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Report on the IAEA Consultants’Meeting on
the Co-ordination of Nuclear Reaction Data Centres(Technical Aspects)

IAEA Headquarters, Vienna, Austria
28 – 30 May 2001

Prepared by O. Schwerer
IAEA Nuclear Data Section
Vienna, Austria

July 2001_________________________________________________________________
IAEA NUCLEAR DATA SECTION, WAGRAMER STRASSE 5, A-1400 VIENNAProduced by the IAEA in Austria
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INDC(NDS)-427
Distr. G, NC

Report on the IAEA Consultants’Meeting on
the Co-ordination of Nuclear Reaction Data Centres(Technical Aspects)

IAEA Headquarters, Vienna, Austria
28 – 30 May 2001

Prepared by O. Schwerer
IAEA Nuclear Data Section
Vienna, Austria

Abstract
This report summarizes the results of the IAEA Consultants’ Meeting on the Coordination of Nuclear Reaction Data Centres (Technical Aspects), hold at the IAEA
Headquarters, Vienna, Austria, 28 to 30 May 2001. The meeting was attended by 16
participants from 10 co-operating data centres from six Member States and two International
Organizations. The report contains a meeting summary, the conclusions and actions, progressand status reports of the participating data centres and working papers considered at themeeting.

CONTENTS
The Network of Nuclear Reaction Data Centres … … … … … … … … … … … … .… … … ...7
Past NRDC Meetings … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .9
List of Acronyms … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ..11
Agenda… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .… 13

List of Participants … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .… 15
Meeting Summary… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .17

Introduction… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .… 17

Brief Minutes… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .… … … .17

Conclusions… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .… 20

Actions… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .… 23

Progress Reports … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .… 27
P1

KAERI/NDEL … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .… 27

P2

NDS

P3

NNDC… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .… 35

P4

ATOMKI … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .… 41

P5

CNPD

… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .… 45

P6

CJD

… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .… 47

P7

CDFE (received by mail) … … … ..… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .… 49

P8

UKRNDC (received by mail) … .… ..… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .… 63

P9

CNDC

… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .… 29… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .… 67

P 10 JCPRG … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .… 69
P 11 CAJAD… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .… 75

P 12 NEA-DB… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .… 77

List of Working Papers … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .… 83

THE NETWORK OF NUCLEAR REACTION DATA CENTRESNational, regional and specialized nuclear reaction data centres, coordinated by theInternational Atomic Energy Agency, cooperate in the compilation, exchange anddissemination of nuclear reaction data, in order to meet the requirements of nuclear data users
in all countries. A brief summary of the data centres network is given below.
The nuclear reaction data centres:
NNDC
NEA-DB
NDS
CJD

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CAJaD

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CDFE

-

CNDC
JAERI

-

JCPRG

-

ATOMKI-UKRNDC-CNPD-

KAERI/NDEL (KACHAPAG) -(RIKEN)

1.

-

US National Nuclear Data Center, Brookhaven, USA
OECD/NEA Nuclear Data Bank, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
IAEA Nuclear Data Section
Centr Jadernykh Dannykh (= Nuclear Data Centre),
Obninsk, Russia
Russian Nuclear Structure and Reaction Data Centre, Moscow,
RussiaCentr Dannykh Fotojadernykh Eksperimentov (= Centre for
Photonuclear Experiments Data), Moscow, Russia
China Nuclear Data Center, Beijing, China
Nuclear Data Center of the Japan Atomic Energy ResearchInstitute, Tokai-Mura, Japan
Japan Charged-Particle Nuclear Reaction Data Group, Hokkaido
University, Sapporo, JapanATOMKI Charged-Particle Nuclear Reaction Data Group,
Debrecen, Hungary
Ukrainian Nuclear Data Center, Institute for Nuclear Research,
Kyiv, Ukraine
Center of Nuclear Physics Data, Russian Federal Nuclear Center,
RFNC-VNIIEF, Sarov, Russia
Nuclear Data Evaluation Laboratory, Korea Atomic Energy
Research Institute, Yusong, Taejon, Republic of Korea
Karlsruhe Charged Particle Group, Karlsruhe, Germany.
(Discontinued in 1982, its responsibilities were taken over by
CAJaD)
Nuclear Data Group, RIKEN Institute of Physical and Chemical
Research, Wako-Shi, Japan. (Discontinued in 2000)

Neutron Nuclear Data
1.aBibliography and Data Index CINDA:
Input prepared by NNDC, NEA-DB, NDS, CJD, JAERI
Handbooks published by IAEA
CD-ROM published by NEA-DB
Online services by NNDC, NEA-DB and NDS, CJD

1.bExperimental data exchanged in EXFOR format:
Input prepared by NNDC, NEA-DB, NDS, CJD, CNDC, UKRNDC
CD-ROM (with neutron, charged particle and photonuclear data) published by
NDS
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Online services by NNDC, NEA-DB, NDS and CJD
1.c

Data Handbooks based on EXFOR
published by NNDC (last issue in 1988)

1.d

Evaluated data exchanged in ENDF format:
NNDC, NEA-DB, NDS, CJD, CNDC, JAERI and others. Main data libraries:
BROND-2 (Russia)
CENDL-2 (China)
ENDF/B-6 (USA)FENDL-2 (IAEA)
IRDF-90, Rev. 92(IAEA)
JEF-2 (NEA)
JENDL-3 (Japan)

Online services by NNDC, NEA-DB and NDS

2.

3.

1.e

Computer retrieval services upon request of customers:
NNDC, NEA-DB, NDS, CJD, CNDC

1.f

International data evaluation cooperation coordinated by NEA-DB

Charged Particle Nuclear Data (including heavy-ion reaction data)
2.aBibliography NSR published by NNDC
Online services by NNDC and NDS

2.b

Numerical data exchanged in EXFOR format:
Input prepared by CAJaD, CNDC, ATOMKI, NDS, NNDC, JCPRG, NEADB and UKRNDC
Online services by NNDC, NEA-DB, NDS and CDFE
Coordination of compilation: CAJaD

2.c

Computer retrieval services upon request of customers:
NNDC, NEA-DB, NDS, CAJaD, CNDC

Photonuclear Data
3.a

Numerical data exchanged in EXFOR format:
Input prepared by CDFE, occasional contributions from NNDC, NDS
Online services by NNDC, NEA-DB, NDS and CDFE

3.b

Evaluated data:
Online service by NDS, CDFE

3.c

Bibiliography published by CDFE and JAERI

3.d

Computer retrieval services upon request of customers:
NNDC, NEA-DB, NDS, CDFE

8PAST NRDC MEETINGS
Vienna, 28-30 May 2001
Obninsk, 15-19 May 2000
Vienna, 18-20 May 1999
Vienna, 11-15 May 1998
Vienna, 26-28 May 1997

INDC(NDS)-427

Technical
Centre Heads + Tech.
= 15th NRDC MeetingTechnical
Centre Heads + Tech.
= 14th NRDC MeetingTechnical

INDC(NDS)-418
INDC(NDS)-407
INDC(NDS)-383
INDC(NDS)-374

Brookhaven, 3-7 June 1996

Center Heads + Tech.
= 13th NRDC Meeting

INDC(NDS)-360

Vienna, 2-4 May 1995
Paris, 25-27 April 1994

Technical
Center Heads + Tech.
= 12th NRDC MeetingTechnical

INDC(NDS)-343
INDC(NDS)-308

Obninsk, 7-11 Oct 1991

Center Heads + Tech.
= 11th NRDC Meeting

INDC(NDS)-262

Vienna, 13-15 Nov 1990
Vienna, 2-4 Oct 1989

Technical
Centre Heads + Tech.
= 10th NRDC MeetingTechnical

Memo CP-D/210
Memo CP-D/200

Brookhaven, 27-29 Oct 1987

Center Heads + Tech.
= 9th NRDC Meeting

INDC(NDS)-204

Vienna, 7-9 Oct 1986
Saclay, 9-11 Oct 1985

Technical
Center Heads + Tech.
= 8th NRDC MeetingTechnical

Memo CP-D/159
INDC(NDS)-178

Vienna, 1-3 Sept 1992

Vienna, 4-6 Oct 1988

Vienna, 19-21 Sept 1984th

INDC(NDS)-279

Memo CP-D/190

Memo CP-D/131

Obninsk+ Moscow, 17-21 Oct 1983
Vienna, 3-7 May 1982

7 NRDC Meeting
6th NRDC Meeting

INDC(NDS)-154
INDC(NDS)-141

Brookhaven, 29.9 - 2.10.1980
Karlsruhe, 8-13 Oct 1979

5th NRDC Meeting
4th NRDC Meeting

INDC(NDS)-125
INDC(NDS)-110

Paris, 19-23 June 1978
Kiev, 11-16 April 1977

3rd NRDC Meeting
2nd NRDC Meeting= 3rd CPND + 13th 4-C
2nd CPND Meeting

NEA-NRDC-3 = INDC(NDS)-99
INDC(NDS)-90

Vienna, 28-30 April 1976th

INDC(NDS)-77

Vienna, 26-27 April 1976
Vienna, 8-12 Sept 1975

12 4C-Meeting
CPND Meeting

INDC(NDS)-78
INDC(NDS)-69+71

Brookhaven, 10-14 March 1975
Paris, 6-10 May 1974

11th 4C-Meeting
10th 4C Meeting

INDC(NDS)-68
INDC(NDS)-58

Vienna, 24-26 April 1974

CPND + PhotoND

INDC(NDS)-59+61

th

Moscow/Obninsk, 4-8 June 1973
Vienna, 16-20 Oct 1972

9 4C Meeting
8th 4C Meeting

INDC(NDS)-54
INDC(NDS)-51

Brookhaven, 25-29 Oct 1971
Paris, 5-9 Oct 1970

7th 4C Meeting
6th 4C Meeting

INDC(NDS)-41
INDC(NDS)-28

Moscow, 17-21 Nov 1969

5th 4C Meeting

INDC(NDS)-169

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LIST OF ACRONYMS
ATOMKI

Nuclear Research Institute, Debrecen, Hungary

BNL

Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, N.Y., USA

BROND-2

Russian evaluated neutron reaction data library, version 2

CAJaD

Center for Nuclear Structure and Reaction Data, Kurchatov Institute,
Moscow, Russia

CDFE

Centr Dannykh Fotojad. Eksp., Moscow State University, Russia

CENDL-2

Chinese evaluated neutron reaction data library, version 2

CENPLChinese evaluated nuclear parameter library

CINDA

A specialized bibliography and data index on neutron nuclear data
operated jointly by NNDC, NEA-DB, NDS and CJD

CJD

Russian Nuclear Data Center at F.E.I., Obninsk, Russia

CNDC

Chinese Nuclear Data Center, Beijing, China

CNPD

Center of Nuclear Physics Data at RFNC-VNIIEF, Sarov, Russia

CP...

Numbering code for memos exchanged among the NRDC

CPNDCharged-particle nuclear reaction data

CRP

Coordinated Research Programme of the IAEA Nuclear Data Section

CSEWG

US Cross-Section Evaluation Working GroupCSISRS

Cross-Section Information Storage and Retrieval System,
the EXFOR-compatible internal system of NNDC

EFF

European evaluated nuclear data file for fusion applications

ENDF-6

International format for evaluated data exchange, version 6

ENDF/B-6

US Evaluated Nuclear Data File, version 6

ENSDF

Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File

EXFOR

Format for the international exchange of nuclear reaction data

FEI

Fiziko-Energeticheskij Institut, Obninsk, Russia

FENDL

Evaluated nuclear data file for fusion applications, developed by IAEA-NDS

IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency

IFRC

International Fusion Research Council

INDC

International Nuclear Data Committee

INIS

International Nuclear Information System, a bibliographic system

IRDF

The International Reactor Dosimetry File, maintained by the IAEA-NDS

ITER

International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor

JAERI

Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute11

JCPRG

Japan Charged-Particle Nuclear Reaction Data Group, Sapporo, Japan(previously Study Group for Information Processing)

JEF

The Joint Evaluated File of neutron data, a collaboration of European NEA
member countries and JapanJENDL-3

Japanese Evaluated Nuclear Data Library, version 3

KAERI

Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute

KINR

Kiev Institute of Nuclear Research

LEXFOR

Part of the EXFOR manual containing physics information for compilers

NDS

IAEA Nuclear Data Section, Vienna, Austria

NDS

The journal Nuclear Data Sheets

NEA

Nuclear Energy Agency of the OECD, Paris, France

NEA-DBNEA Data Bank, Paris, France

NEANDCNEA Nuclear Data Committee

NND

Neutron Nuclear Data

NNDC

National Nuclear Data Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA

NNDEN

Neutron Nuclear Data Evaluation Newsletter

NRDC

The Nuclear Reaction Data Centers

NRDF

Japanese Nuclear Reaction Data File

NSDD

Nuclear structure and decay data

NSC

Nuclear Science Committee of the NEA

NSR

Nuclear structure references, a bibliographic system

OECD

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France

PC

Personal Computer

PhND

Photonuclear data

RIKEN

Nuclear Data Group, RIKEN Inst. of Phys, and Chem. Res., Wako-Shi,
Saitama, Japan

TRANS

Name of transmission tapes for data exchange in the EXFOR system

UKRNDC

Ukrain Nuclear Data Center at KINR, Kyiv, Ukraine

USDOE

U.S. Department of Energy

VNIIEF

Russian Federal Nuclear Center, Sarov, Russia

4C...

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AGENDA
1. General
1.1 Opening, Adoption of the agenda, announcements
1.2 Brief status reports of the centers
1.3 Review of General Actions from the 2000 NRDC Meeting (A1-A14) WP2001-1
2. CINDA and CINDA-2001
2.1 Review of Actions (A15-A17; see also Conclusion C3) WP2001-1
2.2 CINDA-2001: status, manual, future development
2.21 Status
2.22 Manual (WP2001-3, WP2001-23)
2.23 Details needed for trial compilation in new format:
Coding of quantities (WP2001-24) / Treatment of dual institutes
2.3 Literature coverage and completeness control by centres WP2001-28
2.4 Backlog in CINDA compilation at the centres
2.5 CINDA compilation of Chinese literature and maintenance of CINDA file for Chineselabs (CNDC / NDS)
2.6 CINDA products (book, CD-ROM) WP2001-27
3. EXFOR/CINDA Dictionary System
3.1 Review of Actions (A18-A23; see also Conclusions C4-C5) WP2001-1
3.2 New developments connected to change to relational databases
3.3 Conference codes for years >= 2000
3.4 Reform of Dictionary 27 (nuclides) - (to be decided at 2002 NRDC meeting)
3.5 Coding of Chemical Compounds in EXFOR and CINDA: Clarifications WP2001-10
3.6 Correspondence of reaction and quantity codes in EXFOR and CINDA;
suggestions for expansions in the CINDA book
3.7 Dictionary sorting flags and wildcards (old Action A18) WP2001-17
4. General EXFOR matters
4.1 Review of general Actions on EXFOR (A24-A36; see also Conclusion C6) WP2001-1
4.2 Manuals, LEXFOR (general)
4.3 Check and other programs
4.4 TRANS files exchanged since last meeting
4.41 Inventory of TRANS files on NDS open area WP2001-2
4.42 Library Statistics (WP2001-21) and backlog in EXFOR compilation at the centres
4.43 Variable Product Nucleus (ELEM/MASS) vs. 800 subentries (TRANS A049)
4.5 Checking the master file
4.51 Errors and duplications found by V.Zerkin WP2001-19,20
4.52 Comparison of master files between NNDC and NDS
4.53 Remaining conversions of area 6,7,8 entries
4.6 Pilot project for archiving experimental data published in Phys.Rev.C
4.7 Ion Beam Analysis data
4.8 CPND compilation
4.9 Compilation priorities WP2001-18
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5. EXFOR coding rules and dictionary changes: Pending questions
5.1 Data headings and units for wave length and kT WP2001-4
5.2 "Zero" data errors in TRANS files: to be declared illegal explicitly?
5.3 Clarification: Field specifiers in keywords LEVEL-PROP (and EN-SEC) vs.
headings in DATA section WP2001-5
5.4 Several proposals of polarization quantities, to be consolidated WP2001-6
5.5 Angular and other correlations: clarification and dictionary clean-up needed WP2001-7
5.6 Proposed quantity PAR/M-,DA,G WP2001-8
5.7 Clarifications on some proposed report and journal codes WP2001-9
5.8 Coding of isobaric analog states WP2001-11
5.9 Proposed additions to Dictionary 30 (Process) and 27 (Pions in Nuclide dict.) WP2001-12
5.10 New heading PART-OUT for dictionary 24 WP2001-13
5.11 Units N/PART/SR etc. for dictionary 25 WP2001-14
5.12 Coding of differential neutron multiplicity distributions WP2001-15
5.13 Headings E-LVL-INI, E-LVL-FIN as "additional information" WP2001-16
5.14 Proposed quantity PRE,AP/DA,FF WP2001-22
6. Software development on relational database platforms
6.1 Report on the September 2000 NNDC Workshop on Relational Database for Nuclear Data
(McLane)
6.2 Project of new implementation of a "Nuclear Reaction Database" (CINDA, EXFOR,ENDF, Dictionaries): Status of development, schema, intentions (McLane)
6.3 EXFOR as a multi-platform relational database (Zerkin) WP2001-25
6.4 CJD activities
7. Demonstrations session
7.1 V. Zerkin (EXFOR)
7.2 M. Kellett (JANICE, High Priority Request List)
7.3 S. Babykina (CPND database)
8. Miscellaneous items
8.1 Evaluated data, updating of ENDF format manual, …
8.2 Compilation and evaluation of alpha-induced nuclear reaction cross sections for astrophysics(WP2001-26)
8.3 High Priority Request List
8.4 Common paper for Tsukuba conference
9. Closing items
9.1 Review of Actions and Conclusions of this meeting
9.2 Date of 2002 full (AGM) meeting

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International Atomic Energy Agency
Consultant’s Meeting on“Coordination of the Nuclear Reaction Data Centres (Technical Aspects)”
28 – 30 May 2001, IAEA Headquarters, Vienna, Austria

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
CHINA
Mr. Y. Zhuang
China Nuclear Data Centre
China Institute of Atomic Energy
P.O. Box 275 (41)
Beijing 102413
Tel: +86 10 6935 7830
Fax: +86 10 6935 7008
E-mail: yxzhuang@iris.ciae.ac.cn

JAPAN
Mr. Y. Ohbayashi
Meme Media Laboratory
Hokkaido University
N13-W8, Kita-ku
Sapporo-shi 060-0813
Tel: +81 11 706 7264
Fax: +81 11 706 7808
E-mail: oba@nrdf.meme.hokudai.ac.jp

HUNGARY
Mr. S. Takács
Department of Cyclotron
Institute of Nuclear Research of the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Bem tér 18/c
H-4026 Debrecen
Tel: +36 52 417 266
Fax: +36 52 416 181
E-mail: s.takacs@atomki.hu

KOREA, Republic of
Mr. J. Chang
Nuclear Data Evaluation Laboratory
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
P.O. Box 105
Yusong, Taejon, 305-600
Tel: +82 42 868 2884
Fax: +82 42 868 2636
E-mail: jhchang@kaeri.re.kr

JAPAN
Mr. K. Kato
Division of Physics
Graduate School of Science
Hokkaido University
Kita-10, Nish-8, Kita-ku
Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810
Tel: +81 11 706 2684
Fax: +81 11 706 4850
E-mail: kato@nucl.sci.hokudai.ac.jp

RUSSIA
Ms. S.Y. Babykina
Russia Nuclear Structure andReaction Data Centre (CAJAD)“Kurchatov’s Institute”
46 Ulitsa Kurchatova
123 182 Moscow
Tel: +7 095 196 1612
E-mail: chukreev@polyn.kiae.su

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RUSSIAMs. S.A. Dunaeva
All Russian Scientific ResearchInstitute of Experimental Physics
Centre of Nuclear Physics Data (CNPD)
RFNC-VNIIEF
607-200 Arzamas – 16
Nizhni Novgorod
Tel: +7 831 30 45770
Fax: +7 831 30 45569
E-mail: dunaeva@expd.vniief.ru

USA
Ms. V. McLane
Building 197D
National Nuclear Data Centre
Brookhaven National Laboratory
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
Tel: +1 631 344 5205
Fax: +1 631 344 2806
E-mail: vml@bnl.gov

RUSSIA
Mr. S. Maev
Institute of Physics andPower Engineering (IPPE)
Bondarenko Sq. 1
249 020 Obninsk, Kaluga Region
Tel: +7 08439 69165 or +7 08 4399 8982
Fax: +7 095 883 3112
E-mail: may@obninsk.ru

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
Mr. M.A. Kellett
Nuclear Data Services
OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
Le Seine St-Germain
12, boulevard des ÎlesF-92130 Issy-les-MoulineauxTel: +33 1 4524 1085
Fax: +33 1 4524 1110
E-mail: kellett@nea.fr

IAEA PARTICIPANTS
Mr. Otto Schwerer, Scientific Secretary
Mr. D. Muir, Head, Nuclear Data Section
Mr. V. Pronyaev
Mr. M. Lammer
Mr. V. Zerkin
Mr. W. Costello

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MEETING SUMMARY
Introduction
The IAEA Consultants’ Meeting on the Co-ordination of Nuclear Reaction Data
Centres was held at the IAEA Headquarters, Vienna, Austria, from 28 to 30 May 2001.
Sixteen participants of ten co-operating data centres from China, Hungary, Japan, theRepublic of Korea, Russian Federation, USA, NEA and IAEA attended the meeting.
The meeting has considered the technical aspects of the exchange of thebibliographic and experimental data in the conditions when work on the migration to
new software platforms has started in some co-operating data centres. The co-ordinationof the work on the maintaining, updating and providing full-scale and user-friendly
access to the common nuclear databases was one of the tasks of the meeting.
Brief Minutes
The meeting was opened by O. Schwerer, Scientific Secretary of the Meeting.
D.W. Muir, Nuclear Data Section Head, welcomed the participants. He stressed theimportance of such co-operation between the centres that the whole NRDC network
could be viewed from outside as one team. He introduced the last changes in the NDS
staff and in the INDC memberships.
M. Kellett was elected as the meeting chairman.
The Agenda was discussed and adopted with minor changes (see p. 13).
Brief status reports of the centers were presented (see pp. 27 to 82).

Actions and Conclusions of the previous NRDC meeting (see WP2001-1) on
bibliographic database CINDA were reviewed. New CINDA2001 exchange format (see
WP2001-23) was approved with and addition of new hierarchy allowing to compile
multiple authors. Five new dictionaries to provide the conversion to the CINDA2001
format are introduced. The A4 page format layout and schedule for CINDA book and
CD-ROM publication was fixed. The measures to create the working environment for
CINDA compilation in the CJD and CNDC are outlined (see Conclusions C1 – C4 andActions A6 – A9). A new layout of the CINDA book based on the new CINDA2001
exchange format with the inclusion of non-neutron data will be prepared once the new
CINDA/EXFOR dictionaries will be available. The proposal to use the EXFOR
reaction string (or truncated part of it) for the EXFOR lines in the CINDA book was
declined.

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Common EXFOR/CINDA dictionary system was discussed. All actions of last
year's meeting were implemented. New rules for coding of the conferences in the
EXFOR, new and old CINDA format, and rules for coding of the oxide compounds in thereaction string were approved (see Conclusions C5 – C9 and Actions A10 – A13).
General matters of the EXFOR database were discussed. At present there is notool which can be used for checking of the completeness of the EXFOR relative to thereferences on the experimental works compiled in CINDA. This can be done when joint
CINDA/EXFOR relational database will be created. The completeness of EXFOR will
be checked for data needed for implementation of some CRPs: on Medical Radiosotopes
Production (see Actions A15 and A16), on Light Elements Standard Cross Sections, on
Data for Th-U Fuel Cycle, on Data for PGAA and IRDF-2001 project (see WP2001-18).
All centers should give higher priority to the compilation of new works. The productionof system-independent EXFOR checking codes was discussed (see Actions A28 andA29). The functionality of the CHEX code written by V. McLane for DEC/Open VMS
environment will be tested on different platforms for use by the network centers as astandard checking code. The problem of merging of the EXFOR master files kept indifferent centers in one Network master file was discussed.
At present, theintercomparison at a few levels was done between the NNDC and NDS files. The
inclusion in the intercomparison of the master files of other centers is desirable. The new
EXFOR System and LEXFOR Manuals were submitted by V. McLane and, after a roundof checking by the centres, will be made available to the users in September 2001.
Technical matters of the EXFOR coding rules and dictionary changes werediscussed in details (see proposals in the WP2001-4 – 9, WP2001-11 – 16, WP2001-22).
This concerns the most important revisions and cases when the consensus between the
network centres was not reached via communication. The result of the discussions issummarized in the conclusions and further actions (see Conclusions C12 to C27 andActions A34 to A39).
Common problems of the software development for data management and data
retrieval in the diverse network multiplatform environment were discussed. The report of
the Workshop on Relational Database for Nuclear Data held at the NNDC in September
2000 was presented. Since then there was a big progress and a few full-scale databases(EXFOR, NSR) were tested in the multiplatform hard- and software environment. For
this, SQL and Java were used as main programming languages. The report on EXFOR asa multi-platform relational database, which demonstrates this development, waspresented by V. Zerkin (see WP2001-25). Some studies were done at the CDFE(ENSDF, EXFOR) and CJD (CINDA). The schema of the joint nuclear reaction
database, which will include CINDA, EXFOR, ENDF and Dictionaries and will use the
NSR as an additional source of the bibliographic information, was presented by V.
McLane. This schema will be used for migration of the reaction databases at the multiplatform SQL/Java environment. It was recommended that the co-ordination of thesoftware development should be given the highest priority. The frameworks of special
workshops and regular NRDC network meetings should be used for this purpose.

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The demonstration session included a few presentations. The status of the
EXFOR development for the multi-platform environment, including computer systems
with different hard- and soft-ware and different type of accesses to the database (local on
HD or CD-ROM, local network, global Internet) was shown by V. Zerkin. M. Kellett
presented JANIS, a computer information system for display and visualisation of nuclear
data from ENDF and EXFOR databases, and new Web access to the database of theHigh Priority (measurements) Request List. Development of the Internet access to thecharged particle induced reactions database at the CDFE Web-site was shown by S.
Babykina.
Finally, miscellaneous additional items were discussed. The revised version(April 2001) of the ENDF format manual which accounts for all latest changes in theformat and misprints found in the last revision is available now from NNDC and NDS
Web sites. The project on compilation and evaluation of alpha-induced nuclear reaction
cross sections for astrophysics is in good progress (see WP2001-26). The compositionof the co-authors for preparation of the invited paper on the nuclear reaction data services
for the upcoming Nuclear Data Conference in Tsukuba, Japan, was discussed.
The next meeting on the Co-ordination of the Nuclear Reaction Data Centres
will be held at the OECD/NEA Data Bank, Paris, as four days AGM, from 28 May to 31
May 2002.

Acknowledgement
The editor thanks V.G. Pronyaev and M. Lammer for their help in preparing this report.

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CONCLUSIONSCINDA and CINDA2001C1:

The CINDA2001 format as proposed in WP2001-23 is accepted with the addition ofhierarchy 7 for multiple authors. The CINDA2001 quantity codes given in a new
Dictionary 45 (see WP2001-24, last page) will be reviewed by the NEA Data Bank andbe finalized by a working group consisting of McLane, Kellett, Lammer, Maev.
There will be the following new dictionaries:
44 Conversion of EXFOR quantities (Dict.36) to new CINDA quantities (Dict.45)
45 (New) CINDA quantities
46 Conversion of old CINDA quantities (Dict.42) to new CINDA quantities (Dict.45)
47 Reader codes
48 Spectra codes

C2:

The 2001 CINDA book will be issued as Supplement to CINDA2000. The format will
be as shown as Layout 4 in WP2001-27.

C3:

The deadline for receiving CINDA entries to be included in the book is 1 November(for expected publication in January 2002).

C4:

NEA will continue to produce the CD version of CINDA which will be distributed
together with the book to all recipients.

EXFOR/CINDA Dictionary System(see also Conclusion C1 above on new dictionaries for CINDA2001)
C5:

Dictionary transmissions should be four times a year.

C6:

NEA-DB still needs the dictionaries in "TRANS" format (as described in the EXFOR
Systems Manual, Chapter 6).

C7:

Starting with the year 2000, conferences will be coded with a 4 digit year. The total
length will therefore be up to 10 characters. CINDA will use, in all cases, the first 8
characters of the EXFOR code until transmission in the new CINDA 2001 format
begins.

C8:

The proposal to add the OXI code to EXFOR dictionary 9 (Compounds) and DANIEL
dictionary 27 (Nuclides and Compounds) as detailed in Memo 4C-4/113 (= WP 200110) is accepted.

C9:

The final implementation of "wild cards" in Dictionary 36 is deferred until all centers
can use them. (Note: The use of the wild cards '*' (for all particles) and '*F' (for fission
fragments) in SF7 (particle considered) of dictionary 36 was agreed in principle at the1997 NRDC meeting.) See also Action A12.

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General EXFOR matters
C10: Reactions with many reaction products should be coded in the variable product nucleus
formalism (ELEM/MASS) allowing coding in one subentry rather than individual
subentries for each product.
C11: NNDC will be responsible for co-ordinating the compilation of all charged particle data
produced at facilities in USA and Canada.
EXFOR coding rules and dictionary changes
C12: The proceedings of the 2000 Tsukuba conference will be published as a Supplement to
the Journal Nucl.Sci.Technol. and should be coded in CINDA under both, theconference code and the journal code.
C13: RCL is to be deleted from the “Particle Considered” dictionary (EXFOR Dict.33).
C14: A new heading KT-K for kT in temperature units (e.g. Kelvin) as proposed in WP
2001-4(Rev) is adopted. The old heading KT is kept for kT in energy units.
C15: The reintroduction of the heading WVE-LN, to be used when wavelength is given inplace of EN, is adopted as proposed in WP 2001-4(Rev).
C16: Zero errors are not allowed in the COMMON or DATA table. If the value of an error
is unknown, the respective data field must remain blank.
C17: The quantity NN,POL/DA/DE,,K as proposed in CP-E/002 is approved. See Action
A34 on the other polarization quantities.
C18: All angular correlations are coded as DA/CRL, and the existing codes with FY/CRL
and KE/CRL remain. The quantities proposed in Memo 4C-4/107 (WP 2001-7) are
accepted with COR replaced by DA/CRL. See also Action A35.
C19: The case outlined in WP 2001-8 should be coded PR/PAR,DA,G instead of
PAR/M-,DA,G.
C20: The new IAEA report codes proposed in WP 2001-9 are not adopted, the proposed
codes NEACRP-L- for the report NEANDC(E)-NEACRP-L, and PHCL for thejournal Physicalia were adopted. The code HIP has to be clarified (Action A36).
C21: For the coding of isobaric analog states the proposal 1 in Memo CP-C/281, which isequivalent to the proposal in Memo CP-C/264, is adopted (see WP 2001-11).
C22: As a temporary solution, the coding of pions as PIN+PIP+X in REACTION SF3 ispermitted (see memo CP-A/107, WP2001-12). However, in addition the coding of
PIN/PIP in SF7 is required.
The addition of pions to dictionary 27 is, at this time, not accepted (see, however,Action A37).

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C23: The code PI for unspecified pions will be added to EXFOR Dictionary 29.
C24: A new quantity, ds /dN (cross section differential by number of outgoing neutrons) (WP
2001-15) will be coded as SIG/DN. The independent variable is to be coded under theheading N-OUT.
C25: The new units for product yields proposed in WP 2001-14(Rev) are agreed. In addition
the unit MB/PRD (millibarns per product particle) is introduced for the quantity
proposed in WP 2001-15 (Conclusion C24).
C26: The new headings LVL-INI and LVL-FIN are introduced for those cases where theinitial and final levels are given as additional information but not as independent
variables (see WP 2001-16). (As independent variables, the existing headings E-LVLINI, E-LVL-FIN are to be used.)
C27: The quantity PRE,AP/DA,FF as proposed in memo CP-E/001 (WP2001-22) is
adopted.
Software development on relational database platforms
C28: It would be useful to have frequent meetings among the people involved in thecollaboration on the development of the nuclear reaction database and the associatedprograms. One meeting could be arranged as part or contiguous to the NRDC meeting.
For effective co-operation, a minimum of one additional working group meeting
annually is advisable. The means of arranging such a meeting should be investigated.

RECOMMENDATIONThe NRDC would like to stress the significance of the forthcoming Nuclear Data
Conference in Tsukuba to all members and their organisations. An invited paper, authored byrepresentatives of the four core centers will be presented at this conference. The talk will
explore the current and future services provided by the Nuclear Reaction Data Centers. It ishighly desirable that representatives from each of these core centers be present at theconference.
The NRDC also plan to have a stand at the conference for the demonstration of online
services and products available on CD-ROM, particularly EXFOR/CINDA/data plotting.
Appropriate staff are needed to allow fruitful use to be made of this opportunity to discuss its
services with nuclear data users, including experimentalists and evaluators.

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ACTIONS
GeneralA1:(All)

To inform the NDS of any documents in the IAEA-NDS series which
need to be made available online in PDF format.

A2:(Lammer)(old A5) To prepare the IAEA-NDS- document for the PC version(by Denschlag et al) of a program package by A.C.Wahl for
calculation of fission yield distributions.

A3:

(All)

(old A11) To send contributions on frequently askeds questions
regarding nuclear data issues to the NEA-DB who will then include
these as a link from the NRDC web page.

A4:(NEA-DB)(old A12) To provide a link from the NRDC page to the Network
document

A5:

All(old A13) To provide a link from their home page to the NRDC page

CINDA and CINDA2001
A6:

NEA-DBTo review the CINDA2001 quantity codes given in the new
dictionary 45 (see also Conclusion C1).

A7:

all CINDA centres: To complete table of WP2001-28 (Journals covered for CINDA)
and send it to Meinhart Lammer by 30 June 2001

A8:

NDS

To create working environment for area 4 CINDA database locatedat NDSA9:

CNDC

To compile Chinese experimental works (journals and conference
proceedings) for CINDA and send to NDS in Reader format.

EXFOR/CINDA Dictionary System
A10: AllTo propose revised format of Dictionary 27 (nuclides) well before thenext meeting. (The goal of the reform is to reduce the frequency of
updates of this dictionary while some automatic checking of thenuclides should remain possible).

A11: McLane

To update the EXFOR manual and LEXFOR sections dealing withchemical compounds with the proposed new oxide codes (WP200110).

A12: AllTo ensure that they can use the "wild cards" in Dictionary 36 (seeConclusion C9).

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A13: NDS

To remove the restrictions “for photonuclear data (only)” from all
dictionaries at their earliest convenience.

General EXFOR matters
A14: AllTo check/retransmit all entries included in the list of pending
retransmissions by McLane distributed at the 2001 NRDC meeting.

A15: Dunaeva(Old A29) To make a benchmark test of Chukreev's code TEST-EXF
vs. CHEX

A16: Tarkanyi(Old A30) To distribute updated list of references missing in EXFOR
obtained in the framework of the CRP on Medical Radioisotope
Production

A17: CPND centers(Old A31) To go through this list and communicate to Tarkanyi
which works from their area of responsibility they will compile.
Works not covered this way will then be free to be compiled byothers.

A18: NEA-DB,NDS(Old A32) To convert remaining 60000 and 70000 series entries toproper EXFOR entries of area 2 and 3.

A19: AllTo delete all entries of the 80000 series from their local EXFOR database.

A20: All(Old A33) In view of the poor statistics for EXFOR compilation ofrecent works, all centers should give higher priority to new works.

A21: McLane(Old A34) Send a memorandum of understanding about thecompilation responsibilities resulting from the agreement with
Phys.Rev.C to all participating centers.

A22: Dunaeva,
Chukreev(Old A35) To try to establish an agreement with the publisher ofYadernaya Fizika similar to that between NNDC and Phys. Rev C.

A23: Maev

To check with Varlamov on the status of the possible inclusion of
Blokhin’s compilation of emission spectra of photonuclear reactions
in EXFOR (follow-up to old A36).

A24: NDS

To make available the Word files of the EXFOR Systems Manual andthe LEXFOR Manual on their FTP site in an appropriate
subdirectory.

A25: AllTo send any comments on the above manuals to McLane before the30th June 2001.

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A26: McLane

To update the manuals accordingly and send to NDS for inclusion on
their FTP site prior to 31st August 2001.

A27: All interested

To contact Liam Costello in order to obtain access to the NDS
version of the CHEX code.

A28: Zerkin

To investigate providing a version of the DANIEL library for use
with the system-independent CHEX code, and to provide a versionof the code library which interfaces with the new dictionaries. The
subroutine names and calling parameters should remain unchanged.

A29

McLaneTo provide a platform-independent version of the CHEX code using
the system-independent library of dictionary subroutines resulting
from Action A28.

A30

ZerkinTo rerun the list of multiple appearances of main references in
EXFOR entries (WP 2001-20) taking into account superseded entries
and deleted entries with subentry 1 remaining in the file.

A31

All

To correct those entries found to have errors which are given in WP
2001-19 and the revised version of WP 2001-20.

A32

McLaneTo provide a list of data missing in EXFOR which is needed for theevaluation of alpha-alpha nuclei (that is nuclei with Z divisible by 2,
A divisible by 4, e.g. 20Ne, 24Mg, 28Si, 32S) for astrophysicalapplications.

A33

CPND centers

To respond to this list and communicate to McLane which works
from their area of responsibility they will compile.

EXFOR coding rules and dictionary changes
A34: McLane

To clarify the questions raised in WP2001-6 on proposed Polarization
quantities and update the proposed LEXFOR entry on Polarization.

A35: McLane

To look into all types of 'correlations' and provide a more detailed
LEXFOR entry and/or a new proposal.

A36: McLane

To clarify the code HIP proposed in Memo CP-D/278 (WP 2001-9).

A37: All

To consider and propose methods for coding fundamental particles in
SF4, in particular negatively charged ones, e.g. negative pions.

A38: Babykina

To send an example for the use of the code PART-OUT as proposed
in Memo CP-A/108 (WP 2001-13).

A39: McLane

To update the LEXFOR entry regarding the E-LVL headings, inparticular with respect to the new headings LVL-FIN, LVL-INI.
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P1
Status Report of the KAERI/NDEL
Jonghwa Chang(KAERI/NDEL, Taejon, Korea)
1. General
KAERI/NDEL has successfully finished a 4 year national nuclear R&D project, Establishment of
Nuclear Data System, and started a new 4 year project, Evaluation of Nuclear Data for Nuclear R&D
Projects.

2. Data Services
KAERI/NDEL is providing nuclear data on-line service targeting non-nuclear data experts.
statistics are as follows:
Item
1997
1998
1999
2000
Hits/year
316,096
468,458
908,138
Data retrieved/month
1,592
5,460
7,644
20,138IP/month
335
581
984
3,689

The

3. Experimental Facility
Three new facilities have been added for nuclear data measurement capability of Korea.
- E-Linac based TOF; 10.8 m, 60 MeV, 80 mA, 1.5 us, 12 Hz- Tandem VDG based n-source; 1.7 MV, 300 uA,- Cyclotron based Vacuum chamber; 50 MeV, (p,p’), etc

4. Future Evaluation Works
Main directions of nuclear data development on next 4 years are the Fission Products data forTransmutation, the data for Thorium cycle, the Photon-production data for in-core detector, and theIntermediate energy data for ADS.

5. Staff and Computers
KAERI/NDEL has 8 regular staffs, 2 post-doctor positions and 1 full time consultant scientist;- Evaluation: 6,- Multi-group library generation and benchmark: 3,- Data services: 1.
Computers;- A Cluster of Linux PCs for evaluation,- 4 HP desk side Workstations for the multi-group library ,- 1 Linux PC for internet web server, 1 Linux PC for backup.

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P2
Progress Report of the IAEA Nuclear Data Section
to the Consultants’Meetingon the Co-ordination of the Nuclear Reaction Data Centres (Technical Aspects)
prepared by V. Pronyaev, O. Schwerer, M. Lammer, V. Zerkin

The Report summarises the work done in the field of nuclear data at the
Nuclear Data Section of the IAEA (Web: http://www-nds.iaea.org/, e-mail:services@iaeand.iaea.org) for the period 1 May 2000 – 30 April 2001.

1.

GeneralA new programme of work was prepared for 2002 – 2003. It is based on a constantbudget and contains new medium-term and old long-term tasks. High priority is given to the data
centres co-ordination and data dissemination activity. If it approved, the budget will allow
maintain NDS staff and activity at the present level.
A new NDS Section Head should take up his duties in late summer 2001. The nuclear
data centre unit is facing new personnel changes in 2002 – 2003. These will concern the staff
dealing with CINDA, evaluated data checking and processing and data processing programs.
After Ms. Elisabeth Baumgartner has left the section, Ms. Andrea Scherbaum took over theduties as NDS secretary, and Ms. Rozanna Bojdo the duties of secretary of the Nuclear Data
Development Unit.

2.Data compilation

2.1.

CINDA

As a contribution to the new format and file ‘CINDA-2001’, a correspondence list between
CINDA quantities and EXFOR reaction codes has been produced. The new format and manual isbeing studied and comments will be presented at the meeting.
Currently, NDS is scanning over 40 journal titles received regularly in circulation and about
20 titles from on-line indexing services. These include 8 journals originating from area 1
countries, 20 from area 2 and 5 translation series, the rest originating from area 3 countries.
Since the last NRDC meeting, NDS has prepared and transmitted 5 CINDA batches(NDS029 to 033) containing altogether 1765 CINDA entries either in exchange format (area 3
entries) or reader format (for processing by other centers). There is no backlog in entries from29

current journal issues, but some backlog in the sublines for translation series and the coverage of
INDC reports.
CINDA 2000 was published as cumulative issue including literature published and data files
compiled/updated between 1988 and 2000. Recipients on the NDS distribution list for cost-freecopies of the CINDA 2000 book were also provided with a copy of the CD-CINDA 2000,
produced and supplied by the NEA-DB. NEA-DB and NDS decided to continue the cost free
distribution of the book and CD together and dropped the plan to ask recipients for a decision
between CD and book. NDS decided not to provide the CD for the sales of the CINDA book inorder to maintain the cost-free nature of the CD.

2.2.

EXFOR and Dictionaries

After a working version of the EXFOR database updating program CSIMER was
obtained and the dictionary maintenance programs DAN2X4 and MAKE_BACK were modified
at NDS (to take care of last year’s format change of the DANIEL dictionaries), a backlog inprocessing incoming TRANS files could be worked up and dictionary transmission 9077 was
implemented and distributed in spring 2001 (following dictionary transmission 9076 of Summer
2000).
Since last year’s meeting, 28 area 3 entries were compiled (including 16 new and 12
revised, the latter ones including some recompilations of incomplete old RIDER file entries). The
following TRANS files were distributed: 3106 (final version), 3107 (prelim. + final), 3108
(prelim.). Preliminary TRANS 3109 is expected to be released around the time of the 2001
NRDC meeting. There is a little backlog in area 3 EXFOR compilation for works published in
the reports and conference proceedings.

2.3.

Evaluated data libraries, files and data processing codes

New evaluated data libraries, files and data processing codes are advertised for
distribution to the NDS customers. Some of these products were obtained through the networkof co-operating centres, others comprise the results of the IAEA/NDS CRP projects. They
include:• IAEA Photonuclear Library;• Charged-Particle Cross Section Database for Medical Radioisotope Production;• FENDL/A in Pictures Presentation;• PREPRO2000: 2000 ENDF/B Pre-processing Codes;• Reference Neutron Activation Library (RNAL);• POINT2000: A temperature Dependent ENDF/B-VI, Release 7 Cross Section
Library.

3.

Data dissemination

A new general scheme of the NDS document and product distribution will be based on a“wish list” as selected by the customers from the topics of the NDS activity and modes of
distribution. The contents of ADLIST, the list of the NDS customer’s addresses and the
document distribution codes, are now under revision. Therefore, a questionnaire was distributed30

by mail and also placed on the NDS Web-site. The users are asked in the questionnaire to informthe NDS about their interest in the receiving our products and about changes in their addresses.
The registration of new users is also welcomed. Simultaneously the revision of the addresses in
ADLIST is done with the help of the data centres network.
All new products listed in 2.3. can be downloaded by users from the NDS Web site orreceived up on request on CD-ROMs. An updated version of EXFOR on CD-ROM was released
together with a new EXFOR/Access CD-ROM with enhanced search and retrieval capabilities
and built-in interactive graphic tools.
Two Nuclear Data Newsletters advertising new NDS products and services were
published and distributed as hardcopies and electronically. Twelve INDC NDS and countries’
reports were prepared and published as hardcopy and electronically, including the first fulltranslation from Russian to English of the Nuclear Constants (VANT, 2 (1999)) journal. We will
try to continue with the practise of full VANT translation. Seven new IAEA-NDS reports withthe description of new libraries, files and programs were prepared, and seventeen old reports ofthis series were converted into PDF format. Altogether, fifty-one of these reports are now
available electronically from our Web site. The others, more than hundred reports, are obsolete.
Updated EXFOR Basic, EXFOR System and LEXFOR are available electronically. The NRDC
network document was updated and the new NSDD network document was published. Threereports of the IAEA-TECDOC series with the results of IAEA/NDS CRPs were prepared andpublished. They will be made available electronically.
Statistics of accesses and retrievals from NDS and IPEN-mirror Web sites including thegeographical distribution of users are shown in Fig. 1. Some growth, mainly due to the openingof the access to new libraries, files, programs and documents, is evident. The absolute andrelative number of users from our service area shows a permanent increase. The number of data
retrievals through Telnet access to the NDIS system is now settled at the level of 1500 retrievals
per year. We distributed to our customers 2467 copies of reports and documents, including 1986
copies upon their requests and 625 CD-ROMs, including 446 CD-ROMs sent to their requests.

4.

Software development

The EXFOR CD-ROM relational database under ACCESS-97 was finalized with afurther improvement of the functionality, an acceleration of the data search, gathering statistics,
simplification of the installation procedure of the plotting utility, CD-ROM Start up utility. An
enhanced search facility on reaction products, including fission products specified only in datatable, was developed (April 2001 EXFOR/Access version).
The collaboration with other centres in the development of new approaches to the
nuclear database management and data dissemination was established.
A unified approach, independent from OS and DBMS platform, was developed. for PC,
local network and Internet based services. A test version of simplified but full-scale EXFOR
relational database was installed, tested and evaluated on several platforms.
The next version of ZVView, multiplatform interactive graphic package for nuclear data
presentation, was prepared and released.

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5.

Visits and inter-centres co-operation

The following visits, which contributed to the data centre co-operation, have been takenplace:• V. Zerkin (IAEA/NDS) to BNL/NNDC, 11 – 29 September 2000, participation in theWorkshop “Relational Databases for Nuclear Data” and common software development of
nuclear databases and services.
• W. Costello (IAEA/NDS) to BNL/NNDC, 11 – 15 September 2000, participation in theWorkshop “Relational Databases for Nuclear Data”.
• O. Schwerer (IAEA/NDS) to JCPRG, Hokkaido University, 29 September – 30 October
2000, conversion of data from NRDF to EXFOR format.
• T. Burrows (BNL/NNDC) to IAEA/NDS, 8 – 13 December 2000, enhancement of existingand installation of new Web retrieval procedures.
• D. Winchell (BNL/NNDC) to IAEA/NDS, 5 – 9 February 2001, development of techniques
for achieving greater platform independence of shared databases.
• Y. Ohbayashi (Meme Media Lab., Hokkaido University) to IAEA/NDS, 12 – 23 February,
2001, work on recent JCPRG EXFOR compilations, discussion of NRDF vs. EXFOR(translation, retrieval, statistics) and co-operation JCPRG – NDS.
• V. Zerkin (IAEA/NDS) to BNL/NNDC, 5 – 16 March 2001, design, development andtesting of CINDA/EXFOR/ENDF components of Nuclear Reaction Database (NRDB).
• Ms. V. McLane (BNL/NNDC) to IAEA/NDS, 21 – 25 May 2001, development of CINDA,
EXFOR, ENDF RDB and common dictionary system.

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Fig. 1. Statistics of accesses and retrievals from NDS and IPEN (NDS-mirror in Latin
America) Web sites.

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NATIONAL NUCLEAR DATA CENTER

Status Report to theConsultants' Meetingon Technical Aspects of Co-operationof the Nuclear Reaction Data Centers
21-23 May 2001
GeneralSince the last meeting of the Nuclear Reaction Data Centers in May 2000, we have hired a fulltime staff member to assist in the nuclear reaction data area; one staff member and one support
staff member will be retiring within the next year. There are currently 10 FTE
scientific/professional and four support staff. See Table I for list of visitors for this period. Also,
attached is a list of NNDC visits to other centers.
The NNDC and NPDC (Sarov) have submitted a joint grant proposal to the Civilian Research &Development Foundation (CRDF)1.
NNDC initiated a workshop on nuclear reaction physics and codes, which was prepared jointlywith LANL and LLNL, and was held in Santa Fe, April 10-11, 2001.

Nuclear Data Base Migration
In September the NNDC hosted a workshop for international collaborators to discuss issues
related to database migration and use of the relational database concept. It is expected that fullmigration will take four to five years. The proceedings have been issued2.
D. Winchell has begun development on the NSR database using Sybase Enterprise. The ADLIST
database has been converted to an RDB and installed in a Linux PC. Web-based Java retrievals
are being tested.
The preliminary design of the Nuclear Reaction Database has been completed by the Reaction
Database Design Team (V. McLane, V. Zerkin, S. Dunaeva), and is being sent out for comment.
The nuclear structure team at NNDC, led by T, Burrows, J. Tuli, and A. Sonzogni, has begun
investigating options for the nuclear structure databases. A preliminary ENSDF database using
Access is being tested.

Computer Facilities

1

Compilation and Evaluation of Alpha-Induced Nuclear Reaction Cross Sections for Astrophysics, submitted to
Civilian Research & Development Foundation, May 2001.
2
Workshop on Relational Database and Java Technologies for Nuclear Data , jointly sponsored by BNL and
NEA, report prepared by R. Arcilla, D. Winchell, Y. Sanborn (2001).

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The NNDC has recently installed a new ODS-5 disk on the VAX Alpha, which allows upper andlower case long file names. An Apache server has also been installed and is being tested.
A Linux operating system has been installed on two of our PCs, and Apache Tom Cat and theJava servlet JSP are also installed. WINDOWS2000 is also being tested on one of our PCs.

Bibliographies
The NSR compilation activity has continued. About 4,500 references have been entered in thepast year.
The CINDA compilation activity continues with respect to those references associated with theexperimental data compiled at the Center. In the period from June 2000 to May 2001, 4 CINDA
transmissions were sent (BNL163-166).

Experimental Nuclear Reaction Data
The NNDC continues to compile neutron and charged-particle reaction data produced in the U.
S. and Canada. In the period from June 2000 through May 2001, 6 neutron data transmission
tapes (TRANS 1289-1294) and 13 charged-particle transmission tapes (C041-C049, P003, T006T008) were sent containing new and corrected entries.
The contract with Oak Ridge to compile neutron total cross section data measured by J. Harvey
has been completed. All recoverable data has been received by NNDC and are being processedor have already been added to the CSISRS database.
The LEXFOR Manual has been updated; a preliminary copy has been distributed for proofreading.

Evaluated Nuclear Reaction Data
NNDC continues to coordinate the work of the Cross Section Evaluation Working Group.
ENDF/B-VI, Release 7, was distributed in June 2000. Version 6.12 of the ENDF Utility codes
was also distributed in April 2001. The ENDF-102 Data Formats and Procedures Manual3 hasbeen updated and is available on the NNDC Web site.
Pavel Oblozinsky has continued the cooperation with KAERI on fission product evaluations,focusing on the fast neutron energy range. Thirteen preliminary evaluations have been completed.
Collaboration with LANL and IAEA NDS on the development of a modular code for nuclear
reaction data evaluations was initiated. The pre-equilibrium Monte Carlo code HMS wasextended to account for angular momentum conservation, of importance for modeling isomer anddiscrete gamma-ray production. The modular code Empire was extended by adding a module
based on the exciton model code DEGAS, motivated by the need to handle direct/semi-direct
capture in the fast neutron energy region.

3

V. McLane, Ed., ENDF-102 Data Formats and Procedures Manual, BNL report BNL-NCS-44945-01/04-Rev.
(April 2001).

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Nuclear Structure Data
NNDC continues to publish the Nuclear Data Sheets. As of April 2001, issues through Volume
95, #4 have been sent to Academic Press.
The experimental nuclear structure and decay data database (XUNDL) now contains more than
635 data sets for 513 nuclides.
The ENSDF Manual4 has been revised and is available on the NNDC Web site.

Customer Services
The number of online retrievals continues to increase, primarily due to the availability of mostdatabases on the Web. There are now about 900 customer accounts for the Online Service with
about 1,000 users. There are about 20,000 retrievals per month from the combined Online
Service, Web site, and anonymous ftp. A chart of online retrievals is attached.
Links to Nuclear Physics Electronic Link Manager were added to CINDA, CSISRS, and NSRHTML retrievals; links to the APS Link Manager were extended back to 1970.

4

J.K. Tuli, Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File – A Manual for Preparation of Data Sets, BNL report BNLNCS-51855-01/02-Rev. (February 2001).

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Table I.
Visitors to NNDC from June 1996 to May 1998
VisitorViktor Zerkin
Sophie Taova
Andre Grebennikov
Svetlana Dunaeva
Yong-Deok Lee
Viktor Zerkin
Mike Hermann

Host
D. Winchell
V. McLane
D. Winchell
D. Winchell
V. McLane
P. Oblozinsky
V. McLane
P. Oblozinsky

Duration
2 weeks

Topic
Nuclear reaction relational databases

1 week
1 week10 weeks
3 months
2 weeks
1 weekEvaluation programs
Evaluation programs
Neutron reaction data compilation
Fission product nuclei evaluation
Nuclear Reaction Database, ZVView
EMPIRE-2 improvements

Table II.
Visits by NNDC Personnel to Other Centers
Staff Member
Victoria McLane
Thomas Burrows
David Winchell
Victoria McLane

Host
NPDC, Sarov
IAEA/NDS
IAEA/NDS
IAEA/NDS

Duration
1 week
1 week2 weeks
1 week38

Topic
ICTP project
Web and EXFOR services
Database migration strategies
Nuclear reaction database design

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P4
CHARGED PARTICLE NUCLEAR DATA GROUP,
Institute of Nuclear Research,
Debrecen, Hungary
S. Takács, F. Tárkányi, F. Szelecsényi, F. Ditrói, A. Fenyvesi

Progress Report to theConsultants’ Meetingon Technical Aspects of Co-operationof the Nuclear Reaction Data Centres
28 - 30 May 2001

GeneralThe Debrecen Nuclear Data Group is working within the Cyclotron Department of theInstitute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI). The group isdealing with charged particle induced nuclear reaction cross section data measurement,
compilation, evaluation and practical application in low and medium energy range. The
experimental work and the compilations are carried out in international collaborations withdifferent cyclotron laboratories (INC, FZ Jülich, Germany, VUB Brussels, Belgium, Turku
PET Center, Finland, Tohoku University, Japan). We have also connections with theoreticalgroups in Russia, IPPE, Obninsk, and China, CNDC, Bejing.

Recent Progress
We have continued the experimental determination of cross sections data and yieldmeasurements for charged particle induced nuclear reactions, as well as the compilation and thecritical comparison of several selected processes used for production of medically importantradioisotopes, for monitoring charged particle beams and for thin layer activation
measurements.
Since the last meeting first priority was given to the final preparation of the TECDOC
of an evaluated Reference Database for medical isotope production and monitoring lightcharged particle beams. The work was co-ordinated by the Agency as a CRP under the title of"Development of reference charged particle cross section database for medical radioisotope
production". In this final stage the manuscript was completed with all the figures and datatables. The database contains 22 monitor reactions to monitor the beam parameters of p, d, 3He
and α bombarding particles, 16 reactions to produce single gamma emitter diagnostic
radioisotopes and 10 reactions for production of the most commonly used PET isotopes.
The project included 7 laboratories among them our group. The Debrecen group took asignificant part in the CRP, regarding the compilation of the experimental data, the connected41

new experiments and finally the preparation of the technical document. The manuscript wascompleted in the second half of the last year. An online version of the TECDOC also wascreated and placed on the IAEA Web server under the http://www-nds.iaea.or.at/medical/
address. The web version still needs some final adjustments.
Further conclusion and remarks on the CRP• A significant effort was done to produce the database, but in case of some reactions thequality of the result is still requires some adjusting.
• The program and the number of the evaluated reactions were too ambitious for theavailable limited time, therefore some corrections are needed at some parts of the database.
• In general, most cases the status of the experimental data of the charged particle induced
reactions was poor. To produce more reliable recommended data set deep analysis of theavailable experimental data is required and/or additional experiment is still needed under awell-defined condition.
• In case of some reactions no recommended data was given. Further work is required.
• It was found that a significant part of the experimental data still not compiled in the
EXFOR format.
• It was practically impossible to use the results of the model codes to produce
recommended data.
Recommendation for additional work regarding the CRP:
• It is essential to collect new experimental data in case of several reactions.
• The quality of the recommended data can be improved significantly by a new evaluation
process including the new experimental data gathered since the compilation process was
closed.
• We recommend an immediate continuation of the evaluation process since at this time thecorrection of the presented results to get better quality data requires only moderate
additional effort. After a longer period of time it is not a correction work anymore but acomplete new evaluation that means much more effort and requires more manpower too.
• At this stage the correction process requires only limited number of participants. It would
be enough the joint work of one experimental and one theoretical group.

Compilation in EXFOR format
The Debrecen CP Nuclear Data Group are collecting and compiling charged particle
experimental cross section data measured in Debrecen and Jülich.
In the last year this activity was temporary suspended, due to the overload by the program of
CRP. After completing the Medical Isotope Reference Database, the compilation work was
restarted again in this year. One TRANS was completed by this time. The missing works from
Debrecen and Jülich will be compiled soon.

Nuclear data services

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The group continue to distribute compiled experimental charged particle data at low a
medium energies for special request, needed mainly on non-energy related applications(medical isotope production, TLA, etc).
Staff
The staff consists of five physicists, working in different application areas at the
Debrecen cyclotron. They can work only in-part time in different percentage on datacompilations and other related work. The main problem is the lack of technical support, fordata input and to check the compiled data.

Planned new measurements to complete the available charged particle data
In collaboration with other laboratories we participate in a systematic study and measurementsof CP cross sections data in low and medium energy range. The reactions are selected on thebasis of the every day practice and requirements of the collaborating laboratories, and on the
problems arising during compilation and evaluation of the available data. We plan to investigate
the following processes and areas:• Production of radioisotopes for medical diagnostic.
• Production of radioisotopes for therapy.
• Commonly used reactions for thin layer activation technique.
• Intercomparison of commonly used monitor reactions.
• Confirmation of the experimental data measured by Levkovski.
• We continue to work on the problems related to the Reference Database for medical isotope
production and monitoring light charged particle beams.
• As part of the CRP all the references included in the project will be reviewed again to select theworks still are not compiled in EXFOR format.
• We continue to compile new entries in EXFOR from the papers published by the INC,
Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany, and Institute of Nuclear Research, Debrecen,
Hungary.

Address

Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences,(ATOMKI)
Bem tér 18/c, Debrecen, H-4026, Hungary
Tel.: +36 52 417-266
Fax.: +36 52 416 181
E-mail:E-mail:Ferenc Tárkányi:Sándor Takács:

tarkanyi@atomki.hu
takacs-s@atomki.hus.takacs@atomki.hu

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Publications of 2000-2001
The new experimental cross section and yield data measured by our group were
published in different papers and presented at different conferences. Here we give the list of
publications appeared in the last two years. Several other works are under preparation forpresentation at conferences will be held this year or for publication in a scientific journal.
S. Takács, F. Szelecsényi, F. Tárkányi, M. Sonck, A. Hermanne, Yu. Shubin, A. Dityuk, M.G.
Mustafa and Zhuang Youxiang: New cross-sections and intercomparison of deuteron monitor
reactions on Al, Ti, Fe, Ni and Cu.
NIM B 174 (2001) 235-258
F. Szelecsényi, F. Tárkányi, S. Takács, A. Hermanne, M. Sonck, Yu. Shubin, M.G. Mustafa
and Zhuang Youxiang: Excitation function for the natTi(p,x)48V nuclear process: Evaluationand new measurement for practical applications
NIM B 174 (2001) 47-64
F. Szelecsényi, S. Takács, F. Tárkányi, M. Sonck, A. Hermanne: New cross section data on
natTi(p,x)48V nuclear process: Monitoring of proton beam and production of 48V.
Synthesis and applications of isotopically labelled compounds. Vol. 7.: Proceedings of theSeventh International Symposium, Dresden, Germany, 18-22 June 2000. Eds: Ulrich Pleiss andRolf Voges. Chichester, etc., John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. (2001)45.
A. Hermanne, M. Sonck, S. Takács. and F. Tárkányi: Monitoring of proton beams: apractical application of an Evaluated Charged Particle Database. NIM B (accepted)
F. Ditrói, F. Tárkányi, M.A. Ali, L. Andó, S-J. Heselius, Yu. Shubin, Zhuang Youxiang, M.G.
Mustafa: Investigation of 3He-induced reactions on natural Ti for nuclear analytical andradionuclid production purposes., NIM B 168 (2000) 337-346.
F. Tárkányi, F. Szelecsényi, S. Takács, A. Hermanne, M. Sonck, A. Thielemans, M.G.
Mustafa, Yu. Shubin N. and Z. Youxiang: New experimental data, compilation and evaluation
for the natCu(α,x)66Ga, natCu(α,x)67Ga and natCu(α,x)65Zn monitor.
NIM B 168 (2000)144-168
A. Hermanne, M. Sonck, S. Takács, F. Tárkányi: Experimental study of excitation functions
for some reactions induced by deuterons (10-50 MeV) on natural Fe and Ti.
NIM B 161 (2000) 178-185.
R. Dóczi, S. Takács, F. Tárkányi, B. Scholten, S.M. Qaim: Possibility of production of 81Rb
via the 80Kr(d,n) reaction at a small cyclotron. Radiochimica Acta 88 (2000)135.

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Center of Nuclear-Physics Data (CNPD) RFNC-VNIIEF.
Status report to the IAEA Advisory Group Meeting, May 28-30, 2001.
S.A.Dunaeva
Russian Federal Nuclear Center - VNIIEF.
Russia, 607190,Sarov, Nizhnij Novgorod region, pr. Mira 37
Compilation.
We continue the correction and translation to the EXFOR format of our experimental
data and the compilation of the new experimental data. Now we prepare for EXFOR library
our experimental data on boron that will be reported in October 2001 on the International
Conference in Japan (“Nuclear data and Technology”). We also, compile experimental data incollaboration with NNDC and CJD.
Experimental data compilation and checking have been made using the VMS operating
system with the help of NNDC software.
Collaboration.
We worked in collaboration with the NNDC during two months. Charged particle datafrom the “Nuclear Physics” have been scanned (1980 - 2000) and compiled. These data havebeen compiled with the new identifier - “T”.
In collaboration with BBDC we prepared a project to CRDF. The results of our efforts
will be clear up in November 2001.
Software.
In collaboration with NNDC and IAEA we take part in the discussion about the
migration strategy for existing databases.
Now we develop new SaBa’s interface, include to it new nuclei (up to Fluorine) andthermonuclear reaction rates calculations. The results of this work we’ll present in October
2001 on the International Conference in Japan (“Nuclear data and Technology”).
Evaluation activity.
The evaluation activity was stimulated by participation of the CNPD staff in someinternational projects.
In collaboration with CJD we worked on the ISTC #731 project that was fulfilled. In theframe of this work the following results were achieved:q
New spectra and cross section measurements of γ
-production on inelastic 14.3 MeV
neutron scattering were performed. There were used wide range of construction
materials and liquid-metal carries. There were investigated 28 nuclei. These data
were established with such uncertainties (10% for the most nuclei) that they may be
used as the standard data for creation evaluated libraries for thermonuclear
applications.
q
New experimental data were compared with the data from the literature and fromEXFOR and ENDF libraries;q
Results of the experiments were compiled into EXFOR in collaboration with CJD.

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In the frame of work on the ISTC #731 project we have performed new experiments andprepared adopted data for neutron-gamma-production cross-sections on 28 nuclei.
According to the ISTC #1145 project we develop the evaluated nuclear library fortransmutation (TENDL).
103 isotopes including 4 effective fission fragments from the following world libraries
of evaluated constants ( ENDF/B-IV, ENDL-82, JENDL-3, CENDL-2, BROND-2) wereinvolved into the current version of TENDL library.
The methods and criteria of data selection, the content of TENDL library andfunctional potentialities of the special program shell are described in the report that will be alsopresented in October 2001 on the International Conference in Japan (“Nuclear data andTechnology”).

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PROGRESS REPORT
to NRDC Meeting ( 28 - 30 May 2001, Vienna )V.N.Manokhin, S.A.Maev
Russia’s Nuclear Data Center (CJD, IPPE, Obninsk )Introduction.
In CJD during the period passed after previous Meeting the current work continued
concerning EXFOR compilation and fulfillment of NRDC-2000 Recommendations andActions. Much efforts were applied for restoring CJD Web page and guarantee access to it
from the users. Evaluation works were also in process. The details are given below.
CINDA and EXFOR activity. Compilation into EXFOR continues on ste ady level. Since
March 2000 up to April 2001 four TRANS tapes (4119 - 4122) containing 69 Entries (24 new, 45 - corrected) were prepared and sent to other centers. 25 new EXFOR Entries werecompiled.
Unfortunately some technical problems did not permit us to send CINDA Entries during
long period of time. We hope to eliminate this backlog this year and to continue compilation
into CINDA on the steady level as well.
EVALUATED DATA. An analysis and evaluation are made for the threshold reactions crosssections leading to production of the long-lived radioactive nuclides on the irradiation of steel
by thermonuclear neutron spectrum. Fifty excitation functions were evaluated. Many of them
are considerably different from available evaluations of other libraries.
During two years, together with JAERI, comparative analysis was performed of (n,2n) and(n,3n) reactions for 150 fission products from available evaluated data libraries. The result ofanalysis will be published this year. The joint work on consistent evaluation of some (n,2n) and(n,np) excitation functions for even-even isotopes was made on the basis o f empirical systematics.
Together with the specialists from Sarov the work was completed on evaluation of the
spec-tra and production cross sections of gamma-rays in inelastic interactions of 14-Mev
neutrons
with the number of nuclei: Li-6, Li-7, Al, Ti, Cr, Fe, Cu, Pb, Bi, U-235.
CJD continues the work on evaluation of neutron data for minor actinides. This year Am242m will be evaluated, and Np-237, Am-241, Am-243, Cm-243, Cm-244 will be tested andimproved.
Full file of Bi was prepared. Full files for Pb isotopes are in process of preparation.
There exist a plan to analyze full files for isotopes of Cr, Fe, Ni from existing evaluated datalibraries, to select more reliable cross sections, and to create improved files for these isotopes.
At the present time the analysis and the new evaluations are being made for th resholdreactions excitation functions.
Together with the Theoretical Department of our Division the work is in progress on thedetermination of uncertainties of existing evaluated data and development of covariancematrices for some important isotopes.
Some efforts are applied to revise the threshold reactions data from FENDL/A-2.

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CUSTOMER SERVICE. Our WWW-site on PC was restored,and the access to it was
improved. Some important papers in English, published in Nuclear Constants (=YK) will beinserted.
On the relational data base platform the interface code was developed for access to the
CINDA and EXFOR data on PC.

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Relational Nuclear Databases
upon the MSU INP CDFE Web-site
and Nuclear Data Centres Network CDFE Activities
I.N.Boboshin, V.V.Varlamov, E.M.Ivanov, S.V.Ivanov, N.N.Peskov,
M.E.Stepanov, V.V.Chesnokov
Progress Reportto the IAEA Technical NRDC Meeting (28 - 30 May 2001, Vienna)

This report contains the only short review of the works carried out by the CDFE concern the
IAEA Nuclear Reaction Data Centres Network activities for the period of time from the IAEA
Advisory Group Meeting (15 - 19 May 2000, Obninsk, Russia) till May 2001 and the description of
the main results obtained.
1.
The new CDFE EXFOR TRANS M030 has been produced and transmitted to the IAEA
NDS. The TRANS contains (Annex 1) 10 retransmitted and 11 new (M0613 - M0623) ENTRYs
with 150 data SUBENTs.
2.
The CDFE photonuclear databases have been put upon the Web-site(http://depni.npi.msu.su/cdfe) before were upgraded significantly by adding a new data andsoftware improvement:•

the “1999” part was added to the “Photonuclear Data Index”; the 2000 “part” is inprocessing; as whole the “Photonuclear Data Index 1955 -1999” database was added
by a number of entries from /1/;•

in addition to the former data collection of the CDFE database "Giant Dipole
Resonance Parameters" 180 new entries and 150 new reaction cross sections wereadded; the last database version includes now altogether 1710 entries and 1230 various
photonuclear reaction cross section EXFOR data sets available in forms of both tableand graph;•

the new CDFE Web-site Search Engines were produced using the Linux MySQL
database management system (DBMS) instead of former hypertext data presentations
for the following databases (the correspondent search forms are presented in Annexes 2
– 4):
•
•
•

"Giant Dipole Resonance Parameters. Photonuclear Reaction Cross Sections";“Photonuclear Data Index 1955 -1999”;“CAJAD Charge Particle Reaction Cross Section Catalogue”.

3.
Using the MySQL Data Base Management System (Linux) two new relational databases“Nucleus Ground State Parameters” and “Nuclear Reaction Database (EXFOR)” weredeveloped:•“Nucleus Ground State Parameters” database was produced (Annexes 5, 6) for all
known stable and radioactive nuclei using several well known sources /2, 3/ of nucleus
parameters information and new CDFE data /4/ for first isobar analogue state energies
includes the following data:
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•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

nucleus Z and A numbers;
T1/2 or Γ or Abundance /2, 3/;
spin-parity Jπ /2/;
atomic mass M (with correspondent uncertainty) /3/;
mass excess M-A (with correspondent uncertainty) /3/;
nucleus binding energy (with correspondent uncertainty) /3/;
nucleus ground state isospin (N-Z) /2 value;
first isobar analogue T>-state energy /4/ (Annex 7);
nucleus dipole and quadrupole moments /5/;

“Nuclear Reaction Database (EXFOR)” database was produced (test version isavailable now); Search Engine (Annex 8) gives to one the possibility to find thefollowing data from the complete international EXFOR charge particle and photonuclear
reaction data fund (the possibility to add the neutron reaction data fund exists and is underdiscussion now):
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Target Nucleus (REACTION SF1);
Incident Particle (REACTION SF2);
Inc-Source;
Outgoing Particle/Process (REACTION SF3)
Product nucleus (REACTION SF4);
Quantity (REACTION SF5 - SF9);
Energy/Angle range;
Method;Facility;
Detector;
Status;Reference;
Author;Institute.

4.

The “Relational Nuclear Spectroscopy Database NESSY” (New ENSDF Search
SYstem) has been put upon the CDFE Web-site before. The main advantages of the NESSY PC
version search system /6/ are the following:•

configuration on both search conditions and output information is not limited;•

automatic formation of tables containing the search parameters can be included into thecommon query configuration:• Query_1 (ENSDF) ⇒ Result_1,• Query_2 (Result_1) ⇒ Result_2,• and so on;•requests are posed by means of both values and the relations between them;•Arithmetical and other operations over searched values are possible.
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The method of the realisation of the advantages mentioned above has been the using of
so-called bank of standard requests /6/. Several new standard requests were realised for the NESSY
Internet version /7/ during the period reviewed.
The following searches are available now:•“Show Levels”.
This query allows one to search the levels of any number of nuclei using several criteria.

•“Show Decay Modes”.
This query shows to one the scheme of decay modes for the selected nucleus.

•“Show Levels and Gammas”.
This query shows to one the scheme of gamma-transitions between the levels of selectednucleus.
•“Show Scheme of Levels”.
This query shows to one the scheme of levels of selected nucleus.

•“Show Levels with Equivalent Energies”.
This query allows one to search the various nuclear levels with energies equivalent toentered.

References
1.
2.
3.
4.

5.
6.
7.

E.G.Fuller, H.Gerstenberg. Photonuclear Data - Abstracts Sheets 1955 - 1982. NBSIR 832742. U.S.A. National Bureau of Standards, 1986.
G.Audi, A.H.Wapstra. The 1995 Update to the Atomic Mass Evaluation. Nucl.Phys.,
A595 (1995) 409.
J.K.Tuli. Nuclear Wallet Cards (Sixth Edition), U.S.A. Brookhaven National Laboratory
National Nuclear Data Center, January 2000.
I.N.Boboshin, B.S.Ishkhanov, V.V.Varlamov. Energy of the first T>–isospin Nuclear
State New Formula. International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science andTechnology. Embracing the Future at the Beginning of the 21st Century (October 7 - 12,2001). Tsukuba, Japan, JAERI (submitted Abstract N50, Annex 7).
N.Stone. Table of New Nuclear Moments. 1997 Preprint (A revision of the Table of
Nuclear Moments by P. Raghavan (Atomic Data Nuclear Data Tables 42, 189 (1989))).
I.N.Boboshin, V.V.Varlamov. The New ENSDF Search System NESSY: IBM/PC
Nuclear Spectroscopy Data Base. Nucl.Instr. and Meth., A369 (1996) 113 - 119.
I.N.Boboshin, V.V.Varlamov, E.M.Ivanov. The CDFE Relational Nuclear Spectroscopy
Data Base NESSY in Internet. Report on the IAEA Advisory Group Meeting on Networkof Nuclear Reaction Data Centres (15 - 19 May 2000, Obninsk, Russia). INDC(NDS)418, IAEA NDS, Vienna, Austria, 2000, pp. 142 - 143.

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Annex 1.
The CDFE EXFOR TRANS M030 contents (corrected old and new ENTRYs)

ENTRY’s Number
M0043
M0045
M0166
M0296
M0397
M0428
M0431
M0434
M0539
M0598
M0613
M0614
M0615
M0616
M0617
M0618
M0619
M0620
M0621
M0622
M0623
Total: 21

Amount of DATA TABLEs
26
24
2
2
7
11
3
2
10
4
2
6
5
5
2
10
12
3
3
3
9
Total: 150

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Annex 2.
The search form for the relational database“Photonuclear Data Index 1955 -1999”

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Annex 3.
The search form for the relational database"Giant Dipole Resonance Parameters. Photonuclear Reaction Cross Sections"54Annex 4.
The search form for the relational database“CAJAD Charge Particle Reaction Cross Section Catalogue”

Annex 5.
The new relational database “Nucleus Ground State Parameters”(Berilium isotopes part example)

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Annex 6.
The search form for the relational database“Nucleus Ground State Parameters”
56Annex 7.
The T>-state energy values
for the new relational database “Nucleus Ground State Parameters”
ENERGY OF THE FIRST T>–ISOSPIN NUCLEAR STATE NEW FORMULA

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I.N.Boboshin, B.S.Ishkhanov, V.V.Varlamov
D.V.Skobeltsyn Nuclear Physics Institute, M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University
119899 Moscow, Russia
In the frame of nuclear physics isobaric state formalism the lowest isobar-analog state (isospin
T>= N−Z /2+1) energy value is very important parameter for many research concerned to various nuclear
processes (giant dipole resonance decay, various nuclear reaction mechanisms, etc.). But there is evident
lack of such information in the modern databases. For example the Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File
(ENSDF) /2, 3/ contains these values for slightly more than 100 nuclei. Therefore a formula for the first
T>−isospin state energy value calculation is very actual. As a rule a well-known semi-empirical formula /1/
is usedE = Ebe(N, Z) – Ebe(N + 1, Z − 1) + 1.444⋅(Z − 1/2) / A1/3 − 1.131, MeV
where Ebe(N, Z) and Ebe(N + 1, Z − 1) are the correspondent nucleus binding energy values (in MeV).
The check of this formula was carried out using the T>−isospin state energy experimental data fromthe ENSDF modern version for 118 nuclei from 6Li to 61Zn. It was found out that above formula describes
correctly the T>−isospin state energy values only for nuclei with N > Z. The disagreements between
experimental and calculated values for other nuclei are too high, for example, −274.95 keV instead of12255.00 keV for 15O, 100.44 keV instead of 11192.90 keV for 17F, and −9348.88 keV instead of
5900.00 keV for 28P.
For improving the situation it was proposed that for nuclei with N ≤ Z the formula must bechanged. Using the symmetry assumptions it was shown that the following two formulae must be usedinstead of the above one:
E = Ebe(N, Z) – Ebe(N + 1, Z − 1) + 1.484⋅(Z − 1/2) / A1/3 − 1.293, MeV
for N > Z,
E = Ebe(N, Z) – Ebe(N − 1, Z + 1) − 1.484⋅(Z + 1/2) / A1/3 + 1.293, MeV
for N ≤ Z.
Instead of above formula second parameter 1.131 the neutron-proton mass difference 1.293 MeV
parameter was used: the formula term concerned described the isospin symmetry violation. After that the
new value of the formulae first parameter (1.484 instead of 1.444) was obtained using the variation of
formulae for the same accuracy obtaining.
The averaged disagreement ∆ = 0.107 MeV between estimations calculated using proposed two new
formulae and experimental ENSDF data has been obtained for 116 nuclei from 118 investigated. The only
two exceptions for 15O (∆ = 1.40 MeV) and 26Mg (∆ = 5.04 MeV) have been found out. Both items could beinterpreted as results of possible mistakes in the ENSDF. The point is that the spins of states underdiscussion are not in accordance with the spins of the ground states of the correspondent isobar−analog
nuclei. It looks like that in the ENSDF for both nuclei mentioned above the data are presented for not firstbut second T>−isospin states.
The T>−isospin state energy data calculated for 2560 nuclides using above formulae are available now
at the MSU INP CDFE Web-site (http://depni.npi.msu.su/cdfe).
The Grant N 99-07-90015 of Russian Foundation for Basic Research.
1. J.D.Anderson, C.Wong, V.MacClare. Phys.Rev., 138 (1965) B615.
2. T.W.Burrows. Nucl.Instr. & Meth., A286 (1990) 5953.
3. J.K.Tuli. National Nuclear Data Center, Brookhaven
BNL−NCS−51655−Rev. 87. 1987.

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The search form for the relational database“Nuclear Reaction Database (EXFOR)”58

Laboratory.

ReportAnnex 8 (continuation 1).
The search form for the relational database“Nuclear Reaction Database (EXFOR)”(continuation 1)
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Annex 8 (continuation 2).
The search form for the relational database“Nuclear Reaction Database (EXFOR)”(continuation 2)
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Ukrainian Nuclear Data Centre
Status report to the Consultants' Meeting on
Co-ordination of the Nuclear Reaction Data Centres(Technical Aspects)
Vienna, 28-30 May, 2001
O.O.Gritzay
Scientific Center “Institute for Nuclear Research
Prospekt Nauky, 47, Kyiv, Ukraine, 03680
Compilation
We continue collection and compilation of new experimental data published in Ukrainian printed
sources. As soon as they are ready, they are sent to NDS IAEA to be included to EXFOR library.
Collaboration♦

We continue our collaboration with Slavutych Laboratory (SLIRT) in scientific support ofSlavutych Nuclear Data Bank and its users. In frame of this activity the teaching course “Theuse of code NJOY 91/97”(72 hours) was lectured at this laboratory in September 2000.

♦

The active work under the joint project supported by STCU #1648 Development and supportof Nuclear Data Base in Slavutych for decommissioning of Chornobyl NPP reactor units will
be started this year soon (the period 2001-2004).

♦

The teaching course “Nuclear Data for Science and Technology ” was lectured in 2000-2001
for graduate course students of Kyiv University, Physical Department. This course included
the following items:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

♦

ENDF/B libraries
EXROR system
ENSDF library
The use of PREPRO codes in the work with ENDF libraries
The Network of Nuclear Data Centers and the use of on-line services

During 2000-2001 the data for users requests were prepared and adapted (from ENDF,
ENSDF and EXFOR libraries) for our institute researchers and from other institutes.

Preparation of Guide for Reactor Dosimetry♦

The work on Neutron Exitation Function Guide for Reactor Dosimetry was done and it isclose to end. The list of included reactions is enclosed in Appendix. Each reaction is provided
with information file and several graphic functions (from one to nine). Graphics are presented
using the code ZVV 9.2 as PS-files. For each reaction in Dosimetry file the excitation
functions from ENDF/B formatted libraries are presented. For reactions (n,γ) and (n,f) the
resonance area is presented in group-form as in SAND II structure. To facilitate the analysis
of discrepances in data from different libraries there are presented the 10, 50 and 90%
responce functions and cross sections averaged over U-235 thermal neutron fission spectrum
and Cf-252 spontaneous fission spectrum in Tables. Experimental data and short information
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P9
PROGRESS REPORT
to 2001 NRDC Meeting on Technical Aspects of Co-operation
ZHUANG Youxiang
CHINA NUCLEAR DATA CENTER (CNDC)
I. General Situation
The first half of 2001, Drs. Zhou Chunmei and Liu Tingjin wereretired, and the second half Dr. Shen Qingbiao will be retired; next year
Dr. Yu Baosheng will be also retired. That time CNDC will bebasically in the younger generation.
II. Evaluation
China Evaluated Nuclear Data Library, version 3 (CENDL-3) wereaccomplished in 2000.
CENDL-3 contains about 206 nuclides. Among them, the data of
161 nuclei will be newly or reevaluated:(1) Fissile nuclei 15 (233~239U, 237Np, 238~242Pu, 241, 242Am)(2) Structure material nuclei 34(Natural elements Ni, Cu, Zr, Hf, Pb and their isotopes, 23Na, NatSi)(3) Light nuclei 3 (6, 7Li, 9Be)
(4) Fission product nuclei 109(For example, 85, 87Rb, 136, 138, 140~144Ce, 151, 153, 154, 155Eu… … )The files 1~4, 6, 12~15 are included in important nuclides (major
fissile nuclide, structure materials and light nuclide), only files 1~5 aregiven for minor fissile and fission product nuclides. The data forstructure materials are given for both natural element and their all
isotopes. The double differential cross sections (file 6) for light nuclei
were calculated with code LUNF and represent experimental data well.
The benchmark testing for CENDL-3 is being carried out. Several
problems in physics and format have been found on major fissile
nuclides, and are being improved.

III. CINDA and EXFOR Compilation
1. CINDA
118 entries were compiled from the works in “communication of
Nuclear Data Progress” in 1999~2000.
2. EXFORTwo young staffs of CNDC have started the EXFOR compilation,and fished 16 entries measured in China.

IV. Publication<<Communication of Nuclear Data Progress>>(CNDP) has been
published for 24 issues by CNDC and Atomic Energy Press science
1989, and it (350 books/each issue) has also been distributed by IAEA
nuclear data section as an INDC document.
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V. Activities and Cooperation during 2000
1. Meeting Hold in China
1) “The Working Meeting on Fission Nuclei”, Mar. 6~8, Beijing;
2) “The Standing Committee Meeting of China Nuclear Data
Committee, Aug. 4, Beijing;
3) “The Working Meeting of Multi-group Constant andBenchmark Test”, Aug. 23~28, Nanchang;
4) “The Working Meeting on Nuclear Data Measurement”,
Nov. 27~Dec, 2, Kunming

2. Foreign Scientists Visited in CNDC
Dr. Charles Dunford, NNDC, USA, Jun. 25~29;
Dr. Tokio Fukahori, JAERI, Japan, Sep. 3~10.

3. Staffs of CNDC Worked or Visited in Foreign Country
Han Yinlu worked in KAERI, Oct. 10, 1998~Apr. 7, 2000;
Rong Jian works in JAERI on Aug. 1, 2000, for one year;
Zhuang Youxiang, Zhou Chunmei and Huang Xiaolong
visited the Central Research Institute of Management, Economics
andInformation, Moscow, Russia, Oct. 2~10, 2000.

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P11
ACTIVITY OF CAJAD
for theConsultants' Meeting on the Co-ordination of Nuclear Reaction Data Centres(Technical Aspects), Vienna, 28-30 May 2001

S. Babykina
Nuclear Structure and Reaction Data Centre
Kurchatov's Institute, Moscow

Our Exfor activity had two main directions:
1. Compilation A-Library
After the last meeting in 2000, we prepared A048 and A049
Transes - The Trans contains monitor reaction data, astrophysical data
2. Team-work with NEA DATA-BANK
During the year 2000, 100 entries were prepared and included in O-library
These entries contain differential data for elastic and inelastic scattering andproduction cross section radioactive and stable isotopes. This work is orientatedfor nuclear wastes transformation and medical applications.
3. The Data Base
The data base has been prepared at the CDFE using the charge particle reaction
catalogue data file produced by CAJAD. This data base is the first experience ofthe reaction index preparation using the problem-oriented retrieval from the charge
particle reaction cross sections part of the international EXFOR nuclear data library.
The data for stable and radioactive final nuclei production reactionas are included.
Numerical data from EXFOR SUBENT DATA tables are available for all catalogue
cross sections. Many of the selected cross sections can be obtained in graphical
form.

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P12
NEA Data Bank Report to the NRDC, Vienna, 28-30 May 2001
Introduction
The Data Bank continues to have its full staff level of two professionals working on Nuclear Data
topics, namely Dr Mark Kellett and Dr Ali Nouri.
Experimental (EXFOR) and Bibliographic (CINDA) data compilation
A total of 70 EXFOR entries for neutron induced experiments, were compiled and transmitted tothe other data centres in since the last meeting in May 2000. Forty six (46) of these entries
concerned new experiments.
More than 600 new entries were compiled into the CINDA database in the same period.
The updated CD-ROM version of the CINDA database has once again been distributed. Little
feedback has been received during 2000 following the original distribution, probably due to theextensive testing that was carried out prior to its distribution.
Intermediate Energy Nuclear Data (IEND) for EXFOR
In 2000 the Data Bank compiled ~100 new data sets from charged particle induced experiments
and these are currently undergoing testing before being entered into the EXFOR database. Dueto additions to the database structure, a complete re-writing of the loading/retrieval programs(conversion from FORTRAN coding to PERL scripts) and hardware upgrades the loading has
been delayed somewhat. Currently there are approximately six (6) tapes awaiting loading. The
first five (5) of these have undergone the preliminary testing stage in the FTP site at Vienna andwill be finally loaded and distributed during June 2001.
The Joint Evaluated Fission and Fusion Project (JEFF)
Two versions of the JEFF-3.T general-purpose starter file were produced in 2000, following
improvements to the evaluations through the correction of format and physics errors. New
evaluations are incorporated as they become available (e.g. EFF files) or when changes to theinitial recommendations (e.g. for Fission Products and Minor Actinides) are decided based on
additional evidence. The validation of the file is ongoing in the form of calculations of a subset of
the JEF-2.2 benchmarks. Special emphasis is being put on PWR uranium lattices, since earlier
results showed a slight systematic underestimation of the reactivity of these lattices.
For the production of the Radioactive Decay Data starter file, comparisons were made between
the two libraries recently produced in the UK, UKPADD-6.1 and UKHEDD-2.2, and further
evaluations based on NUBASE and ENSDF data. The first version of the JEFF-3.T Decay Datafile, containing ~3700 nuclides, was produced in late 2000 and extensive testing was applied
including the development of specific methods for energy balance checks. These have been
implemented into the FIZCON code, renamed EFIZCON, and the changes have been sent toCharlie Dunford for consideration for inclusion into the official version of the code. The
feedback received from this first step is being implemented in the production of a second versionof the starter file expected for June 2001. The Fission Yields starter file, consistent with thisJEFF-3 Decay Data starter file, still has to be produced based on the UKFY3 evaluations,77

normally produced by Robert Mills of BNFL in the UK. It is hoped that this work will becompleted by the end of 2001.
The production of the JEFF-3 Intermediate Energy files, by extending the evaluations up to
150 MeV, will take place based on calculations with the TALYS nuclear reaction model code,
being developed by Arjan Koning of NRG Petten and colleagues at Bruyeres-le-Chatel in France,
as soon as this new code becomes fully operational later in 2001.
The target date for the official release of the first version of the JEFF-3 library is 2002. Current
efforts aim at assuring that this library will be of high quality, internally consistent and as free of
errors as possible. Following this initial release, the various parts of the file will be completed
and improved in subsequent versions. As with past JEF and EFF libraries, improvements of the
JEFF-3.0 library will be guided by users’ needs and feedback, as well as by the results of thebenchmarking studies.
The latest JEFF meeting was held in Aix-en-Provence on 15-18 May 2001. Other workshops
were also held in conjunction with this JEFF meeting, including the NJOY users' group and aworkshop on the measurement needs of the JEFF project, which incorporated possible
contributions from the experimental community. This second meeting was attended byparticipants from numerous European facilities and following from its success a new sub-group of
the JEFF project will meet regularly to discuss experimental measurements and their needs.
Apart from the JEFF files themselves, an extensive effort in year 2000 was devoted to the area of
documentation. After the publication of two inter-comparison exercise reports (JEFF reports 15
and 16), the official JEF-2.2 documentation, containing all the results from the benchmark testingof the file, was issued in 2000 as JEFF Report 17. Finally, a reference document on resonancedata evaluation, describing the underlying physics, mathematical and statistical background, waspublished, in cooperation with CEA Cadarache and EdF, as JEFF Report 18. This report wascomplemented by the organisation, for the second time in two years, of a full week training
course on the resonance analysis code SAMMY. All the JEFF reports are available free ofcharge from the NEA Data Bank or can be downloaded online from our web pages.
Almost all new JEF and EFF documents are received in electronic form prior to the meetings andare made available via the associated web pages. The documents can thus be searched by
keywords without the need for scanning and Optical Character Recognition processing.
Participants to the meetings are also encouraged to make their presentations directly from a PC
as this allows a much better quality to be achieved. Access to these documents is generally
restricted to project members as they can contain data and results which may be preliminary innature. Access can be granted to non-members on an individual basis upon request.
High Priority Request List
The NEA Data Bank has taken an initiative on behalf of the WPEC sub-group concerned with theHigh Priority Request List. This involves loading the List into an ORACLE database so thatonline searches can be performed, but more importantly specific users can add comments to thelist concerning the quoted requests. This should allow the document to become more accessible
and much more “alive”. All users will be able to work on the same List at the same time andhence updating and management becomes much more efficient.
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JANIS Software and documentation
JANIS (the Java Nuclear Information System) is a computer program to display different types ofnuclear data (experimental, evaluated and processed data). JANIS inherits the features of JEFPC, while incorporating a number of improvements such as the capability to display resonanceparameters, energy and angular distributions, etc.. JANIS was written in JAVA for maximum
portability. Beta versions were distributed by the NEA Data Bank to more than sixty users fortesting purposes (see http://www.nea.fr/html/dbdata/janis/). This testing has provided interesting
feedback, thus enabling the Data Bank to improve the capabilities of the software. The official
version will be released in conjunction with the next Nuclear Data Conference to be held in Japanin October 2001.
Services to Nuclear Data Users
The Data Bank answered one hundred and eighty (180) manual data requests in 2000. Most ofthese were either for copies of the CD-ROM of the JENDL-3.2 general-purpose file (90 copies)
or of the JENDL/D-99 dosimetry file (70 copies), made available to the Data Bank by the JAERI
Nuclear Data Centre. Other than the distribution of these two CD-ROMs, the number of manual
requests continues to decrease as the online service improves and more users become registeredfor direct data downloads. Most of the requests now coming to the Data Bank do not require
data to be directly distributed, but instead relate to giving advice on the use of the data that isavailable via our online services.
The number of registered on-line accesses in 2000 was slightly more than twenty thousand(20,000). More than 8 Gigabytes of data were retrieved directly on-line. Close to two thousand(2,000) scientists have registered and obtained passwords for access to the databases containing
nuclear data. The following figure shows the division of these accesses between our various
databases, EVA being the evaluated data database, generally for the main international libraries inthe ENDF-6 format.
On-line access to the different databases in 2000
EXFOR
39%

EVA
30%

CINDA
31%

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It is planned to improve the nuclear data customer services by providing an on-line graphicaldisplay possibility. The on-line graphical display for EXFOR data is in place and allows users to
produce high quality output for publication purposes, or to use a JAVA based tool which allows
easy online manipulation and zooming. The planned extension to include also evaluated crosssection data plotting directly on the Data Bank's Web page or from a distributed CD-ROM isunder way and is expected to be available for testing in early summer 2001. This work is being
closely co-ordinated with the JANIS development.
The following figures show the online statistics for the various databases for the preceding 13
months, i.e. April 2000 – April 2001.

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Nuclear Data Services Web Statistics April 2000 – April 2001
All figures show the last 13 months of activity

CINDA Bibliographic database

EXFOR Experimental database81

Evaluated Data database

JEFF/EFF Project Documents82

List of Working Papers
The working papers whose numbers are listed below in bold are included in this report on thefollowing pages. The other papers, or the memos of which they consist, are available from the IAEA
Nuclear Data Section.

WP2001-1

Actions and Conclusions of the 2000 NRDC Meeting:see INDC(NDS)-418, pp. 26-31

WP2001-2

Inventory of TRANS files exchanged since the last meeting

WP2001-3

Proposals by S.Maev on the CINDA-2001 draft manual

WP2001-4

Data headings and units for wavelength and kT

WP2001-5

On LEVEL-PROP: see memos CP-C/269 and CP-A/102

WP2001-6

Proposed Polarization Quantities

WP2001-7

Correlation / Angular correlation: Clarifications and dictionary cleanup

WP2001-8

Proposed quantity PAR/M-,DA,G

WP2001-9

Clarifications on some proposed report and journal codes
See memos CP-D/323, 4C-4/109, 4C-4/111, 4C-4/116, and CP-C/278

WP2001-10

Coding of Chemical Compounds: Clarifications

WP2001-11

Energy of isobaric analog states: see memos CP-C/281, CP-A/112, and CP-C/264

WP2001-12

Proposed additions to Dict.30 (Process) and 27 (Pions in Nuclide Dict.)
See memos 4C-4/120, CP-A/107, and CP-A/103

WP2001-13

Proposed heading PART-OUT for Dict. 24: see memo CP-A/108

WP2001-14

Units N/PART/SR etc. for Dict. 25

WP2001-15

Coding of differential neutron multiplicity distributions

WP2001-16

Headings E-LVL-INI, E-LVL-FIN as "additional information"

WP2001-17

Dictionary sorting flags and wildcards

WP2001-18

IAEA/NDS priorities in the EXFOR compilation

WP2001-19

Errors found in EXFOR by X4 C-Utilities
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WP2001-20

Multiple appearance of first Reference in EXFOR

WP2001-21

CSISRS Library Statistics (NNDC)

WP2001-22

Proposed quantity PRE,AP/DA,FF
See memo CP-E/001

WP2001-23

CINDA-2001 Manual (24 May 2001)

WP2001-24

Correspondence of quantity codes for CINDA-2001

WP2001-25

EXFOR as a multi-platform relational database: current status of development

WP2001-26

Compilation and Evaluation of Alpha-Induced Nuclear Reaction Cross Sections
for Astrophysics

WP2001-27

Layout of CINDA 2001 book

WP2001-28

Journal coverage for CINDA84

WP2001-2
Inventory of EXFOR TRANS files exchanged since the 2000 NRDC Meeting(Status: 21 May 2001)
Prelim. = "Preliminary" TRANS files still in the "PRELIM" subdirectory of the NDS Open Area(~4 weeks for checking by other centers)

Area 1:(1288 fin.); 1289 through 1294

Area 2:(2150, 2151, 2152, 2153, 2154 fin.)

Area 3:(3106 fin.); 3107; Prelim.: 3108

Area 4:4119, 4120, 4121, 4122; Prelim.: 4123

Area A:

A048; Prelim.: A049

Area B:

Prelim.: B018

Area C:(C039 fin.); C040 through C049; Prelim.: C050

Area D:

none

Area E:

E016Rev., E017 Rev.; (E018 fin.); Prelim.: E019

Area F:(F012 fin.)

Area M:

Prelim.: M030

Area O:

Prelim.: O009, O010, O011, O012, O013, O014

Area P:

P003

Area S:

none

Area T:

T005, T006, T007, T008

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WP2001-4(Rev)
Latest proposal by NNDC:
New heading KT-K for kT in Kelvin;
Use heading KT for kT in energy units.
Memo CP-D/322
10 May 2001
From:

O. Schwerer

To:

Distribution

Subject:

Data headings and units for wave length and kT

Reference:

CP-C/267

The above memo proposes to make temperature units (e.g. K for Kelvin) standard units forspectrum temperature kT, and to resurrect the data heading WVE-LN for cases where
wavelength in Angstrom replaces the incident particle energy.
1) kT (current unit code E).
While we agree that every heading should go with only one dimension ("unit code"), wecannot confirm the finding that only 5 data sets are coded with kT and only 3 with kT inenergy units.
We found 57 entries coded with kT, of which only 7 use temperature units (K, DEG-K[which is obsolete] or K9), whereas the other 50 use energy units (most often KEV, but also
EV and MEV). See Appendix 1 for list of entry numbers.
We do not believe that energy units are unusual or inappropriate for kT (in several places one
finds the statement that "for Maxwellian spectra EN-MEAN = 3/2 KT"). A typical example
for the usage is the TITLE of entry 22145 (Phys.Rev.C35,936): "Stellar Krypton crosssections at kT=25 and 52 keV".
Therefore we propose to keep E as the (only) dimension (unit code) for kT, and to introduce a
new heading for those few cases which are in the file with kT in temperature units.
2) Heading WVE-LN
We agree to reintroducing the heading WVE-LN for those cases where wavelength inAngstrom replaces the incident particle energy. Consequently, all check programs must be
updated accordingly (no messages "missing incident particle energy" must be issued if
WVE-LN is given). A list of all entries with EN in Angstroms is given in Appendix 2.
Distribution:
DUNFORD@BNLND2.DNE.BNL.GOV
OBLOZINSKY@BNL.GOV

MCLANE@BNLND2.DNE.BNL.GOVNORDBORG@NEA.FR

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Appendix 1: Entries coded with kT
Entries with kT in energy units:
22195
22253
22254
22255
22256
22285
22305
22307
22337
22374
22375
22377
22387
22442
22447
22448
22449
40296
40547
40553
40847
40922
D0016
D0018
D0020

13634
13647
13695
21548
21737
21761
21768
21882
21899
21906
21913
21933
21948
21991
22008
22009
22010
22037
22078
22099
22145
22163
22171
22177
22182
Entries with kT in temperature units:
22000
A0653
A0654
C0108
10261
F0311
F0421

DEG-K
K
K
K
K
K9
K9

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Appendix 2: Entries with EN in ANGSTROM
12674
12675
12861
13045
13468
13652
21336
21369
30123
30168
30177
30226
30342
40046
40049
41323
88023

10156
10185
10345
10495
11198
11258
11301
11783
11786
11809
11973
11974
12150
12243
12593
12617
12666

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NATIONAL NUCLEAR DATA CENTER
Bldg. 197D
Brookhaven National Laboratory
P. O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000 U.S.A.
(Internet) "NNDC@BNL.GOV

Telephone: (631)344-2902
FAX: (631)344-2806
Memo CP-C/267

DATE:
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:

June 2, 2000
Distribution
V. McLane
Data headings and units for wave length and kT

There presently exist some inconsistencies in the data heading vs. unit codes in Dictionary
24. The checking and processing codes must, therefore, make exceptions for these cases. I
propose, as we are looking at new directions in databases, it would be a good time to bring
the dictionaries into compliance, that is, to make the unit codes correct in all cases.
Following are 2 cases where the present codes are not adequate.
1.)

kT (current unit code E). The data may be given in K (unit code TEM) or eV (unitcode E).

In checking the units for kT, I find only 5 sets already coded. Of these, 3 were coded using
units of K. For the 2 that were coded using units of eV, both were given in the reference as
K.
Therefore, I propose that the standard unit type for kT should be temperature. We should
deal with other cases as they come along.
2.)

Wave-length (currently coded under the heading EN with unit code E). These arealways given as angtröms (unit code L).

At present the I only find neutron data coded vs. wave-length. I propose we resurrect the data
heading WVE-LN to be used with units of length (L).
If this proposal is accepted, I volunteer to update the entries and send them to the responsible
center for retransmission.

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WP2001-6

Proposed Polarization Quantities
In several memos new polarization quantities were proposed. Most of them were
included in the last dictionary transmission but some still require clarification orconsolidation. All memos are available from NDS.
CP-C/282

2001-05-15

Spin-spin data.
Please clarify what the change is compared to the
proposal of CP-C/273 (see below)

CP-D/320

2001-04-26

Clarification requested about Tensor Analyzing Power;
General remark on CP-C/271, 272

CP-E/002

2001-03-13

Proposed NN,POL/DA/DE,,K
To confirm consistency with quantities proposed in
CP-C/271,272 and to include in LEXFOR entry

CP-D/273

2000-09-08

Proposed quantities for neutron-transmission spin-spinmeasurements.
1) Is the proposed LEXFOR text part of the entry on
Polarization?
2) Dict.36 expansion for ,POL,,DSP/ASY?

CP-D/272

2000-09-14

List of Polarization quantities for dictionary 36(Note: CP-D/272 Rev. is dated 2000-09-08; Dictionary
update 9077 was done for original memo version dated
2000-09-14)

CP-D/271

2000-08-14

Polarization LEXFOR entry(Note: no obvious difference to CP-D/271 Rev. of
2000-09-08)

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WP2001-7

Correlation / Angular correlation: Clarifications and dictionary cleanup• Memo 4C-4/107 (attached) proposes several new quantities for angular correlations, using
COR in SF6.
• Existing dictionary 36 entries for angular correlations are inconsistent, since similar entries
exist with SF6 = COR and SF6 = DA/CRL (e.g. ,COR,N/D and ,DA/CRL,N/D, both
expanded as "Angular correlation neutrons/deuterons".
• Several years ago it was proposed to change the coding for angular correlations from COR to
DA/CRL (There was an Action 20 on McLane of the 1997 NRDC meeting to check theexisting EXFOR entries for angular correlations in view of this proposed change.)• However, the LEXFOR page on Correlations, dated November 1997, gives a coding
example for angular correlation with SF6=COR.
• If it is agreed that all angular correlations are to be coded with SF6 = DA/CRL, it is not clear
whether COR should still be used for other types of correlations. It should be noted that 2other types of correlations, not involving angles, were proposed (and added to dictionary 36)
also:
IND,FY/CRL Independent yield of correlated fragment pair, andPRE,KE/CRL,LF/HF Total kinetic energy of primary fragment pair
• Different SF6 codes exist for energy, mass, and momentum correlations: ECO, EMC, and
MCO.
• It seems that the motivation for the proposed change from COR to DA/CRL for angularcorrelations was originally, to have different SF6 codes for angular and other types ofcorrelations, e.g. DA/CRL for angular correlations, and COR for other data involving
correlated particles. However, the introduction of the above codes with FY/CRL and
KE/CRL does not conform to this idea.
• We found only 12 EXFOR entries containing correlations coded with either COR or CRL in
SF6, therefore it should not be too difficult to rectify the situation.
Existing entries with SF6 containing COR or CRL:
SF6 = COR:
20220, M0035, O0011, O0375
SF6 = CRL:
30521, 30544, 30916
SF6 = DA/CRL: T0117
SF6 = FY/CRL: 13599, 13624, 13648, 13698(No entry found with SF6 = KE/CRL.)• The following steps are proposed (next page).

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• Proposed Actions:♦ Agree (at this meeting) on a consistent way of coding. Our proposal:
Code all angular correlations with SF6 = DA/CRL and all other data involving correlatedparticles which involve no angles with SF6 = COR. (The coding of energy, mass andmomentum correlations remains ECO, EMC, and MCO).
♦ Draft new LEXFOR entry on angular and other correlations, giving definitions andcoding examples for all types (including the required independent variables) and a section(or cross reference) on ECO, EMC and MCO.
♦ Update dictionaries accordingly, in particular: obsolete angular correlations with SF6 =COR, include new proposed angular correlations of memo 4C-4/107 using SF6 =DA/CRL instead of COR, and change entries with FY/CRL and KE/CRL to FY/COR and
KE/COR, respectively.
♦ Except for entry T0117, the 12 entries listed above will have to be retransmitted withcorrected REACTION codes, and all centers should check whether any more correlation
entries (e.g. in the PRELIM stage) need to be modified.

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RUSSIA'S NUCLEAR DATA CENTER - RNDC
Alias: CENTR JADERNYKH DANNYKH - CJD
Bondarenko Sq., 1
Institute of Physics and Power Engineering - IPPE
Obninsk 249020
Kaluga Region, RUSSIA(Internet) manokhin@ippe.obninsk.ru

Telephone: (+7 08439)989-82
FAX: (+7 095 )883-3112

MEMO 4C-4/107
DATE:
TO:
From:
Subject:

11 September 2000
Distribution
S. Maev (alias: S.Mayev)
Addition to Dictionary 36-------------------------------------------------------------------Following additions to Dictionary

are being proposed

Dictionary 36 (Quantities)
Following codes have to be added to Dictionary 36"TER,COR,G/A,RSD"
Example: REACTION(98-CF-252(0,F),TER,COR,G/A,RSD) AngularGamma/Alpha correlation"TER,COR,G/LCP,RSD"
Example: REACTION(98-CF-252(0,F)ELEM/MASS,TER,COR,G/LCP,RSD)
Angular Gamma/light-charged-particle
correlation"PR,DA,G,LEG/RS"
Example: REACTION(98-CF-252(0,F),PR,DA,G,LEG/RS) Legendre
Coeff. for prompt gamma angular distribution"TER,COR,G/A,LEG/RS"
Example: REACTION(98-CF-252(0,F),PR,DA,G,LEG/RS)
Legendre Coeff. of G/A correlation"TER,COR,G/LCP,LEG/RS"
Example: REACTION(98-CF-252(0,F)ELEM/MASS,TER,COR,G/LCP,LEG/RS)
Legendre coeff. of G/LCP Angular correlation

REFERENCE

Phys.Rev.Letters,v.82,#2, p.303,199911
Entry
22461

===============================================

Stanislav Maev

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WP2001-8

Proposed quantity PAR/M-,DA,G
In memo CP-D/311 (200-05-03) quantities PAR/M-,DA,G and PAR/M+,DA,G, were
proposed, for compilation of entry31492, but not approved at the 2000 NRDC meeting.
Instead, there was Action A40 on all to think of a new, more general way of coding suchdata. So far no proposals were received.
In memo CP-D/318 (2001-01-18) the proposal for PAR/M+,DA,G was withdrawn.
However, we renewed the proposal for PAR/M-,DA,G and suggest to approve it until (orunless) another way of coding is proposed. The proposals we received by e-mail for entry
31492 were based on the wrong assumption that the data measured are for production of
the ground state, which is not the case.
Attached are:
Memo CP-D/318 with supporting level scheme from CP-D/311(Relevant e-mails)

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Memo CP-D/318
18 January 2001
From:

O. Schwerer

To:

Distribution

Subject:

EXFOR quantities PAR/M+,DA,G and PAR/M-,DA,G

Reference:

Action A40 of the 2000 NRDC Meeting
Memos CP-D/311 and CP-D/301 (or WP2000-4)
Entry 31492 (revised and extended on Preliminary TRANS 3106)

The above quantities had been proposed for compilation of entry 31492. However, they
were not approved at the last NRDC meeting; Action A40 on all requests new proposals
for a general way of coding such cases.
1) For the case PAR/M-,DA,G the dictionary entries for the relevant existing
components read
PAR,DA,G = differential cross section for production of a certain gamma line, andM-=

excluding formation through isomeric transition.

Combining these 2 definitions precisely describes, in my opinion, the cases compiled inentry 31492.
Since no other proposal was received so far, we therefore renew our old proposal toapprove the coding PAR/M-,DA,G.
2) The case for PAR/M+,DA,G is however different. Going back to the main referenceof entry 31492, we found that the data in question actually are not of a partiallycumulative type, as would correspond to M+, but are "delayed" without the prompt
component, i.e. describe the de-excitation of an isomeric state (with half-lives in the
millisecond range).
Therefore, these data can be compiled as … .(N,X)… -M,PAR,DA,G
and no new code is needed.

The final version of TRANS 3106 will therefore contain the code PAR/M-,DA,G but not
PAR/M+,DA,G (we withdraw our proposal for the latter one).

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Differential γ-production cross section for the 343 keV line in 206Pb:a) prompt (without contribution from 125 µsec level at 2200 keV): PAR/M-,DA,Gb) delayed (with feeding from 125 µsec level): (originally proposed: PAR/M+,DA,G,
now coded -M,PAR,DA,G)

516

See Hongyu Zhou et al., NSE 134,106,2000 and 97TRIEST,1,625 EXFOR 31492)

343

881

2200, 125 µs

537

1684

803

1340

803

0.0
206

Pb

96

WP2001-10
Coding of Chemical Compounds: Clarifications• Memo 4C-4/113 (attached) proposes several new entries for EXFOR dictionary 9(Compounds) and DANIEL dictionary 27 (which contains both Nuclides and Compounds),
all with -CMP or -OXI as compound identifier.
• We want to clarify 2 questions:♦ What codes need to be entered in dictionary 9? (-CMP should not be needed!)♦ Should all oxides get a compound code -OXI? (We believe not).

• The EXFOR Systems Manual (page 6.7) says:"Dictionary 9: Chemical Compounds. (Codes are also used in CINDA). The generalcompound code CMP can be combined with any element in the form (Z-S-CMP) without
entry in this dictionary, which only lists special cases… ."DANIEL dictionary 27, on the other hand, does have the codes -CMP for (almost) all
elements, and for some years they now appear also in EXFOR dictionary 9 (because they areboth derived from the archive dictionaries). Anyway, all check programs should accept
compounds with -CMP independently of an entry the dictionary.

• The LEXFOR page on Chemical Compounds says:"In general, chemical compounds are coded under the keyword REACTION by combing thecode CMP with the element number and symbol of its main component, e.g. 26-FE-CMP
for iron oxide or any other iron compound. For a small number of materials of particularimportance for users of nuclear reaction data, special compound codes are used. These
are listed in Dictionary 9."
From this I conclude that not all oxides should get a special compound code, 26-FE-COMP iseven mentioned as the coding for iron oxide. New compound codes should be restricted to very
important special cases. (The DANIEL dictionary 27 has many -OXI codes with status INT, i.e.
not for EXFOR use - why?)
Or should we change the policy on compounds and introduce codes for all oxides (when there
are data) and many other compounds?
Reminder: compound codes are to be used only for certain types of low energy data; otherwise
the chemical composition of the sample is given only under SAMPLE. LEXFOR says:"Typical data on compounds entered are low-energy data, where chemical or crystalline binding
forces affect the neutron cross sections; an example is the total cross section or thermalscattering data of water… "97

RUSSIA'S NUCLEAR DATA CENTER - RNDC
Alias: CENTR JADERNYKH DANNYKH - CJD
Bondarenko Sq., 1
Institute of Physics and Power Engineering - IPPE
Obninsk 249020
Kaluga Region, RUSSIA(Internet) manokhin@ippe.obninsk.ru

Telephone: (+7 08439)989-82
FAX: (+7 095 )883-3112

MEMO 4C-4/113
DATE:
TO:
From:
Subject:

18 Dec 2000
Distribution
S. Maev (alias: S.Mayev)
Exfor Dictionary 09 and Daniel Dictionary 27
update----------------------------------------------------------------------

Exfor Dictionary 9 (Compounds)
67-HO-CMP
67-HO-OXI

Holmium compound
Holmium oxide

Daniel Dictionary 27
27 PRO 2000nn

27-CO-CMP

COCMP nnnnn1 3

C
COBALT COMPOUND
27 PRO 2000nn 27-CO-OXICOOXI nnnnn1 3
C
COBALT oxide
27 PRO 2000nn 50-SN-OXISNOXI nnnnn1 3
C
TIN oxide
27 PRO 2000nn 65-TB-CMP
TBCMP nnnnn1 3
C
TERBIUM compound
27 PRO 2000nn 65-TB-OXITBOXI nnnnn1 3
C
TERBIUM oxide
27 PRO 2000nn 67-HO-CMP
HOCMP nnnnn1 3
C
HOLMIUM COMPOUND
27 PRO 2000nn 67-HO-OXIHOOXI nnnnn1 3
C
HOLMIUM oxide
27 PRO 2000nn 68-ER-CMP
ERCMP nnnnn1 3
C
ERBIUM COMPOUND
27 PRO 2000nn 68-ER-OXIEROXI nnnnn1 3
C
ERBIUM oxide============================================================================

EXPLANATION
While compiling data for ultra-cold neutrons coherent scattering I met the necessity to
use as targets anf residual neclei oxides and compounds. After running CHEX program thisresults in following error messages (records are split in two parts):
ENTRY 22450,----------REFERENCE(J,ZP/A,357,297,1997)98

Illegal use of nuclide
field 4
REACTION(65-TB-CMP(N,THS)65-TB-CMP,COH,AMP)Coherent Scattering^^^^^^^^^------------------------------------------------------------------Illegal use of nuclide
field 4
REACTION(65-TB-OXI(N,THS)65-TB-OXI,COH,AMP)Coherent Scattering^^^^^^^^^------------------------------------------------------------------Illegal code infield 1Illegal code infield 4
REACTION(67-HO-CMP(N,THS)67-HO-CMP,COH,AMP)Coherent Scattering^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^------------------------------------------------------------------Missing independent variable
NUCLIDE------------------------------------------------------------------Illegal code infield 1Illegal code infield 4
REACTION(67-HO-OXI(N,THS)67-HO-OXI,COH,AMP) Coherent Scattering^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^------------------------------------------------------------------Missing independent variable
NUCLIDE------------------------------------------------------------------Illegal use of nuclide
field 4
REACTION(68-ER-CMP(N,THS)68-ER-CMP,COH,AMP) Coherent Scattering^^^^^^^^^------------------------------------------------------------------Illegal use of nuclide
field 4
REACTION(68-ER-OXI(N,THS)68-ER-OXI,COH,AMP) Coherent Scattering^^^^^^^^^------------------------------------------------------------------and similar messages for

ENTRY 22451.
REFERENCE (J,ZN/A,52,270,1997)===================================================
To avoid error messages"Illegal code in

field

1"

it is sufficient to add codes "67-HO-CMP" and "67-HO-OXI"
Dictionary 9 - Compounds.
To avoid error message"Illegal use of nuclide

field

in Exfor4"

it would be necessary to add "3" to field 15 in Dict. 27. But thislatter does'nt contain compounds. On this reason this "3" has to be
added in corresponding fields of Daniel Dict.27.
=====================================================================

Stanislav Maev

99

22450

20000322450

30000322450

500003

22450

5

22450

600003

22450

6

22450

80000322450

900003

WP2001-14 (Rev)
Units N/PART/SR etc. for dictionary 25
For product yields (or thick target product yields), new units had been proposed tot the2000 NRDC meeting which were not approved; see Action A42 of last year's meeting.
Note also that in the file there are data in units NUC/PART coded as TTY, although TTY
should have units MUCI/MUA or equivalent. Data in NUC/PART or other units of type
YLD must be coded as ,PY,,TT (Product yield for thick target).
If units PART/PROJ or "Nucleus for Incident Projectile" are to be used also in place of
G/PART and "Neutrons/Particle", will we need to distinguish between yields for the
product (SF4) and for (e.g. gamma) particles coded in SF3?
CP-A/109 (14 Feb. 2001)
CP-A/99, p.7 (3 April 2000)

New proposal (NNDC + NDS, 21 May):
Introduce new units using PRD for any product (particle or nucleus) and INC for theincident particle, to be abbreviated further when necessary. Old units can remain in thefile until automatic conversion.
PRD/INC
PRD/INC/SR
PRD/100INC
PRD/IN/MEV
P/IN/SRMEV

Product part. per incid.part.
Prod.part.per incid.part. per SR
Prod.part. per 100 incid. part.
Prod.part.per incid.part.per MeV
Prod.part.per inc.part.per Mev per SR

100

MEMO CP-A/109
14 Feb 2001
To:
Distribution
From: F.E. Chukreev, S.Babykina
Subject: Additions to Dictionary 25
Add to dictionary 25

Vicki McLane proposed to use for O0714018-020 and O0714026-030 data unit:
N/PART/SR = nuclei/inc.proj/Sr
instead of P/PART/SR, which was not approved by the last NRDC meeting.
But N/PART/SR is absent in Dictionary 25 now. Therefore the new data unit must
be included in Dictionary 25.

Distribution:
DUNFORD@BNLND2.DNE.BNL.GOV
VML@BNL.GOVNORDBORG@NEA.FR
KELLETT@NEA.FR
MANOKHIN@IPPE.RSSI.RU
MAEV@IPPE.RSSI.RU
FELIKS@POLYN.KIAE.SUCHUKREEV@POLYN.KIAE.SU
DUNAEVA@EXPD.VNIIEF.RU
VARLAMOV@depni.NPI.MSU.SU
CHIBA@EARTH.SGU.AC.JP
KATO@NUCL.SCI.HOKUDAI.AC.JPTENDOW@POSTMAN.RIKEN.GO.JP
YXZHUANG@MIPSA.CIAE.AC.CN
CNDC@MIPSA.CIAE.AC.CN
TARKANYI@ATOMKI.HU
TAKACS-S@ATOMKI.HU
HASEGAWA@CRACKER.TOKAI.JAERI.GO.JP
VLASOV@KINR.KIEV.UA
KALTCHENKO@KINR.KIEV.UA
OGRITZAY@KINR.KIEV.UA

101

MEMO

CP-A/99

Date: 03-April-2000
To:
Distribution
From: F.E. Chukreev, S.Babykina
Subject: Dictionary updates

1. … .
2. Add to dictionary 25.
P/PT/MEVSR(Product nuclei per Inc.Proj. per SR per MEV)
P/PART/SR(Product nuclei per Inc.Proj. per SR)
P/PART/MEV(Product nuclei per Inc.Proj. per Mev)
The codes are similar N/PT/MEVSR etc in 25 Dictionary.
In order to eliminate Dictionary increasing is possible to change the comments forexisting
N/PT/MEVSR to “Nucleus per Incident Projectile per Sr per MeV”
N/PART/MEV to “Nucleus per Incident Projectile per MeV”,
N/PART
to “Nucleus per Incident Projectile”
and add
N/PART/SR “Nucleus per Incident Projectile per Steradian”
Your opinion is interest, of course.
3. Add to dictionary 36
EM,TTY/DA/DE(Differential emission thick target yield with
Respect to the angle and energy of the outgoing particle)

Distribution:
DUNFORD@BNLND2.DNE.BNL.GOV
VML@BNL.GOVNORDBORG@NEA.FR
MARK.KELLETT@OECD.ORG
MANOKHIN@IPPE.RSSI.RU
MAEV@IPPE.RSSI.RU
CBETA@CAJAD.KIAE.SU
DUNAEVA@EXPD.VNIIEF.RU
VARLAMOV@CDFE.NPI.MSU.SU
SCHWERER@IAEAND.IAEA.OR.AT
PRONYAEV@IAEAND.IAEA.OR.AT
CHIBA@EARTH.SGU.AC.JP
KATO@NUCL.SCI.HOKUDAI.AC.JPTENDOW@POSTMAN.RIKEN.GO.JP
YXZHUANG@MIPSA.CIAE.AC.CN102

WP2001-15
Coding of differential neutron multiplicity distributions
O.Schwerer
CAJaD wants to compile differential neutron multiplicity distributions as given in thepaper by L.Pienkowski et al., PR/C 56, 1909 (1997).
The data are labelled as ds /dN (N being the neutron multiplicity) and given in"millibarns".
The data cannot be compiled with SF6 = MLT because this would require units of type
YLD (such as N/PART). They cannot be compiled as neutron production cross section
because there is an additional independent variable, N.
The data can be considered either as differential multiplicity, or as a new type ofdifferential neutron production cross section, which is differential by N.
We propose to introduce a new code for SF6, to be used either alone or in combination
with MLT, e.g.:
82-PB-0(N,X)0-NN-1,,SDN or
82-PB-0(N,X)0-NN-1,,MLT/DN
Although the data in the above paper are given in mb, I believe that the units should
rather be "mb per particle" or equivalent. A new unit type would be needed.

103

WP2001-16
Headings E-LVL-INI, E-LVL-FIN as "additional information"
O.Schwerer
Entry 31492 (transmitted on TRANS 3106) was criticized for "multiple representation of
independent variable" because, for a partial gamma production cross section, besides the gamma
energy (E) also E-LVL-INI and E-LVL-FIN are given.
While it is clear that only one representation of independent variables is allowed, we believe that
this case is different:
1) "Physics" argument: in many cases of complicated decay schemes, the gamma energy alone is
not sufficient to define the transition because there may be several transitions with (almost)identical energies. In this particular entry, there are 3 cases where 2 transitions have the same
gamma energies (within 1 keV) and could not be resolved, so that we even had to use headings
E-LVL-INI1, 2 and E-LVL-FIN1,2 to give both of them.
2) "Formal" argument: Formally, we claim that E-LVL-INI and -FIN are in this case used as"additional information" headings (which are given after the DATA column in the DATA
section, or in the COMMON section) but not as the independent variable. The EXFOR Systems
Manual (Footnote 1 on page 4.5 of the April 2000 edition) states "that some data headings may
be used either as independent variables or as additional information". And page 6.8 on
Dictionary 24 has a Footnote 11 on "Secondary Energy" saying "except E-LVL-INI and ELVL-FIN". What is the meaning of this footnote? It could even suggest that these headings areto be used only as additional information but not as independent variable.
We propose to state explicitly in the manual that E-LVL-INI and E-LVL-FIN may be used (also) as
additional information.
(If necessary, we may also clarify whether or not headings which may be used both ways, may be
given not only in the DATA section after the DATA column, but alternatively also in the
COMMON section. If not, we might move E-LVL-INI and -FIN to the DATA section to make it
clear that here they are used as additional information.)

Appendix: Entry 31492, subentries 2 and 17

104

ENTRYSUBENTBIB
AUTHOR

31492
20010118
31492
31492001
20010118
31492
14
34
31492
(HONGYU ZHOU,XINGFU WANG,CHAO WANG,MING HUA,
31492
GUANGSHUN HUANG,GUOYING FAN,TING LU,SIQING BARTEL)
31492
INSTITUTE (3CPRBNU) Institute of Low Energy Nuclear Physics
31492
REFERENCE (J,NSE,134,106,2000) Final results
31492(C,97TRIEST,1,625,1997)
31492
TITLE
Study on total discrete gamma radiation from natural
31492
lead under 14.9 MeV neutron bombardment.
31492
FACILITY(CCW,3CPRBNU) 400 kV Cockroft Walton accelerator.
31492
INC-SOURCE (D-T) 3.2 MHz pulsed deuterons.
31492
METHOD(TOF,ASSOP) Neutron flux was determined by counting
31492
the associated alpha particles with an Au-Si detector. 31492
The TOF technique was used for reducing background31492
from direct and scattered neutrons. Two time gates31492
with 30 ns and 160 ns, covering the time regions
31492
containing prompt and delayed gamma's respectively,
31492
were set to record the total and delayed gamma-ray
31492
spectrum.
31492
DETECTOR(GELI)
31492
SAMPLE
Solid cylindrical natural lead, 2.9*3.0 cm in size and 31492
230.6 g. in weight.
31492
MONITORThe neutron flux was monitored by counting
31492
the associated alpha particles.
31492
CORRECTION -Neutron flux attenuation in the backing and cooling
31492
water of the neutron target
31492-Neutron attenuation in the sample
31492-Gamma-ray attenuation in the sample
31492-Secondary neutron effects
31492
ERR-ANALYS No error analysis given.
31492
STATUS
Data taken from Tables 1,2,3 of Nuclear Science and31492
Engeneering, vol.134(2000)106-113
31492
HISTORY(19980630C) HW
31492(20010118A) VZ+OS Subentries 2-11: Updated to final
31492
publication and/or REACTION coding corrected;
31492
Subentries 015 to 057 added.
31492
ENDBIB
34
0
31492
COMMON
2
3
31492
EN
EN-ERR
31492
MEV
MEV
31492
14.9
0.5
31492
ENDCOMMON
3031492
ENDSUBENT
41
0
31492

105

0
1C
1
1C
1
2
1
3
1
4
1
5
1
6I
1
7
1
8
1
9
1
10
1
11
1
12
1
13
1
14
1
15
1
16
1
17
1
18
1
19
1
20
1
21
1
22
1
23
1
24
1
25
1
26
1
27
1
28
1
29
1
30
1
31C
1
32C
1
33
1
34I
1
35I
1
36I
1
37
1
38
1
39
1
40
1
41
1
42
199999SUBENTBIB
REACTION

31492002
20010118
3
4
1(82-PB-0(N,X)82-PB-206,PAR/M-,DA,G) Prompt.
2(82-PB-0(N,X)82-PB-206-M,PAR,DA,G) Delayed.
EN-SEC(E,G)
DECAY-DATA (82-PB-206-M,.124MSEC,DG,343.3)
ENDBIB
40
COMMON
33
E
E-LVL-INI E-LVL-FIN
KEV
KEV
KEV
343.3
1684.11340.6ENDCOMMON
3
0
DATA
5
3
ANG
DATA
1DATA-ERR 1DATA
2DATA-ERR 2
ADEG
MB/SR
MB/SR
MB/SR
MB/SR
55.
1.27
.38
5.63
1.13
90.
1.47
.34
3.94
1.58
140.
1.11
.33
4.10
1.64
ENDDATA
5
0
ENDSUBENT
18
0

31492
31492
31492
31492
31492
31492
31492
31492
31492
31492
31492
31492
31492
31492
31492
31492
31492
31492
31492
31492

SUBENT
BIB
REACTION

31492 171I
31492 17231492 17331492 17431492 17531492 17631492 17731492 17831492 17931492 171031492 171131492 171231492 171331492 171431492 171531492 171631492 171731492 171831492 171931492 172031492 172131492 172231492 172331492 1724
31492 1799999

EN-SECENDBIB
COMMONE
KEV
656.8
ENDCOMMON
DATA
ANG
ADEG
55.
90.
140.
ENDDATAENDSUBENT

31492017
200004252
9((82-PB-0(N,X)82-PB-207,PAR,DA,G)+(82-PB-0(N,X)82-PB-206,PAR,DA,G)) Prompt.
Sum of 2 unresolved gamma transitions
with very close energies(E,G)(E-LVL-INI1,82-PB-207)(E-LVL-FIN1,82-PB-207)(E-LVL-INI2,82-PB-206)(E-LVL-FIN2,82-PB-206)
90
5
3
E-LVL-INI1 E-LVL-FIN1 E-LVL-INI2 E-LVL-FIN2
KEV
KEV
KEV
KEV
3834.02728.01997.81340.630
3
3DATA
DATA-ERR
MB/SR
MB/SR
4.17
0.17
3.73
0.13
4.10
0.19
5
0
23
0

106

2
1C
2
2
2
3
2
4C
2
5
2
6
2
7
2
8
2
9
2
10
2
11
2
12
2
13
2
14
2
15
2
16
2
17
2
18
2
19
299999

WP2001-17
Dictionary sorting flags and wildcards(Action A18)
O.Schwerer
Action A18 of the 2000 NRDC meeting (on me) was to "check the old Actions 7-13 of the 1997
NRDC meeting" (attached) which dealt with sorting flags, dictionary titles and wildcards.
1) Actions 7-9 (1997), mainly on McLane, are about additional sorting flags for EXFOR
dictionary 36 and titles for some other EXFOR dictionaries.
Since the program producing the EXFOR dictionaries from the archive dictionaries is now
maintained at NDS, we will include a more general review of sorting flags in our dictionary
maintenance work. Since many quantities actually belong to more than one category, a new
approach for a compiler-friendly list of quantities might be considered.
2) Actions 10-12 (1997) deal with wildcards for SF7 (particle considered) in dictionary 36.
A year later, there was an Action A20 (1998) on NDS: "Keep the 'particle considered' (SF7)entries in dictionary 36 until all centers can use the dictionary wildcards."
Note that archive and DANIEL dictionary 36 (but not EXFOR dictionary 36) do contain a numberof codes with wildcards; the proposed wildcard '*FP' for fission fragments (i.e. FF, HF or LF) was
however changed to '*F'.
What is now the status of accepting these wildcards at the centers?
3) Action 13 (1997) is about checking whether the restriction "for photonuclear data (only)" applied
to certain codes in dictionaries 24, 32 and 36 should be kept.
Dict. 24: Headings M1 etc. (linear momentum of outgoing particle) and POLAR (polarity) are
under the title "Used for Photonuclear Data only".
Dict. 32: No restrictions
Dict. 36: Quantities ECO, EMC and MCO are under the title "Energy/momentum/mass correlation(photonculear data)".
Any changes in this should be requested as an Action on NDS to be included in any next dictionary
revision.

107

WP2001-18
IAEA/NDS priorities in the EXFOR compilation
V.G. Pronyaev, IAEA/NDS

Our priorities are related with our data development programs and in May 2001 include:
1.

Nuclear data for reaction cross section standards:

1

H(n,n) – σel, dσel/dθ,polarization, 1 keV – 150 MeV, 1H(n,total)

3

He(n,p) - σnp, dσnp/dθn,thermal to 1 MeV

Li(n,t) - σnt, dσnt/dθt, thermal to 2 MeV; 6Li(n,total), 6Li(n,n) - σnn, dσnn/dθn, polarization,
thermal to 2 MeV; 4He(t,n) - σtn, dσtn/dθn,threshold to 5 Mev above the threshold; 4He(t,t) σtt, dσtt/dθt,polarization data, to 5 MeV above the 4He(t,n) threshold
6

B(n,α) - σnα, dσnα/dθα,; 10B(n,α1γ) - σnα1, dσnα1/dθα1; 10B(n,total), 10B(n,n) - σnn, dσnn/dθn,polarization; thermal to 250? KeV; 7Li(α,α) - σαα, dσαα /dθα; 7Li(α,α1) - σαα1, dσαα1/dθα1;
10C(n,n) – σtot, σel, dσel/dθ,polarization, thermal to 1.8 MeV
197

Au(n,γ) – σnγ, thermal, 0.2 to 2.5 MeV

235

U(n,f) – σnf, thermal, 0.15 to 20 MeV

238

U(n,f) – σnf, threshold to 20 MeV

235

U(n,f) – σnf, thermal, 0.15 to 20 MeV

These cross sections averaged on any well defined spectra in the energy of interest
Any ratio measurements between these cross sections
For high-energy standards:
209

Bi(n,f), 235U(n,f), 238U(n,f) – threshold to 1 GeV

Any ratio measurements between these cross sections
2.

Nuclear data for nuclides of Th-U fuel cycle:(n,γ), (n,f), (n,2n) cross sections, <νp>, <νd> and fission product yields for 232Th, 231,233Pa,
232,233,234,236
U in energy range up to 20 MeV

108

3.

For international reactor dosimetry library IRDF-2002 project:

LI6 (N,A) H3, LI7 (N,T) HE4, B10 (N,A) LI7, C12 (N,2N) C11, O16 (N,2N) O15, LI6(N,T)HE3, B10 (N,A) LI6, F19 (N,2N) F18, NA23(N,2N) NA22, NA23 (N,G) NA24, MG24
(N,P) NA24, AL27 (N,P) MG27, A27 (N,A) NA24, P31 (N,P) SI31, S32 (N,P) P32, SC45
(N,G) SC46, T0 (N,X) SC46, TI0 (N,X) SC47, TI0 (N,X) SC48, TI46 (N,2N) TI45, TI46
(N,P) SC46, TI47 (N,NP) SC46, TI47 (N,P) SC47, TI48 (N,NP) SC47, TI48 (N,P) SC48,
TI49 (N,NP) SC48, V0 (N,A) SC48, V51 (N,A) SC48, CR50 (N,G) CR51, CR52 (N,2N)
CR51, MN55 (N,2N) MN54, MN55 (N,G) MN56, FE54 (N,2N) FE53, FE54 (N,A) CR51,
FE54 (N,P) MN54, FE56 (N,P) MN56, FE57 (N,NP) MN56, FE58 (N,G) FE59, CO59
(N,2N) CO58, CO59(N,G) CO60, CO59 (N,A) MN56, NI58 (N,2N) NI57, NI58 (N,P) CO58,
NI60 (N,P) CO60, CU63 (N,2N) CU62, CU63 (N,G) CU64, CU63 (N,A) CO60, CU65
(N,2N) CU64, ZN64 (N,P) CU64, AS75(N,2N)AS74, Y89 (N,2N) Y88, ZR90 (N,2N) ZR89,
NB93 (N,2N) NB92, NB93 (N,N’) NB93M, NB93 (N,G) NB94, RH103 (N,N’) RH103M,
AG109 (N,G) AG110M, IN115 (N,2N) IN114M, IN115 (N,N’) IN115M, IN115 (N,G)
IN116M, I127 (N,2N) I126, LA139 (N,G) LA140, PR141 (N,2N) PR140, EU151 (N,G)
EU152, DY164(N,G)DY165, TM169 (N,2N) TM168, TA181 (N,G) TA182, W186 (N,G)
W187, AU197 (N,2N) AU196, AU197 (N,G) AU198, HG199 (N,N’) HG199M, PB204(N,N’) PB204M, TH232 (N,F) FP, TH232 (N,G) TH233, U235 (N,F) FP, U238 (N,F) FP,
U238 (N,G) U239, NP237 (N,F) FP, PU239 (N,F) FP, AM241 (N,F) FP in energy range fromthreshold up to 20 MeV.
These cross sections averaged on thermal neutron and thermal neutron induced 235U and 252Cf
spontaneous fission neutron spectra.
4.

Nuclear data for analysis of prompt gamma rays induced by slow neutron capture(PGAA):
Thermal capture cross sections (microscopic and maxwellian spectrum averaged) for all stable
isotopes and elements, partial gamma-production cross sections after thermal neutron capture,
number of gamma-quanta for given gamma-line per 100 neutron captured, gamma spectra
after thermal neutron capture.

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CSISRS Library Statistics

WP2001-21

21-05-01
Area#entries#subentries#data points

Last tape

Neutron
1

3,629

17,5223,080,782

1294

2

2,280

14,823

1,567,577

2149

3

1,026

5,442

60,039

3106

4

1,299

8,472

201,543

4122

Total neutron

8,234

46,2594,909,941

A

920

6,599

174,893

A047

B

177

1,500

16,791

B011

C

758

3,705

263,545

C050

D

124

803

16,682

D022

E

171

2,535

42,857

E018

F

422

1,289

110,647

F012

O

370

7,790

203,951

O008

P

91

426

7,074

P003

R

51

431

5,933

R012

S

44

349

5,091

S010

T

126

817

29,401

T008

Total charged particle

3,254

26,244

876,865

G

20

68

1,158

G010

L

59

726

39,619

L005

M

611

3,490

96,125

M029

690

4,284

136,902

V

41

618

36,380Grand total

12,21977,4055,960,088

Charged particle

Photonuclear

Q
Total photonuclear
Evaluation
V025

by Area and Reference Date

Csisrs Library Statistics

AREA 1
Year
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
Total

#entries#subentries
8
21
10
11
3
4
57

21-05-01#data points

25
77
29
68
18
9
226

8,304
57,2192,257
51,84913,89329,716
163,238

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1293

AREA 2
Year
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
Total

#entries#subentries#data points

18
16
17
1

79
93
91
9

182,400
4,594
1,666
3,109

52

272

191,769

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2149

AREA 3
Year
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
Total
AREA 4
Year
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
Total

#entries#subentries
13
3
12
5
3
5
41

#entries

45
58
86
75
7
64
335

#subentries
19
12
18
12
16
5
82

64
76
80
34
329
47
630

#data points
311
233
272
130
97
317
1,360

#data points
808
1,676
3,809
1,276
3,121
423
11,113

Last tape

3106

Last tape4122

by Area and Reference Date

Csisrs Library Statistics

AREA A
Year
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Total

#entries#subentries

21-05-01#data points

9
4
0
0

552
490
0
0

2,121
10,086
0
0

13

1,042

12,207

Last tape

A047

AREA C
Year
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Total

#entries#subentries
26
18
19
9
12
1
85

#data points

81
117
62
27
37
4
328

5,955
3,393
3,463
1,537
6,689
490
21,527

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C050

AREA D
Year
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Total
AREA E
Year
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Total

#entries#subentries#data points

4
9

10
45

223
999

13

55

1,222

#entries#subentries#data points

3
5

63
50

1,284
1,675

8

113

2,959

Last tape

D022

Last tapeE018

by Area and Reference Date

Csisrs Library Statistics

AREA F
Year
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Total

#entries#subentries

21-05-01#data points

Last tape

1
1

5
12

62
180

2

17

242

F012

AREA G
Year
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Total

#entries#subentries#data points

00Last file

0

G010

AREA L
Year
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Total

#entries#subentries

0#data points

0

Last tape

0

L005

AREA M
Year
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Total

#entries#subentries#data points

8
5
2
1

107
12
26
5

1,359
708
54
377

1
17

16
166

388
2,886

Last tape

M029

by Area and Reference Date

Csisrs Library Statistics

AREA O
Year
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Total
AREA R
Year
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Total

#entries#subentries

21-05-01#data points

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9
5
6
1

229
70
230
4

663
2,630
1,304
187

21

533

4,784

#entries#subentries

0#data points

0

O008

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0R012

AREA S
Year
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Total

#entries#subentries

0#data points

0

Last tape

0

S010

AREA T
Year
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Total

#entries#subentries#data points

Last tape

1

6

31

1

6

31

T008

WP 2001-23
CINDA2001 MANUAL
Revisions as of 24 May 2001
V.McLane, M.Lammer, S.A.Dunaeva, O.Schwerer and V.Zerkin

Attached is a revision of the CINDA2001 manual which we formulated in Vienna the week before
the meeting. It is formatted to be inserted into the EXFOR manual as chapter 10: “CINDA
Bibliographic System”. New dictionaries will be designed especially to meet the CINDA needs andwill be part of the EXFOR dictionaries. Therefore no special appendices are needed for the CINDA
manual.
The revisions include corrections and clarifications in the wording as well as some more substantialchanges. The more important items are:TARGET:
The old MANY and FPROD get the artificial Z value 999 to ensure their sorting at the end of thebook/retrieval, and are to be coded as 999MNY and 999FPR
REACTION• In CINDA the REACTION consists of 2 fields: incoming and outgoing. The codes in thesefields correspond in the general case to EXFOR REACTION SF2-SF4.
• In the outgoing field, if there are many outgoing nuclides, or, in general, too many codes to fit
into the field, they will be replaced by the code PRD (= products). the individual products wouldin this case be listed in a product line (hierarchy 8).
QUANTITY• The new Dictionary 45 will contain all quantity codes to be used for CINDA.
• The correspondence between the old CINDA quantity codes and the new REACTION +QUANTITY combination will be presented in Dictionary 47 (see WP 2001-24).
ENERGY RANGE• A blank energy field will be used in entries for spontaneous fission and nuclear quantities. Hencethe codes ‘SPON’and ‘/’will no longer exist.
• Some changes have been introduced for energy spectra: the new code THRML = thermal reactor
spectrum will replace the old code PILE, and MAXW will be used only for pure Maxwellian
spectra or data corrected for that.
• Entries for energy spectra will contain the spectrum code in the E-min field and may give thenumerical equivalent (corresponding to EN-DUMMY in EXFOR) in the E-max field. Thesenumerical equivalents will replace the previous ‘internal sorting value’. Hence we will needdistinctions between MAXW-THRML and FAST-FISS (which have the same EN-DUMMY in
EXFOR); the default numerical equivalents will be given in the new Dictionary 48.
• These new features have some consequences:- A Maxwellian spectrum at 30 keV can be coded as ‘MAXW 3.0+04’.
- It is no longer allowed to combine spectrum codes with numerical energy values (other than
the numerical equivalent).
• How these new features will be handled in the CINDA book is still to be decided.

HIERARCHY
Both, hierarchy 8 and 9 entries have now the information in the comments field, and the energy andreference fields are left blank. We have not yet decided whether to include such entries in the
CINDA book; this will be discussed and decide upon at the meeting.
Details of the new coding rules as outlined above and coding examples will be included when
everything is approved and finalized.

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CINDA2001
MANUAL
Prepared by Victoria McLane
National Nuclear Data Center
Preliminary Version
May 2001

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CINDA Bibliographic System
HISTORY
CINDA2001 was designed to replace the CINDA database which was originally designed in
19581 as a Card Index to Neutron Data. CINDA was adopted in the 1970’s by the four Neutron
Data Centers as an international index to the neutron data; the compilation scheme remained
essentially unchanged until 1998.
In the meantime, the Nuclear Reaction Data Network had evolved from the original four centers
to a group of thirteen centers involved in the compilation of nuclear reaction data for incident
charged particles and photons, in addition to neutrons. The need for an index that would allow
the inclusion of all reaction data, and the need to update the format for the year 2000 lead to acomplete redesign of the bibliographic system.
The new system is more compatible with EXFOR/CSISRS, and has adopted many of the samethe codes used in this database, thereby eliminating the need for users of nuclear reaction data
to learn different sets of notation when accessing the bibliographic and data files.

INTRODUCTIONCINDA2001 is a computerized bibliographic file containing references to information on nuclear
reactions. Included are references to measurements, calculations, evaluations, and reviews ofnuclear reaction and other related data. In the case of experimental or evaluated data, references
to the databases where the actual values may be obtained are also included.
Identical copies of this database are maintained by the four core centers in the Nuclear Data
Center Network.2 These master files are updated periodically and exchanged among the centers.
Retrievals from CINDA2001, as well as the experimental and evaluated databases, are available
through the Internet using World Wide Web or by direct access using TCP/IP’s TELNET
command.3

1

CINDA was designed by Herbert Goldstein, a professor in the Department Of Applied Physics and Engineering
at Columbia University, see Nuclear Development Corporation of America report NDA 2-80 (1958).
2
These core centers are: the US National Nuclear Data Center, the NEA Data Bank, the IAEA Nuclear Data
Section, and the Russian Nuclear Data Center at Obninsk. See Appendix A for complete information on the
Nuclear Reaction Data Centers.
3
See Appendix A for access to your nearest data center.
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The information in the CINDA2001 Database is obtained from scanning the available literature,both published and unpublished. Coverage is “complete” for neutron data from 1935 to thepresent. Coverage for charged-particle data is nearly complete for 1980 to the present, and lesscomplete before 1980. Coverage for photon-induced data is taken from Photonuclear Data4
which covers the period 1976 to the present.
This manual is intended to be a complete guide to the indexing of information in the CINDA2001
system.

CINDA2001 EXCHANGE FORMATThe CINDA2001 exchange file consists of a series of 125-character record plus a header record
which gives information about the attached file. The format of the header record is:Columns
Content
1-5 ID
6 (blank)
7-15 Type of file16-22 Exchange number
23-33

Date of exchange

34-44

Number of records on file

Use
CINDA
READER or EXCHANGE; left-adjusted
Area code, number of exchange for area; rightadjusted.
8-digit right-adjusted integer: year, month, day(YYYYMMDD)
Right-adjusted integer

Files transmitted will be either exchange files or reader files. The format of these files is thesame, but the content will differ slightly; the differences are noted under the sections on theappropriate fields.
Exchange files consist of records produced for transmitting entries from a center’s own area of
responsibility.
Reader files contain records produced by the transmitting center for an area outside its
responsibility and transmitted to the responsible center for addition to its database. After the
update of its database, the records will be transmitted by the responsible center to all othercenters.

4

V. V. Varlamov, V. V. Sapuchenko, M. E. Stepanov, Photonuclear Data 1976-1995, Photonuclear Experimental
Data Center, Moscow University (1996).
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The fields given in the CINDA2001 exchange format are as follows.
Columns
1
2-8
9-23
24-27
28-33
34-37
38-39
40
41
42-55

Contents
Operation code
Target Nucleus
Reaction
Quantity
Institute
Block #
Sequence #Work type
Reader code
Energy range

Formats
A1
2I3,A1
A15
A4
A6
A1,I3
I2
A1
A1
2(E7.1)56 Hierarchy code57-85 Reference

I1
A23,I686-125

A40

Comment

ExampleAs in CINDA
Target Z, A, isomeric state (ZZAAAM)
Generally, EXFOR REACTION SF2-SF4
From DANIEL Dictionary 13.
EXFOR code without area code
Area code, followed by center assigned block #Sequence within block (blank on Reader files).
As in CINDA5
At discretion of center (blanks allowed)6
Minimum, maximum energy (±n.n±ee)
Hierarchy for references
Type: as in CINDA (A1),
Reference code: as in EXFOR (A22),
Date: year and month (YYYYMM)
As in CINDA

Updates to the formats must be agreed upon by the four core centers.
Any codes to be used in CINDA2001 are included in dictionaries contained in the DANIEL
dictionary database. Updates to the dictionaries must be submitted before any code not given inthese dictionaries may be used on a CINDA2001 exchange file.
Details for the coding and content of each of the above fields are given on the following pages.

5With the exception that the mixed mode codes will be eliminated. For example, entries for theoretical
calculations will be separated from experimental data.
6
That is, centers may choose not to use a reader code.
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OPERATION CODE (Column 1)
The operation code is a signal to the database update code as to what operation must be
performed. The following list contains the legal operation code and their use.

CodeA

Meaning
Add record

D

Delete record

M

Modify record

Exchange Use
Block number and sequencenumber must be specified
Block number and sequencenumber must be specified
Block number and sequencenumber must be specified

Reader Use
Block number may be specified;sequence number must be blank.
Block number and sequencenumber must be specified.
Block number and sequencenumber must be specified

The remainder of the record must be complete for both reader and exchange format.

TARGET NUCLEUS (Columns 2-8)
The target nucleus is given as 2 three-digit integers (Z and A) , both right-adjusted in their field,
plus an isomeric state code. All legal Z, A codes are found in DANIEL Dictionary 27. The
isomeric state code is blank for a nucleus in the ground state, and consists of the metastable state
code M for a nuclide in a metastable state.
For compound nucleus properties, e.g., resonance parameters, the nucleus entered is the target
for the reaction(s) analyzed.
For a theoretical work giving systematic trends over many nuclei, the code MNY may be used in
the A field; use Z equal to 999. The code MNY may be used either in place of, or in addition to,separate entries for the individual nuclei.
Naturally occurring elements
For naturally occurring elements that contain a mixture of isotopes, a zero is entered in the Anumber field. For monoisotopic elements, the Z and A of the isotope are given. For nearlymonisotopic elements, i.e., for elements where the principal isotope is more than 99% of thenatural isotopic mixture, the Z,A of that isotope may be given if the contribution from otherisotopes to the reaction given is negligible.

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Compounds and Mixtures
For compounds and mixtures, a 3-character compound code is given instead of the A number andis left adjusted in the field. Single element compounds, e.g., molecular hydrogen, should not be
coded as compounds. If information is deduced for a constituent element of a compound or
mixture, it should be entered under that element.
The general code zzzCMP, where zzz is the major component of the compound, may be used if
the compound is not given specifically in the dictionary. The name of the compound should begiven in the comment. If more than one element may be considered a major component, choose
the element with the highest Z number.
For data given for mixed fission products, i.e., an aggregate of those fission products produced
in a given fission reaction, the code FPR is given in place of the A value; use Z equal to 999.

REACTION (Columns 9-23)
The code for reaction is given as two fields: incident and outgoing, generally, the same as
EXFOR REACTION SF2 and SF3. However, in some case, information from reaction SF4 will
be included in the outgoing field.
The incident field contains one of the following:1.

A particle code from DANIEL Dictionary 33 which contains a non-blank character in thethird position of the Allowed Subfield field, e.g., P or HE3.;

2.

A chemical symbol and A-number (SSAAAM) from DANIEL Dictionary 27 which contains
a non-blank character in the third position of the Nuclide Uses field; for a nucleus in ametastable state the code is followed by an M, e.g., CL 35 or AM242M.

The outgoing field contains one of the following.
1.

A particle code from DANIEL Dictionary 33 which contains a non-blank character in the
fourth position of the Allowed Subfield field, e.g., P or HE3;

2.

A nuclide code, i.e., chemical symbol and A-number (SSAAA) taken from DANIEL
Dictionary 27 which contains a non-blank character in the fourth position of the Nuclide
Uses field; for a nuclide in a metastable state, the code is followed by the code M, e.g., CL
35 or AM242M;

3.

A process code taken from DANIEL Dictionary 30, e.g., TOT or EL, with the addition of thecode PRD for product yield, e.g., X+PRD.

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4.

A combination of the above with the codes separated by a “+”. The order of codes is:particles ordered from lightest to heaviest,7 followed by nuclide codes ordered fromlightest to heaviest, followed by process codes in alphabetical order. The exception tothis rule is: when the order in which the reaction proceeds is given explicitly, the codes
are given in that order.

5.

For complete evaluations covering many reactions, and given over a defined energy range,
the code EVAL may be entered in the outgoing field.

6.

For complex reactions with many outgoing particles, the code CMPLX may be used in thisfield in place of all other codes.

QUANTITY (Columns 24-27)
The legal quantity codes are given in DANIEL Dictionary 45.
For complete evaluations, covering many reactions and quantities, this field contains the code
EVL.

INSTITUTE (Columns 28-33)
The institute is given as a six-character code consisting of a country code followed by an institutecode. These codes are found in DANIEL Dictionary 3, CINDA Code field.
If more than one institute is involved in the work, the main institute is given. The main instituteis defined as the institute at which the principal investigator resides, or the institute at which thework was done. Links to the other institutes are given on Institute Cross Reference Records(hierarchy 9, see Hierarchy Code). An entry is made for each institute containing at least one
reference.

BLOCK NUMBER (Columns 34-37)
The block number consists of the area code for the responsible center, followed by a three-digit
block number, e.g., L198. The area codes to be used are those assigned for EXFOR.
The block number is assigned only by the center responsible for the entry.

7

Lightest to heaviest is defined as in order of lightest Z, then in order of A.
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SEQUENCE NUMBER (Columns 38-39)
The Sequence Number is a 2-digit, right-adjusted integer denoting the sequence within a block.
It is assigned only by the center responsible for the entry.

WORK TYPE (Column 40)
The one-character Work Type code gives the type of work referenced, e.g., experimental,
evaluated. For a reference containing more than one type of work, a separate block should beentered for each type, for example, an experimental work in which extensive8 model calculations
were done.

READER CODE (Column 41)
A one-character Reader Code may be used, at the discretion of the entering center, to identify thecompiler of the entry. This field may be left blank. A list of current and formerly used Reader
Codes is given in Dictionary 47.

ENERGY RANGE (Columns 42-55)
The energy range field consists of two floating-point numbers (2E7.1) which give the minimum
and maximum energies for the data referenced. If the data is presented only at one energy, it isgiven in the first field; the second field is blank. If an upper limit only is known, it is given in
the second field; the first field is blank.
If only the approximate range is known, only the exponents are entered.
A five-character code is used to define the energy for spectrum-averaged values. A list of alllegal codes is given in DANIEL Dictionary 48.
If the reference covers two or more distinct energy ranges that may be viewed as separate
experiments or calculations, separate entries should be made. Example: a measurement atthermal energy of Maxwellian-averaged cross section and a separate measurement over theenergy range 5 eV to 6 keV.
If no information on the energy is given, the code NDG (no data given) is used.
For quantities for which an incident energy is meaningless, i.e., nuclear and spontaneous fission
quantities, both fields are left blank.
8

By extensive is meant that each work is extensive enough to warrant publication on its own. For example, acomparison of measured angular distributions with optical model calculations is not regarded as fulfilling thiscriterion. This comparison should be noted in the comment for the experimental data.
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HIERARCHY CODE (Column 56)
The one-digit Hierarchy code is used to distinguish between different types of records, or todenote the importance of a reference. Valid hierarchy codes are defined in the following table.
Code
1
2
3
4
5
6
8

9

Use
Main publication. Assigned only to a publication known to be the definitive
publication.
Published reference (journal or conference proceeding).
Other major reference, such as, complete laboratory report or a thesis.
Translation for reference with hierarchy 1-3.
Minor reference, such as, a progress report, a meeting abstract, or a private
communication.
Data index entry. A reference to an entry in a data library which gives thenumerical data referenced in the block.
A reaction product record. Gives, in the Comments field, a list of the reaction
products measured in a nuclide production or fission product yieldmeasurement (SSAAAM), separated by commas. The energy and reference
fields are blank.
An institute cross-reference record. Lists, in the Comments field, codes forother institutes involved in the producing the data, separated by commas. Theenergy and reference fields are blank.

REFERENCE (Columns 57-85)
The reference consists of three fields: reference type, reference code, and reference date. The
format of the reference field depends on the reference type. The exceptions are:For Hierarchy 8 and 9 records, the entire reference field is blank.
Reference type (Column 57)
The Reference Type consists of a one-character code taken from DANIEL Dictionary 4.

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Reference Code (Column 58-79)
In general, references are coded as for EXFOR and use the same dictionaries and codes. See the
EXFOR Manual for coding rules, and DANIEL Dictionaries 5-7 for document codes.
1.

For reference type codes 0 and 4:
columns 58-62 EXFOR
columns 63-67 EXFOR Accession number (or 00000, if unassigned)
column 68
full stop (.)
column 69-71
EXFOR Subaccession number2.

For reference type code 3:
columns 58-63 evaluated file name (see DANIEL Dictionary 44)
columns 64-79 version number, data set number.

Reference Date (Column 80-85)
The reference date is given as an 6-digit integer: 4-digit year, 2 digit month (YYYYMM). If themonth is not known, it may be omitted.

COMMENTS (Columns 86-125)
Comments for reference records should start with the first author’s last name, terminated witha full stop (.) for a single author or a plus sign (+) for multiple authors. If no author is known,
column 86 should contain a full stop.
The author’s name is followed by additional, abbreviated information about the work.
The comment should contain information on whether and how the data is presented in thereference.
Examples: NDG (no data given)
GRPH (graphs)
TBL (table)
For allowable character set and translation of Cyrillic characters, see EXFOR Manual, Chapter
1.
Comments for the data index lines should contain:
for EXFOR, the number of data lines, and type of data;
for evaluations, the evaluator.
For Hierarchy 8 and 9 records, the comment filed has a special significance, see Hierarchy Code.

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CINDA2001
Correspondence
Old CINDA Quantity - new Reaction-Quantity
by Meinhart Lammer (Nuclear Data Section)

The new quantity codes to be used for CINDA are contained in Dictionary 45 (see Appendix). They
consist of codes extracted from DANIEL Dictionary 13 and additional codes not required for
EXFOR, selected to meet CINDA needs.
The new quantity codes are more specific than the old ones about the type of data presented. They
allow distinctions e.g. between total, partial or differential cross sections which were not possible
with the old quantities. Specific examples are:
- NG was used to code total and partial (to isomer) capture cross sections (now distinguished byquantity CS resp. CSP);- SNG and DNG were used for all γ-ray data: production cross sections, energy spectra, angular
distributions, etc.;- DIN was used for partial cross sections and all kinds of differential data;- charged particle production cross section (NP,NA, etc.) were used for all types of data involved.
Therefore, in the conversion from old CINDA quantities to the new reaction+quantity formalism
there are many cases were a new quantity could not be specified.
The table below lists the old CINDA quantities and the corresponding new codes for reaction andquantity. Where there is no one-to-one correspondence between old and new quantity, as mentioned
above, the corresponding “new Q” field is blank in the table. Apart from the conversion, we propose
the following important new features:• LDL will be replaced by NQ (nuclear quantity) under which level density parameter, spin cutoff
factor, nuclear temperature, etc. will be coded.
• There will be no correspondence for CHG for 2 reasons:(1) the distinction to code fission product and mass yields as NFY and charge yields as CHG was
artificial;(2) also fractional yields (before coded as CHG in CINDA) are coded in EXFOR as ratios offission yields with SF6=FY.
Present solution (as proposed):- everything called fission yield, in EXFOR coded with FY in SF6, will be coded as NFY,
- all other fission fragment quantities (including ZP and AP) will be coded as FRS.
My personal thoughts concerning this matter (which I present for your consideration) are as
follows: in addition to NFY (fission yields of mass, charge, products) and FRS (fragment kinetic
energy, angular distribution, anisotropy etc.) there are parameters of theoretical concepts for
distributions such as most probable mass or charge, widths of distributions, odd-even effects etc.,
which are neither NFY nor FRS (and also not the old CHG: there was no justification to code Ap
as NFY and Zp as CHG as they are both theoretical concepts and not yields). Obviously, thisthird category has no correspondence in EXFOR quantities (although they can be derived frommeasurements). Therefore I propose to consider 3 quantities for fission product data:129

- NFY for all data that are fission yields (PC/FIS) or ratios thereof (= fractional yields);- FRS for differential with respect to angle, energy (distributions, anisotropy, etc.) fragment data
- PAR for parameters of mass or charge distribution models, either derived from measurements
or to be used in entries for theoretical work.
• There will be only one quantity NU for prompt neutrons, which will include entries under the oldcodes NU, NUF and SFN.
• There will be no distinction in radiation spectra from fission corresponding to the old codes SFG,
FPG and FPB. The new quantity code will be SPC and the distinction has to be clear from thereaction field (define outgoing particle) and the comments.
• Strength function will have no special code but will be coded as resonance parameter withappropriate comment.
• For the quantities defining ratios, alpha and eta, we allow a slash in the outgoing field thatdefines the ratio: e.g. alpha has reaction=N,G/F and quantity=ALF.
For the automatic conversion of old CINDA entries we propose the following solution to ensure that
due to these changes there will be no loss of information:- For blocks containing EXFOR index lines the coding derived from the EXFOR reaction should be
adequate.
- A similar solution should be possible for evaluated data index lines.
- For the remaining entries, abbreviated information corresponding to the extinct codes could be
added automatically to the comments, e.g. (CHG - CHG DIST), (NUF - FRAG NS), (SFG PROMPT GS), (FPG - FP GS), etc., as given in the column “comment” in the table below.
Table: “Q” stands for quantity. The last 2 columns show the old expansion in the CINDA book andmy proposals for new expansions, which I put forward for discussion.

old
Q
SEL
DEL
POL
POT
SIN
DIN
SCT
N2N
NXN
NEM

reaction
N,EL
N,EL
N,X
N,EL
N,INL
N,INL
N,SCT
N,2N
N,XN
N,X+N

new
Q
CS
DA
POL
POT
CS

comment

expansion in book:old
Elastic
Diff Elastic
Polarization
Potential Scat
Total Inelastic
Diff Inelastic
Scattering(n,2n)(n,xn) x>2
n Emission

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new
total (n,n)(n,n) angular distribution(n,X+n) polarization(n,n) potential scattering
total (n,n′)
partial/differential (n,n′)
n-scattering(n,2n)(n,xn) x>2(n,X+xn) x=1,2,..: n-emission

old
Q
NG
RIG
SNG
DNG
NEG
NP
NNP
PEM
ND
NND
DEM
NT
NNT
TEM
NHE
NA
NNA
AEM
NF
RIF
ALF
ETA
NU
NUD
NUF
SFN
SFG
FPG
FPB
NFY
FRS
CHG
TOT
SNE
NX
ABS
RIA
RES
STF
LDL
GN
GF
EVL
TSL

reaction
N,G
N,G
N,G
N,INL+G
N,X+G
N,P
N,N+P
N,X+P
N,D
N,N+D
N,X+D
N,T
N,N+T
N,X+T
N,HE3
N,A
N,N+A
N,X+A
N,F
N,F
N,G/F
N,F/ABSN,F or 0,FN,F or 0,FN,F or 0,FN,F or 0,FN,F or 0,FN,F or 0,FN,F or 0,FN,F or 0,FN,F or 0,FN,F or 0,F
N,TOT
N,NON
N,X
N,ABS
N,ABS
N,0
N,0
0,0
G,N
G,F
N,X
N,SCT

new
Q

comment

RI

CS
RI
ALF
ETA
NU
NUD
NU
NU
SPC
SPC
SPC
FY
FRS
FY
CS
CS
CS
RI
RP
RP
NQ

EVL
TSL

N-MULTIPL
FRAG-NS
N-SPEC
PROMPT GS
FP GS
FP BETASCHG DISTSTRGTH FN

expansion in book:
old
(n,γ
)
Res Int Capt
Spect (n,γ)
Inelastic γ
Nonelastic γ(n,p)(n,np)
p Emission(n,d)(n,nd)d Emission(n,t)(n,nt)t Emission(n,He3)(n,α)(n,nα)
α Emission
FissionRes Int Fiss
Alpha
Eta
Nu
Delayed Neuts
Frag Neutrons
Spect Fiss n
Spect Fiss γ
Fiss Prod γ
Fiss Prod β
Fission yield
Frag Spectra
Frag Charge
Total
Nonelastic
Nucl Production
Absorption
Res Int Abs
Reson Params
Reson Params
Level Density(γ,n)
Photofission
Evaluation
Thermal Scat
Appendix
131

new
(n,γ
)
(n,γ
) resonance integral(n,γ) γproduct/spectra(n,n′γ) γproduct/spectra(n,X+γ) nonelastic γ(n,p)(n,np)(n,X+p) p-emission(n,d)(n,nd)(n,X+d) d-emission(n,t)(n,nt)(n,X+t) t-emission(n,X+He3)(n,α)(n,nα)(n,X+α) α-emission(n,f)(n,f) resonance integral
alpha = (n,γ)/(n,f)eta = ν (n,f)/(n,abs)(n,f) or (0,f) prompt n(n,f) or (0,f) delayed n(n,f) or (0,f) prompt n(n,f) or (0,f) prompt n(n,f) or (0,f) prompt γ(n,f) or (0,f) prompt γ(n,f) or (0,f) prompt γ(n,f) or (0,f) fission yield(n,f) or (0,f) fragment spectra(n,f) or (0,f) fission yield(n,tot)(n,nonelastic)(n,X) nuclide production(n,absorption)(n,abs) resonance integral(n,0) resonance pars(n,0) resonance pars
nuclear quantity(γ,n)
photofission
neutron data evaluation
neutron thermal scatDictionary 45 (CINDA2001 quantity codes)
ALF
AMP
COR
CS
CSP
CST
D3A
D3E
D4A
DA
DAA
DAE
DAP
DAT
DE
DEP
EC
ETA
FRS
FY
INT
KE
LMC
EMC
NQ
NU
NUD
POL
POD
POT
PY
RI
RP
RR
SPC
TSL
TT
TTD
TTP

Alpha
Length or amplitude
Angular correlation
Cross section
Partial cross section
Temperature dependent cross section
Triple differential dAngle1/dAngle2/dE'
Triple differential dAngle/dE1'/dE2'
Quadruple diff. dAng1/dAng2/dE1'/dE2'
Differential d/dAngle
Double differential dAngle1/dAngle2
Double differential dAngle/dE'
Partial differential d/dAngle
Temperature-dependent Legendre coefficient
Differential d/dE'
Energy spectrum for specific group
Energy correlation
Eta
Fragment spectra
Fission product yield
Cross section integral over incident energy
Kinetic energy
Partial linear momentum correlation
Effective mass correlation
Nuclear quantity
Nu
Nu delayed
Polarization
Differential polarization
Potential scattering
Product yield (other than fission)
Resonance integral
Resonance parameter
Reaction rate
Secondary energy spectrum
Thermal scattering
Thick target yield
Differential thick target yield, d/dAngle
Partial thick target yield

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WP2001-25

EXFOR as a multi-platform relational database:current status of development
V.Zerkin, NDS-IAEA

The Nuclear Reaction Database (NRDB) will combine CINDA, EXFOR, ENDF and
Dictionaries as a united relational database. The EXFOR part on the NRDB project(“EXFOR-relational”) is basically continuation of EXFOR/Access database distributedon CD-ROM since 2000. The project aims in developing platform independent softwarefor using EXFOR as a relational database being used on PC, in local network and throughthe Web. EXFOR-relational suppose to work on most popular operating systems andseveral DBMS.
Because EXFOR-relational is becoming a part of united Nuclear Reaction Database,further development of EXFOR/Access contained following directions:
1. Study, investigations of a technical solution to be applied in EXFOR-relational, testsof performance on different platforms (see Tables 1, 2, Fig 2.);
2. Development of first version of platform independent software for loading data to
database and retrieval Java-program (See Fig.1);
3. Migration to EXFOR/NRDB schema (See Fig.3);
4. Design and development Web version of EXFOR-relational;
5. Practical using of load software for creating EXFOR/Access CD-ROM revisions;
6. Extend functionality and simplify installation of EXFOR/Access;Improvements of EXFOR/Access on CD-ROM:
1. Enhanced search of product (SF3, SF4, ELEM/MASS)
2. User’s Manual in html pages, auto-run program, simpler ZVView installation
3. Accelerated search of data
4. Version without external X4 files (user does not need to read CD-ROM for X4 filereconstruction or install ~100,000 files on Hard Disk)
5. Plugged in Statistics system

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Prepare X4 files
for reconstruction.C. JavaRetrievalprogram. TXT

EXFOR Master file,
Dictionaries.C

Extract information(keywords, codes,
data)

. ASC

ASCII files(tables). SQL

Createtables. JavaLoad
table. JavaExecuteSQL files

JDBC Driver Manager
File structure:
one SUBENT in
one ASCII filejdbc-odbc brige

ODBC Driver Manager

CD-ROM
Retrieval userinterfaceODBC. MDB,
VBA

ODBC

JDBC

Drivers

MS-Access

ClientServer

ZVViewOS:

Windows-NT, 9x
OpenVMS,Linux;
DBMS: MySQL,MS SQL Server,
Cache,
SyBaseSQL Server

Database

Fig.1. EXFOR Relational: programs and data flow

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OS/DBMS
specificCreated by V.Zerkin: 2000-Nov-11
Last modified: 2001-May-22

Table 1. Access to database by standalone Java programs via JDBC drivers
Load tables (min:sec)
Retrieve data (sec)DBMS
Server Client ENTRY SUBENT REACT
Execute SQL-1
on Server
12,357rec.
79,175rec.
94,703rec.
First
time
FastestOS
OS
Access-97
MS-SQL-6.5

NT*
NT*
NT*

Cache3 3.2.1.8 VMS*

Linux*
3

Cache 3.2.1(from Germany)

MySQL
v-3.23.27
4ASE-12.5b
ASA-7.04

NTNT*Linux*
NT
Linux
NT*

NT
NT
NT
VMS
NT
Linux
VMS
NT
Linux
NT
Linux
NT
NT
Linux
Linux
NT
NT

1.5 Mb

11.5 Mb

13.5 Mb

afterrestarttime ofexecution

1:00
1:19
0:24
5:18
1:18

6:42
8:32
2:40
32:58
8:24

12:20
10:36
5:16
78:12 2
13:35

4.5
4.5
8
6.6
6.5

0:16

1:43

3:35

0:16
0:28
0:09
0:35
2:16
0:59

1:40
4:27
0:53
3:59
14:23
6:24

1:15
4.56
2:06
7:41
35:17
12:09

4.7
4.7
4.6
12
5.7
5.2
10.2

0.06
0.03
3.6
0.99
0.99
0.99
0.45
0.05
0.23
0.15
0.14
1.06
0.1
0.07
1.2
0.06
1.57

BLOB checked

EXFOR relational on Java/JDBC:
performance on different platforms.

√

√

√
√

Table 1a. Web access to database by CGI-Java and Servlets via JDBC drivers
12-15
11.7
5.2
0.1

Alpha-VMS > USU-Server > CGI/Perl > JDK-1.1.7 > Cache-3.2.1.8
LinuxRedHat-6.2 > Apache / JServ / JDK-1.3.0 > MySQL-3.23.27-beta

Add
cost
$200
-

* Database: Access-97, VBA buffer size: 4096 bytes; 2 Total number of files: 99,523; 4 size limit for zip: 4096 b
3
Request: “WHERE (SAN=’1000*’)”; Reactions: 99; Subentries: 91; X4: 11.7Mb (144,414 lines)

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1
2
3
4
5
6
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
18
19

* Server was located on the same machine as Client.
2Java itself is slow on VMS: e.g. load time of REACT without execution of SQL statements was 26:30
3
Cache buffers were set up to 16/8 Mb.
4Done in NNDC (BNL,USA), March, 2001: NT-RAM=64Mb; LAN: slow

Table 2. Performance with different ways to store original EXFOR data *.
Store Subentries
Read
Extract
MDB file Text files Time to create3X4 (sec)
as
by
by
(Mb)
(Mb)
BLOB/Zip
VBA
DynaZIP-32
180
25
BLOB/Zip
VBA Pkunzip/DOS
180
107
BLOB/Zip|Text4
VBA Pkunzip/DOS
301
65
BLOB/Text
VBA
421
16
2
Text Files
VBA
105
270
15
2
Text Files
Java
105
270
100

N

Clients

Servers
Alpha/VMS

OSU-ServerInternet

CGI/perl

CGI/perl

Java

Java

Alpha-VMS
Java

Cache-JDBC
DriverCache-SQL
ServerWindows-NT

JAVA
Programs

db

Windows-NT

Cache
JDBC Driver

Cache-SQL
Serverdb

MS-SQL
Serverdb

MySQL
Serverdb

Java

Table-Load
BLOB-Load

JDBC-ODBCDriver (Sun)ODBC Driver
Manager

X4-Retrieve[Local] Network

SQL-Exec

i686/Linux

MS-AccessCache-SQL
Serverdb

Sybase Server(ASE, ASA)

db

MySQL
Serverdb

i686/Linux
Java

MySQL
JDBC Driver
Cache
JDBC Driver

X4s

X4s
X4Servlet

JavaInternet

JServ
ApacheFig.2. EXFOR multi-platform implementation: studied and tested architectures
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Web Server

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EntryID==EntryID

ID
EntryID
AuthorIni
Author

INSTITUT

EntryID==EntryID

InstituteID
EntryID
Code
Area
Country
Institute

ID
EntryID
Reference
Dict
Type
Ref
Date

KEYWORDREACSTRSUBENT

X4SRC
SubentID
CodingSourceCdatasetID=DatasetID or
DdatasetID=DatasetID
HEADER
DatasetID
iCol
Pointer
Header
Units

EntryID=EntryID

EntryID=EntryID

SubentID=SubentID

EntryID==EntryID
REFERS

Entry ID
AccNumArea
DateDebut
FileSrc
nInstitutes
Institute1
nAuthors
Author1Ini
Author1
nReferences
Reference1
YearRef1
Sub1Html

DatasetID==DatasetID

SubentID
SubAccEntryID
SubAcc1
DateUpd
StatusSPSDD
nReac
nReacstr
EnMin
EnMax
CdatasetID
nCCol
nCRow
DdatasetId
nDCol
nDRow
SubHtml
Sub1Html

KeyID
EntryID
SubentID
KeywordPointer
Code
Text

SubentID==SubentID
SubentID=SubentID
ReacodeID==ReacodeID
REACODE
SubentID==SubentID

DATA
DatasetID
iValuerValueFig.3. EXFOR Relational: Schema, May-2001
1

ReacodeID
SubentID
PointernReacstr
nDataLines
eMin
eMax
fullCode

ReacstrID
SubentID
ReacodeID
PointernCodesCode
TargetReaction
Product
Quant
SF1,SF2,..SF9
SF58
ZTarg
elTarg
aTarg
sTarg
zProd
elProdsProd
ztProdatProdReacodeID=ReacodeID
PRODUCT
ProductID
Fld
Element
Mass
IsomerProduct
Prod

WP2001-26
Compilation and Evaluationof Alpha-Induced Nuclear Reaction Cross Sections
for Astrophysics

ABSTRACT: Nucleosynthesis and energy production in stellar environments depend critically on nuclear
reaction cross sections. Reactions induced by alpha particles are important in the helium burning stage ofstars, novae, and supernovae events. They involve light to medium weight nuclei up to about Z=32, andcenter-of-mass energies up to about 20 MeV. The proposed project involves three components. A
complete set of all available experimental data for the alpha-induced reactions for nuclei in the range ofinterest will be compiled and will be available online to the community. Optical Model (OM) parameters
will be adjusted to match elastic scattering and total reaction data. These parameters will also be madeavailable to the community and may be used to calculate data for other isotopes. Finally, a set of crosssection evaluations for these reactions will be made and may be used by the astrophysics community to
calculate reactions rates. The astrophysical implications of the data and the conversion into reactions rates
will be explored.

PROJECT NARRATIVE

A. Participants
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics Group (ORNL): The
Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics Group is a part of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Astrophysics
Program. In addition to experiments, the group hosts a Nuclear Data for Nuclear Astrophysics Web site,and has recently been involved in the calculation of astrophysical reaction rates for relevant reactions.
These rates are derived from laboratory measurements of cross sections convoluted with a thermal(Maxwell-Boltzmann) relative velocity distribution.
National Nuclear Data Center (NNDC): The National Nuclear Data Center is funded by the U.S.
Department of Energy to provide services in the field of low and medium energy nuclear physics to users
in the United States and Canada. The NNDC databases are available online, both using the telnet protocol
and on the Web. All data are provided free of charge.
Since 1962, the National Neutron Cross Section Center (then known as the Sigma Center) has
provided information on neutron-induced nuclear reactions. In 1980, the evaluations of nuclear structure
and radioactive decay data became part of its responsibility and its name was changed to the National
Nuclear Data Center. In 1996, the reaction compilation effort was expanded to include charged-particle
induced reaction data with an initial concentration on proton-induced reactions.
In addition to its long history of expertise in compilation, the recent addition of new staff members has
again provided the NNDC with expertise in the evaluation of nuclear reaction data.
Nuclear Physics Data Center (NPDC): The Russian Federal Nuclear Center, VNIIEF, originated a
project in 1973 to compile data on the interaction of charged particles with light nuclei to support thecalculation of thermonuclear reaction rates; this library now contains over 1500 references. As a result of
this work, the NPDC was established in 1997. The NPDC staff has achieved an expertise in thecompilation and evaluation of these data, including making experimental measurements and developing
techniques for the extrapolation of these cross sections to very low energies.
During the last six years specialists of the Center took an active part in the ISTC Projects“Development of the library of evaluated nuclear data on charged particles for International
Thermonuclear Reactor (ITER) and other applications of thermonuclear fusion” and “Benchmarks data onγ-ray production for fusion application”, which were involved the compilation and evaluation of nuclear
data for the International Thermonuclear Energy Reactor (ITER). These projects have been successfullycompleted.
SaBa, an electronic version of the evaluated and experimental data on charged particles, has beendeveloped by NPDC for thermonuclear applications. It contains an optimal set of data processing
procedures and friendly interface, which can be used for various applications in the astrophysical data
program.

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B. Astrophysical Data Needs
Nucleosynthesis and energy production in stellar environments depend critically on nuclear reaction
cross sections. The recent observation of highly energetic star explosions, the so-called hypernovae1,
gamma-ray bursts2, and the use of type IA supernovae3 as standard candles to determine the Universe
expansion rate are clear examples of new developments in this field.
Due to the success of space missions like Hubble, CGRO, and Chandra, as well as terrestrial
observatories such as KEK and ESO among others, scientific activities in Astrophysics have been
considerably boosted in recent years. Since new facilities will become operational in the near future andmany others are under serious consideration, these activities are only likely to continue growing. A
keystone in the field will be the launch, scheduled for 2002, of the gamma-ray observatory Integral. New
and exciting results are expected in Nuclear Astrophysics.
Reactions induced by alpha particles are important in the helium burning stage of stars, novae, andsupernovae events4. They involve light to medium weight nuclei up to about z=32, and center-of-massenergies up to about 20 mev. The most widely used a-potential (McFadden-Satchler)5 was determined
about 35 years ago and is an “average potential”, that is, it is applicable for all nuclei, and as aconsequence, not suitable for accurate calculations. The availability of a compiled body of cross section
data is of prime need for our understanding of stellar physics and the refinement of theoretical models.
Such data have been measured, but most have not yet been made available to the community in an easily
accessible electronic form.
C. Approach and Objectives
The NNDC, NPDC, and ORNL propose to cooperate on a program to produce nuclear data of use incalculating astrophysical reaction rates. The final product of this project will be evaluations of alphainduced cross sections for nuclei with 8=Z=32 and Ec.m. =20 MeV. The initial phase of this work, which iscovered by this project, will focus on the nuclei, 24Mg, 28Si, 32S, 36Ar, and 40Ca.
The project will involve the following three main components.
1.

Data compilation
A search will be made of the available literature for experimental measurements of these quantities.
The references will be coded by the NPDC compiler in the nuclear reaction bibliographic data format,
CINDA20016.
All data will be compiled at both the NNDC and the NPDC into the EXFOR format7. If we are unable
to acquire the actual data, the NPDC will scan the data from the figures given in the literature using a codedeveloped at NPDC to scan and write the data in EXFOR format8. All scanned data points will be read atleast twice; more if there is a serious discrepancy in the readings. The data will be transmitted by NPDC to
the NNDC for entry into the EXFOR data library.
A two-month visit to the NNDC by the NPDC data compiler for training in CINDA and EXFOR
compilation is planned. The FSU co-investigator will also visit BNL during this time to set up proceduresfor producing the bibliographic references and the data compilations.

1

Q.D. Wang, Astrophys. Journal 517, L27 (1998).
L. Amati et al., Science 290, 953 (2000).
3
S. Perlmutter et al., Nature 391, 51 (1998).
4
See Opportunities in Nuclear Astrophysics: Origin of the Elements ,http://www.nd.edu/~nsl/kn/whitep.pdf, especially, pp. 20-21, p. 25, and Section XII.
5
L. McFadden and G. R. Satchler, Nucl. Phys. 84, 177 (1966).
6
CINDA2001 database is under development and will be available in the spring of 2002.
7
V. McLane, EXFOR Systems Manual, Brookhaven National Laboratory informal report BNL-NCS63330-00/04-Rev. (April 2000)
8
S.A.Dunaeva, A.V.Kuryakin. The software on input, processing and writing data in EXFOR format,
Preprint 43-96, RFNC-VNIIEF, Sarov, 1996.
2

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2.

Optical Model Fitting
A set of Optical Model (OM) parameters will be produced by matching OM calculations to alphainduced elastic scattering angular distribution data and total reaction cross sections using the wellestablished codes SCAT29 and ECIS10 (including its search and fitting version ECISVIEW11). These
parameters may be used to calculate data for other isotopes.
This work will be done as a joint collaboration between the NNDC and NPDC. During the first year,
a visit to the NPDC by a U.S. researcher to the NPDC is planned to initiate contact and set up a work
schedule.
3.

Cross Section Evaluation
The experimental data for (a,n), (a,p), and (a,?) reactions will be evaluated using the statistical
reaction model codes EMPIRE-212 and MOST13, and the above OM parameter set. The code EMIRE-2
currently resides at the NNDC and P. Oblozinsky has extensive experience in its use. NNDC will beacquiring the MOST code in the near future. We plan to make comparisons with results produced using
the code NON-SMOKER14, which is a code heavily used by the astrophysics community. A
recommended set of cross sections will be produced for each nucleus.
During the first year, a visit by an NPDC evaluator to NNDC for a period of three months is foreseen
to work with the NNDC evaluators and acquire hands-on experience with the codes to be used. The
EMPIRE-2 code will be installed at the NPDC. Evaluation work will begin in the second year of the
project with evaluations for the nuclei, 24Mg, 28Si, 32S, 36Ar, and 40Ca.
The completed evaluations will be stored in the Evaluated Nuclear Data File (ENDF) format15 andmade available to the community. A retrieval code will be developed to produce data in formats
convenient for use by the astrophysics community to calculate thermonuclear reactions rates. A visit of an
NPDC programmer to the NNDC for a period of six weeks is foreseen for this purpose. Michael Smith,
the ORNL researcher, will plan to visit NNDC during this time.
The astrophysical implications of the data and the conversion into reactions rates will be explored by
ORNL in collaboration with the other participants.
D. Milestones and Measurements of SuccessFirst Year of Project
The literature search and bibliography for all nuclei in the range of interest will be completed. All
references will be transmitted to the NNDC in the CINDA2001 format. These references will then be
made available to the community on the NNDC Web site.
Compilation of the data will be completed for all alpha nuclei (i.e., even Z, A divisible by 4) in therange of interest.
An Optical Model parameter library will be produced for all alpha nuclei in the range of interest. Thisset of OM parameters will be transmitted to the Nuclear Data Section at the International Atomic Energy
Agency in Vienna, Austria for entry into the Reference Input Parameter Library (RIPL)16, which isavailable free of charge to the community.
A paper on the project will be submitted to NIC7. Comments from the astrophysics community will
be solicited.
Second Year of Project9

O. Bersillon, SCAT2: Un programme de modele optique spherique, CEA Saclay report CEA-N-2227(1981); revision 1991.
10
J. Raynal, Notes on ECIS94, CEA Saclay report CEA-N-2772 (1994); revision 1997.
11
A.J. Koning, J. van Wijk and J.P. Delaroche, ECISVIEW: An interactive toolbox for optical model
development, unpublished (2000).
12
M. Herman, EMPIRE-2: Statistical model code for nuclear reaction calculations , unpublished (2000).
13
S. Goriely, MOST: An updated HF model of nuclear reactions, Nuclei in the Cosmos, N. Prantzos et al.,Eds. (Editions Frontières, Paris, 1998) p.314.
14
T. Rauscher, F.K. Thielemann, Code NON-SMOKER, At.Data and Nuclear Data Tables 75 (2000) 1351.
15
V. McLane, editor, ENDF-102 Data Formats and Procedures for the Evaluated Data File ENDF-6,
Brookhaven National Laboratory Informal Report BNL-NCS-44945, Rev. 2/97 (1997).
16
Handbook for calculations of nuclear reaction data: Reference input parameter library , International
Atomic Energy Agency report IAEA-TECDOC-1034 (Vienna, 1998).

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By the end of the second year, data compilation will be completed for all nuclei in the range ofinterest. All data will be entered into the CSISRS database which is available online and free of charge17.
Evaluations for the nuclei, 24Mg, 28Si, 32S, 36Ar, and 40Ca will be completed. The data will be madeavailable in the ENDF format on the NNDC Web site.

Participation of FSU personnel
Dunaeva Svetlana Aleksandrovna
Kamskaya Elena Vladimirovna
Pozdysheva Diana Nikolaevna
Taova Sophia Mihajlovna
Zvenigorodsky Anatoly Grigorievich
Participation of US personnel
Charles L. Dunford
Victoria McLane
Pavel Oblozinsky
Alejandro Sonzogni
Michael Smith

17

ManagerCompilation, evaluation
Compilation, software
Software, database upgrading
Evaluation
ManagerCompilation, training, coordination.
Evaluation, model code training.
Evaluation, astrophysical theory.
Astrophysical theory, reaction rates.

All data will be available on the NNDC Web site: www.nndc.bnl.gov.

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Journal coverage for CINDA
assembled by M.Lammer

Explanation to Table:scan: scanning of journal
circ = received regularly in circulation
circ stopped = not received in circulation any more; other source to be foundc.a.s. = current awareness service (current contents, IAEA library SDI service, etc.)
not specified = listed as being covered but regularity not specified
stopped cov = coverage stopped
entry: CINDA entries prepared for
all = entries made for all labs
area x = entries made only for area x labs
area 3 (+1) = NDS prepares entries for non-experimental work from area 1 labs
exp area 1 = entries for experimental work, area 1 only
area
code
area 1
AJ
AND
ARN
CJP
IRE
NSE
NT
PR/C
PRL
area 2
AEJ
ANE
ANP
APA
ARI
EUL
JP/G
JPJ
KT
NC/A
NIM/A
NIM/B
NP/A
NST
PL/B
PL/C

NEA-DB
entry

scan

NDS
entry

regular exp area 1 not specified
regular exp area 1 regular area 2
regular exp area 1
regular exp area 1
stopped cov
regular exp area 1 regular area 2
stopped cov
regular exp area 1 regular area 2
regular exp area 1 not specified

circ
circ
circ
circ
circ
circ
circ
circ

area 3 (+1)
area 3 (+1)
area 3 (+1)
area 3 (+1)
area 3 (+1)
area 3 (+1)
area 3 (+1)
area 3 (+1)

scan

NNDC
entry

scan

regularregularall

all

not specified
not specified
regular all

stopped cov
circarea 3c.a.s.
area 3circc.a.s.
circ
c.a.s.
circ
c.a.s.
c.a.s.
c.a.s.
circ
circ
circ
circ

area 3area 3area 3area 3area 3area 3area 3area 3area 3area 3area 3area 3

scan

CJD
entry

area
NNDC
code
scan
entry
area 2 (cont’d)
PNE
PNP
RCA
ZN/A
ZP/A
area 3
AAB
AHP
AJN
AJSE
APP/B
AUJ
BJE
BJP
CNP
CRB
CST
CZC
CZJ
CZJ/A
FIZ/B
HFH
IJP/A
IPA
JRN
Int.J.Mod.Phys.
Mod.Phys.Lett.
PHE
PRM
RJP
RMF
RRIP
translation series
AE/T
BAS
HEN
JEL
PAN
SRA
area 4
AE
IZV
RAK
YF
YK
ZEP

scan

NEA-DBentry

not specified
regular

all

scan

NDS
entry

circ
circ
circ
c.a.s.
c.a.s.

area 3area 3area 3area 3area 3

scan

CJD
entry

circ
all
circ stopped
c.a.s.
allc.a.s.
allc.a.s.
all
circ
all
circ
all
circ
all
circ
all
circ
all
circ
all
c.a.s.
all
circ
all
circ
all
circ
all
circ
all
circ
all
circ
all
circ
all
c.a.s.
all
circ
all
circ
all
c.a.s.
all
circ
all
circ
all
circ stopped
circ
circ
c.a.s.
c.a.s.
circ
circ

not specified

all
all
all
all
all
all
regularregularregularregularregularregular

all
all
all
all
all
all