INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCYINDC(NDS)-401
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Nuclear Reaction Data Centres Network

V. G. Pronyaev and O. Schwerer (ed.)

August 2003_________________________________________________________________
IAEA NUCLEAR DATA SECTION, WAGRAMER STRASSE 5, A-1400 VIENNA

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INDC(NDS)-401
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Nuclear Reaction Data Centres Network
V. G. Pronyaev and O. Schwerer (ed.)

Abstract
The activities of thirteen nuclear data centres are summarized, and their cooperation
under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency is described. Each of thecentres provides coverage for different geographical zones and/or specific types of nuclear
data, thus together providing a complete service for users worldwide. The Nuclear Reaction
Data Centres (NRDC) Network was established with the objective of providing nuclear
physics databases that are required for nuclear technology (encompassing energy and nonenergy applications) by coordinating the collection, compilation and dissemination of nuclear
data on an international scale.

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Contents
Preface……………………………………………………………………

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Nuclear Reaction Data Centres (NRDC) Network……………………
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1.
Introduction………………………………………………………..
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2.
Nuclear Data……………………………………………………….
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3.
The NRDC Network………………………………………………….... 7
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Objectives and Tasks………………………………………………
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5.
Data Evaluations……………………………………………………
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6.
Nuclear Data Centres……………………………………………….
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6.1 Core Nuclear Data Centres…………………………………
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6.2 Other Nuclear Data Centres………………………………….
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Working Arrangements…………………………………………….
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Annexes
1. Addresses………………………………………………………………… 11
2. Activities…………………………………………………………………. 17
2.1 National Nuclear Data Center (NNDC)……………….……… 19
2.2 NEA Data Bank……………………………………………….. 21
2.3 IAEA Nuclear Data Section (NDS)…………………………… 23
2.4 Russia Nuclear Data Center (CJD)……………………………. 27
2.5 Russia Nuclear Structure and Reaction Data Center (CAJAD).. 29
2.6 MSU SINP Centre for Photonuclear Experiments Data (CDFE) 31
2.7 China Nuclear Data Center……………………………………. 33
2.8 JAERI Nuclear Data Center…………………………………… 35
2.9 Japan Charged-Particle Nuclear Reaction Data Group (JCPRG) 37
2.10 ATOMKI Charged-Particle Nuclear Reaction Data Group…… 39
2.11 Ukraine Nuclear Data Center (UKRNDC)……………………. 41
2.12 Center of Nuclear Physics Data (CNPD)……………………… 43
2.13 KAERI Nuclear Data Evaluation Laboratory (KAERI-NDEL).. 45
3. 2002 Protocol: Nuclear Reaction Data Centres………………….……….. 47
4. Responsibilities for EXFOR Compilations……………………………….. 49

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Preface
The objectives, goals and working arrangements of the Nuclear Reaction Data Centres(NRDC) Network are summarized, according to the conclusions of the IAEA Technical
Meeting on Network of Nuclear Reaction Data Centres, 27-30 May 2002, OECD Nuclear
Energy Agency, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.
The purpose and mission of the Network are described in the introductory pages.
Contact addresses of the centres are given in Annex 1.
Lists of the complete activities of each centre are described in Annex 2. Note: only apart of each centre’s overall work relates directly to their NRDC Network contribution.
Details of the working arrangements are given in Annex 3.
Compilation responsibilities are listed in Annex 4.
The contents of this ’living’ document will be revised as necessary:
introductory material will be reviewed biennially at each Network meeting;Annex 1 (Addresses) will be updated by the IAEA Nuclear Data Section(NDS) as required;
Overall activities of each centre are described in Annex 2, and will be revisedon the initiative of the data centres, after review by the Network;
Annex 3 will be reviewed annually;
Annex 4 will be updated by NDS after consultation with the Network.
The first version of this document was drafted at an IAEA Consultants’ Meeting
dedicated to this purpose from 31 October - 1 November 1994, approved at the Technical
Meeting of the Nuclear Reaction Data Centres, Vienna, 2-4 May 1995, and printed as report
INDC(NDS)-324 in August 1995.

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NUCLEAR REACTION DATA CENTRES (NRDC) NETWORK
1. Introduction
The Nuclear Reaction Data Centres (NRDC) Network constitutes a worldwide
cooperation of nuclear data centres under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy
Agency. The NRDC Network was established to coordinate the world-wide collection,compilation and dissemination of nuclear reaction data. This document has been produced
jointly by the Heads of the cooperating Data Centres to describe the overall activities of eachCentre and their commitments to the NRDC Network. The contents will be amended asnecessary by the Data Centre Heads at their regular biennial meetings.

2. Nuclear Data
Nuclear data are essential to the development and application of all nuclear sciences
and technologies. These data are conventionally separated into two types, namely propertiesof a nucleus interacting with radiation or another nucleus called nuclear reaction data, andproperties of single nuclei called nuclear structure and radioactive decay data. As defined,
the term “nuclear data” includes numerical and related bibliographic data, along withdescriptive documentation.
Two international nuclear data networks operate under the auspices of the IAEA: theNuclear Reaction Data Centres (NRDC) Network, as described in the present document, andthe Nuclear Structure and Decay Data (NSDD) Network, see IAEA report INDC(NDS)-421.
The scope of the Nuclear Reaction Data Centres Network includes nuclear datarequired for both energy and non-energy applications, as well as for basic nuclear science.
Applications of these nuclear data are numerous, and include nuclear energy development(both fission and fusion), nuclear medicine, process control in manufacturing, material
identification using activation analysis, accelerator design and shielding, environmental
monitoring, nuclear waste management, nuclear material disposal, space radiation shielding,and design of detectors and physics experiments.

3. The NRDC Network
Nuclear data centres provide the essential link between the producers and users of
nuclear data. The Nuclear Reaction Data Centres (NRDC) Network has been established toorganize these important preparative and communications activities on an international scale,with the objective of providing the desired nuclear data to users in a convenient andreadily-available form. Customer services represent the cornerstone of this Network, whichorganizes the tasks of collecting, compiling, standardizing, storing, assessing and distributing
the vast amounts of nuclear data that exist already and will be produced and needed in the
future. Only through the international cooperation of interested groups of scientists indifferent countries and organizations can the provision of recommended high-quality nuclear
data be realized, avoiding duplication of effort and maximizing the use of specialized
expertise at each of the cooperating centres.
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The NRDC Network is coordinated through regular meetings organized by the IAEA
Nuclear Data Section and through direct communications among the centres. Rules andprocedures for the compilation and exchange of data files and agreements on worksharing,
amongst the centres associated with data acquisition and services to customers, aredetermined during these Network meetings.
The centres’ activities and responsibilities are described in the various annexes. Eachcentre has agreed to assume responsibility for one or more tasks within the Network forwhich they have both unique expertise and resources. Information collected or produced inany participating centre will be available without restriction to any of the other centres thatare party to the agreement. This information will be available cost-free to all customers ofeach centre in the Network.

4. Objectives and Tasks
The primary goal of the Network is the dissemination of nuclear reaction data andassociated documentation to users. The following specific tasks must be carried out in orderto accomplish this important aim:
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compilation of relevant bibliographic information,compilation of experimental nuclear reaction data,collection of evaluated nuclear reaction data,exchange of nuclear reaction data of all types,
promotion of the development of special purpose evaluated data files,
development of common formats for computerized exchange of nuclear data,
coordinated development of computer software for managing and disseminating nuclear
data,
coordination of the development and dissemination of end-user software for both on-line
and local access to nuclear data,
documentation of current and future data needs in order to be able to meet changing user
demands.

5. Data Evaluations
All members of the NRDC Network recognize the importance of separately
coordinated nuclear data evaluation activities. Furthermore, the availability of evaluatednuclear data files is essential in order to fulfill the responsibilities of the Network to theworld-wide user community. The Network members appreciate the efforts of the Working
Party on International Nuclear Data Evaluation Co-operation (WPEC), a working group hosted by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency - involved in the co-ordination of many nationaland regional evaluation projects, whose activity is complementary to the Network’s tasks on
evaluated data as outlined above (item 4).

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6. Nuclear Data Centres
6.1 Core Nuclear Data Centres
The resulting arrangements recognize the special status of the core Nuclear Data
Centres:ééééNational Nuclear Data Center (NNDC), Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton,
USA (see Annex 2.1);
OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Data Bank (NEA-DB), Paris, France (see Annex
2.2);
International Atomic Energy Agency Nuclear Data Section (NDS), Vienna,
Austria (see Annex 2.3);
Russia Nuclear Data Center (CJD), Institute of Physics and Power Engineering,
Obninsk, Russian Federation (see Annex 2.4);

that provide coordinated, world-wide customer services covering the entire range of
nuclear data described herein. These core centres also provide comprehensive
compilations of experimental neutron reaction data and related bibliographic
information.
6.2 Other Nuclear Data Centres
Regional, national and specialized data centres (see Annexes 2.5 to 2.13) provide
essential complementary functions to the core data centres by assuming particularresponsibility for the collection and dissemination of data of a specialized type orapplication.

7. Working Arrangements
The working arrangements for the compilation and exchange of nuclear reaction data
are summarized in Annex 3 (Protocol: Nuclear Reaction Data Centres). As agreed in May
2002, the NDS assumes responsibility for the co-ordination of the NRDC Networkcompilation activities. Thus, the NDS will(a) assign clear responsibilities for the creation and correction of data compilations,and drive these activities forward,(b) ensure implementation of compilation rules,(c) decide on all issues relating to dictionary codes,(d) be responsible for CINDA and EXFOR distribution to the other data centres.

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Addresses
1.1

1.2

National Nuclear Data Center— Contact person:

Pavel 2EORåLQVNê

— Address:

National Nuclear Data Center
Bldg. 197D
Brookhaven National Laboratory
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000— Telephone:+1 631-344-2814— Telefax:+1 631-344-2806— E-mail:nndc@bnl.gov— Intercenter FTP
file transfer:

ftp.nndc.bnl.gov
username: BNLNDC(No password required)— World Wide Web:http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/

OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Data Bank
— Contact person:

Claes Nordborg— Address:

Le Seine Saint-Germain
12, boulevard des Iles
92130 Issy-les-MoulineauxFrance— Telephone:+33 (1) 45 24 10 90— Telefax:+33 (1) 45 24 11 10— E-mail:

nea@nea.fr— World Wide Web:http://www.nea.fr

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International Atomic Energy Agency - Nuclear Data Section— Contact person:

Alan L. Nichols— Address:

Wagramerstrasse 5, P.O. Box 100
A-1400 Vienna
Austria— Telephone:+43 (1) 2600-21709— Telefax:+43 (1) 26007— E-mail:A.Nichols@iaea.org— Intercenter FTP
file transfer:iaeand.iaea.org
username: NDSOPEN

EXFOR file transfer:— World Wide Web

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username: NDSX4
http://www-nds.iaea.org

Russia Nuclear Data Center (CJD)— Contact person:

Vasilij N. Manokhin— Address:

Leipunsky Institute of Physics and Power Engineering
Centr Jadernykh Dannykh
Ploschad Bondarenko, 1
249 033 Obninsk, Kaluga Region
Russian Federation— Telephone:+7 08439-9-8982— Telefax:+7 095-883-3112+7 095-230-2326— E-mail:manokhin@ippe.obninsk.ru— Intercenter FTP
file transfer:acjd.ippe.rssi.ru
username: CJD— World Wide Web

http://rndc.ippe.obninsk.ru

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Russia Nuclear Structure and Reaction Data Centre (CAJAD)— Contact person:

Feliks .E. Chukreev— Address:

Russia Nuclear Structure and Reaction
Data Centre (CAJAD), “Kurchatov Institute”
Kurchatov’s Square 1
123182 Moscow
Russian Federation— Telephone:+7 095-196-9968+7 095-196-1612+7 095-882-5804— Telefax:— E-mail:

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feliks@polyn.kiae.su
chukreev@polyn.kiae.su

Centre for Photonuclear Experiments Data(Centr Dannykh Fotoyadernykh Eksperimentov - CDFE)— Contact person:

Vladimir V. Varlamov— Address:

Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Leninskie Gory
119922 Moscow
Russian Federation— Telephone:+7 095-939-3483— Telefax:+7 095-939-0896— E-mail:varlamov@depni.sinp.msu.ru
varlamov@depni.npi.msu.su— Intercenter FTP

depni.sinp.msu.ru

file transfer:username: ftp
password: varl@depni
directory: /incoming/varlamov/— World Wide Web

http://depni.sinp.msu.ru/cdfe/
http://depni.npi.msu.su/cdfe/

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1.8

1.9

China Nuclear Data Center (CNDC)— Contact person:

Ge Zhigang— Address:

China Nuclear Data Center
China Institute of Atomic Energy
P.O. Box 275 (41)
Beijing 102413
Peoples Republic of China— Telephone:+86 10-6935-7275— Telefax:+86 10-6935-7008— E-mail:

GEZG@IRIS.CIAE.AC.CN

Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute - Nuclear Data Center— Contact person:

Akira Hasegawa— Address:

2-4 Shirakata Shirane
Tokai-mura, Naka-gun
Ibaraki-ken 319-1195
Japan— Telephone:+81 29-282-5480— Telefax:+81 29-282-5766— E-mail:hasegawa@ndc.tokai.jaeri.go.jp— World Wide Web

http://wwwndc.tokai.jaeri.go.jp/

Japan Charged-Particle Nuclear Reaction Data Group (JCPRG)— Contact person:

Kiyoshi Kato

— Address:

Division of Physics
Graduate School of Science
Hokkaido University
Kita-10 Nishi-8, Kita-ku
Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810
Japan— Telephone:+81 (11) 706-2684— Telefax:+81 (11) 706-4850+81 (11) 706-4926— E-mail:kato@nucl.sci.hokudai.ac.jp— World Wide Web

http://jcprg.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/

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1.11

1.12

ATOMKI Charged-Particle Nuclear Reaction Data Group— Contact person:
Ferenc T. Tárkányi— Address:

Cyclotron Department
Institute of Nuclear Researchof the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Bem tér 18/c, P.O. Box 51
H-4001 Debrecen
Hungary— Telephone:+36-52-417-266— Telefax:+36-52-416-181— E-mail:

tarkanyi@atomki.hu

Ukraine Nuclear Data Center (UKRNDC)— Contact person:

Olena O. Gritzay— Address:

Ukraine Nuclear Data Center
Neutron Physics Department
Institute for Nuclear Research
Prospekt Nauki 47, P.O. Box 03680
Kyiv-28
Ukraine— Telephone:+380-44-265-3987— Telefax:+380-44-265-4463— E-mail:ogritzay@kinr.kiev.ua— World WideWeb:

http://ukrndc.kinr.kiev.ua/

Center of Nuclear Physics Data (CNPD)— Contact person:

Svetlana A. Dunaeva— Address:

All-Russian Scientific Research Institute ofExperimental Physics
Center of Nuclear-Physics Data
RFNC-VNIIEF
607 190 Sarov
Nizhni Novgorod Region
Russian Federation— Telephone:+7 831-304-5770— Telefax:+7 831-304-5569— E-mail:dunaeva@expd.vniief.ru— World Wide Web

http://www.vniief.ru

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KAERI Nuclear Data Evaluation Laboratory (KAERI/NDEL)— Contact person:

Jonghwa Chang— Address:

Nuclear Data Evaluation Laboratory
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute - KAERI
P.O. Box 105
Yusong, Daejon 305-600
Republic of Korea— Telephone:+82 42-868-2884— Telefax:+82 42-868-2636— E-mail:jhchang@kaeri.re.kr— Intercenter FTP
file transfer:atom.kaeri.re.kr
username: anonymous— World Wide Web

http://atom.kaeri.re.kr/(alternative: http://hpngp01.kaeri.re.kr/)

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Annex 2
Activities
A brief description of each centre is given, including items such as background, staff,
activities, responsibilities within the Network and other relevant items. Note: only a fractionof each centre’s overall work relates directly to their contribution to the NRDC Network.

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Annex 2.1
National Nuclear Data Center (NNDC)• Background
The National Nuclear Data Center (NNDC) is the focal point for US nuclear data
activities. At a national level, NNDC coordinates the United States of America Nuclear
Data Program and Cross Section Evaluation Working Group. On an international level,
the centre plays an important role in all major nuclear data networks, including nuclear
reactions (NRDC), nuclear structure and decay data (NSDD) and evaluations (WPEC).
Nuclear data activities at BNL started in 1952 under the Brookhaven Neutron Cross
Section Compilation Group, which changed to the Sigma Center in 1961, became the
National Neutron Cross Section Center in 1967, and finally was defined as the National
Nuclear Data Center in 1977.

• Status— Type of InstituteNational organization— Participating countries U.S.A. and Canada
Staff and Budgeting— Total— Allocated to nuclear
data activities— Fiscal year andbudget cycle

7 scientists, 3 professionals, 2 support staff, 1 secretary
7 scientists, 2.75 professionals, 2 support staff, of which
1 equivalent man year is dedicated to NRDC Network
activities
Yearly budget cycle: 1 October to 30 September of thenext year.

• Activities
A.

Within the Network

Services•

Provide nuclear reaction data services to users in the U.S.A. and Canada,
including Web and on-line telnet access.

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Maintain and distribute documents on data compilation, evaluation and testing of
nuclear data. These services cover both reaction data, and nuclear structure anddecay data.

Reaction Data
• Compile experimental reaction data measured in the U.S.A. and Canada, maintainthe Cross Section Information Storage and Retrieval System (CSISRS), andexchange data in the Exchange Format (EXFOR) with other data centers.
19• Compile references of experimental reaction data published in the U.S.A. andCanada, and maintain the Computer Index to Neutron Data (CINDA) as index to
CSISRS.
• Provide links between the Cross Section Evaluation Working Group (CSEWG)
for nuclear reaction data activities in the U.S.A (as coordinated by NNDC) and the
Network. Provide appropriate support services, and maintain the EvaluatedNuclear Data File (ENDF/B) for distribution to other data centers.
• Maintain computer codes used in processing, storing and retrieving nuclear
reaction data and ENDF checking codes.
B. Unique responsibilities within the Network• Compile and exchange EXFOR and CINDA entries originating from the U.S.A.
and Canada.
• Maintain and distribute documentation on compilation of nuclear reaction data,
particularly the EXFOR Manual.
• Provide nuclear data services to users in the U.S.A. and Canada.
C. Outside the scope of the Network
Nuclear Structure and Decay Data•

Coordinate the U.S. Nuclear Data Program, including designated activities of the
Nuclear Structure and Decay Data (NSDD) network and provide appropriate
support services.

• Compile and maintain the Nuclear Science References (NSR) file containing
bibliographic references to nuclear physics publications.
• Carry out mass-chain evaluations for nuclear structure and decay data; NNDC is
responsible for 55 mass chains.
• Process, check, correct and publish the peer-reviewed journal Nuclear Data Sheets
devoted to mass-chain evaluations for A = 45-266 produced by the NSDD
network.
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Maintain and distribute nuclear structure related data files (ENSDF, NUDAT,
Nuclear Wallet Cards). Maintain, upgrade, and distribute ENSDF physics
processing codes.

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Provision of nuclear structure and decay data services, including Web and on-line
Telnet access.

• Signature

Pavel 2EORåLQVNê

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NEA Data Banké

BackgroundThe coordination of nuclear data compilation within the OECD countries was initiated in
1964, with the creation of the Neutron Data Compilation Centre (CCDN) at Saclay close
to Paris, France. This centre participated from the start in the 4-centre network. The
NEA Data Bank was established at Saclay in 1978, by merging the CCDN and theComputer Program Library (CPL), Ispra, Italy.
NEA Data Bank activities have evolved beyond nuclear data and computer programs, andnow also include projects such as the coordination of the Joint Evaluated Fission and
Fusion (JEFF) library of nuclear data, the compilation and critical review of chemical
thermodynamic data for waste management applications, and the compilation of
information relevant to computer code validation in the areas of: integral experiments,
shielding, criticality safety, fuel behaviour, reactor physics and reactor safety.
The Executive Group of the NEA Nuclear Science Committee manages the work
programme of the NEA Data Bank.

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Status— Type of institute:International organisation.
Division within the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) of
the Organisation for Economic Cooperation andDevelopment (OECD).

— Participating countries:

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Korea,
Mexico,Netherlands,
Norway,Portugal,
Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey,
United Kingdom.

Staff— Total:8 professional, 7 support staff— Allocated to nuclear
data activities:

2 professional, 1 support staff and external consultants,of which one equivalent man year is dedicated to NRDC
Network activities— Fiscal year andbudget cycle:

Calendar year, with a 2-year work programme andbudget cycle.

Activities
A. Within the Network:
1. Services-

Nuclear data services to Member countries, including direct on-line computer21

services, as well as data provided free of charge on CD-ROM (whether generic oruser-specified).
2. Reaction data
- Compilation of numerical data and summary abstracts (EXFOR) for almost all
neutron-induced reaction measurements performed in Member countries.
- Compilation of bibliographic references (CINDA) to measurements, calculations,reviews and evaluations of neutron reaction and other microscopic data, as
published in Member countries.
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Coordination of the Joint Evaluated Fission and Fusion (JEFF) project for the
production of a complete evaluated neutron data library for use in neutronics
calculations covering many different applications.

B. Unique responsibilities within the Network
Compilation and exchange of EXFOR and CINDA entries originating from theMember countries of the NEA Data Bank.
Maintenance of CINDA coding manual.
Provide nuclear data services to Member countries of the NEA Data Bank.
Production of CD-CINDA on an annual basis to coincide with the publication of the
CINDA book, which will also be printed by the NEA Data Bank.
C. Outside the scope of the Network
Coordination of the Working Party on International Nuclear Data Evaluation
Cooperation (WPEC), established to promote exchange of information concerning
nuclear data evaluations, validations, and related topics, and with the aim to assess
and improve the quality and completeness of evaluated data.
Collection, verification and validation of computer programs used in all areas of
nuclear power production. Dissemination of these computer codes to all countries,
apart from the U.S.A. and Canada.
Collection and critical review of Chemical Thermodynamic Data for key elements
required for geo-chemical modelling in waste management applications, and online computer services for these data.
Compilation of information relevant for computer code validation in the areas of:integral experiments, shielding, criticality safety, fuel behaviour, reactor physics
and reactor safety.

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Signature__Claes Nordborg__

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IAEA Nuclear Data Section (NDS)é

Background
The Nuclear Data Section (NDS) of the International Atomic Energy Agency was formed
in 1964 to provide nuclear data to IAEA Member States. NDS along with three otherneutron reaction data centres formed the 4-centre network in 1964. This network was
designed to coordinate the compilation and distribution of neutron reaction data on aworld-wide basis in order to provide high-quality customer services at lower cost by
avoiding duplication and adopting common compilation formats and procedures for easierdata exchange.
NDS initiated a network of charged-particle and photonuclear data centres in 1975 tocompile nuclear reaction data types not covered by the existing 4-centre network. These
two networks were merged in 1979 to form the Nuclear Reaction Data Centres Network
which covers all nuclear reaction data.
Separately, the NDS established the Nuclear Structure and Decay Data Network in 1975
to coordinate internationally the evaluation and dissemination of nuclear structure andradioactive decay data. The Atomic and Molecular (A+M) Data Unit was also constituted
within the Nuclear Data Section in 1975 to coordinate the evaluation and dissemination of
atomic and molecular data.
The nuclear data programme of the IAEA is guided by the International Nuclear Data
Committee, while the A+M Subcommittee of the International Fusion Research Council
advises on the atomic and molecular data programme.

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Status— Type of institute:International organization.
Section within the Division of Physical and Chemical
Sciences, Department of Nuclear Sciences andApplications, International Atomic Energy Agency— Participating countries:

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Staff and Programmes— Total staff:— Thereof allocated tonuclear data activities:

10 professional, 8 general service staff members
8 professional, 7 general service staff members, ofwhich 4 equivalent man years per annum are dedicatedto NRDC Network activities (provision anddevelopment of relevant databases, plus support service
functions)— Fiscal year:

Calendar year

— Budget cycle:

Two-year budget cycle (for example, 2004/2005)23

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Activities

A. Within the Network:
1. Services:- Nuclear data services to those Member countries that are not directly served by oneof the other service centres, including direct on-line computer services.
-Documentation of data libraries in the IAEA-NDS series, and announcements in
the IAEA Nuclear Data Newsletter.

2. Reaction Data:-

Coordination of the nuclear reaction data centres network, including- neutron-induced reactions,- charged-particle and heavy-ion induced reactions,- photonuclear reactions.

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Compilation of numerical data and related information (EXFOR) for nuclear
reaction data measurements performed in those Member countries that are notdirectly served by one of the other compilation centres.

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Compilation of bibliographic references for microscopic neutron reaction data andrelated data (CINDA), published in those Member countries that are not directly
served by one of the other compilation centres. Publication of CINDA handbooks.

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Assign responsibilities for the creation and correction of data compilations as
coordinator of these activities, and drive this work forward.

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Maintain and distribute EXFOR dictionaries and EXFOR (and CINDA) master file
to other network data centres.

B. Unique responsibilities within the Network
Data centre coordination by organizing Network meetings, and reporting resulting
activities.
Publication of reports and technical documents - Network meeting reports and relevant
technical data (also made available through the Internet and on CD-ROM).
C. Outside the main scope of the Network
Coordination of nuclear data generation activities, including experiments, theory,
evaluations and validations, primarily through the mechanism of IAEA CoordinatedResearch Projects (CRPs).
Participation in activities organized by the NEA Nuclear Science Committee tocoordinate major nuclear data evaluation projects.
Coordination of the Nuclear Structure and Decay Data Evaluators Network.
Coordination of the production of specialized evaluated data libraries such as FENDL.
Secretariat of the International Nuclear Data Committee and A+M Subcommittee of theInternational Fusion Research Council; establish and oversee recommended IAEA
nuclear data programmes.
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Support nuclear data activities in developing countries by appropriate means, such as
training, research contracts, Technical Cooperation projects, etc.
Data centre and research coordination activities in the field of atomic and molecular data
for fusion.
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Signature__Alan Nichols__

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RUSSIA NUCLEAR DATA CENTER (CJD)(Leipunsky Institute of Physics and Power Engineering, Obninsk, Russian Federation)
éBackground
CJD was formed in 1963, participated from the start in the 4-centre network and was
responsible for the compilation of neutron data within the former USSR. The CJD works
under the Nuclear Data Commission of the Russian Federation Ministry of Atomic
Energy, and compiles neutron data published in Russia and the states of the CIS.

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Status— Type of institute:

Laboratory within the Department of Nuclear Physics of
the Leipunsky Institute of Physics and PowerEngineering.

— Member countries:

Russian Federation

Staff and Programmes— Total staff:— Allocated to nuclear
data activities:é

10 professional, 2 supporting staff

8 professional, 1 supporting staff, of which 4
equivalent man years are dedicated to NRDC Network
activities.

— Fiscal year:

Calendar year

— Budget cycle:

One year

Activities

A. Within the Network:
1. Services-

Providing neutron data services to institutes and other organizations in the RussianFederation.

2. Reaction Data-

Compilation of bibliographic references for measurements, calculations, reviews

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Compilation of numerical data and related information for neutron reaction datameasurements (EXFOR) in Russia and the states of the CIS.
Make evaluations from the BROND project available to the Network.

B. Unique responsibilities within the Network
Compilation and exchange of CINDA and neutron EXFOR entries originating from
Russia and the states of the CIS.
C. Outside the scope of the Network
Determination of nuclear data requirements for various applications in the RussianFederation.
Coordination of neutron data evaluations, and development of national evaluated neutron
data libraries for general purposes and special applications.
Publication of the journal “VANT, Ser. Yadernye Konstanty”.
Selected nuclear reactor calculations for nuclear data testing.
é

Signature Vasilij N. Manokhin

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Russia Nuclear Structure and Reaction Data Centre (CAJAD)(National Scientific Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russian Federation)
éBackground
CAJAD was formed in 1973, and was initially responsible for the compilation of integral
charged-particle data and for preparing bibliographic entries (according to NSR file rules)
for Russian nuclear physics papers. The centre has also participated in the ENSDF
activity from the beginning. CAJAD works under the auspices of the Nuclear Data
Commission of the Russian Federation Ministry of Atomic Energy.

ééStatus— Type of institute:

Laboratory within the General and Nuclear
Physics Institute of the Russian Research Centre“Kurchatov Institute”.

— Participating countries:

Russian Federation

Staff— Total staff:— Allocated to nuclear data
activities:é

4 professionals, 1 supporting staff

4 professionals, 1 supporting staff, of which 1.5
equivalent man years are dedicated to NRDC
Network activities.

Activities

A. Relevant to the Network:
1. Services-

Provision of charged-particle reaction data.

2. Reaction Data-

Compilation of numerical data and related information for charged-particle
induced reactions (integral and differential). Scope of publications is international,
and is based on the various on-going tasks of CAJAD.

-

Evaluation of some charged-particle reactions (mainly monitor reactions).

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CAJAD will continue to develop the EXFOR checking code for PCs.

B. Outside the scope of the Network
Nuclear Structure and Decay Data-

Responsible for specific mass chains in ENSDF.

-

Develop methods of experimental data analysis in case of contradictions andambiguous interpretations.

-

Develop computer codes to aid in the evaluation of quantum data.

Computer codes for specific applications: alpha- and neutron-induced reactions,
identification of nuclides, electromagnetic radiation penetration, and stopping powerof charged particles.
Determine non-neutron nuclear data requests for applications.

é

Signature__Feliks E. Chukreev

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Annex 2.6
MSU SINP Centre for Photonuclear Experiments Data (CDFE)(Centr Dannykh Fotoyadernykh Eksperimentov - CDFE)é

Background
The Centre for Photonuclear Experiments Data (Centr Dannykh Fotoyadernykh
Eksperimentov - CDFE) of the Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State
University, was formed to provide photonuclear data for scientific and educational
institutes and for organizations working under the auspices of the Russian (former USSR)
Nuclear Data Commission.
CDFE became a member of the IAEA Nuclear Reaction Data Centres Network in 1980,
with the tasks of compilation and international exchange of experimental nuclear data
(primarily photonuclear) using the EXFOR system, evaluation of photonuclear data andcompilation of relevant bibliographic information. The centre was the lead organizationof the Russia Committee of Education (RCE) Nuclear Data Centres Network from 1983
to 1991, dedicated to the compilation, evaluation and dissemination of nuclear data
(primarily to universities and institutes of RCE).

é

Status— Type of organization:— Participating countries:

é

Staff
— Total staff:— Allocated to nuclear data
activities:

é

Laboratory of the Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear
Physics of the Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Russian Federation

4 professional, 1 general service
3 professional, 1 general service, of which 2
equivalent man years are dedicated to NRDC Network
activities.

— Fiscal year:

Calendar year

— Budget cycle:

One year

Activities

A. Within the Network
1. Services-

Photonuclear data services to IAEA Member countries.

Web-site maintenance of nuclear reaction and nuclear structure databases.
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2. Reaction Data-

Compilation of numerical data and related information (EXFOR) for photoninduced reaction measurements. International exchange of nuclear data as EXFOR
entries.

-Compilation of bibliographic references to measurements, reviews and evaluationsof photonuclear reactions. Publication of annual bibliographic bulletins andindices, such as the “Photonuclear Data” series.

-

Development of methods for evaluation of photonuclear data obtained in various
kinds of experiments.

-

Production and maintenance of an evaluated photonuclear reaction cross section
library.

-

Development of various charged-particle reaction data catalogues (in co-operation
with CAJAD).

B. Unique responsibilities within the Network
CDFE is the main centre for photonuclear data within the Network.
Compilation of experimental photonuclear data using EXFOR.
Evaluation of photonuclear data.
C. Outside the scope of the Network
1. Related to Photonuclear Data
- Experimental measurements of photonuclear data using various facilities (betatronand race-track microtron).
-

Theoretical calculations of photonuclear data, and development of models for thedescription of photonuclear data.

2. Nuclear Structure and Decay Data-

Development of computer software for managing nuclear data from ENSDF using
IBM/PC and compatible computers (e.g., “NESSY” - New ENSDF Search
System).

3. Web-site-

Development and maintenance of Web-site (http://depni.sinp.msu.ru/cdfe) interms of the various nuclear structure relational databases.

Support of nuclear (primarily photonuclear) data activities in Russian Federation.
Nuclear data services to Russian organizations: primarily to universities and othereducational institutes, and to the Academy of Science and Minatom organizations.
é

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China Nuclear Data CenteréBackground
The China Nuclear Data Center (CNDC) was founded in 1975 as the national centre forthe generation, collection, processing and dissemination of nuclear data, and provision ofservices to all nuclear data users in China. The China Nuclear Data Coordination
Network (CNDCN) is composed of specific institutes and universities in China that
undertake nuclear data measurements and evaluation. At present, the network has about
20 members, and is coordinated by the CNDCéé

Status— Type of institute:

Within the Nuclear Physics Division of the China
Institute of Atomic Energy— Members of CNDCN:

About 19 institutes and universities in China

Staff and Programmes— Total staff:— Thereof allocated tonuclear data activities:—

16 professional, 3 general service

14 professional, 3 general service, of which na
equi evese man bycat7( NRDC (n)]TJı˝T*ı˝0 Tcı24 Twı˝[(Ne)4(tworape33

Network concerning:- nuclear data measurements;- nuclear data evaluations;- model program development and computation;- group constant generation and benchmark testing;- charged-particle nuclear reaction data;- fission product yield data;
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Annex 2.8
JAERI Nuclear Data CenteréBackground
JAERI Nuclear Data Center (JAERI/NDC) was established in 1968, with the support ofJapanese Nuclear Data Committee (JNDC) which was formed in 1963 within the Atomic
Energy Society of Japan. Main efforts of JAERI/NDC have been devoted to thedevelopment of the Japanese Evaluated Nuclear Data Library (JENDL) in cooperation
with JNDC. JENDL-1 was completed in 1977, JENDL-2 in 1984, JENDL-3 in 1989, andthe latest version of JENDL-3 (JENDL-3.3) was released in 2002. Efforts have also
focused on the development of the JENDL special purpose files: latest version of JENDL
Fission Product Decay Data File was released in 2000, and JENDL Dosimetry File 99 in
2001. JAERI/NDC has published a Chart of the Nuclides every 4 years since 1976, andjoined the international mass chain evaluation for ENSDF in 1977.
As the national nuclear data centre, JAERI/NDC disseminates both experimental andevaluated nuclear data to users in Japan, and functions as the communications channel toforeign and international nuclear data centres. JAERI/NDC also serves as the secretariat
of JNDC.
Besides nuclear data activities, JAERI/NDC began evaluating atomic and molecular data
in 1976. However, due to restructuring of Tokai Research Establishment of JAERI, thisactivity was transferred to Plasma Analysis Division, Department of Fusion Plasma
Research, Naka Fusion Research Establishment in October 2000.

é

é

Status— Type of institute:

Laboratory in the Department of Nuclear Energy
System, Tokai Research Establishment, JAERI— Member countries:Japan

Staff and Programmes— Total staff:— Thereof allocated tonuclear data activities:— Fiscal year and budget cycle:

7 physicists, 2 secretaries

7 physicists, 2 secretaries, of which
equivalent man year is dedicated to NRDC
Network activities.

Yearly from 1 April to 31 March35

é

Activities

A. Within the Network:
1. Services:-

Nuclear data services to domestic users.

-

Communications channel to foreign and international centres for data andinformation exchange.

2. Reaction Data:-

Evaluation, validation and dissemination of JENDL General Purpose File(JENDL-1, 2, 3) and JENDL Special Purpose Files (Dosimetry, Activation, GasProduction, (α,n), Fusion, Actinides, Covariance, Photo-reaction, PKA/KERMA,High Energy etc.).

-

Contribute CINDA entries from Japanese journals and reports through NEA DataBank.

B. Unique responsibilities within the Network
Provide large-scale nuclear data library produced in Japan to all centres (e.g., JENDL).

C. Outside the scope of the Network
Nuclear Structure and Decay Data:-

Publish Chart of the Nuclides every 4 years (latest version, 2000).

-

Evaluation, validation and dissemination of JNDC Nuclear Data Library for
Fission Products (for decay heat calculations).

-

Contribute mass chain evaluations of ENSDF (A = 118 to 129).

Member of NEA/NSC Working Party on International Nuclear Data Evaluation
Cooperation (WPEC), and various IAEA Coordinated Research Programmes.

é

Signature__Akira Hasegawa

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Japan Charged-Particle Nuclear Reaction Data Group (JCPRG)

éBackgroundA research project to compile Charged-Particle Nuclear Reaction Data was initiated in
1974, which was approved by the Theoretical Nuclear Physics Society and theExperimental Nuclear Physics Society in Japan. When this project started, a worksharing programme was agreed with the JAERI Nuclear Data Centre that the resulting
study group would be responsible for Charged-Particle Nuclear Reaction Data while
JAERI would be in charge of Nuclear Neutron Data.
The original database (NRDF, Nuclear Reaction Data File) was devised by the study
group under the sponsorship of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Science and Culture
through the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research. With data storage and retrieval
functions added to the original NRDF system, the project developed from research andtesting to the practical working stage of data compilation and data dissemination in 1987.
Subsequently, the study group was reorganized to become the Japan Charged-Particle
Nuclear Reaction Data Group (JCPRG), and was assigned an annual budget through the
Nuclear Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Hokkaido University by the Ministryof Education, Science and Culture. This regular JCPRG budget ended in 2001, and was
replaced by a yearly competitive process.
The primary aims of JCPRG are to construct and provide an academic-oriented databaseaccording to an original and unique format by compiling and storing all charged-particle
nuclear reaction data produced with Japanese accelerators. JCPRG is also responsible fortransforming NRDF to EXFOR format, and sending these files to IAEA-NDS.
JCPRG comprises an Advisory Committee and an Executive Committee. The Advisory
Committee has a membership of 17, consisting of representatives from the main nuclear
laboratories and institutes in Japan. Activities carried out by JCPRG are theresponsibility of the Executive Committee, under the advice and guidance of the Advisory
Committee.

é

Status— Type of institute:

Nuclear Physics Laboratory, Division of
Physics, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido
University (Office of Executive Committee).

— Member countries:

Japan

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é

Staff and Programmes— Members of Executive Committee: 7 nuclear physicists, 1 information scientist— Allocated to JCPRG Office:2 nuclear physicists, 1 secretary— Part-time:

12 nuclear physicists (in 2002)of which equivalent man year is dedicated to
NRDC Network activities.

é— Fiscal year:

Yearly from 1 April to 31 March— Budget cycle:

One year

Activities

A. Within the Network:
Reaction Data:-

Compilation of Charged-Particle Nuclear Reaction Data produced in Japan (NRDF
format).

-Conversion of NRDF data into EXFOR format.

-

Contribute to the development of common formats for the computerized exchangeof nuclear data

B. Unique responsibilities within the Network
Compilation of all charged-particle nuclear reaction data produced in Japan, andconversion into EXFOR
Provide charged-particle nuclear reaction data service to Japanese users
C. Outside the scope of the Network
On-line computer services of NRDF to Japanese users.
Publication of “NRDF Annual Report” to coordinate and promote nuclear data.
é

Signature__Kiyoshi Kato

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Annex 2.10
ATOMKI Charged-Particle Nuclear Reaction Data Groupé

Background
The ATOMKI Charged-Particle Nuclear Reaction Data Project started in 1992 within theInstitute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI),
Debrecen, following an invitation from IAEA-NDS to join the international network forthe compilation and evaluation of integral data from charged-particle induced nuclear
reactions.
Compilation work was initially based on cross section measurements and practicalapplications. The existing database of charged-particle nuclear reactions was found to beinadequate, with increasing demands for more precise data. Therefore, a comprehensive
charged-particle data programme has started, covering the establishment of acomputerized database, the (re)measurement of the most important reaction data, and acritical evaluation of the compiled data. Integral reaction data were also measured andused in medical isotope production, activation analysis, thin-layer activation techniqueand other fields using cyclotrons, in collaborative studies with a number of foreign
institutes.
Establishment of the computerized charged-particle reaction database was supported by
the National Committee for Technical Development, Hungary.

éé

Status— Type of institute:

Team within the Cyclotron Department of the Instituteof Nuclear Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

— Participating country:

Hungary

Staff and Programmes— Total:

6 nuclear physicists (all part time), of which 0.25
equivalent man years are dedicated to NRDC
Network activities.

— Fiscal year:

Calendar year

— Budget cycle:

One year39é

Activities

A. Within the Network:
1. Services:-

Charged-particle reaction data for Hungarian users. International services also
include the provision of compiled and recommended data for monitor reactions,reactions for the production of medical radioisotopes, and reactions for thin-layer
activation analysis.

2. Reaction Data:-

Compilation of new cross-section data for nuclear reactions induced by charged
particles, as performed at Forschungszentrum Jülich (Germany) and in Hungary.
Compilation of older data when required
Review and evaluation of low- and intermediate-energy charged-particle data usedin various applications.

B. Unique responsibilities within the Network
Compilation of all charged-particle nuclear data produced, as specified above.
C. Outside the scope of the Network
Provision of charged-particle reaction data to Hungarian users.
Measurement of the most important reaction data used for monitoring beam parameters,
for medical radioisotope production, and for thin-layer activation analysis.

é

Signature__Ferenc Tárkányi

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Annex 2.11
Ukraine Nuclear Data Center (UKRNDC)(Institute for Nuclear Research, Kyiv, Ukraine)é

Background
UKRNDC was formed in 1996, with initial responsibility for the compilation of neutron
data published in the Ukraine. Both the products and services have expanded over theyears, and current activities are listed below.

éé

Status— Type of institute:

Subdivision within the Department of Neutron Physics,
Institute for Nuclear Research.

— Participating country:

UkraineStaff and Programmes— Total:— Allocated to nuclear
data activities:é

6 professionals

6 professionals, of which 2 equivalent man years are
dedicated to NRDC Network activities.

— Fiscal year:

Calendar year

— Budget cycle:

3 years

Activities

A. Within the Network:
1. Services:-

Nuclear data services for users in Ukraine, including Web service.

2. Reaction Data:-

Compilation of numerical data and related information for neutron and chargedparticle reaction data measurements (EXFOR) in Ukraine.
Compilation of bibliographic references to measurements, calculations, reviewsand evaluations of microscopic neutron and charged-particle reaction data
(CINDA) published in Ukrainian scientific journals and reports.
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3. Web-site-

Development of Web-site with various nuclear reaction data and computer codes
to facilitate customer work with nuclear data in the Ukraine.

B. Unique responsibilities within the Network
Responsibilities mentioned above.
C. Outside the scope of the Network
Experimental measurements of neutron data using the neutron filter beam technique.
Creation of task-oriented databases and preparation of multigroup cross-section
libraries for nuclear technology needs in the Ukraine.
Dissemination of free world-wide computer codes for basic and applied calculations.
Development of computer codes for specific applications.
Nuclear data support to meet requirements connected(decommissioning of RBMK units, 4th block nuclear safety, etc.).

with

Chernobyl

Educational support of senior course students at Kyiv University and Slavutych
Nuclear Data Bank staff (provision of lecturers for teaching course on “Nuclear Data
for Science and Technology”).

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Center of Nuclear-Physics Data (CNPD)(RFNC-VNIIEF, Sarov, Russian Federation)
éBackground
CNPD evolved from compilation activities dedicated to charged-particle reaction data,
which started at RFNC-VNIIEF in 1977. Officially, the data centre was formed in 1997
to provide nuclear services to users.

éé

Status— Type of institute:

Research Group within the Institute of Nuclear andRadiative Physics, Russian Federal Nuclear Centre.

— Member countries:

Russian Federation

Staff and Programmes— Total staff:— Allocated to nuclear
nuclear data activities:é

5 professional, 2 support staff

5 professional, 1 support staff, of which 1
equivalent man year is dedicated to NRDC Network
activities.

— Fiscal year:

Calendar year

— Budget cycle:

One year

Activities

A. Within the Network:
1. Services-

Provide nuclear data services to users in Russia and the republics of the former
USSR.

2. Reaction Data-

Compilation of numerical data and related information for charged-particle
reaction data on light nuclei. International exchange of data as EXFOR entries.

-

Compilation of numerical data and related information for various nuclear reaction
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data measurements performed in RFNC-VNIIEF with the co-operation of CJD,CAJAD and CDFE.
-

Development of methods for the evaluation of charged-particle reaction data.

-

Production of an evaluated reaction cross-section library.

B. Unique responsibilities within the Network
Responsibilities mentioned above.
C. Outside the scope of the Network
Research and development of measurements, calculations and compilations of nuclear
data.
Determination of nuclear requirements for applications at RFNC-VNIIEF.
-

Provision of computer codes for specific applications, for example:
Maxwellian and non-Maxwellian velocity calculations of main thermonuclear
reactions;cross-section evaluations of charged-particle reactions on light nuclei;
development of algorithms for extrapolation of nuclear data into the lower
energy region (of interest in astrophysics);
creation of task-oriented databases.

-éExperimental measurements of neutrons, charged particles and photonuclear datausing various facilities (linear accelerator, tandem Van de Graaf, neutron
generator, etc).

Signature__Svetlana A. Dunaeva

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KAERI Nuclear Data Evaluation Laboratory (KAERI-NDEL)(KAERI, Yusong, Republic of Korea)
é

Background
The Nuclear Data Evaluation Laboratory (KAERI-NDEL) of the Korea Atomic Energy
Research Institute was established in 1996. KAERI-NDEL has devoted considerable
effort to ensure the supply of processed and evaluated nuclear data for national nuclear
research and development projects.

é

Status- Type of institute:- Member country:

é

Staff
- Total Staff:- Fiscal year:- Budget cycle:

éWithin Department of Advanced Reactor Technology, Korea
Atomic Energy Research InstituteRepublic of Korea

8 scientists, 1 technician, of which equivalent man year are
dedicated to NRDC network activities
Calendar year
One year

Activities

A. Within the Network:
1. Services:-

Nuclear data services to domestic users-

Communications channel to foreign and international centres for data andinformation exchange.

2.

Reaction Data:-

Compilation of numerical data and related information for nuclear reaction datameasurements published in Korea.

-

Compilation of bibliographic references to microscopic nuclear reaction data andrelated data, as published in Korea.

C. Unique responsibilities with in the Network
Provision of nuclear data services to Korean users

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B. Outside the scope of the Network:
Research and development in the evaluation of nuclear data.
Preparation of multigroup libraries for neutron transport codes.
é

Signature__Jonghwa Chang

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Annex 3
2003 Protocol: Nuclear Reaction Data Centres
Approved at NRDC Meeting held at NEA DB, Paris, 27-30 May 2002
Reviewed and amended at the 2003 NRDC Meeting, 17 June 2003

The Nuclear Data Section (NDS) will assume a more pro-active role co-ordinating all
Nuclear Reaction Data Centres (NRDC). NDS staff will be responsible in this extended rolefor ensuring that data compilations are undertaken and completed in an efficient, productive
and timely manner. Thus, the role of NDS will be as follows:(a) assign clear responsibilities for the creation and correction of data compilations,and drive these activities forward,(b) ensure implementation of compilation rules,(c) decide on all issues relating to dictionary codes,(d) be responsible for CINDA and EXFOR distribution to the other data centres.
1. Compilation Responsibilities
NDS will assign areas of responsibility for data compilation. If a centre assigned a particulararea of compilation (e.g., neutron data from a country or countries)1 does not carrying out
their responsibilities (i.e., compile all new data for that area in a timely manner), the NDS coordinator will re-assign all or part of those responsibilities to another volunteer centre.
A centre responsible for an area of compilation may agree with another network centre toshare the compilation work for that area on a regular basis. However, the responsibility forcoverage and quality of the compilation remains with the responsible centre.
Compilation responsibilities as assigned by NDS are given in Annex 4 (December 2002).
2. Decisions Concerning Compilation Rules and New Quantities
Final decisions on proposals concerning compilation rules and new quantities can be madewith Core Centre2 agreement after discussions among all centres. NDS will be the final
arbiter in case the Core Centres are unable to reach a decision.
3. Decisions Concerning Dictionary Codes
NDS will be the final arbiter for all decisions concerning dictionary codes (see also Section 2,
above).
1

An area may be defined in terms of a given projectile or set of projectiles, for a given
country or group of countries, for a given data type or data types, or for any combination ofthese.
2
Core centres will be defined by NDS, based on contributions to the network and user service
capabilities.
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4. EXFOR/CINDA Transmissions
All preliminary and final EXFOR and CINDA transmissions will be sent to NDS, who will be
responsible for distributing all final transmissions.
5. Corrections to EXFOR/CINDA Entries
NDS may correct or assign volunteers to correct preliminary transmissions, that have not beencorrected and resubmitted as final transmissions in a timely manner.
6. Urgent Compilation Needs
If a centre requires a particular data set to be compiled immediately, the centre should send arequest to the responsible centre with a copy to NDS. If the responsible centre cannot
compile the data to the timetable requested, the requesting centre may compile the data as anarea Z entry. This entry will be sent to both the original responsible centre and NDS. If the
responsible centre does not intend entering the data in a timely fashion, the NDS may transmit
the new Z entry to all centres. The responsible centre can subsequently delete the Z entry, if
they are able to replace the earlier compilation with their own entry for their area.
7. Corrections to Entries Compiled at Another Centre
Notification of errors found in entries originating from another centre should becommunicated to all centres. The NDS should make sure corrections are undertaken in atimely manner. If they are not, the co-ordinator will request one of the other centres to submit
the corrected entries.
8. Maintenance of the Masterfile
NDS will maintain and distribute the EXFOR (and CINDA) Masterfile.
9. Problematic entries
NDS will create a new subdirectory of the open area NDSX4.TRANS for those problematic
entries which were removed from a PRELIM transmission. These entries will be reviewed by
the other centers and can be finalized at the next NRDC meeting.
10. NDS staff
Otto Schwerer (NDS) has been appointed co-ordinator of the NRDC Network.
Notesa). As a consequence of the above, the link between the geographical area of the Institute andthe accession number, which has been in place for all neutron data, is no longer obligatory
and may be lifted in certain cases. Similarly, for corrections to entries of another centre
according to Section 7 above, entries of different accession number areas can be transmitted
on the same TRANS file.
b). This protocol will be reviewed at each NRDC meeting.

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Annex 4
Responsibilities for EXFOR Compilations
CentreNNDC
NEA Data Bank

NDS

CJD

CAJAD

CDFE
China Nuclear Data
CentreBasic Responsibility

Neutron data and CPND∗
from USA and Canada
Neutron data from NEA Data CPND (co-ordinatedBank member countries (seeby NDS)
Annex 2.2)
Neutron data and CPND from
Rest of the World (areas notcovered otherwise)
Neutron data from former
Soviet Union (except
Ukraine)
CPND from former Soviet
CPND from Rest ofUnion (except Ukraine)
the World (coordinated by NDS)
Photonuclear data
Neutron data and CPND from
China (entries submitted
through NDS)
CPND from Japan (entries
submitted through NDS)

Japan Charged-Particle
Nuclear Reaction Data
Group (JCPRG)ATOMKI ChargedCPND from Jülich andParticle Nuclear Reaction ATOMKI (entries submitted
Data Groupthrough NDS)
Ukraine Nuclear Data
Neutron data and CPND fromCentre (UKRNDC)
Ukraine (entries submitted
through NDS)
CNPD-VNIIEF
CPND for light nuclei, coordinated with other centres∗

Additional
Compilation

CPND - Charged-particle induced nuclear reaction data.

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ANONYMOUS for FTP file transfer;
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