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)
- Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Amec Foster Wheeler UK (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
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
Mingrone F
(2016)
The CERN n_TOF facility: a unique tool for nuclear data measurement
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Moreno-Soto J
(2022)
Constraints on the dipole photon strength for the odd uranium isotopes
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
Phong V
(2022)
ß -Delayed One and Two Neutron Emission Probabilities Southeast of Sn 132 and the Odd-Even Systematics in r -Process Nuclide Abundances
in Physical Review Letters
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
Phong VH
(2022)
ß-Delayed One and Two Neutron Emission Probabilities Southeast of ^{132}Sn and the Odd-Even Systematics in r-Process Nuclide Abundances.
in Physical review letters
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
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
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
Sosnin N
(2020)
Corrigendum to "Fission fragment atomic number measurements using bragg detectors" [Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A 957 (2020) 163397]
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Sosnin N
(2020)
Fission fragment atomic number measurements using Bragg detectors
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
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
Stamatopoulos A
(2020)
Investigation of the Pu 240 ( n , f ) reaction at the n_TOF/EAR2 facility in the 9 meV-6 MeV range
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
Torres D
(2019)
Study of medium-spin states of neutron-rich 87, 89, 91Rb isotopes
in The European Physical Journal A
Urban W
(2021)
Structure of even-even Sr isotopes with 50 = N = 58 neutrons
in Physical Review C
Urban W
(2019)
First observation of ? -soft and triaxial bands in Zr isotopes
in Physical Review C
Urban W
(2016)
First evidence of ? collectivity close to the doubly magic core Sn 132
in Physical Review C
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
Urban W
(2020)
New, low-energy excitations in Mo 107 and Mo 109
in Physical Review C
Urban W
(2019)
Structure of 0 + excitations in the mass A ˜ 100 region: 0 2 + bands in Sr 98 and Zr 100
in Physical Review C
Wilson G
(2017)
ß -delayed fission of Am 230
in Physical Review C
Wilson J
(2017)
Production and Study of Neutron-rich Nuclei Using the LICORNE Directional Neutron Source
in Acta Physica Polonica B
Wilson JN
(2017)
Anomalies in the Charge Yields of Fission Fragments from the ^{238}U(n,f) Reaction.
in Physical review letters
Wisniewski J
(2018)
Study of parity-doublet structure in the 147 La nucleus
in EPJ Web of Conferences
Wisniewski J
(2017)
Parity-doublet structure in the La 90 57 147 nucleus
in Physical Review C
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
Wright T
(2019)
Measurement of the 13C(n,$\gamma$) thermal cross section via neutron irradiation and AMS
in The European Physical Journal A
Wu J
(2022)
First observation of isomeric states in Zr 111 , Nb 113 , and Mo 115
in Physical Review C
Yokoyama R
(2023)
ß -delayed neutron emissions from N > 50 gallium isotopes
in Physical Review C
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
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
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 |