Name: Workshop for Applied Nuclear Data Activities (WANDA) 2025
Start: 2025-02-10T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-13T17:00:00-05:00
Location: No location set

Workshop for Applied Nuclear Data Activities (WANDA) 2025

from Monday 10 February 2025 (00:00) to Thursday 13 February 2025 (17:00)

Monday 10 February 2025

07:00 Morning Hospitality and Registration
Morning Hospitality and Registration
07:00 - 08:00
08:00 Plenary
Plenary
08:00 - 12:00
Contributions

08:00 Welcome - Ellen O'Brien (Los Alamos National Laboratory) Jesse Brown (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

08:10 NDWG Welcome and Overview - Jennifer Jo Ressler Todd Bredeweg (LANL)

08:20 WANDA - Linda Horton (Department of Energy) Sharon Stephenson (Department of Energy)

08:40 NDIAWG - Keith Jankowski (DOE Office of Science, Nuclear Physics)

09:00 DOE-CDO - Robert King (Department of Energy)

09:20 NA-22 - Nick Antonio (NNSA)

10:00 DOE-NE - Don Algama (Department of Energy Office of Science, Nuclear Energy)

10:20 NA-113 - Tod Caldwell (NNSA)

10:40 NA-114 - Jim Peltz (NNSA)

11:00 NCSP - Douglas Bowen (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

11:20 NRC - Lucas Kyriazidis (NRC)

11:40 DTRA - Joanna Ingraham (Defense Threat Reduction Agency)
12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:00
13:00 Nuclear Data & Deterrence
Nuclear Data & Deterrence
13:00 - 17:00
Contributions

13:00 Introduction - Jennifer Jo Ressler
13:10 Defining Directions
Defining Directions
13:10 - 13:50
Contributions

13:10 Determining Needs - Ali Dreyfuss (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) Robert Casperson (LLNL)

13:30 Designing experiments predicted to significantly reduce uncertainties on a chosen application - Denise Neudecker (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
13:50 Next-Generation Computational Methods
Next-Generation Computational Methods
13:50 - 14:30
Contributions

13:50 Opportunities for AI/ML - Scott Vander Wiel (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

14:10 Capabilities with HPC, GPU, and QIS - Konstantinos Kravvaris (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
14:30 Discussion
Discussion
14:30 - 15:15
15:15 Next-Generation Experimental Platforms
Next-Generation Experimental Platforms
15:15 - 15:55
Contributions

15:15 Nuclear Data Experiments - Aaron Couture (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

15:35 High Energy Flash Radiography and Nuclear Data - Maurice Aufderheide (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
15:55 Next-Generation Diagnostics
Next-Generation Diagnostics
15:55 - 16:35
Contributions

15:55 Detection Capabilities for Nuclear Data - Keegan Kelly (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

16:15 Integrated Experiment Diagnostics - Samantha Labb (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
16:35 Discussion
Discussion
16:35 - 17:00
Tuesday 11 February 2025

07:00 Morning Hospitality and Registration
Morning Hospitality and Registration
07:00 - 08:00
08:00 Nuclear Data Prioritization for Fusion
Nuclear Data Prioritization for Fusion
08:00 - 12:00
Contributions

08:00 Summary of Fusion Energy Science sessions at WANDA-24 - Michael Loughlin (ORNL)

08:30 Fusion technologies data needs: the missing links - Jean-Christophe Sublet (UKEA)

09:00 Review of Challenges to Achieving Nuclear Data Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis for Fusion - Bamidele Ebiwonjumi

09:45 Fusion-Relevant Changes in the ENDF/B-VIII.1 Library - Paul Romano (Argonne National Laboratory)

10:15 An Assessment of Existing Nuclear Data and Proposals for Future Experiments - Lee Bernstein (University of California - Berkeley/LBNL)

10:45 Cross-cutting Motivations for Fusion-relevant Nuclear Data Experiments - Keegan Kelly (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

11:15 Nuclear Reactions with a Radioactive Ion Beam - Chad Forrest (University of Rochester)

11:45 General Disucssion
12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 12:45

12:45

12:45 - 13:30
13:30 Challenges in the Deployment of HALEU and Novel Moderators for Advanced Reactors
Challenges in the Deployment of HALEU and Novel Moderators for Advanced Reactors
13:30 - 17:30
Contributions

13:30 Introduction - Javier Ortensi (Idaho National Laboratory) Theresa Cutler (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
13:40 Customer Perspective
Customer Perspective
13:40 - 14:50
Contributions

13:40 HALEU Transportation and Fuel Cycle Licensing and the DNCSH Project - Andrew Barto (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) Don Algama (Department of Energy Office of Science, Nuclear Energy)

14:00 Bridging gaps in Nuclear data needs for optimized deployment of KP-FHR reactors. - Chris Campbell (Kairos) Nader Satvat (Kairos)

14:20 Westinghouse Nuclear Data Needs for Advanced Reactor Products - Keith Means (Westinghouse)
14:50 Fuel Procurement and Experiment Needs
Fuel Procurement and Experiment Needs
14:50 - 15:45
Contributions

14:50 Nuclear Criticality Safety Program Support for HALEU and Other DOE Programs - Douglas Bowen (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

15:05 The DEIMOS Testbed for HALEU Reactor Demonstrations and HALEU Fuel Procurement - Nicholas Thompson (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

15:20 Applied Nuclear Data Supporting HALEU Fuel Transport: DNCSH Critical Benchmark Experiments at SPRF/CX - Ramon Pulido (Sandia National Laboratories)
15:45 Thermal Scattering Law Updates
Thermal Scattering Law Updates
15:45 - 16:25
Contributions

15:45 Bridging Thermal Scattering Law Data Gaps for Novel Moderators in Advanced Reactors - Iyad Al-Qasir (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

16:00 Update on ENDF/B-VIII.1 TSLs for Moderator and Fuel Materials - Michael Zerkle (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
16:25 Safeguards
Safeguards
16:25 - 16:55
Contributions

16:25 Data Needs for Nuclear Material Accounting and Safeguards in the HALEU Fuel Cycle - Mark Croce (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

16:40 Multi-Physics Code Prediction of Nuclear Material Quantities for Advanced Reactor Safeguards - Karen Hogue (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
16:55 Discussion
Discussion
16:55 - 17:30
Wednesday 12 February 2025

07:00 Morning Hospitality and Registration
Morning Hospitality and Registration
07:00 - 08:00
08:00 Data Preservation & Data Workflows
Data Preservation & Data Workflows
08:00 - 12:00
Contributions

08:00 Introduction - David Brown (BNL/NNDC)

08:15 SANPC Workshop Summary - Kyle Godbey (Michigan State)

08:30 Connecting DOE Data Days (D3) to WANDA - Andre Newsom (DOE)
08:50 Open Data
Open Data
08:50 - 10:10
Contributions

08:50 Open Data and PuRe Data Resources - David Brown (BNL/NNDC)

09:10 Summary of "DOE Public Access and Data Management" - David Brown (BNL/NNDC) Michael Cooke (DOE)

09:25 Discussion
10:10 Legacy Data
Legacy Data
10:10 - 12:00
Contributions

10:10 Introduction - Adam Daskalakis (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)

10:20 Experimental nuclear data archaeology - Naohiko Otuka (IAEA) Vivian Dimitriou (IAEA)

10:35 Legacy data for an automatically readable, comprehensive, and curated experimental reaction database - Boris Pritychenko (BNL)

10:50 EXFOR and templates: just a start towards good experimental uncertainty quantification for evaluations - Denise Neudecker (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

11:05 Successes and Challenges of Preserving Integral Data with the ICSBEP - Catherine Percher (LLNL)

11:20 Digitising historical atmospheric electricity data with citizen science - Keri Nicoll (University of Reading (UK))

11:40 Discussion
12:00 Group Picture
Group Picture
12:00 - 12:05

12:05 Lunch
Lunch
12:05 - 13:00

13:00 Data Preservation & Data Workflows
Data Preservation & Data Workflows
13:00 - 17:00
Data Workflows
Data Workflows
13:00 - 15:10
Contributions

13:00 Introduction - Adam Daskalakis (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)

13:05 A Framework for a Modern USNDP - Keith Jankowski (DOE Office of Science, Nuclear Physics)

13:25 Processing trails: beyond n-transport only - Jean-Christophe Sublet (UKAEA)

13:40 OECD/NEA Perspective - Michael Fleming (OECD Nuclear Energy Agency)

13:55 Updating to a GNDS-based nuclear data workflow - Caleb Mattoon (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

14:10 Discussion
15:10 Data & Workflow Preservation, Governance and Knowledge Management
Data & Workflow Preservation, Governance and Knowledge Management
15:10 - 17:00
Contributions

15:10 Introduction - David Brown (BNL/NNDC)

15:15 Knowledge Management for Multi-Generational Projects - Stephen Bell

15:35 Towards a Standard Experimental Nuclear Data Format (SENDF) - Adam Daskalakis (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)

15:50 Case study in data and knowledge preservation: experiences from a user with ALEPH archived data - Yi Chen (Vanderbil University)

16:05 Discussion
18:00

18:00 - 19:30
Thursday 13 February 2025

07:00 Morning Hospitality and Registration
Morning Hospitality and Registration
07:00 - 08:00
08:00 Funded Project Reports
Funded Project Reports
08:00 - 12:07
Contributions

08:00 Early Career Award: An Innovative (n,xn) Measurement Capability for Fusion Reactors, Fast Reactors, Radiochemical Diagnostics, and Astrophysics - Keegan Kelly (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

08:07 Scoping Study for Nuclear Reaction Cross sectionson Short-Lived FP (NNSA) - Andrew Ratkiewicz (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

08:21 Reaction Cross Sections, Secondary Gamma-Ray Yields, and Measured Neutron Spectra for Alpha-Induced Reactions on Light Nuclei - Hye Young Lee (LANL) Seth McConchie (ORNL)

08:35 Gamma Production Cross Sections for Active Neutron Interrogation with GENESIS - Bethany Goldblum (UCB)

08:49 New measurements of spontaneous fission properties of Pu isotopes - Matthew Devlin (LANL)

09:03 Designing Nuclear-data Measurements that Resolve Discrepancies in Existing Data - Denise Neudecker (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

09:17 Modern Structure-based Nuclear Data Evaluations for Basic Science, Nuclear Safety & Security - Mark Paris (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

09:31 Determination of β-energy spectral shapes in fission products affecting reactor decay heat, anti-neutrino flux, and addressing potential physics beyond the standard model - Bertis Rasco (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

09:45 Accelerated Decay Data Evaluation and Development of an Adopted Decay Data Library - Libby McCutchan (BNL/NNDC)

09:59 Impact of Nuclear Data on Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems Safety and Operation - Germina Procop (ORNL)

10:13 Benchmarking and validating cosmogenic activation models - Aaron Hellinger (PNNL) Richard Saldanha (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

10:43 Bayesian Framework for Mining of Evaluated Nuclear Mass Data - Kyle Godbey

10:57 Development of Benchmark Measurements for Capture Gamma Cascades - Ian Parker (RPI) Yaron Danon (RPI)

11:11 The Berkeley Atlas: A database of absolute cross sections for inelastic, gamma-ray production with 14 MeV neutrons - Mauricio Ayllon Unzueta (University of California Berkeley) Patrick Peplowski (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory)

11:25 Evaluation of Energy Dependent Fission Product Yields - Toshihiko Kawano (LANL)

11:32 Fission products with NuCARIBU - Guy Savard (ANL)

11:39 Nuclear Structure Evaluators Traineeship at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Anthony Ramirez (LLNL) Libby McCutchan (BNL/NNDC)

11:46 Quasi-continuum Nuclear Data Evaluator Training - Mathis Wiedeking (LBNL)

11:53 ND Summer School - Marco Pigni (ORNL)

12:00 Solving the Mn Puzzle - Marian Jandel (University of Massachusetts, Lowell)
12:07 Lunch
Lunch
12:07 - 13:00
13:00
13:00 - 17:00
Contributions

13:00 Nuclear Data and Deterrence Session Summary - Aaron Couture (Los Alamos National Laboratory) Jennifer Jo Ressler Todd Bredeweg (LANL)

13:30 Fusion Session Summary - Lee Bernstein (University of California - Berkeley/LBNL) Michael Loughlin (ORNL)

14:00 HALEU and Novel Moderators Session Summary - Javier Ortensi (Idaho National Laboratory) Theresa Cutler (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

14:30 Data Preservation and Data Workflows Session Summary - Adam Daskalakis (Naval Nuclear Laboratory) David Brown (BNL/NNDC)

15:30 Closeout - Ellen O'Brien (Los Alamos National Laboratory) Jesse Brown (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)