Designing a new structure for storing nuclear data: Progress of the Working Party for Evaluation Cooperation subgroup #38

Mattoon, C. M.; Beck, B. R.

doi:10.1140/epja/i2015-15183-y

Title: Designing a new structure for storing nuclear data: Progress of the Working Party for Evaluation Cooperation subgroup #38

Abstract

An international effort is underway to design a new structure for storing and using nuclear reaction data, with the goal of eventually replacing the current standard, ENDF-6. This effort, organized by the Working Party for Evaluation Cooperation, was initiated in 2012 and has resulted in a list of requirements and specifications for how the proposed new structure shall perform. The new structure will take advantage of new developments in computational tools, using a nested hierarchy to store data. Here, the structure can be stored in text form (such as an XML file) for human readability and data sharing, or it can be stored in binary to optimize data access. In this paper, we present the progress towards completing the requirements, specifications and implementation of the new structure.

Authors:

Mattoon, C. M. ^[1]; Beck, B. R. ^[1]

Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Publication Date:: Thu Dec 24 00:00:00 EST 2015

Research Org.:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1418963

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-743637
Journal ID: ISSN 1434-6001; TRN: US1801322

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: European Physical Journal. A

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 51; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 1434-6001

Publisher:: Springer

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 97 MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

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                    Mattoon, C. M., and Beck, B. R. Designing a new structure for storing nuclear data: Progress of the Working Party for Evaluation Cooperation subgroup #38.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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"Designing a new structure for storing nuclear data: Progress of the Working Party for Evaluation Cooperation subgroup #38".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2015-15183-y.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1418963.

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  title        = {Designing a new structure for storing nuclear data: Progress of the Working Party for Evaluation Cooperation subgroup #38},

  author       = {Mattoon, C. M. and Beck, B. R.},

  abstractNote = {An international effort is underway to design a new structure for storing and using nuclear reaction data, with the goal of eventually replacing the current standard, ENDF-6. This effort, organized by the Working Party for Evaluation Cooperation, was initiated in 2012 and has resulted in a list of requirements and specifications for how the proposed new structure shall perform. The new structure will take advantage of new developments in computational tools, using a nested hierarchy to store data. Here, the structure can be stored in text form (such as an XML file) for human readability and data sharing, or it can be stored in binary to optimize data access. In this paper, we present the progress towards completing the requirements, specifications and implementation of the new structure.},

  doi          = {10.1140/epja/i2015-15183-y},

  journal      = {European Physical Journal. A},

  number       = 12,

  volume       = 51,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu Dec 24 00:00:00 EST 2015},

  month        = {Thu Dec 24 00:00:00 EST 2015}

}

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