International Network of Nuclear Reaction Data Centres (NRDC)
What is NRDC?
The International Network of Nuclear Reaction Data Centres (NRDC) constitutes a worldwide cooperation of nuclear data centres under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency. The Network was established to coordinate the world-wide collection, compilation and dissemination of nuclear reaction data.
Objectives and Tasks
The primary goal of the Network is the dissemination of nuclear reaction data and associated documentation to users. The following specific tasks must be carried out in order to accomplish this important aim:
- Compilation of relevant bibliographic information (CINDA),
- Compilation of experimental nuclear reaction data (EXFOR),
- Collection of evaluated nuclear reaction data (ENDF),
- 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.
Core Nuclear Data Centres 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.
Regional, national and specialized data centres provide essential
complementary functions to the core data centres by assuming particular
responsibility for the collection and dissemination of data of
a specialized type or application.
Some discontinued data centres contributed to data exchange in the past.
Their responsibility are now taken by other centres.
References
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- H.Henriksson, O.Schwerer, D.Rochman, M.V.Mikhaylyukova, N.Otuka, "The art of collecting experimental data internationally: EXFOR, CINDA and the NRDC Network", Proceedings of the International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology (ND2007), Nice, France, 22-27, April, 2007, p737. (abstract)
- O.Schwerer, V.McLane, H.Henriksson, S.Maev, "Nuclear Reaction Data Centre Network: A success story", Proceedings of the International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology (ND2004), Santa Fe, USA, 26 September-1 October, 2004, p83. (abstract)
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