1. LBNL Isotopes Project Report
Shamsuzzoha Basunia
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley, CA 94720
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2. Isotopes Project Members
M. S. Basunia (Staff)
A. M. Hurst (Staff)
E. Browne* (Affiliate)
L. A. Bernstein (Senior Staff, LLNL)
R. B. Firestone** (Affiliate)
C. M. Baglin**(Affiliate)
Mark A. Trudel (Student) - XUNDL
Adriana Ureche (Student) - EGAF
Leo Kirsch (Student) – Experiment
Ivana Abramovic (Student) - Computation
A. M. Rogers (Post doc, until March, 2014)
*Under contract with NNDC, BNL
**Under contract with UCB NE - since Dec, 2014
UCB Component
Data Evaluation for Applied Nuclear Science (DEANS)
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Activities:
ENSDF
Responsibility: 37 mass chains: 21-30, 59, 81, 83, 90-93, , 184, 186, 187, ,
XUNDL
Contributing since FY 2014
EGAF
New NA-22 (nonproliferation) initiative at LBNL
Aligned with Correlated Fission Data project at LLNL+LANL
(n,) measurements with enriched targets. Statistical model calculations
, 0, structure, decay data, Sn
Experimental effort:
Targeted experiment, statistical model study of level density and photon strength.
Facilities: 88” cyclotron, LBNL; Neutron Generator, UCB; Guided neutron beam in Budapest, Hungary, FRM, Germany, and Cyclotron facility at the University of Oslo
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4. Evaluation/Compilation
ENSDF (since last NSDD meeting)
A=21, R.B. Firestone, In ENSDF
A=28, M. S. Basunia, Nuclear Data Sheets, 114, 1189, 2013
A=91, C.M. Baglin, Nuclear Data Sheets 114, 1293, 2013
A=92, C.M. Baglin, Nuclear Data Sheets 113, 2187, 2012
A=192, C.M. Baglin, Nuclear Data Sheets 113, 1871, 2012
A=210, M.S. Basunia, Nuclear Data Sheets, 121, 561, 2014
A=211*, C.M. Baglin, et. al., Nuclear Data Sheets 114, 661, 2013
93(Br, Kr, Rb) and 186Po (Baglin)
In Progress:
A=26 (Hurst and Basunia)
In production process:
A=22 (Basunia), A=170, A=171, A=183 (Baglin)
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XUNDL/EGAF
XUNDL
Compiled 53 datasets from 28 articles and thesis
Mark Trudel from UCB - since Nov, 2014
New students will be recruited this year
EGAF (Detailed update later)
93Nb(n,) – Danyal Turkoglu (OSU), M. S. Basunia
139La(n,) – Adriana Ureche (UCB), A. M. Hurst
185Re(n,) – Andrew Lerch (US Army), A. M. Hurst, J. J. Carroll
242Pu(n,) – Christoph Genreith (Jülich GmbH), A. M. Hurst
16O(n,), 54,56,57,58Fe(n,) – R. B. Firestone, M. Krticka
180W(n,) – A. M. Hurst
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6. Experiment/Facility Development
88-Inch Cyclotron, LBNL
Neutron production from deuteron breakup, Time-of-flight
56Fe(n,n’) – CIELO (Collaborative International Evaluated Library Organization)
2nd run (March, 2015): coincidence measurements with large HPGe detectors: Leo Kirsch, Lee Bernstein
DD Neutron Generator, NE-UCB
>1011 n/s, En ~2.5 MeV
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Other activities:
Workshop organization:
Nuclear Data Needs and Capabilities for Applications, May 27-29, 2015, Berkeley, CA
Energy
National Security
Isotope Production, and
Industrial Applications
Code development – A. M. Hurst
Python translator to convert ENSDF to XML, RIPL
PABS (Particle Absolute Branching) – read directly from ENSDF
Calculated beta decay branching ratio and uncertainties derived from -decay scheme – E. Browne, Nucl. Instru. Meth. Phys. Res. A265, 541, 1988.
Baghdad Atlas compilation/evaluation
Completed compilation of (n,n’) data into searchable SQL database
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Publications
Experiment/EGAF
39,40,41K(n,g) – R. B. Firestone et al., Phys. Rev. C 87,
23Na(n,) – R. B. Firestone et al., Phys Rev C 89, , 2014
182,183,184,186W(n,) – A. M. Hurst et. al., Phys Rev C 89, , 2014
revised data for EXFOR, - updated RIPL
155,157Gd(n,) – H. Choi et. al., Nucl. Sci. Eng. 117, 219, 2014
ND 2013 proceedings:
EGAF: Measurement and Analysis… – R. B. Firestone et al., NDS 119, 79, 2014.
180W(n,) – A. M. Hurst et al., NDS 119, 91, 2014
151,153Eu(n,) – M. S. Basunia et al., NDS 119, 88, 2014.
Low energy neutron measurements in HED plasmas using the NIF – L. A. Bernstein et al., Plasma Fusion Res. 9, , 2014.
Co-authored: Other 15 papers/conference proceedings/meeting reports
Gamma Ray Generator, Richard B. Firestone and Jani Reijonen, Patent US B2 (2014).
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Future Plans
ENSDF
Training of new evaluators
XUNDL
Student participation seems promising
EGAF
Targeted evaluation: Experiment with enriched targets and statistical model calculations
Experiments
55Mn(d,p)56Mn at the Cyclotron facility, University of Oslo, for level density studies
Workshop on Nuclear Data Needs and Capabilities for Applications
Bay Area Nuclear Data Group (BANG)?
LBNL, UCB, LLNL
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Collaborators
LLNL – B. Sleaford, N. Summers, J. Escher
UCB - Nuclear Engineering – K. van Bibber, J. Vujic, K.-N. Leung,
B. Goldblum, Jay James
Budapest Reactor – T. Belgya, L. Szentmiklosi
Garching FRM-II Reactor – Zs. Revay, P. Kudejova, C. Genreith
Charles University, Prague – M. Krticka, F. Becvar
University of Oslo - S. Siem, M. Guttormsen
TransActinide Nuclear Data Evaluation and Measurement (TANDEM) – M. Rossbach, C. Genreith (Jülich Forschungszentrum)
Seoul National University, Korea – H. Choi
U.S. Army Research Laboratory – J. J. Carroll
Air Force Institute of Technology – J. W. McClory, A. G. Lerch
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