Nuclear Data Newsletter

Issue #22 - November 1996

IAEA Nuclear Data Section - Vienna, Austria

Note: Unless indicated otherwise, the quoted data files, printed materials, or computer codes are available costfree upon request. The major databases are available online within NDIS, the Nuclear Data Information System. FTP transfer can be arranged by e-mail exchange. When requesting data files or codes on magnetic tapes or diskettes, kindly give us your acceptable specifications: 

       Magnetic tapes: specify acceptable density (1600 or 6250 bpi),
       maximum block size, and whether the data should be coded in EBCDIC,
       ASCII, or VAX-backup coding.  Only 9-track tapes are used.

       DAT tapes: 4 mm only, either in TAR format, IBM format or VMS
       format, uncompressed or compressed.  Preferable for very large data
       libraries (up to several Gigabytes).

       PC diskettes: DOS standard diskettes, either 3.5 inch or 5.25 inch. 
       Preferable for not too large files (if compressed up to several
       Megabytes).

       CD-ROM: in preparation.

Personal item

We are glad to announce that Dr. Douglas W. Muir from the Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA, is the new Head of the IAEA Nuclear Data Section.

Online nuclear data service

How to access the online Nuclear Data Information System (NDIS), see the last page of this newsletter. A more detailed description is available as report IAEA-NDS-150 Rev. 96/8 by C.L. Dunford and T.W. Burrows, which is available as hard copy or online in "PostScript". Most of the nuclear data libraries that can be accessed online, are frequently updated. NDIS includes the data libraries CSISRS/EXFOR (experimental nuclear reaction data induced by neutrons, photons, or charged particles); ENDF (evaluated neutron nuclear data, ENDF/B-6, JEF, JENDL, BROND, CENDL); ENSDF and NUDAT (nuclear structure and decay data); CINDA and NSR (nuclear data bibliographies); and others.

World Wide Web: The IAEA Nuclear Data Section's home page (http://www-nds.iaea.or.at) contains now direct web access to several databases (ENSDF, MIRD, Nuclear Wallet Cards, Thermal neutron capture gammas). For access to the other online databases there is a link to the Telnet-based online service NDIS. Other new features are the "IAEA Nuclear Data Guide", a web version of IAEA-NDS-7 (Index of Nuclear Data Libraries available from the IAEA Nuclear Data Section) and the possibility of downloading various manuals, files and nuclear data utility programs.

New data libraries

EXFOR. This data library contains experimental nuclear reaction data and related parameters compiled by the International Network of Nuclear Data Centers. It includes reactions induced by neutrons, charged particles, photons and heavy ions and is updated in about monthly intervals. It is part of our online system NDIS, see the last page of this Newsletter. In parallel to the online services, retrievals for specific reactions can be provided on magnetic tape upon request. Recently, a large compilation has been added on charged particle induced reactions at higher energies.

NMF-90. Neutron metrology file. An integrated database for performing neutron spectrum adjustment calculations. N.P. Kocherov. Documentation in reports INDC(NDS)-347 and IAEA-NDS-171.

"Maslov". Evaluated neutron reaction data for 95-Am-241,243 and 96-Cm-243,245,246 by V. Maslov et al, Minsk/Belarus, in ENDF-6 format, documented in report IAEA-NDS-164 (1996).

FENDL. The Evaluated Nuclear Data Library for Fusion. See Summary.

SGNucDat. Safeguards Nuclear Data for Windows. A handbook on this topic had been issued in 1991 as report INDC(NDS)-248 by M. Lammer and O. Schwerer. This data collection has now been issued on a PC diskette "SGNucDat" with a code by G. Pospischil displaying the data in a convenient manner. Included are A: actinide nuclear data (decay data, selected neutron cross-section data, fission-neutron data); B: fission-product nuclear data (decay data and selected neutron cross-section data); C: fission-product yield data. - The diskette can be used only under Windows, not under DOS. - Diskette and report available costfree.

DROSG-96. Monoenergetic neutron source reactions, by M. Drosg, University of Vienna. The diskette database, previously known as DROSG-87, was extended significantly and contains now 30 reactions and various new features. The diskette contains the basic data and several FORTRAN programs for calculation of neutron energies, differential cross sections, the angular distribution of the neutron yields, and white source properties. A detailed documentation is included in the diskette. The database with programs (in compressed form) is also available via anonymous FTP from the University of Vienna (FTP to PAP.UNIVIE.AC.AT, subdirectory NEUTRON).

"Kondrashov Gammas". PC database for gamma-rays from radionuclides, by V. Kondrashov, containing 16,682 gamma lines for 749 radionuclides. A set of PC diskettes with files either in ASCII or in MS Word, available costfree. Documentation in IAEA-NDS-172. - While there are other databases with similar contents, this one had been produced for use with the gamma-spectra analysis code DIMEN which is available from RSIC.

Atomic Masses 1995, a database containing the 1995 update to the Atomic Mass Evaluation, by G. Audi and A.H. Wapstra, as published in Nucl. Phys. A595 (Dec. 1995). There are tables of atomic masses and reaction energies in three versions: experimental values ("exp"); recommended values unrounded ("rmd"); and rounded recommended values ("rmd/round"). Explanation is given in the file "readme.mas95". The files can be obtained from the Nuclear Data Centers (on tape or by FTP), or directly from the "Atomic Mass Data Center (AMDC)", - contact: "audi@csnsm.in2p3.fr" or "http://www-csnsm.in2p3.fr/".

PCNUDAT and Papyrus NSR. A CD-ROM by P. Ekström, R.R. Kinsey, E. Browne, containing the databases NUDAT and NSR, running under DOS or Windows. The NUDAT database contains nuclear decay data and thermal neutron cross-sections. NSR contains the bibliographic database Nuclear Science References. Both databases are compiled by the Network of Nuclear Structure and Decay Data Evaluators and maintained at the U.S. National Nuclear Data Center (NNDC). Both, NUDAT and NSR are also available online as part of NDIS, see last page of this Newsletter. Requests for this CD-ROM may be sent to the U.S. National Nuclear Data Center NNDC (e-mail: NNDC@BNL.Gov) or P. Ekström (Peter.Ekstrom@Nuclear.LU.Se).

Chart of nuclides

A new version of the "Karlsruher Nuklidkarte" (6th ed. 1995) has been issued by G. Pfennig, H. Klewe-Nebenius, W. Seelmann-Eggebert. There is a wall chart and a desk copy with a fold-out chart and introductory text in German, English, Spanish and French. The chart contains many "new" nuclides and all nuclear half-lives and other included parameters have been updated.
It can be ordered from "Marktdienste Haberbeck", Industriestrasse 17, D-32791 Lage/Lippe, Germany. Fax: +49-5232-68445. The sales price is about DM 40,- per set plus shipment costs, with price reductions for multiple orders. A limited number of copies is available from IAEA costfree for scientists in developing countries.

Nuclear data processing computer codes

A new version of the ENDF Utility Codes (Release 6.10) by C.L. Dunford, NNDC, is available. It is documented in the report IAEA-NDS-29 Rev. 7 (1995). These codes are needed for the handling of evaluated nuclear data libraries in the formats ENDF-6 or ENDF-5. Included are subroutines for the checking and maintenance of the data files, for the retrieval and graphical plotting of selected data, and some other purposes. Compared to the previous release a number of minor improvements has been made. The codes are operational on various computer types. Available on tape or diskettes or online.

A new version of the ENDF Pre-Processing Codes by D.E. Cullen "Pre-Pro 96" is documented in the report IAEA-NDS-39 Rev. 9 (1996). Some of the functions of these codes are: to calculate cross-sections from resonance-parameters; to calculate angular distributions, group averages, mixtures of cross-sections, etc; to produce graphical plottings and data comparisons. The codes are operational on various computer types. Available on tape or diskettes or online. - Note: The 1996 codes completely supersede all earlier versions and it is strongly recommended to use only the 1996 version. All codes now use double precision throughout and are, at the same time, faster than the previous versions.

Data indexes and bibliographies

CINDA95, the 1995 edition of the bibliography and data index for microscopic neutron reaction data, is available for a sales price of 720 Austrian Schillings. It covers the period 1988-1995 and supplements the five volume issue of CINDA A (1935-1987) issued in 1990, which is also still available (compare issue no. 15 of this Newsletter). CINDA96, supplement to CINDA95, sales price of 180 Austrian Schillings. A limited number of copies of CINDA is available costfree, primarily for users in developing countries. - The CINDA database is available online, see the last page of this Newsletter.

Fotojadernye Dannye - Photonuclear Data, cumulative bibliographic index 1976-1995 by V.V. Varlamov, V.V. Sapunenko, M.E. Stepanov, Moscow State University. 222 pages, 1996. With an appendix: Table of parameters of giant dipole resonance. Limited number of copies available costfree.

IAEA-NDS-7 Rev. 96/11. Index of nuclear data libraries available from the IAEA Nuclear Data Section.

IAEA-NDS-0 Rev. 96/11. Index to the IAEA-NDS-Documentation Series for available nuclear data libraries.

IAEA-NDS-107 Rev. 11. Joint index to BROND-2, CENDL-2, ENDF/B-6, JEF-2, JENDL-3, IRDF, EFF-2.4 and FENDL/E.

Conference announcements

The International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology will be held in Trieste, Italy, 19-24 May 1997, organized by the ENEA Nuclear Data Centre, Bologna, and the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste; in collaboration with the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency and the International Atomic Energy Agency. The main nuclear data topics will be
  1. Relevant fundamental nuclear physics.
  2. Facilities and experiments.
  3. Nuclear structure and decay.
  4. Nuclear models, methodology and codes.
  5. Reactor technology, safety and fuel cycle.
  6. Standards and dosimetry.
  7. Fission product transmutation and actinide recycling.
  8. Environment, safeguards and non-proliferation.
  9. Accelerator technology and applications, calorimetry and space science.
  10. Astrophysics.
  11. Medical applications.
  12. Industrial applications.
The conference secretariat can be contacted:
  e-mail: ndst-97@nudace.arcoveggio.enea.it

  fax: E. Tamiso +39-51-6098629
       A. Goosen +39-51-6098623
Uptodate information can be found on the Web page http://nudace.arcoveggio.enea.it

ICRM-97, the Conference on Radionuclide Metrology and its Applications will be held by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA, 19-23 May 1997. For information contact M.P. Unterweger, NIST Bldg. 245, room C114, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA; e-mail: michael.unterweger@NIST.gov; fax: (301)926-7416.

Methodologies for particle transport simulation and their application to reactor dosimetry/shielding. Training Course/Workshop at Penn State University, USA, 19-23 May 1997. - Contact: Prof. A. Haghighat, Penn State University, 231 Sackett Bldg., University Park, PA 16802, USA; fax: (814)865-8499; e-mail: haghigha@gracie.psu.edu; web: http://gracie.psu.edu/wshop97/wshop97.annc.html.

Conference proceedings

1994 Symposium on Nuclear Data, JAERI, Tokai, Japan, 17-18 Nov. 1994. Proceedings as JAERI-Conf-95-008 and INDC(JPN)-173 (March 1995). M. Kawai, T. Fukahori (eds.). Limited number of copies available costfree.

1995 Symposium on Nuclear Data, JAERI, Tokai, Japan, 16-17 Nov. 1995. Proceedings as JAERI-Conf-96-008 and INDC(JPN)-175 (March 1996). T. Iguchi, T. Fukahori (eds.). Limited number of copies available costfree.

Workshop on Nuclear Reactors, Physics, Design and Safety, Trieste, Italy, 11 April - 13 May 1994. Proceedings published by World Scientific, Singapore, 1995, 1120 pages. Editors: A. Gandini, S. Ganesan, J.J. Schmidt. - NOT AVAILABLE FROM IAEA.

Requests for nuclear data measurements and evaluations

The UK Nuclear Science Forum has issued a new Request List - 1996 based on nuclear data needs in the nuclear power industry. - Report AEAT-0427.

For a new "High Priority Nuclear Data Request List" contact the NEA Data Bank (address see under "Nuclear Data Handbooks").

For earlier request lists see

Nuclear data handbooks

Table of Isotopes, 8th edition 1996, by R.B. Firestone, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA. It contains nuclear structure and decay data for over 3100 nuclides with masses from 1 to 272. It contains in handbook form data from ENSDF (Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File) maintained by the U.S. National Nuclear Data Center and updated by the U.S. Nuclear Data Network and the Nuclear Structure and Decay Data Evaluators Network of the IAEA. The bulk of the book contains nuclear structure and decay data (levels, gamma-rays, etc.) in graphical and tabular form for all nuclides, sorted by mass number A and atomic number Z. It is supplemented by additional data tables such as nuclear spectroscopy standards, atomic data, transition probabilities, range and stopping power data, etc. 3200 pages in two volumes, with a CD-ROM containing the same data. - NOT AVAILABLE FROM IAEA. To be ordered through scientific book shops or from the publisher, John Wiley and Sons Inc., 605 3rd Avenue, New York, NY-10158. - Note: This book will serve as an international reference book for at least the next decade, similar to the previous edition which had been published by Mike Lederer in 1978. For those nuclides, however, where the evaluated data will be updated due to new and more precise experimental data, the Online Services should be consulted to obtain the most uptodate information.

Nuclear Wallet Cards (1995 issue), by J.K. Tuli, U.S. National Nuclear Data Center. A pocket booklet containing for all nuclides the natural abundance or the half-life and decay mode as retrieved from the ENSDF database; with appendices with useful physics constants. Available costfree.

Table of simple integral neutron cross-section data from JEF-2.2, ENDF/B-6, JENDL-3.2, BROND-2 and CENDL-2. JEF Report 14 (1994), 236 pages. To be requested from the NEA Data Bank, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Le Seine Saint-Germain, 12 boulevard des Iles, F-92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.

EME, data library of electron emissions. A handbook in two volumes, in French, issued in 1995 by the Laboratoire Primaire des Rayonnements Ionisants (LPRI) Saclay, B.P. Nr. 52, 91193 Gif-Sur-Yvette, France. - For 194 radionuclides energies and intensities of electron emissions are given, in nuclide sort and energy sort. - Not available from IAEA; contact the issuing institute.

Atlas of energy-angular distributions of gamma-rays produced in neutron reactions. A.I. Blokhin, et. al. Report INDC(CCP)-387 (1996) 140 pages. English translation from Jadernye Konstanty 2/1993. Available costfree.

Neutron radiative capture, a handbook by T.S. Belanova et al, in Russian, with many tables and figures, 248 pages, Energoatomizdat 1986. - Report as report INDC(CCP)-262, available costfree.

"Nuclide Guide", a handbook in Russian and English by T.V. Golashvili, V.P. Chechev, A.A. Lbov, Atominform Moscow 1995. It contains, for all known nuclides, properties of ground and isomeric states, mass, half-life, decay modes, intensities, particle energies, and the energies of the dominating decay gammas. - Not available from IAEA. The book can be obtained from V.P. Chechev, Khlopin Radievyj Institut, 194021 Sankt-Petersburg, Russia, fax (812)247-80-95.

Handbooks announced in earlier issues which are still available.

Selected reports and documents on nuclear data

                                              
  * =  documents available costfree from IAEA/NDS upon request.
  - =  available from originator or from the INIS Microfiche Service
       (IAEA, P.O. Box 100, A-1400 Vienna, Austria)

                  Printed by the IAEA in Austria

                          November 1996


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