The UK Nuclear Data Network
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
We propose to create a UK Nuclear Data Network (UKNDN) that establishes a strong connection between academia, industrial partners, national labs, regulators and UK representatives on international nuclear data committees (IAEA, NEA) in order to facilitate the measurement, analysis and dissemination of industrial nuclear data. Industrial nuclear data are defined as those data that underpin the safety and economics of industrial nuclear operations and processes. This proposal addresses the Energy Global Challenge by setting up a network that will respond to the nuclear data needs of industry, particularly as new reactor technologies are developed. The network will provide support for small-scale and scoping projects as well as travel and opportunities for secondment for students and early-career researchers. It will facilitate UK involvement in the international experimental nuclear data effort.
Planned Impact
The impact of this proposal will be that the UK establishes a Nuclear Data Network that links those research groups that make the measurements and the end users of the resulting data.
This includes the National Labs (NNL, NPL, CCFE and AWE), the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme physics working group (MOD, Rolls-Royce, AMEC Foster Wheeler and NNL), Universities and many of the leading nuclear organizations (BAE Systems, EDF Energy, Public Health England, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Nuvia Ltd, Office of Nuclear Regulation and Sellafield Ltd). The Network will provide a mechanism for the UK users of Nuclear Data to request measurements that are of direct relevance to the needs of the industry, through the UKNSF, which will act as a board of governance for the Network. The proposal will also have the benefit of allowing the UK to re-engage with the international Nuclear Data community through a coordinated approach to data collection and evaluation.
This includes the National Labs (NNL, NPL, CCFE and AWE), the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme physics working group (MOD, Rolls-Royce, AMEC Foster Wheeler and NNL), Universities and many of the leading nuclear organizations (BAE Systems, EDF Energy, Public Health England, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Nuvia Ltd, Office of Nuclear Regulation and Sellafield Ltd). The Network will provide a mechanism for the UK users of Nuclear Data to request measurements that are of direct relevance to the needs of the industry, through the UKNSF, which will act as a board of governance for the Network. The proposal will also have the benefit of allowing the UK to re-engage with the international Nuclear Data community through a coordinated approach to data collection and evaluation.
Organisations
- University of Manchester (Lead Research Organisation)
- Chalmers University of Technology (Collaboration)
- University of Birmingham (Project Partner)
- Amec Foster Wheeler UK (Project Partner)
- Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- University of York (Project Partner)
- University of Liverpool (Project Partner)
- University of Surrey (Project Partner)
- Imperial College London (Project Partner)
- University of Edinburgh (Project Partner)
- Atomic Weapons Establishment (Project Partner)
Publications
Diakaki M
(2016)
Towards the high-accuracy determination of the 238 U fission cross section at the threshold region at CERN - n_TOF
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Žugec P
(2016)
Integral measurement of the 12C(n, p)12B reaction up to 10 GeV
in The European Physical Journal A
Žugec P
(2016)
Pulse processing routines for neutron time-of-flight data
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Leal-Cidoncha E
(2016)
Fission Fragment Angular Distribution measurements of 235 U and 238 U at CERN n_TOF facility
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Gunsing F
(2016)
Nuclear data activities at the n_TOF facility at CERN
in The European Physical Journal Plus
Mingrone F
(2016)
The CERN n_TOF facility: a unique tool for nuclear data measurement
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Cosentino L
(2016)
Experimental setup and procedure for the measurement of the 7Be(n,a)a reaction at n_TOF
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Urban W
(2016)
First evidence of ? collectivity close to the doubly magic core Sn 132
in Physical Review C
Barbagallo M
(2016)
^{7}Be(n,a)^{4}He Reaction and the Cosmological Lithium Problem: Measurement of the Cross Section in a Wide Energy Range at n_TOF at CERN.
in Physical review letters
Guerrero C
(2017)
Time-of-flight and activation experiments on 147 Pm and 171 Tm for astrophysics
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Gunsing F
(2017)
The measurement programme at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF at CERN
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Wilson J
(2017)
Production and Study of Neutron-rich Nuclei Using the LICORNE Directional Neutron Source
in Acta Physica Polonica B
Lerendegui-Marco J
(2017)
New measurement of the 242 Pu(n,?) cross section at n_TOF-EAR1 for MOX fuels: Preliminary results in the RRR
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Dupont E
(2017)
Dissemination of data measured at the CERN n_TOF facility
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Chiaveri E
(2017)
The n_TOF facility: Neutron beams for challenging future measurements at CERN
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Wisniewski J
(2017)
Parity-doublet structure in the La 90 57 147 nucleus
in Physical Review C
Mingrone F
(2017)
Neutron capture cross section measurement of U 238 at the CERN n_TOF facility in the energy region from 1 eV to 700 keV
in Physical Review C
Massimi C
(2017)
Neutron spectroscopy of 26Mg states: Constraining the stellar neutron source 22Ne(a,n)25Mg
in Physics Letters B
Wright T
(2017)
Measurement of the U 238 ( n , ? ) cross section up to 80 keV with the Total Absorption Calorimeter at the CERN n_TOF facility
in Physical Review C
Naïdja H
(2017)
New excitations in Ba 142 and Ce 144 : Evolution of ? bands in the N = 86 isotones
in Physical Review C
Colonna N
(2017)
The Nuclear Astrophysics program at n_TOF (CERN)
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Lerendegui-Marco J
(2017)
Monte carlo simulations of the n_TOF lead spallation target with the Geant4 toolkit: A benchmark study
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Wilson G
(2017)
ß -delayed fission of Am 230
in Physical Review C
Barbagallo M
(2017)
7 Be(n,a) and 7 Be(n,p) cross-section measurement for the cosmological lithium problem at the n_TOF facility at CERN
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Sabaté-Gilarte M
(2017)
High-accuracy determination of the neutron flux in the new experimental area n_TOF-EAR2 at CERN
in The European Physical Journal A
Chen Y
(2017)
Characterization of the n_TOF EAR-2 neutron beam
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Sabaté-Gilarte M
(2017)
The 33 S(n,a) 30 Si cross section measurement at n_TOF-EAR2 (CERN): From 0.01 eV to the resonance region
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Urban W
(2017)
Shape coexistence in the odd-odd nucleus Y 98 : The role of the g 9 / 2 neutron extruder
in Physical Review C
Stamatopoulos A
(2017)
Measurement of the 240 Pu(n,f) cross-section at the CERN n_TOF facility: First results from experimental area II (EAR-2)
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Wilson JN
(2017)
Anomalies in the Charge Yields of Fission Fragments from the ^{238}U(n,f) Reaction.
in Physical review letters
Mendoza E
(2018)
Measurement and analysis of the Am 241 neutron capture cross section at the n_TOF facility at CERN
in Physical Review C
Praena J
(2018)
Measurement and resonance analysis of the S 33 ( n , a ) Si 30 cross section at the CERN n_TOF facility in the energy region from 10 to 300 keV
in Physical Review C
Wisniewski J
(2018)
Study of parity-doublet structure in the 147 La nucleus
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Casanovas A
(2018)
Measurement of the radiative capture cross section of the s-process branching points 204 Tl and 171 Tm at the n_TOF facility (CERN)
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Damone L
(2018)
^{7}Be(n,p)^{7}Li Reaction and the Cosmological Lithium Problem: Measurement of the Cross Section in a Wide Energy Range at n_TOF at CERN.
in Physical review letters
Dietz M
(2018)
First Measurement of 72 Ge( n, ? ) at n_TOF
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Mastromarco M
(2019)
Cross section measurements of 155,157Gd(n,$\gamma$?) induced by thermal and epithermal neutrons
in The European Physical Journal A
Kean K
(2019)
Validation of the multinucleon transfer method for the determination of the fission barrier height
in Physical Review C
Tolosa-Delgado A
(2019)
Commissioning of the BRIKEN detector for the measurement of very exotic ß -delayed neutron emitters
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Phong V
(2019)
Observation of a µ s isomer in In 85 49 134 : Proton-neutron coupling "southeast" of Sn 82 50 132
in Physical Review C
Gawlik A
(2019)
Measurement of the Ge 70 ( n , ? ) cross section up to 300 keV at the CERN n_TOF facility
in Physical Review C
Urban W
(2019)
First observation of ? -soft and triaxial bands in Zr isotopes
in Physical Review C
Amaducci S
(2019)
Measurement of the 235U(n, f) cross section relative to the 6Li(n, t) and 10B(n,$ \alpha$) standards from thermal to 170 keV neutron energy range at n_TOF
in The European Physical Journal A
Lederer-Woods C
(2019)
Measurement of 73Ge(n,?) cross sections and implications for stellar nucleosynthesis
in Physics Letters B
Torres D
(2019)
Study of medium-spin states of neutron-rich 87, 89, 91Rb isotopes
in The European Physical Journal A
Yokoyama R
(2019)
Strong one-neutron emission from two-neutron unbound states in ß decays of the r -process nuclei Ga 86 , 87
in Physical Review C
Studentship Projects
Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ST/N00244X/1 | 01/04/2016 | 31/03/2022 | |||
1910955 | Studentship | ST/N00244X/1 | 03/07/2017 | 30/06/2021 | Rhiann Canavan |
Description | ISS (d,pF) Collaboration |
Organisation | Chalmers University of Technology |
Country | Sweden |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Project: "Creation of heavy elements in neutron-star mergers", Grant: SEK 29,600,000 over five years Principal investigator: Docent Andreas Heinz, Chalmers University of Technology, 2020. |
Collaborator Contribution | Contribution to manpower and equipment for the (d,pF) programme |
Impact | None as yet |
Start Year | 2020 |