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Title: Current nuclear data needs for applications

Journal Article · · Physical Review Research

Accurate nuclear data provide an essential foundation for advances in a wide range of fields, including nuclear energy, nuclear safety and security, safeguards, nuclear medicine, and planetary and space exploration. In these and other critical domains, outdated, imprecise, and incomplete nuclear data can hinder progress, limit precision, and compromise safety. Similar nuclear data needs are shared by many applications, thus prioritizing these needs is especially important and urgently needed. Many levels of analysis are required to prepare nuclear measurements for employment in end-user applications. Because research expertise is typically limited to one level, collaboration across organizations and international borders is essential. This perspective piece provides the latest advances in nuclear data for applications and describes an outlook for both near- and long-term progress in the field.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
Grant/Contract Number:
89233218CNA000001; 89233018CNR000004; AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
1822342
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1863457; OSTI ID: 1885283; OSTI ID: 1886658; OSTI ID: 1975008
Journal Information:
Physical Review Research, Journal Name: Physical Review Research Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 4; ISSN 2643-1564
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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