| Destination | Date | Lab and Participants | Conference/Meeting Title | Justification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OECD/NEA Paris, France |
May 2024 | BNL Nobre, Brown |
WPEC Annual Meeting and associated subgroup meetings |
Present and collaborate at the discussions and expert subgroups related to the development of the Nuclear Data and Analytical Methods tasks in BNL |
| OECD/NEA Paris, France |
Jun 2024 | BNL Nobre |
WPNCS Annual Meeting and associated subgroup meetings |
Collaborate in matters relevant to the development of the Nuclear Data task in BNL |
| Miyagi, Japan | Oct 2023 | LANL Amundson, Cutler, Hayes, Hutchinson, Kostelac, McKenzie, McMath, McSpaden, Rising, Sanchez, Stetcu, Stolte, Thompson, Weldon, Whitman |
International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety (ICNC) |
Participation provides state of the art information for criticality safety. |
| IAEA Vienna, Austria |
Nov 2023 | LANL Hale, Paris, Neudecker, Leal-Cidoncha |
IAEA Consultancy Meeting - INDEN and Nuclear Data Standards |
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 ongoing work in ND1. |
| IAEA Vienna, Austria |
Fall 2023 | LANL Haeck, Riedel, Gibson |
IAEA Consultancy Meeting (Trip not taken) |
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. |
| IRSN Paris, France |
TBD 2023 | LANL Alwin, Goda, Hutchinson, Thompson |
Coordinate International Collaboration Efforts with IRSN (Trip not taken) |
Coordinate work as described the Five-Year Execution Plan, Appendix E. |
| AWE Reading, UK |
TBD 2024 | LANL Alwin, Cutler, Goda, Hutchinson, Sanchez, Amundson |
Coordinate International Collaboration Efforts with AWE and UKNNL (Trip not taken) |
Coordinate work as described the Five-Year Execution Plan, Appendix F. |
| Japan | TBD 2024 | LANL Hutchinson, McKenzie, Whitman, Weldon |
Planning trip with IRSN to STACY (Trip not taken) |
IRSN has been coordinating with JAEA personnel on making measurements at a reconfigured STACY core to support eventual debris measurements at Fukushima. LANL expertise with the MC-15 from NCSP subcritical benchmarks and underwater measurements at the RPI reactor (another IRSN collaboration) are very relevant to the challenge. |
| OECD/NEA Paris, France |
May 2024 | LANL Gibson, Haeck, Kleedtke, Neudecker, Thompson, Paris |
WPEC Annual Meeting and associated subgroup meetings |
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." These groups are focused on activities that overlap with NCSP priorities. Attending WPEC and its Subgroup 49 to present NCSP sponsored Ta181 evaluation as a paramount example of evaluation reproducibility. |
| OECD/NEA Paris, France |
May 2024 | LANL McKenzie, McMath |
Working Party on Reactor Systems |
International meeting on the analysis of reactor systems. There is considerable overlap between reactor systems and critical assemblies. NCSP and NCERC are one of the few options for important research. |
| OECD/NEA Paris, France |
Jun 2024 | LANL Alwin, Clark, Hayes, Rising, McKenzie, Hutchinson |
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. |
| IAEA Vienna, France |
Jul 2024 | LANL Stamatopoulos, Hanselman |
Compound Nuclear Reactions and Related Topics |
R-Matrix and Applications in energy sessions are of interest and participant can present on NCSP funded Sm results and upcoming Pu-239 experiment. |
| Miyagi, Japan | Oct 2023 | LLNL Tamashiro, Siefman, Norris, Percher, Aboud, Araj, Glesmann |
International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety (ICNC) |
Once every 4 year conference devoted to criticality safety and related disciplines. |
| IRSN Paris, France |
TBD 2023 | LLNL Heinrichs, Percher, Norris, Tamashiro |
Coordinate LLNL 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 |
Feb 2024 | LLNL Percher |
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 |
| OECD/NEA Paris, France |
May 2024 | LLNL Mattoon, Siefman |
WPEC Annual Meeting and associated subgroup meetings |
Technical meeting of international experts on nuclear data including SG38 (GND) and SG42 (Thermal scattering law). |
| Lucca, Italy | May 2024 | LLNL Siefman |
Best Estimate Plus Uncertainty (BEPU) International Conference |
Conference on estimating uncertainties relevant to benchmarking and nuclear data. |
| OECD/NEA Paris, France |
Jun 2024 | 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. |
| Miyagi, Japan | Oct 2023 | NNL NDAG Chair (Zerkle) |
International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety (ICNC) |
Participation provides state of the art information for criticality safety. |
| OECD/NEA Paris, France |
May 2024 | 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 |
Jun 2024 | NNL NDAG Chair (Zerkle) |
WPNCS Annual Meeting and associated subgroup meetings |
As NDAG Chair, participate in SG8 on criticality benchmark expert knowledge. |
| Miyagi, Japan | Oct 2023 | ORNL Marshall, Bowen, Bekar, Wieselquist, Metwally, Celik, Lang, Shaw, Dupont, Greene, Hart, Chapman |
International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety (ICNC) |
Participation provides state of the art information for criticality safety. |
| IAEA Vienna, Austria |
Oct 2023 | ORNL Wiarda, McDonnell, Brown, Pigni |
IAEA Technical Meeting on Nuclear Data Processing (Trip not taken) |
Technical meeting of international experts on nuclear data processing methods and codes. Note: Travel costs may be offset by IAEA funding. |
| IAEA Vienna, Austria |
Nov 2023 | ORNL Pigni |
IAEA International Nuclear Data Evaluation Network (INDEN) on Fissile Actinides |
Technical meeting of international experts on nuclear data processing methods and codes. Note: Travel costs may be offset by IAEA funding. |
| JRC-Geel Mol, Belgium |
Nov 2023 | ORNL Guber, Brown |
Resonance region nuclear data measurements using GELINA facility at JRC-Geel (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. |
| IAEA Vienna, Austria |
Dec 2023 | ORNL McDonnell |
IAEA International Nuclear Data Evaluation Network (INDEN) on Structural Methods |
Technical meeting of international experts on nuclear data processing methods and codes. Note: Travel costs may be offset by IAEA funding. |
| IRSN, CEA, AWE, Rolls-Royce, JRC-Geel, NNL (UK) | TBD 2024 | ORNL Bowen, Chambers |
Coordinate NCSP International Collaborations |
Proposed trip to NCSP collaborators for NCSP Manager and execution manager to discuss future collaborations. |
| JRC-Geel Mol, Belgium |
Apr 2024 | ORNL Guber, Brown |
Resonance region nuclear data measurements using GELINA facility at JRC-Geel |
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 2024 | ORNL Ramic, Wiarda, Brown, McDonnell, 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) |
| London, UK. | May 2024 | 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. |
| NEA, Paris, France | May 2024 | ORNL Luiz, Ramic |
FUDGE/(MC)GIDI/GNDS Introductory Course |
Attendance at this workshop is useful for ORNL staff to use the open-source codes FUDGE and GIDIplus to generate and use nuclear data in the GNDS format. This is necessary to continue ND work at ORNL. |
| OECD/NEA Paris, France |
Jun 2024 | ORNL Marshall, Bowen, Metwally, Bekar, Wieselquist, Greene |
WPNCS Annual Meeting and associated subgroup meetings |
AM collaboration to share expertise and experience on best practices in the NCS community and learn from international user community |
| JRC-Geel Mol, Belgium |
Jun 2024 | ORNL Guber |
Resonance region nuclear data measurements using GELINA facility at JRC-Geel |
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 |
Jun 2024 | 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. Note: Travel costs may be offset by IAEA funding. |
| JRC-Geel Mol, Belgium |
Sep 2024 | ORNL Guber, Brown |
Resonance region nuclear data measurements using GELINA facility at JRC-Geel |
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. |
| Miyagi, Japan | Oct 2023 | PNNL Zipperer |
International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety (ICNC) |
Participation provides:
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| OECD/NEA Paris, France |
May 2024 | 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) |
| Miyagi, Japan | Oct 2023 | SNL Harms, Lutz, Ames, Miller |
International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety (ICNC) |
Participation provides state of the art information for criticality safety. |
| Miyagi, Japan | Oct 2023 | Y12 Reynolds |
International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety (ICNC) |
Participation provides state of the art information for criticality safety. |
