OECD/NEA Data Bank Scientific and Intergral Experiments Databases in Support of Knowledge Preservation and Transfer

Conference · Tue Sep 07 00:00:00 EDT 2004

OSTI ID:911061

Sartori, E. ^[1]; Briggs, J. B. ^[2]; Gado, J. ^[3]; Hasegawa, A ^[4]; D'hondt, P. ^[5]; Kodeli, I. ^[1]; Mompean, F. J. ^[1]; Wiesenack, W. ^[6]; Zaetta, A. ^[7]

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1. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris (France). Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
2. Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
3. KFKI Atomic Energy Research Institute, Budapest (Hungary)
4. Japan Atomic Energy Research Inst. (JAERI), Tokai (Japan)
5. Belgian Nuclear Research Center (SCK-CEN), Mol (Belgium)
6. Institute for Energy Technology (IFE), Halden (Norway). OECD Halden Reactor Project
7. Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Cadarache (France)

The OECD/Nuclear Energy Data Bank was established by its member countries as an institution to allow effective sharing of knowledge and its basic underlying information and data in key areas of nuclear science and technology. The activities as regards preserving and transferring knowledge consist of the: - Acquisition of basic nuclear data, computer codes and experimental system data needed over a wide range of nuclear and radiation applications. - Independent verification and validation of these data using quality assurance methods, adding value through international benchmark exercises, workshops and meetings and by issuing relevant reports with conclusions and recommendations, as well as by organizing training courses to ensure their qualified and competent use. - Dissemination of the different products to authorized establishments in member countries and collecting and integrating user feedback. Of particular importance has been the establishment of basic and integral experiments databases and the methodology developed with the aim of knowledge preservation and transfer. Databases established thus far include: - IRPhE – International Reactor Physics Experimental Benchmarks Evaluations, — SINBAD – a radiation shielding experiments database (nuclear reactors, fusion neutronics and accelerators), - IFPE – International Fuel Performance Benchmark Experiments Database, - TDB – The Thermochemical Database Project, - ICSBE – International Nuclear Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluations, - CCVM – CSNI Code Validation Matrix of Thermal-hydraulic Codes for LWR LOCA and Transients. This paper will concentrate on knowledge preservation and transfer concepts and methods related to some of the integral experiments and TDB.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris (France). Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA); KFKI Atomic Energy Research Institute, Budapest (Hungary); Japan Atomic Energy Research Inst. (JAERI), Tokai (Japan); Belgian Nuclear Research Center (SCK-CEN), Mol (Belgium); Institute for Energy Technology (IFE), Halden (Norway). OECD Halden Reactor Project; Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Cadarache (France)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE - NE
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-99ID-13727
• OSTI ID: 911061
• Report Number(s): INEEL/CON-04-01830; TRN: US0704370
• Resource Relation: Conference: International Conference on Nuclear Knowledge Management: Strategies, Information Management and Human Resource Development, Saclay (France), 7-10 Sep 2004
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

96 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
ACCELERATORS
BENCHMARKS
COMPUTER CODES
CRITICALITY
FEEDBACK
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
KNOWLEDGE PRESERVATION
QUALITY ASSURANCE
RADIATIONS
REACTOR PHYSICS
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
SAFETY
SHIELDING
TRAINING
TRANSIENTS
VALIDATION
VERIFICATION
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
OECD/Nuclear Energy Data Bank
Evaluated Nuclear Data File (ENDF)
JEFF Library
JENDL Library
Benchmarks
International Fuel Performance Experiment (IFPE)
International Reactor Physics Experiment Evaluation Project (IRPhE)