Workshop for Applied Nuclear Data Activities (WANDA 2021)

25 Jan 2021, 08:00 → 3 Feb 2021, 18:00 US/Eastern

Cisco WebEx (Virtually)

Karolina (Kay) Kolos (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Vladimir Sobes (University of Tennessee)

WANDA 2021 Educational Materials

Nuclear Data 101 Lecture Series

• Introduction to nuclear data, nuclear data libraries, and neutron induced reactions
• Uncertainty data
• Nuclear Science References (NSR) Database
• Automatic re-normalization of EXFOR data under Web retrieval system using Web-ZVView
• Display covariance data from ENDF libraries with Web-ZVView
• Plot and compare nuclear data using normalization regime of Web-ZVView plotting package
• Nuclear Fission 101
• Nuclear Data in a Nutshell

Topical Sessions Introductory Videos

• Predictive Codes for Isotope Production
• Expanded Benchmarks & Validation for Nuclear Data
• Intro to Nuclear Data for Space Application

Related Workshops

• Center for Accelerator Target Science Workshop
  After postponing indefinitely last year, the Center for Accelerator Target Science (CATS) at Argonne National Laboratory is tentatively planning a target workshop with lectures and hands-on demonstrations covering the basics of target making and production of more commonly needed targets. This workshop will happen in conjunction with the Low Energy Community Meeting, if this meeting is able to happen in person. This workshop will be supported by the Center for Excellence in Nuclear Training And University-based Research (CENTAUR). This collaboration includes faculty, staff, and students from Florida State University, Louisiana State University, Texas A&M University, University of Notre Dame, University of Washington, and Washington University in St Louis, and is supported by an SSAA Grant from the NNSA. You can send questions to [email protected], a final decision will be made later this spring.

Monday, 25 January

11:00 → 16:15 Opening Plenary

11:00 Opening Plenary Speakers

Speakers: Arden Dougan, Catherine Romano (IB3 Global Solutions), Christopher Ramos, Daniel Mackney, Dave Henderson, David Petersen, Donald Hornback, Doug Bowden, Ethan Balkin (DOE), Harriet Kung, Kay Kolos (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Keith Jankowski, Kelsa Palomares, Timothy Ashenfelter, Timothy Hallman, Tod Caldwell, Vladimir Sobes (University of Tennessee)

C_RAMOS_WANDA_2021.pptx

Hallman_WANDA_01252021.pptx

Henderson - WANDA Presentation 2021-01-25.pdf

Hornback_WANDA_2021.pdf

Jankowski WANDA Plenary.pdf

Kolos_WANDA_GoalsandSuccesses.pdf

Mackney_WANDA Presentation 20210125.pdf

NCSP_ND_Program_WANDA2021_Bowen_R1.pdf

Slides_OES_WANDA2021_v2.pptx

SNP_Plenary_WANDA_Palomares.pptx

WANDA2021 NDWG presentation -Romano.pptx

WANDA21_Plenary.pdf

WANDA Workshop_February 2021_Balkin_DOE Isotope Program.pdf

16:30 → 18:00 WANDA 2020 Session Reports

16:30 WANDA 2020 Session Reports Speakers

Speakers: Bruce Pierson (PNNL, Battelle), Denise Neudecker (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Etienne Vermeulen (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Greg Severin (Michigan State University), Lee Bernstein, Prof. Lee Bernstein (University of California - Berkeley/LBNL), Matthew Devlin (LANL), Vladimir Sobes (University of Tennessee)

2020_WANDA_Scattering_summary.pdf

AI_session_summary.pdf

bernstein_WANDA2020_gamma_session_summary_comp.pptx

DetectorModelsSummary.pptx

GWS_WANDA2021.pptx

SessionSummary_CovSensValid.pdf

Wednesday, 27 January

10:30 → 14:15 Session One: Predictive Codes for Isotope Production: Chairs: S. Hogle (ORNL), E. O’Brien (LANL), A. Voyles (LBNL)

10:30 Introductory Video to Predictive Codes for Isotope Production

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wptZ86o_Ao4&feature=youtu.be

11:00 Introduction

Speakers: Andrew Voyles, Ellen O'Brien, Susan Hogle

11:05 Priorities for DOE IP with respect to nuclear data and predictive codes

Speaker: Ethan Balkin (DOE)

11:20 TALYS: The Predictive Power of TALYS

Speaker: Arjan Koning (IAEA)

2021_WANDA_TALYS.pdf

2021_WANDA_TALYS.pptx

11:35 EMPIRE – Michal Herman

Speaker: Michal Herman

EMPIRE-Wanda2021.pdf

11:45 ALICE: Physics Improvements for ALICE21

Speaker: Marshall Blann

ALICE-2021.pdf

C+Tb_169Lu.jpg

Li+Y_93mMo.jpg

11:55 CoH3 The Coupled-Channels and Hauser-Feshbach Code

Speaker: Toshihiko Kawano

coh3.pdf

12:40 Predicting Isotopes with FLUKA

Speaker: Alfredo Ferrari

ferrari_wanda2021_v3.pptx

12:55 Recent and Future Improvements to MCNP6 for Isotope Production Applications

Speaker: Michael Rising (LANL)

MRising_WANDA_IP-codes.pdf

13:15 Isotope production calculations using FISPIN – Bethany Slingsby

Speaker: Bethany Slingsby

Isotope Production Calculations Using FISPIN.pdf

13:30 SCALE/MCNP Coupling for depletion – Charles Daily

Speaker: Charles Daily

CRDaily_WANDA_2021_r2.pptx

13:40 Nuclear Data Needs for LISE++

Speaker: Oleg Tarasov

LISE++.pdf

Tarasov_LISE++_v4.pptx

14:45 → 18:00 Session Two: Expanded Benchmarks & Validation for Nuclear Data - Chairs: J. Hutchinson (LANL), C. Percher (LLNL), M. Zerkle (NNL)

14:45 Overview of Benchmarks and their Uses for Nuclear Data

Introductory Video to Expanded Benchmarks and Validation for Nuclear Data:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9p0as8m03e43z0y/WANDA2021-Expanding%20Benchmarks%20Session%20Overview.mp4?dl=0

Speakers: Catherine Percher, Jesson Hutchinson, Michael Zerkle

Combined WANDA Epanded Benchmarks Presentation-Final.pdf

WANDA Epanded Benchmarks- Intro Final-long.pdf

15:00 Past, Present, and Future Benchmark Efforts for Nuclear Data Validation

• Skip Kahler (Kahler Nuclear Data Services, LLC)
• Ian Hill (OECD/NEA)
• 5 Minute Discussion

Speakers: Ian Hill, Skip Kahler

IanHill-WANDA-ND-Rev0.pptx

Kahler_Benchmarks_WANDA2021_final.pptx

15:25 Experimental Measurements that Could Become Benchmarks

• Sara Pozzi (UM)
• Jesse Holmes (NNL)
• Yaron Danon (RPI)
• Amanda Lewis (NNL)
• John Mattingly (NCSU)
• 10 Minute Discussion

Speakers: Amanda Lewis, Catherine Percher (LLNL), Jesse Holmes, John Mattingly, John Rodriquez, Sara Pozzi, Yaron Danon (RPI)

ALewis_WANDA2021.pdf

DANON_Scattering_WANDA_2021.pdf

Holmes_WANDA.pptx

WANDA_2021_Pozzi.pptx

wanda.mattingly.pdf

15:55 The Centrality of Validation: Validation as a Three-Body Problem

Speaker: Jerry McKamy

First Draft of JNM WANDA Validation Talk.pptx

16:15 Application Areas- Nuclear Data, Validation Methods, and Integral Needs

Application Areas- Nuclear Data, Validation Methods, and Integral Needs
• Thomas Miller (ORNL)
• Brad Rearden (X-Energy)
• Nuclear Data for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Applications, David Matters (NA-22)
• Pablo Romojaro (SCKCEN)
• 10 Minute Discussion

Speakers: Brad Rearden, David Matters, Pablo Romojaro, Thomas Miller

Matters_WANDA_2021_presentation_v1.pptx

miller-secGam-wanda2021.pdf

P.Romojaro_WANDA2021.pdf

REARDEN – WANDA 2021 – Nuclear Data, Validation Methods, and Integral Needs.pdf

17:15 Data Evaluation and Sensitivity and Uncertainty Methods Development

Speakers: Denise Neudecker (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Michael Rising (LANL)

IntegralExperiment_Neudecker.pdf

Friday, 29 January

08:10 → 14:15 Session Three: Advanced Computing for Nuclear Data - Chairs: D. Brown (BNL), B. Goldblum (LBNL), B. Loer (PNNL), M. Mumpower (LANL), N. Schunck (LLNL), M. Smith (ORNL)

11:00 State of computational nuclear data and future prospects

Speaker: Nicolas Schunck (LLNL)

WANDA_intro.pptx

11:10 Higher-fidelity simulations with HPC

• Predictive theory for light-ion reactions, Kostas Kravvaris (LLNL)
• HPC for fission modeling in support of nuclear data,
  Ionel Stetcu (LANL)
• Propagation of nuclear model uncertainties in science applications, Trevor Sprouse (LANL)
• Perspectives from the ExaSMR Project: Nuclear Data Needs and Opportunities, Paul Romano (ANL)

Speakers: Ionel Stetcu, Kostas Kravvaris, Paul Romano, Trevor Sprouse

Kravvaris-WANDA2021-draft.pdf

Romano_ExaSMR_WANDA.pdf

sprouse_wanda2021.pdf

Stetcu-WANDA2021-HPCSession.pdf

11:58 AI/ML as Enabling Technologies

• Containerization and microservices for nuclear data,
  Georg Schnabel (IAEA)
• Selected topics from physics aware ML, Mateusz Ploskon (LBNL)
• Natural Language Processing for Nuclear Science Scholarship, Walid Younes (LBNL Consultant)
• Surrogate Modeling for Fission Cross Sections and Criticality - Studies using Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs),
  Christian Brazell (TAMU)

Speakers: Christian Brazell, Georg Schnabel, Mateusz Ploskon, Walid Younes

brazell5_WANDA2021.pptx

gschnabel - wanda 2021 - final.pdf

gschnabel - wanda 2021.pptx

selected_ml_-_m_ploskon_-_wanda2021.pdf

talk-younes.pdf

12:46 Quantum Computing

Speaker: Kyle Wendt

13:01 Discussion

14:45 → 18:00 Session Four: Intro to Nuclear Data for Space Application - Chairs: M. Burkey (LLNL), L. Heilbronn (UTK), P. Peplowski (JHUAPL)

14:45 Call to order/brief introduction by co-chairs

Introductory Video for Intro to Nuclear Data for Space Application:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/196PFmNjb8k-noQCKcTvRHiOQG8Ow221y/view

Speakers: Lawrence Heilbronn, Mary Burkey, Patrick Peplowski

14:50 Opening Thoughts and Priorities

Jankowski WANDA Space Applications.pptx

Lawrence_Space_Session_Context_Slides_djl.pdf

15:10 Experimental cross sections needed for space radiation protection

Speaker: Francesca Luoni

Presentation_WANDA2021 - toUpload.pdf

15:22 Neutron Energy Effects on Asteroid Deflection

Speaker: Lansing Horan

Horan_WANDA_2021_29January.pdf

Horan_WANDA_2021_29January.pptx

15:34 Nuclear Data Needs for the Space-based Nuclear Detonation Detection Community

Speaker: David Gertz

Version.1.LA-UR-21-20762.pdf

15:46 Discussion

Speakers: Lawrence Heilbronn, Mary Burkey, Patrick Peplowski

16:25 Planetary Nuclear Spectroscopy

Speaker: Thomas Prettyman

Planetary_Nuclear_Spectroscopy_Prettyman_WANDA_2021_v2p.pdf

Planetary_Nuclear_Spectroscopy_Prettyman_WANDA_2021_v2.pptx

16:37 Inelastic Spectroscopy for Subsurface Exploration

Speaker: Marie-Laure Mauborgne

Mauborgne_WANDA_Inelastic.pptx

16:49 Nuclear Data Needs for Advanced Thermionic Energy Conversion in Space

Speaker: Austin Lo

WANDA2021_ATEC.pdf

17:01 Space Reactors

Speaker: Bradley Rearden

REARDEN – WANDA 2021 – Space Reactors.pdf

17:13 Discussion

Speakers: Lawrence Heilbronn, Mary Burkey, Patrick Peplowski

17:40 Concluding Thoughts

Monday, 1 February

11:00 → 14:15 Session Five: Nuclear Data for Advanced Reactors and Security Applications - Chairs: M. Elsawi (PNNL), N. Thompson (LANL), W. Wieselquist (ORNL)

11:00 Session Chairs

Speakers: Mohamed Elsawi, Nicholas Thompson, William Wieselquist

11:05 Advanced Reactors

• Summary of Nuclear Data Needs for X-Energy Reactor Designs, Brad Rearden (X-Energy)
• Nuclear Data on Kairos Power’s Fluoride-salt cooled High-Temperature Reactor, KP-FHR, Nader Satvat (Kairos Power)
• Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment Nuclear Data Uncertainty analysis and Needs, Tommy Cisneros (TerraPower, LLC)
• Nuclear Data for Advanced Fuel Cycles, Allan Simpson (UK NNL).
• Fast Neutron Source at UTK for Cross Section Measurements in Support of Advanced Reactor Development, Wes Hines and Vladimir Sobes (UTK)

Speakers: Allan Simpson, Brad Rearden, Nader Satvat, Tommy Cisneros, Vladimir Sobes (University of Tennessee), Wes Hines

MCRE-ENG-PRSNT-0004 Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment Nuclear Data Uncertainty Analysis and Needs.pdf

REARDEN – WANDA 2021 – Advanced Reactors.pdf

UT Fast Neutron Source WANDA.pdf

WANDA2021_KP_NSatvat_jan2021.pdf

WANDA Advanced Fuel Cycle v2.pdf

12:55 Nuclear Security & Safeguards

• Nuclear Data for Non-Destructive Assay and Advanced Reactor Applications, Mike Dion (ORNL)
• Measuring the antineutrino spectrum below 1.8 MeV, Shikha Prasad (TAMU)

Speakers: Mike Dion, Shikha Prasad, Vladimir Sobes (University of Tennessee), Wes Hines

Antineutrinos_WANDA.pdf

Antineutrinos_WANDA_Prasad.pdf

Dion_Feb1_21_v1.pptx

14:45 → 18:08 Session Six: The Human Pipeline for Nuclear Data - Chairs: L. Bernstein (UCB/LBNL), Y. Danon (RPI), E. McCutchan (BNL), J. Ressler (LLNL)

14:45 Welcome and overview

Speakers: Elizabeth McCutchan, Jennifer Jo Ressler, Lee Bernstein, Lee Bernstein (University of California - Berkeley/LBNL), Yaron Danon

Bernstein_nuclear_data_pipeline-reduced-v1-1.pdf

HumanPipeline_WANDA_2021_intro.pdf

14:50 Outreach and Graduate Recruiting Efforts at FRIB

Speaker: Artemis Spyrou

Spyrou_WANDA2021.pdf

15:08 Educating the Next Generation of Nuclear Experts: the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium 10-Year Experience

Speaker: Jasmina Vujic

Vujic-WANDA 2021.pdf

15:26 Undergraduate research and recruitment through MoNA and the CEU program

Speaker: Warren Rogers

wfr-wanda-2021.pdf

15:44 Connecting Students to Nuclear Data Projects at the National Laboratories

Speaker: Perry Chodash

Wanda_2021_final.pdf

16:02 The Texas A&M Cyclotron Institute and CENTAUR as generators of nuclear talent

Speaker: Sherry Yennello

WANDA21_HumanPipeline_SJY_rec.pdf

16:20 Education Discussion

16:45 Automation in the Nuclear Data Pipeline

Speaker: Dave Brown

WANDA-dbrown-HumanPipeline.pdf

17:03 Example on how to (intelligently) augment the nuclear-data pipeline with machine learning

Speaker: Denise Neudecker (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

WANDA21_HumanPipeline_DNeudecker.pdf

17:21 Nuclear Data Evaluation Automation and Training and NCSU

Speaker: Ayman Hawari

Hawari-NCSU_WANDA2021_Presentation.pdf

17:39 Automaton Discussion

17:49 Final Discussion and Wrap-up

Speakers: Elizabeth McCutchan, Jennifer Jo Ressler, Lee Bernstein, Yaron Danon (RPI)

Wednesday, 3 February

11:00 → 14:15 Funded Project Reports

11:00 Novel Approach for Improving Antineutrino Spectra Predictions for Nonproliferation Applications

Speaker: Filip Kondev (ANL)

WANDA2021_Kondev.pdf

11:10 Improving the Nuclear Data on Fission Product Decays at CARIBU

Speaker: Kay Kolos (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

K.Kolos_CARIBU_Project_Report.pdf

11:20 238U(p,xn) and 235U(d,xn) 235-237Np Nuclear Reaction Cross Sections Relevant to the Production of 236gNp

Speaker: Andrew Voyles

bernstein_236Np_236Pu_talk-v3.pptx

bernstein_236Np_236Pu_talk-v3.pptx.pdf

11:30 State-of-the-art Gamma-ray Spectroscopy to Enhance the ENSDF database

Speaker: Libby McCutchan (BNL/NNDC)

ENSDF_WANDA.pdf

11:40 Beta-strength function, reactor decay heat, and anti-neutrino properties from total absorption spectroscopy of fission fragments

Speaker: Krzysztof Rykaczewski

Wanda2021_KR_final.pptx

11:50 Improving the 238U(n,n’) cross section using neutron-gamma coincidences

Speakers: Lee Bernstein, Lee Bernstein (University of California - Berkeley/LBNL)

GENESIS_WANDA_2021_Bernstein-FINAL.pptx

12:00 Integral Measurements of Independent and Cumulative Fission Product Yields Supporting Nuclear Forensics and Other Applications

Speaker: Todd Bredeweg (LANL)

FPY Project.o.pdf

12:10 Evaluation of Energy Dependent Fission Product Yields

Speaker: Toshihiko Kawano (LANL)

WANDA2021_FPY.pdf

12:20 Measurement of Independent Fission Product Yields

Speaker: Dana Duke (LANL)

Duke_WANDA2021_LAUR.pdf

Duke_WANDA2021.pptx

12:30 Independent Fission Product Yields from 0.5 to 20 MeV

Speaker: Jack Winkelbauer

WANDA_2021.pdf

12:40 Energy Dependent Fission Product Yields

Speaker: Anton Tonchev (LLNL)

12:50 Modernization and Optimization of the Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File

Speaker: Libby McCutchan (BNL/NNDC)

new_ENSDF.pdf

13:00 Fission product yield measurements using 252Cf spontaneous fission and neutron-induced fission on actinide targets at CARIBU

Speaker: Guy Savard

Savard_WANDA2021_final.pdf

13:10 Neutron Scattering Cross Sections: (n,n'), (n,n'g), and (n,g) Measurements

Speaker: Jeffrey Vanhoy

Vanhoy-n scatt xs nn' ng nn'g.pdf

13:20 Scoping Study of the Impact of (alpha,n) Reactions and Yields of Nonproliferation Applications

Speaker: Romano Cathy

alpha,n -Romano.pptx

13:30 Assessment of Nuclear Data Needs for Neutron Active Interrogation

Speaker: Seth McConchie (ORNL)

Assessment of Nuclear Data Needs for Active Neutron Interrogation - WANDA 2021 - McConchie.pptx

14:45 → 18:00 WANDA 2021 Session Reports

14:45 WANDA 2021 Session Reports Speakers

Speakers: Andrew Voyles, Ben Loer, Bethany Goldblum, Catherine Percher (LLNL), David Brown (BNL/NNDC), Elizabeth McCutchan, Ellen O'Brien, Jennifer Jo Ressler, Jesson Hutchinson, Kay Kolos (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Lawrence Heilbronn, Lee Bernstein, Lee Bernstein (University of California - Berkeley/LBNL), Mary Burkey, Matthew Mumpower, Michael Smith (ORNL), Michael Zerkle (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Mohamed Elsawi, Nicholas Thompson, Nicolas Schunck (LLNL), Patrick Peplowski, Susan Hogle, Vladimir Sobes (University of Tennessee), William Wieselquist (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Yaron Danon (RPI)

bernstein_WANDA2020_gamma_session_summary_comp-v2.pdf

Expanding Benchmarks Summary- Rev2.pdf

Predictive Codes for Isotope Production_WANDA Session Summary.pdf

Space Applications for Nuclear Data - Summary.pdf

WANDA21_Closing.pdf