
ICSBEP, IRPhE, and SINBAD Technical Review Meetings | Provide oversight of NCSP IE tasks as ICSBEP tasks are the end product of the NCSP IE process, present HPRR benchmark to the TRG. | |
| IRMM Mol, Belgium |
Apr 2023 | ORNL Guber, Brown |
Resonance region nuclear data measurements using GELINA facility at IRMM |
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. | |
| Japan | May 2023 | ORNL Bowen |
ISO TC85/SC5/WG8 Nuclear Criticality Safety meetings and SC5 Plenary | Provides US leadership to ISO TC85/SC5/WG8 by D. Bowen who also chairs the ANS-8 Subcommittee. A. Lang is added to the list as a backup for WG8 leadership in the future. | |
| OECD/NEA Paris, France |
May 2023 | ORNL Ramic, Wiarda, Brown, Mconnell, Chapman |
WPEC Annual Meeting and associated subgroup meetings | Technical meeting of international experts on nuclear data including SG38 (GND), EG-GNDS, SG48 (thermal scatter), SG44 (covariance), SG45 (validation), SG46 (IE for ND evaluation), SG50 (automatic readable experimental data base) | |
| IAEA Vienna, Austria |
Jun 2023 | ORNL Pigni |
IAEA International Nuclear Data Evaluation Network (INDEN) on light nuclei evaluations | 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. | |
| IRMM Mol, Belgium |
Jun 2023 | ORNL Guber |
Resonance region nuclear data measurements using GELINA facility at IRMM |
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. | |
| Aix-en-Provence, France | Jun 2023 | ORNL Ramic, Chapman |
WONDER: 6th International Workshop on Nuclear Data Evaluation for Reactor Applications | Participation provides state of the art information and needs for reactor application technologies, fuel cycle, and vulnerabilities. | |
| Luxembourg | Jun/Jul 2023 | ORNL Guber |
2023 Joint Steering Committee Meeting between DOE and EURATOM | Present the progress on Action Sheet 66 of the DOE/EURATOM agreement. | |
| OECD/NEA Paris, France |
Jul 2023 | ORNL Marshall, Bowen, Bekar, Wieselquist, Metwally |
WPNCS Annual Meeting and associated subgroup meetings | AM collaboration; share expertise and experience in international NCS expert community and learn from international experts and experiences. | |
| IRMM Mol, Belgium |
Sep 2023 | ORNL Guber, Brown |
Resonance region nuclear data measurements using GELINA facility at IRMM (Trip not taken) |
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. | |
| OECD/NEA Paris, France |
May 2023 | 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) and SG-50 (Developing an Automatically Readable, Comprehensive and Curated Experimental Reaction Database) | |
| OECD/NEA Paris, France |
Apr 2023 | SNL Harms |
ICSBEP, IRPhE, and SINBAD Technical Review Meetings | ICSBEP, IRPhE, and SINBAD Technical Review Meetings. |
