Maëlle Kerveno, Greg Henning, Catalin Borcea, Philippe Dessagne, Marc Dupuis, Stéphane Hilaire, Alexandru Negret, Markus Nyman, Adina Olacel, Eliot Party and Arjan Plompen

Published online: 14 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018020

Open Access

Innovative experiments for reduction of nuclear data uncertainty 22

Yaron Danon

Published online: 14 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018017

Open Access

Template for estimating uncertainties of measured neutron-induced fission cross-sections 21

Denise Neudecker, Brooke Hejnal, Fredrik Tovesson, Morgan C. White, Donald L. Smith, Diane Vaughan and R. Capote

Published online: 14 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018026

Nuclear Models

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Influence of nuclear structure data on fission observables 28

Olivier Litaize, Abdelaziz Chebboubi, Olivier Serot, Loïc Thulliez, Thomas Materna and Michal Rapala

Published online: 14 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018043

Open Access

Critical review of CIELO evaluations of n+ ²³⁵U, ²³⁸U using differential experiments 27

Roberto Capote and Andrej Trkov

Published online: 14 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018029

Open Access

Potential sources of uncertainties in nuclear reaction modeling 16

Stephane Hilaire, Eric Bauge, Pierre Chau Huu-Tai, Marc Dupuis, Sophie Péru, Olivier Roig, Pascal Romain and Stephane Goriely

Published online: 29 June 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018014

Covariance Evaluation Methodology

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Choice of positive distribution law for nuclear data 38

Sébastien Lahaye

Published online: 14 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018047

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Covariance analysis for total neutron cross sections based on a microscopic optical model potential 37

Ruirui Xu, Zhigang Ge, Tingjin Liu, Yue Zhang, Xi Tao and Zhi Zhang

Published online: 14 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018037

Open Access

On the use of the BMC to resolve Bayesian inference with nuisance parameters 36

Edwin Privas, Cyrille De Saint Jean and Gilles Noguere

Published online: 14 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018042

Open Access

Cross-observables and cross-isotopes correlations in nuclear data from integral constraints 35

Eric Bauge and Dimitri A. Rochman

Published online: 14 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018011

Open Access

ARIADNE – a program estimating covariances in detail for neutron experiments 34

Denise Neudecker

Published online: 14 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018012

Open Access

Estimating model bias over the complete nuclide chart with sparse Gaussian processes at the example of INCL/ABLA and double-differential neutron spectra 33

Georg Schnabel

Published online: 14 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018013

Open Access

Generation of the ¹H in H₂O neutron thermal scattering law covariance matrix of the CAB model 32

Juan Pablo Scotta, Gilles Noguère and Jose Ignacio Marquez Damian

Published online: 14 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018024

Open Access

Uncertainty and covariances of the newly derived 8-groups delayed-neutrons abundances set 31

Daniela Foligno and Pierre Leconte

Published online: 14 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018018

Open Access

Bayesian optimization of generalized data 30

Goran Arbanas, Jinghua Feng, Zia J. Clifton, Andrew M. Holcomb, Marco T. Pigni, Dorothea Wiarda, Christopher W. Chapman, Vladimir Sobes, Li Emily Liu and Yaron Danon

Published online: 14 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018038

Open Access

Evaluating nuclear data and their uncertainties 29

Patrick Talou

Published online: 14 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018032

Nuclear Data Library

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Checking, processing and verification of nuclear data covariances 39

Oscar Cabellos, James Dyrda and Nicolas Soppera

Published online: 14 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018028

Open Access

Resonance parameter covariance representation: file32 versus file33 17

Luiz Leal

Published online: 05 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018039

Applied Covariances

Open Access

Nuclear data uncertainty analysis for the Po-210 production in MYRRHA 48

Luca Fiorito, Alexey Stankovskiy, Augusto Hernandez-Solis, Gert Van den Eynde and Gasper Žerovnik

Published online: 14 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018044

Open Access

Nuclear data adjustment based on the interpretation of post-irradiation experiments with the DARWIN2.3 package 47

Axel Rizzo, Claire Vaglio-Gaudard, Gilles Noguere, Julie-Fiona Martin, Vanessa Vallet and Romain Eschbach

Published online: 14 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018033

Open Access

Comments on the status of modern covariance data based on different fission and fusion reactor studies 46

Ivan Kodeli

Published online: 14 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018027

Open Access

Development and validation of uncertainty neutron transport calculations at an industrial scale 45

Julien Gaillet, Thomas Bonaccorsi, Gilles Noguere and Guillaume Truchet

Published online: 14 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018031

Open Access

Application of the EGPT methodology in the analysis of small-sample reactivity worth experiments 44

Pierre Leconte, Jean Tommasi, Alain Santamarina, Patrick Blaise and Paul Ros

Published online: 14 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018041

Open Access

Uncertainty quantification works relevant to fission yields and decay data 43

Go Chiba and Shunsuke Nihira

Published online: 14 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018022

Open Access

Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of β_eff for MYRRHA using a Monte Carlo technique 42

Hiroki Iwamoto, Alexey Stakovskiy, Luca Fiorito and Gert Van den Eynde

Published online: 14 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018023

Open Access

Use of integral data assimilation and differential measurements as a contribution to improve ²³⁵U and ²³⁸U cross sections evaluations in the fast and epithermal energy range 41

Virginie Huy, Gilles Noguère and Gérald Rimpault

Published online: 14 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018035

Open Access

Cross section covariances: a user perspective 40

Giuseppe Palmiotti and Massimo Salvatores

Published online: 14 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018021

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Efficient use of Monte Carlo: the fast correlation coefficient 15

Henrik Sjöstrand, Nicola Asquith, Petter Helgesson, Dimitri Rochman and Steven van der Marck

Published online: 29 June 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018019

Open Access

A comparison of uncertainty propagation techniques using NDaST: full, half or zero Monte Carlo? 14

James Dyrda, Ian Hill, Luca Fiorito, Oscar Cabellos and Nicolas Soppera

Published online: 29 June 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018016

Open Access

A stochastic method to propagate uncertainties along large cores deterministic calculations 12

Ludovic Volat, Bernard Gastaldi and Alain Santamarina

Published online: 29 June 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018015

European Research Reactor Conference 2017

Open Access

CESAR5.3: Isotopic depletion for Research and Testing Reactor decommissioning 10

Guillaume Ritter, Romain Eschbach, Richard Girieud and Maxime Soulard

Published online: 23 May 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018008

Open Access

A multi-physics analysis for the actuation of the SSS in opal reactor 8

Diego Ferraro, Patricio Alberto, Eduardo Villarino and Alicia Doval

Published online: 18 May 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018003

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Cauchy’s theorem and generalization 50

Paul Reuss

Published online: 11 December 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018010

Open Access

Characterization of fresh EMPIrE and SEMPER FIDELIS U(Mo)/Al fuel plates made with PVD-coated U(Mo) particles 49

Xavière Iltis, Hervé Palancher, Jérôme Allenou, Florence Vanni, Bertrand Stepnik, Ann Leenaers, Sven Van Den Berghe, Dennis D. Keiser and Irina Glagolenko

Published online: 22 November 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018048

Open Access

Extension of Bayesian inference for multi-experimental and coupled problem in neutronics − a revisit of the theoretical approach 19

Thomas Frosio, Thomas Bonaccorsi and Patrick Blaise

Published online: 17 October 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018046

Open Access

Reflector features and physics consideration issued from the Jules Horowitz Reactor design analyses 18

Edwin Privas and Laurent Chabert

Published online: 19 September 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018040

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A methodology for performing sensitivity analysis in dynamic fuel cycle simulation studies applied to a PWR fleet simulated with the CLASS tool 13

Nicolas Thiollière, Jean-Baptiste Clavel, Fanny Courtin, Xavier Doligez, Marc Ernoult, Zakari Issoufou, Guillaume Krivtchik, Baptiste Leniau, Baptiste Mouginot, Adrien Bidaud et al. (5 more)

Published online: 22 June 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018009

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On the influence of the americium isotopic vector on the cooling time of minor actinides bearing blankets in fast reactors 11

Timothée Kooyman, Laurent Buiron and Gerald Rimpault

Published online: 23 May 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018007

Open Access

Beam dynamics and electromagnetic studies of a 3 MeV, 325 MHz radio frequency quadrupole accelerator 9

Rahul Gaur and Vinit Kumar

Published online: 18 May 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018004

Open Access

Nuclear data correlation between different isotopes via integral information 7

Dimitri A. Rochman, Eric Bauge, Alexander Vasiliev, Hakim Ferroukhi and Gregory Perret

Published online: 15 May 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018006

Open Access

Uncertainties for Swiss LWR spent nuclear fuels due to nuclear data 6

Dimitri A. Rochman, Alexander Vasiliev, Abdelhamid Dokhane and Hakim Ferroukhi

Published online: 15 May 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018005

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α-decay half-lives of some nuclei from ground state to ground state using different nuclear potential 5

Dashty T. Akrawy

Published online: 09 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018001

Open Access

An optimization methodology for heterogeneous minor actinides transmutation 4

Timothée Kooyman, Laurent Buiron and Gérald Rimpault

Published online: 09 April 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2018002

Open Access

The characterization of radioactive waste: a critical review of techniques implemented or under development at CEA, France 3

Bertrand Pérot, Fanny Jallu, Christian Passard, Olivier Gueton, Pierre-Guy Allinei, Laurent Loubet, Nicolas Estre, Eric Simon, Cédric Carasco, Christophe Roure et al. (7 more)

Published online: 16 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2017033

Highlight

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A method for phenomenological and chemical kinetics study of autocatalytic reactive dissolution by optical microscopy. The case of uranium dioxide dissolution in nitric acid media 2

Philippe Marc, Alastair Magnaldo, Jérémy Godard and Éric Schaer

Published online: 06 March 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2017026

Open Access

Single Event Effect cross section calibration and application to quasi-monoenergetic and spallation facilities 1

Rubén García Alía, Stefano Bonaldo, Markus Brugger, Salvatore Danzeca, Alfredo Ferrari, Christopher Frost, Angelo Infantino, Yosuke Iwamoto, Julien Mekki, Cris Theis and Adam Thornton

Published online: 12 February 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2017031

EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies

Volume 4 (2018)

Special Issue on 4th International Workshop on Nuclear Data Covariances, October 2–6, 2017, Aix en Provence, France – CW2017

Preface

Preface by the CW2017 organizers including program, advisory board and photo E1

General Talk

Production and use of nuclear parameter covariance data: an overview of challenging cross cutting scientific issues 20

Experimental Uncertainties

From fission yield measurements to evaluation: status on statistical methodology for the covariance question 26

A study of the construction of the correlation matrix of 241Pu(nth,f) isobaric fission yields 25

Recent advances in beta decay measurements 24

How to produce accurate inelastic cross sections from an indirect measurement method? 23

Innovative experiments for reduction of nuclear data uncertainty 22

Template for estimating uncertainties of measured neutron-induced fission cross-sections 21

Nuclear Models

Influence of nuclear structure data on fission observables 28

Critical review of CIELO evaluations of n+ 235U, 238U using differential experiments 27

Potential sources of uncertainties in nuclear reaction modeling 16

Covariance Evaluation Methodology

Choice of positive distribution law for nuclear data 38

Covariance analysis for total neutron cross sections based on a microscopic optical model potential 37

On the use of the BMC to resolve Bayesian inference with nuisance parameters 36

Cross-observables and cross-isotopes correlations in nuclear data from integral constraints 35

ARIADNE – a program estimating covariances in detail for neutron experiments 34

Estimating model bias over the complete nuclide chart with sparse Gaussian processes at the example of INCL/ABLA and double-differential neutron spectra 33

Generation of the 1H in H2O neutron thermal scattering law covariance matrix of the CAB model 32

Uncertainty and covariances of the newly derived 8-groups delayed-neutrons abundances set 31

Bayesian optimization of generalized data 30

Evaluating nuclear data and their uncertainties 29

Nuclear Data Library

Checking, processing and verification of nuclear data covariances 39

Resonance parameter covariance representation: file32 versus file33 17

Applied Covariances

Nuclear data uncertainty analysis for the Po-210 production in MYRRHA 48

Nuclear data adjustment based on the interpretation of post-irradiation experiments with the DARWIN2.3 package 47

Comments on the status of modern covariance data based on different fission and fusion reactor studies 46

Development and validation of uncertainty neutron transport calculations at an industrial scale 45

Application of the EGPT methodology in the analysis of small-sample reactivity worth experiments 44

Uncertainty quantification works relevant to fission yields and decay data 43

Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of βeff for MYRRHA using a Monte Carlo technique 42

Use of integral data assimilation and differential measurements as a contribution to improve 235U and 238U cross sections evaluations in the fast and epithermal energy range 41

Cross section covariances: a user perspective 40

Efficient use of Monte Carlo: the fast correlation coefficient 15

A comparison of uncertainty propagation techniques using NDaST: full, half or zero Monte Carlo? 14

A stochastic method to propagate uncertainties along large cores deterministic calculations 12

European Research Reactor Conference 2017

CESAR5.3: Isotopic depletion for Research and Testing Reactor decommissioning 10

A multi-physics analysis for the actuation of the SSS in opal reactor 8

Cauchy’s theorem and generalization 50

Characterization of fresh EMPIrE and SEMPER FIDELIS U(Mo)/Al fuel plates made with PVD-coated U(Mo) particles 49

Extension of Bayesian inference for multi-experimental and coupled problem in neutronics − a revisit of the theoretical approach 19

Reflector features and physics consideration issued from the Jules Horowitz Reactor design analyses 18

A methodology for performing sensitivity analysis in dynamic fuel cycle simulation studies applied to a PWR fleet simulated with the CLASS tool 13

On the influence of the americium isotopic vector on the cooling time of minor actinides bearing blankets in fast reactors 11

Beam dynamics and electromagnetic studies of a 3 MeV, 325 MHz radio frequency quadrupole accelerator 9

Nuclear data correlation between different isotopes via integral information 7

Uncertainties for Swiss LWR spent nuclear fuels due to nuclear data 6

α-decay half-lives of some nuclei from ground state to ground state using different nuclear potential 5

An optimization methodology for heterogeneous minor actinides transmutation 4

The characterization of radioactive waste: a critical review of techniques implemented or under development at CEA, France 3

A method for phenomenological and chemical kinetics study of autocatalytic reactive dissolution by optical microscopy. The case of uranium dioxide dissolution in nitric acid media 2

Single Event Effect cross section calibration and application to quasi-monoenergetic and spallation facilities 1

A study of the construction of the correlation matrix of ²⁴¹Pu(nth,f) isobaric fission yields 25

Critical review of CIELO evaluations of n+ ²³⁵U, ²³⁸U using differential experiments 27

Generation of the ¹H in H₂O neutron thermal scattering law covariance matrix of the CAB model 32

Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of β_eff for MYRRHA using a Monte Carlo technique 42

Use of integral data assimilation and differential measurements as a contribution to improve ²³⁵U and ²³⁸U cross sections evaluations in the fast and epithermal energy range 41