Nuclear Data Needs for Basic Sciences and Applications

This CRP is organized to address specific needs for improved nuclear data as identified by international experts. Nuclear structure and decay data, reaction cross section data, fission decay parameters and other properties characterizing the interaction of ions with matter, are important parameters that need to be quantified with high confidence for a range of energy and non-energy applications such as nuclear power-related applications, criticality safety, reprocessing and waste management, nonproliferation, nuclear medicine and production of medical radioisotopes, environmental monitoring, materials analysis, and cultural heritage. A primary goal of this CRP is to incorporate the most recently measured data into the proposed compilations and evaluations. New and improved data files, software, databases, and data libraries will be produced and made available online to the MS.

Production of improved compiled and recommended data files of direct applications in nuclear facilities, waste management, nonproliferation, nuclear medicine, environmental monitoring, materials sciences, cultural heritage, and basic sciences.