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Summary Report on
IAEA Technical Meeting on theInternational Network of Nuclear Reaction Data Centres
OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
16 – 19 April 2012
Abstract
This report summarizes the IAEA Technical Meeting on the International Network of
Nuclear Reaction Data Centres was held at the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France from 16 to 19 April 2012. The meeting was attended bytwenty-three participants representing thirteen cooperative centres from eight Member
States and two International Organisations. A summary of the meeting is given in thisreport along with the conclusions and actions.
1. Introduction
The IAEA Technical Meeting on the International Network of Nuclear Reaction Data
Centres was held at the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in Issy-les-Moulineaux,France from 16 to 19 April 2012. The meeting was attended by twenty-threeparticipants (Appendix 1) representing thirteen cooperative centres from eight Member
States (China, Hungary, India, Japan, Korea, Russia, Ukraine, USA) and two
International Organisations (NEA, IAEA). Meetings of this network are held annually,
with full meetings, involving Centre heads and technical staff, every two years.
Main topics of the present meeting were EXFOR transmission statistics, EXFOR
coverage and quality control, needs of EXFOR users, update of manuals, NRDC
Network Document and Protocol, EXFOR/CINDA dictionaries, EXFOR exchange andoutput formats as well as improved web tools and software (see Appendix 2).
Totally forty-one working papers were presented at the meeting. The results of the
discussions were summarized in twenty Conclusions and seventy-three Actions (seeAppendix 3).
2. Brief Summary
2.1 Opening
T. Dujardin, Deputy Director General of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, welcomed
the participants of the meeting on behalf of the NEA. The objectives of the meetingwere outlined by R. Forrest, Head of the IAEA Nuclear Data Section.
E. Dupont was elected as the chairman, and the agenda was adopted without change.
Progress reports from all thirteen attending centres were presented, highlighting theoverall as well as the staffing situation of the centres, their compilation activities, dataservices, other nuclear data activities of interest to the network, and relevantpublications. See also progress reports P2011-01 to P2011-11 for further details.
Apology for absence was received from A. Blokhin and M. Mikhaylyukova (CJD, Obninsk,
Russia).

2.2 EXFOR (General)
N. Otsuka reviewed the status of transmissions since the last meeting, currently scanned
journals, compilation of articles published in the ND2010 Conference, and preliminary
tape checking performed by centres on behalf of V. Semkova. He also reported hisanalysis on delay in compilation ( = time of transmission – time of publication) for eightselected journals published in 2011. The delay is 5.7 months in average, which has beenslightly reduced since the previous year. Finally he reported the current status of coding
mistakes registered to the EXFOR Feedback List.
V. Zerkin presented updates of the EXFOR Compilation Control System. The firstauthor of each article can be registered to the system, and compilers can search articles
having the same author in the EXFOR database. This may help compilers to avoid
creation of a new entry for which the same experimental work has been alreadycompiled in another entry.
N. Otsuka introduced a new scanning responsibility proposed by CJD and NNDC. CJD
proposed scanning of six Russian journals, and NNDC also proposed scanning of
Astrophysical Journal and its Letters. These proposals were welcomed by participants.
R. Forrest reported two IAEA meetings - Technical Meeting (TM) on Long-term Needs
for Nuclear Data Development, 2-4 November 2011, Vienna, and Consultant Meeting(CM) on Further Development of EXFOR, 6–9 March 2012, Vienna. Both meetings
treated subjects strongly related to EXFOR compilation activity. The latter meeting
discussed a possible new exchange format (e.g., XML), variety of output formats, web
tools for visualisation, and editors which may isolate compilers from the exchange
format, and he briefly summarized the conclusions and recommendations from themeeting. The meeting participants of the CM concluded there is no crucial issue forcing
a major change of the exchange format. Nevertheless the participants of the present
meeting agreed to form a working group to discuss an opportunity to use XML as the
new exchange format.
2.3 Manuals and Dictionaries
S. Hlavač proposed revision of the dictionary 25 (Units) to improve consistency in
prefixes within the dictionary as well as consistency with the International Systems ofUnits (SI). He proposed modification of -SQ (squared) to 2, and also MICRO- (micro) to
MU- in the unit codes. He also proposed to change FERMI to FM and MILLI-MU to NM.
N. Otsuka proposed extension of the maximum character length of particle codes(Dictionary 33) from three to five for short nuclide codes. R. Forrest proposed to change
it to six to allow an isomeric state flag (e.g., AM242M). N. Otsuka also introduced a new
relatedreference

type

code
O
(e.g.,O,D4232001,F.Ditroi+,J,NIM/B,268,2571,2010) to indicate articles which show
experimental data sets relevant to the entry but that are not compiled in the same entry.
N. Soppera reviewed problems and possible improvements of the EXFOR/CINDA
dictionary. He explained there are various formats in distributed dictionaries (archive,
backup, trans) and also dictionaries not currently used. He also mentioned that more upto-date dictionaries are necessary to reduce unnecessary error messages from checking
codes and display software. He proposed assessment of current usages of thedictionaries (formats, contents) and dissemination of “preliminary up-to-datedictionaries”.
2.4 CINDA
V. Zerkin reported that update of the CINDA database maintained by NDS is currently
done using the following three steps – (1) inclusion of lines from the manual CINDA
compilation, (2) inclusion of lines from EXFOR, (3) inclusion of lines from NSR, andhe also explained that only the lines from the first and second step are included into the
CINDA Master File. NEA DB and JCPRG are maintaining their own CINDA databases,
and they were asked to inform V. Zerkin whether they wish to receive the CINDA
Master File including the CINDA lines from the third step. V. Zerkin also proposed not
to use reader files for future CINDA transmission.

2.5 EXFOR Compilation
O. Gritzay proposed coding rules for compilation of neutron source spectra which arenecessary to utilize spectrum averaged cross sections compiled in the EXFOR library.
N. Otsuka reviewed progress in compilation of neutron source spectra, nuclear
resonance fluorescence data and proton-induced reaction cross sections. He also
reported proton-induced isotope production cross section articles tabulated in Landolt Börnstein compilation but missing in the EXFOR library, and asked centres to compile
these articles. Finally he reviewed progress in corrections of two digit year and upper
case entries, angular distribution without level energy, prompt fission neutron spectra,
super heavy elements symbols and English translation of Atomnaya Energiya (AE)missing in the EXFOR library.
S. Babykina reported EXFOR entries where the English translation of Yadernaya Fizika(YF) is missing, and asked centres to add translation information to the EXFOR entries.
N. Otsuka introduced the JANIS Import Log created from every EXFOR Master File.
He introduced various “error” and “warning” types listed by the JANIS Import Log, andexplained that the number of errors has been decreased since the last NRDC meeting for
all types. He proposed corrections of 11 subentries which are reported as an “error”(which does not allow further checking by JANIS).
M. Bossant explained erroneous citations found in coded information under the
keywords TITLE, AUTHOR, REFERENCE, REL-REF and MONIT-REF. He recommended(unless absolutely necessary) not coding the issue number, month and day of
publication in order to avoid mistakes.
V. Zerkin proposed to code some data in “free text format” to preserve various
covariance information under the keyword COVARIANCE from his experience ofcovariance processing.
N. Otsuka proposed a change in the usage of the fourth field of the keyword ERRANALYS from correlation coefficients to correlation properties by introducing several
flags (e.g., F for fully correlated, U for uncorrelated), and it was approved. He also
proposed to replace “systematic” by “partial” in the expansions of the data headings
ERR-1, ERR-2 etc. because these headings have been applied to both correlated anduncorrelated uncertainties. V. Zerkin proposed to postpone this change because these
uncertainties are treated as being fully correlated in his program to produce data in the
C5 format. N. Otsuka agreed with his proposal.
N. Otsuka reviewed gamma spectra compiled in the EXFOR library. There are twogroups of parameter codes, namely (1) SPC and (2) PY and MLT to define gamma yields
coded with gamma energy (or the range), and he proposed to use (1) SPC for discrete
gamma lines and (2) PY and MLT for continuous gamma spectra.
N. Otsuka reported the recent comparison of kT = 30 keV Maxwellian averaged crosssection (MACS) accessible from the EXFOR database and Karlsruhe AstrophysicalDatabase of Nuclear synthesis in Stars (KADoNiS) performed by V. Semkova,
B. Pritychenko and him. He reported that some articles in KADoNiS are missing fromthe EXFOR library, but sometimes data in such articles are compiled in EXFOR entries
for other articles. He proposed the addition of such missing articles to the EXFOR
entries. M. Herman stressed that the MACS experimental data should be compiled even
if they were complemented by other experimental and/or theoretical results. He also
proposed compilation of MACS recommended by the Karlsruhe group. R. Forrest
commented that the neutron spectrum must be well specified when the experimentally
determined MACS are compiled in an EXFOR entry.
N. Otsuka introduced possible delayed neutron data compilation in the EXFOR library
recently assessed by V. Semkova. The priority of compilation has been rather low forthese data in the past, it could be due to the fact that they are on the boundary between
reaction data and decay data. M. Herman mentioned these quantities are rather close to
the scope of data in ENDF libraries from the view of their application, and supported
the idea to compile them in the EXFOR library.
N. Otsuka introduced four working papers prepared by M. Mikhaylyukova. He
informed that the “Short Guide for EXFOR Compilers” was revised by CJD following
actions of the NRDC 2011 Meeting. Then he introduced Mikhaylyukova’s comments
and proposals on information given under the keyword SAMPLE and INC-SOURCE. The
participants recognized some entries shown in her working papers are obviously
erroneous and should be corrected. It was also confirmed that the keyword INC-SOURCE
will not be used for spontaneous fission data. Finally N. Otsuka introduced her proposal
on automatic conversion of the journal code ND/B to NDS for articles published inNuclear Data Sheets. The meeting participants agreed inclusion of the specialtransmission tape (PRELIM.Y008) to the EXFOR library for corrected entries whichwere agreed with the originating centres.
2.6 Evaluated Data Libraries
N. Otsuka explained his recent experience on comparison of the 27Al(n,α)24Na standard
cross section evaluated and compiled in the ENDF/B-V and ENDF/B-VI libraries.
Search and plotting of the ENDF/B-V library is not available in the web tools provided
by centres, and he had to manipulate cross sections in the ENDF-5 format by himself.
He also introduced comments from D.L. Smith (ANL), and proposed collection andexchange of old evaluated data libraries and inclusion of them to the databasemaintained by centres, especially for renormalization of old EXFOR data sets.
2.7 Software and Dissemination
R. Forrest explained that NDS collects the electronic articles as PDFs for references todata compiled in the EXFOR library. The PDFs are exclusively available for IAEA
NDS staff and people working under contracts (such as CRPs and consultancies) with
the IAEA, and are not generally available because of copyright limitations.
S. Taova introduced a proposed revision of the NRDC Protocol Chapter “EXFOR
processing and retrieval codes”. She explained the advantages of executable moduleexchange. The participants agreed to encourage free exchange of software and cooperation in software development between centres, and to describe it as a preamble of
the NRDC Protocol Chapter without a detailed revision to the Protocol.
G. Pikulina explained recent development of the editor (EXFOR-Editor) developed at
CNPD. She reported on EXFOR-Editor Ver. 1.11.1 which was released in December
2011, and mentioned that there will be no substantial upgrade of this version but they
will maintain it by taking account of feedbacks from users. She also introduced possible
simplification of compilation by extending the concepts of EXFOR-Wizard, a trial
version of which is available on the NRDC Software webpage as “EXFOR-Editor Ver.
2.0”.
M. Aikawa introduced the systems maintained by JCPRG for compilers and users. He
explained that JCPRG maintains their EXFOR database by inclusion of finalized
transmission tapes from the NDS open area one by one, while updating their CINDA

database based on the CINDA Master File distributed by NDS. He also introduced an email archiving system “Stock” which automatically collects e-mails between compilers,authors and data. He also introduced GSYS 2.4.2, the latest version of the digitizer
released in November 2011 with an updated English manual. He noted that R. Suzuki(Hokkaido Univ. Hospital) plans refactoring of the digitizer program to implement“undo” and “redo” functions.
V. Zerkin introduced his recent developments of a web tool for covariance matrix
construction from EXFOR uncertainties. He explained that users can (1) confirm andchange uncertainties coded in an EXFOR entry, and also can introduce new
uncertainties; (2) introduce a correlation type for each partial uncertainty; (3) obtain
constructed covariance data (in the ENDF-6 and EXFOR formats), and plot with
Fortran codes to read covariance data generated from the tool. V. Zerkin also reported
progress in development of the EXFOR Data Correction System in 2011-2012. He
introduced the syntax, variables, constants and operations defined by the system withseveral examples of corrections performed on the system. He reported that a coding
error under the keyword MONIT-REF (e.g., IAEA-1211 or IAEA-NDS-1211 instead of
IAEA-TECDOC-1211) may disturb his system. Finally V. Zerkin presented his recent

development of various EXFOR output formats (X4+, XML and HTML). After brief
introduction of X4+, he introduced a revised X4+ as well as X4+ created by astandalone program. He explained the X4+ output is suitable for author proof correction,
and asked participants to send comments to him how to best utilize the output for thispurpose. He also introduced EXFOR-XML output with some examples and solutions
and also presented its XSL translation to HTML + Javascript interactive pages. He
explained that the EXFOR-XML output format still requires users to have various
knowledge of EXFOR (data file structure, dictionaries etc.) and proposed the EXFOR“Standard Output” which is equivalent to the EXFOR exchange format but much easierto read and to interpret information in the EXFOR library.
N. Soppera presented software to facilitate visualisation and manipulation of nuclear
data, JANIS (Java-based Nuclear Information Software). He introduced various
windows (browser window, renderer window), search tools and computation functions.
He also explained some tools derived from JANIS (TRANS Checker, JANIS Books,
automatic comparison tools EXFOR with EXFOR, EXFOR with ENDF). This
presentation was followed by a demonstration by E. Dupont.

Guochang Chen requested to include EXFOR/MySQL database (part of EndVer/GUI
CDROM) to be regularly distributed to the NRDC. V. Zerkin answered that it is aservice provided by NDS, and he should request NDS directly.
2.7 Closing
M. Herman introduced the ND2013 Conference (New York, USA, March 4-8, 2013)
and invited NRDC members to participate.
A. Makinaga introduced the Asian collaboration in nuclear data research.
N. Otsuka proposed the plans for the next full NRDC meeting (Smolenice, Slovakia, the2nd quarter of 2014), technical NRDC meeting (Vienna, Austria, the week of 22-26
April, 2013) as well as EXFOR compilation workshop (Vienna, Austria, the 3rd quarterof 2013).
R. Forrest thanked NEA for hosting and congratulated participants on a very successful
meeting. He then called an adjournment of the meeting.

Conclusions and Actions of the 2012 NRDC Meeting (Draft)
Conclusions
GeneralC1

The next full NRDC meeting will be held in Smolenice, Slovakia in the 2nd quarterof 2014.

C2

The next technical NRDC meeting will be held in Vienna, Austria in the week of 22– 26 April 2013.

C3

The next EXFOR Compilation Workshop will be held in Vienna, Austria in the 3rdquarter of 2013.

EXFOR, General

C4

CJD will scan AE, ZET, ZEP, PTE, FCY and FCY/L, and report the result to Semkova
for every issue on a regular basis.

C5

NNDC will scan AJ and AJ/L, and report the result to Semkova for every issue on aregular basis.

Manuals and Dictionaries
C6

Unification of prefixes in unit codes proposed in WP2012-09 and change of prefixes
MICRO- to MU- in dictionary 25 were approved.

C7

The code length of particle codes (Dictionary 33) will be 6 or less for short nuclide
codes (e.g., AM242M).

C8LEXFOR entry “Nuclear resonance fluorescence” proposed in WP2012-11 wasapproved.

C9

A new related reference code O and its usage proposed in WP2012-12 was approved.
The status code COREL will not be used for the purpose.

CINDA
C10

Only Exchange files will be used in future CINDA transmissions (i.e., Reader files
will be no longer used).

EXFOR Compilation
C11

All centres are recommended to collect and archive entry by entry allcommunications between compilers, authors and centres as ASCII files (e-mails) or
PDF files (documentation).

C12

The neutron source spectra format proposed in WP2012-15 was approved withcorrection of ,DE to ,PY/DE.

C13

Compilers are not recommended to put the issue, day and month under the keyword
REFERENCE, MONIT-REF and REL-REF unless they are essential to identify the article.

C14

The covariance data format proposed in WP2012-27 was approved. Compilers andprogrammers are encouraged to use the new format.

C15

The ERR-ANALYS format and the usage of headings ERR-1, ERR-2 etc. proposed in
WP2012-28 were approved .The 4th field of ERR-ANALYS will be used to indicate
correlation property of the source of uncertainties in future transmissions.

C16

The parameter code SPC will be used for yield of discrete gamma line(s) while
PAR,MLT and PAR,PY will be used for yield of continuous gamma (WP2012-29).

C17

The following coding rule about the keyword SAMPLE were approved: (a) only
abundances normalized to 1 (within uncertainties) will be coded in the isotopic
abundance field; (b) embedded blanks will be permitted only at the beginning of afield; (c) only fixed (not ranges) abundances given by the authors are allowed ascoded information (number) in the isotopic abundance field. Abundance ranges may
be given in free text.

C18

The keyword INC-SOURCE will not be permitted when the data set is for spontaneous
fission.

Evaluated Data Libraries
C19

Centres are recommended to collect and make available through their nuclear dataservices old evaluated libraries, especially standard data used to derive experimental
data compiled in EXFOR (WP2012-37).

Software and Dissemination
C20

NRDC encourages free exchange of software and co-operation in softwaredevelopment between Centres.

Actions
EXFOR General
A1

All(Standing Action) Give highest priority to compiling new
publications.

A2

AikawaDupontHlavač
Pritychenko
Semkova
Yang(Continuing action) Give high priority to compilation of articles
published in the ND2010 conference (Jeju, Korea) and listed in
WP2012-05.

A3

All

(Continuing action) Correct erroneous entries listed on the
EXFOR Feedback List on the NRDC web page according to theindicated priorities. All urgent corrections must be done by thenext meeting.

A4

Semkova(Continuing Action) (1) Remove transmission number from thecompiler name field of the EXFOR Compilation Control System;(2) Add the first author name to the EXFOR Compilation Control
System, as time/resources permit.

A5

Centre Heads

Nominate participants from the centre to the EXFOR working
group coordinated by Zerkin, which will discuss the opportunity
to use XML as a new EXchange FORmat and could participate in
the related proposed WPEC subgroup on the evaluatedGeneralized Nuclear Data (GND) format.

A6

NDS

Prepare a list of questions to ask centres about the usages ofcompilation tools, output formats etc., and send it to centres.

A7

All

Respond to the questions mentioned above.

A8

OtsukaCoordinate submission of an abstract to the ND2013 conference.

Manuals and Dictionaries
A9

Centre Heads

Send comments on the Network document to Otsuka to prepare
the next update to be reviewed and signed at the next Centre
Heads meeting in 2014.

A10 Otsuka

Update the Network document following the comments by Centre
Heads.

A11 Otsuka

Update the NRDC Protocol Appendix B following the new
scanning responsibilities of NNDC and CJD. (Conclusion 4 and
5).

A12 Otsuka

Revise LEXFOR for (a) TOF covariance (WP2011-27); (b) new
branch code ISP (WP2011-29); (c) specific temperatures forprompt fission neutron spectrum averaged quantities (WP201130); (d) compilation of prompt fission neutron quantities(WP2011-31); (e) nuclear resonance fluorescence (WP2012-11);(f) additional reference compiled in another entry (WP2012-12).

A13 Otsuka

Revise the EXFOR Formats Manual for (a) short nuclide codes in
REACTION SF7 (WP2011-28); (b) the keyword ERR-ANALYS(Conclusion 15); (c) the keyword SAMPLE (Conclusion 17).

A14 Zerkin

Submit an update of the EXFOR Formats Manual (Appendix B)
for the new covariance format (WP2012-27).

A15 Otsuka

Revise NRDC Protocol according to the Conclusion 20.

A16 Otsuka

Consider revision of the NRDC Protocol for submission oftransmission tapes specialized for corrections.

A17 Otsuka

Update dictionary 25 (Unit codes) for agreed change (Conclusion
6).

A18 Otsuka

Assess the current use of various dictionaries and their types(archive, backup, trans) by compilers and computer programs
maintained by data centres for possible simplification (WP201213).

A19 Otsuka(Continuing Action) Consider to make available preliminary upto-date dictionaries to suppress unnecessary error messages fromchecking programs (WP2012-13).

A20 Otsuka(Continuing Action) Update Dictionaries every four months.

CINDA
A21 Dupont(Continuing Action) Correct errors detected during CINDA
loading procedure, as described in WP2008-36.

A22 Dupont(Continuing Action) Correct all CINDA lines, as described in
WP2009-30.

A23 Zerkin(Continuing Action) Periodically export EXFOR and NSR to
CINDA.

A24 Zerkin(Continuing Action) Periodically update the CINDA Master Fileand distribute it to other Centres.

A25 Aikawa
DupontInform Zerkin whether the Centres want to receive the NSR
exportation part in the CINDA Master File.

EXFOR Compilation
A26 Aikawa
DupontHlavač
Pritychenko
Semkova
Taova(Continuing Action) Compile neutron source spectra listed in
WP2012-16.

A27 Otsuka

Compile Mannhart’s 252Cf standard neutron spectrum.

A28 Hlavač

Compile proton-induced reaction cross section (R.D. Albert et al.)in WP2012-18.

A29 Babykina
DupontOtsukaTakácsCompile proton-induced isotope production cross sections listed
in the 1st table of WP2012-19. Also consider to compile crosssections listed in the 2nd table of WP2012-19 if possible.

A30 Otsuka
Babykina

Continue comparison between Landolt-Börnstein compilation and
EXFOR for light charged-particle induced isotope production
cross sections.

A31 All(Continuing Action) According to the list of Entries with NODATA
one of the following corrections has to be made (see “Guide for
EXFOR Compilers”): (a) restore numerical data from old EXFOR
backup in retransmission if data were not superseded before in thisEntry; (b) delete Subentry, or the whole Entry, if it is real
duplication in reference and data, as well as adding a comment in
HISTORY; (c) Add SPSDD under STATUS when it is applicable; (d)Digitize numerical data if the quality of the figures is enough fordigitization, if SPSDD not applicable, and if the article waspublished before 2000; (e) add UNOBT and comment if it is
impossible to digitize the data and the article was published before
2000; (f) try to find numerical data if the article was publishedlater than 2000.

A32 All(Continuing Action) Revise remaining upper case entries andother necessary corrections as time permits. (WP2011-05)

A33 Dupont
Pritychenko

Revise entries listed in the WPEC SG30 list (WP2012-21, also
registered to the EXFOR Feedback List).

A34 Otsuka

Merge WPEC SG30 list to the EXFOR Feedback List.

A35 Aikawa
Correct entries for data sets which are partial for secondary
Babykina
energies listed in WP2012-22 (also registered to the EXFOR
DupontFeedback System).
Mikhaylyukova
OtsukaPritychenko
Taova
VarlamovA36 Aikawa(Continuing Action) Replace element symbols of asterisk in
REACTION SF4 in Entry E2054 (WP2012-23).

A37 Dupont(Continuing Action) Add English translation information of
Mikhaylyukova Atomnaya Energiya under the keyword REFERENCE as listed in
Varlamov
WP2011-26 (also registered to the EXFOR Feedback List).
A38 Babykina
Add English translation information of Yadernaya Fizika underDupontthe keyword REFERENCE as listed in WP2012-24 (also registered
Mikhaylyukova to the EXFOR Feedback System).
OtsukaTaova
Varlamov
A39 Babykina(Continuing Action) Provide a list of English translation
information of Russian journals, e.g., IZV.

A40 Otsuka

Update the feedback list with information from WP2012-24 and
WP2012-35.

A41 Soppera

Provide JANIS Import Log created from the EXFOR Master Fileto Otsuka on a regular basis.

A42 Otsuka

Assess the JANIS Import Log provided by Soppera as above, andregister important errors to the EXFOR Feedback System.

A43 Dupont
Mikhaylyukva
Pritychenko

Correct errors listed in WP2012-25.

A44 Dupont
Hlavač
Pritychenko
Semkova(Continuing Action) Assess neutron cross section data useful forstandard evaluation listed in WP2011-15 and compile them whenappropriate.

A45 Dupont(Continuing Action) Provide NDS a list of erroneous andsuspicious outliers by using the new statistical approach being
developed when available (WP2011-17).

A46 Dupont(Continuing Action) Provide JANIS–TRANS Checker Log list on
every preliminary TRANS-file.

A47 Dupont
Assess the articles reporting keV neutron capture cross section
Hlavač
entries listed in WP2012-31, and made necessary corrections andMikhaylyukova additions.
OtsukaPritychenko
A48 Otsuka

Consider compilation of kT = 30 keV Maxwellian Averaged Cross
Section compiled in KADoNiS as an EXFOR entry.

A49 Otsuka

Extract serious errors (e.g., opening parenthesis in column 12,
ENR=0.) from WP2012-34, and distribute a list to centres as amemo for corrections with addition of the entries to the EXFOR
Feedback List.

A50 Dupont
Correct entries using the keyword INC-SOURCE for spontaneous
Hlavač
fission as listed in WP2012-35, and move information to another
Mikhaylyukova keyword or subentry when necessary.
Pritychenko
Semkova
A51 Otsuka

Check if each centre agrees with entries included in PRELIM.Y008.

A52 Semkova
OtsukaCheck and finalize PRELIM.Y008 (after trivial corrections if
necessary).

A53 Zerkin

Assess the technical feasibility to automatically update the entries
affected by the change of prefixes in the unit code (Conclusion 6),
and prepare a draft of a preliminary area Y transmission tape.

A54 Semkova

Submit the preliminary tape mentioned above to the NDS open
area (after trivial corrections if necessary).

A55 Otsuka

Check if each centre agrees with the entries included in the area Y
preliminary tape mentioned above.

A56 Otsuka

Assess the correlation properties of uncertainties given under theheading ERR-1, ERR-2 etc. in the existing entries.

Software and Dissemination
A57 NEA DB(Continuing Action) Continue development and testing of the
JANIS –TRANS Checker in cooperation with NDS and the othercentres.

A58 Otsuka(Continuing Action) Provide EXFOR News for every EXFOR
Master File.

A59 Zerkin(Continuing Action) Continue development of EXFOR+(interpreted / extended EXFOR format).

A60 All

Consider to use the EXFOR+ format for author approval, and also
send feedback to Zerkin.

A61 Zerkin(Continuing Action) Every four months produce an EXFOR
distribution with (a) full Dictionary distribution; (b) EXFOR in C4
and XC4 format; (c) Dictionaries in MS Access; (d) X4Map and
X4Archive.

A62 Zerkin(Continuing Action) Generate and distribute list of errors to
NRDC after every new EXFOR Master File creation.

A63 Zerkin(Continuing Action) Development of a new databaseencompassing correction factors and relevant comments for
suspect/erroneous data (X4-evaluated) presented in WP2010-19;
keep NRDC informed about conclusions of discussions on new
database.

A64 Zerkin(Continuing Action) Develop the program to generate EXFOR+
from a standalone EXFOR entry.

A65 Pikulina,
ZerkinImplement the X4+ converter code into the EXFOR-Editor in aform of independent executable module.

A66 NDS

Assess the current status of NDS EXFOR checking codes(ZCHEX, Zerkin’s upload system) and to prepare a consolidated
proposal on which checking code should be maintained /developed as the NRDC checking code that must be used bycompilers.

A67 Zerkin(Continuing Action) Update ZCHEX based on comments fromcompilers (e.g., WP2011-36) as time permits.

A68 All(Continuing Action) Provide feedback to NDS on the existing
ZCHEX version (on bugs as well as desired additions.).

A69 Zerkin(Continuing Action) Continue development of the EXFOR upload
web tool.

A70 Zerkin

Prepare coding of covariance data for all EXFOR Entries having
authors’ covariances, and offer them to compilers according toAreas for finalizing and submitting to the database.

A71 JCPRG(Continuing Action) Continue development and testing of thedigitizing software GSYS in cooperation with NDS and othercentres.

A72 CNPD

Provide more detailed information on future development of the
EXFOR-Editor.

A73 All

Provide feedback on the current version of the EXFOR-Editor andrequests for the development of the next version.

A74 CNPD(Continuing Action) Continue development and testing of the
EXFOR-Editor and digitizer in cooperation with NDS and otherdata Centres, taking into account compilers’ remarks.