Report on the Neutron Resonance Analysis School 2017

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Gery Alaerts, GA

Paul Davies, PD

Peter Schillebeeckx, PS

Tobias Wright, TW

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Title Neutron Resonance Analysis School 2017

Abstract

Summary report describing the organisation and feedback of the 4th Neutron Resonance Analysis School

organised as part of the FP7 project CHANDA and the UK Nuclear Data Network (UKNDN).

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Contents

Foreword .............................................................................................................. 1

Acknowledgements ................................................................................................ 2

Abstract ............................................................................................................... 3

1 Summary ......................................................................................................... 4

2 Scientific programme ......................................................................................... 6

3 Feedback summary ............................................................................................ 8

4 Conclusions ...................................................................................................... 9

List of abbreviations and definitions ....................................................................... 10

List of tables ....................................................................................................... 11

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Foreword

The 4th Neutron Resonance Analysis School has been organised as part Workpackage 10

(WP10) of the CHANDA (solving CHallenges in Nuclear DAta for the safety of European

nuclear facilities) project and the UK Nuclear Data Network (UKNDN). The school was

organised to train young professionals and researchers in the field of nuclear data and

nuclear safety.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the organisations of the lecturers who covered the expenses for

their contributions to the school. We also acknowledge the assistance of the resource

management unit of JRC Geel and the JRC Helpdesk.

Authors

Gery Allaerts, Joint Research Centre Geel

Paul Davies, University of Manchester

Peter Schillebeeckx, Joint Research Centre Geel

Tobias Wright, University of Manchester

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Abstract

This report describes the organisation and participants feedback of the 4th Neutron

Resonance Analysis School which was held at JRC-Geel November 6-10th 2017. The

school was organised within the FP7 project CHANDA (Solving Challenges in Nuclear Data

for the Safety of European Facilities) and the UK Nuclear Data Network (UKNDN).

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1 Summary

The fourth edition of the Neutron Resonance Analysis School was held at JRC-Geel from

November 6-10th 2017. The school was organised by the JRC Geel and the University of

Manchester within the FP7 project CHANDA (Solving Challenges in Nuclear Data for the

Safety of European Facilities) and the UK Nuclear Data Network (UKNDN). The organising

committee can be found in Table 1.

Table 1 Organising committee

Name Organisation email

Enrico Chiaveri CERN enrico.chiaveri@cern.ch

Paul Davies University of Manchester pauljohn.davies@manchester.ac.uk

Frank Gunsing CEA Saclay frank.gunsing@cea.fr

Jan Heyse EC - JRC Geel jan.heyse@ec.europa.eu

Stefan Kopecky EC - JRC Geel stefan.kopecky@ec.europa.eu

Claudia Lederer-Woods University of Edinburgh claudia.lederer-woods@ed.ac.uk

Christian Massimi INFN Bologna cristian.massimi@bo.infn.it

Arjan Plompen EC – JRC Geel arjan.plompen@ec.europa.eu

Peter Schillebeeckx EC – JRC Geel peter.schillebeeckx@ec.europa.eu

Gavin Smith University of Manchester gavin.smith@manchester.ac.uk

Tobias Wright University of Manchester tobias.wright@manchester.ac.uk

The school was aimed at post-graduate students and post-doctorate researchers whose

research interests involve nuclear data measurements. In order to make the school

accessible to all, participants could apply for funding to cover the school registration,

accommodation, local transport and catering. The teachers and lecturers covered their

own expenses. A special budget was available for the participants from Ukraine.

There was a strong response to the school advertisement of 32 students. All students

were accepted. However the final number of participants was 28, due to various issues

(visa, budget and illness). The students came from a diverse range of backgrounds and

specialities and countries. In total, 15 different nationalities were present ( 1 Austria, 5

Greece, 1 Spain, 1 Burundi, 2 Italy, 1 Switzerland, 3 Czech Republic, 1 Jordan, 1 United

Kingdom, 2 Germany, 1 Netherlands, 4 Ukraine, 2 France, 1 Russia, 2 Vietnam). The full

participants list can be found in Table 2.

The scientific programme was a mix between lectures on experimental techniques and

the underlying theory. In addition a visit to the GELINA and MONNET facilities of the JRC

was included. The full programme can be found in Section 2. One major aspect of the

school was the Geant4 workshop. The Monte Carlo simulation package is utilised heavily

in many aspects of nuclear data measurements therefore it was chosen to teach this as

part of the school. The workshop was led by the UKNDN manager, Dr Paul Davies

(University of Manchester) and was very well received by the students.

All participants filled in a feedback form, the results of which can be found in Section 3.

At the end of the week, a USB pen drive was distributed to all participants, which

contained all the material from the lectures and workshops plus relevant publications.

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Table 2 Participants list

Name Organisation email

Kafa AL-KHASAWNEH Goethe University Frankfurt kafa.khasawneh@gmail.com

Adria CASANOVAS Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya adria.casanovas@upc.edu

Alf GOOK JRC Geel alf.gook@ec.europa.eu

Alice Manna University of Bologna alice.manna91@gmail.com

Aloys NIZIGAMA CEA Cadarache Aloys.NIZIGAMA@cea.fr

Anatolii DOROSHENKO ISP NPP of NAS of Ukraine ipb.doroshenko@gmail.com

Antigoni KALAMARA University of Athens akalamara@central.ntua.gr

Antonin KRASA SCK•CEN antonin.krasa@sckcen.be

Athanasios STAMATOPOULOS University of Athens athanasios.stamatopoulos@cern.ch

Deniz KURTULGIL Goethe Univ. Frankfurt kurtulgil@iap.uni-frankfurt.de

Jiri ULRICH PSI jiri.ulrich@psi.ch

Lucia Anna DAMONE CERN lucia.anna.damone@cern.ch

Maria DIAKAKI CEA Cadarache mdiakaki@cern.ch

Michael BACAK CERN michael.bacak@cern.ch

Ngoc Duy TRINH GANIL Ngoc-Duy.Trinh@ganil.fr

Ngoc Hoang TRAN CEA Saclay NgocHoang.TRAN@cea.fr

Nikolay SOSNIN University of Manchester nikolay.sosnin@manchester.ac.uk

Petr CHUDOBA REZ chudoba@ujf.cas.cz

Quentin Ducasse PTB quentin.ducasse@ptb.de

Roman GODUN ISP NPP of NAS of Ukraine rgl.wmw@gmail.com

Rugard DRESSLER PSI rugard.dressler@psi.ch

Samuel BENNETT University of Manchester samuel.bennett-3@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk

Sebastian URLASS CERN sebastian.urlass@cern.ch

Serhii KUPRIIANCHUK ISP NPP of NAS of Ukraine kupriianchuk.s@gmail.com

Tetiana VLASENKO ISP NPP of NAS of Ukraine Vlasenko.tata@gmail.com

Veatriki MICHALOPOULOU-PETROPOULOU

University of Athens

veatriki.michalopoulou@cern.ch

Virginie HUY CEA Cadarache Virginie.HUY@cea.fr

Zinovia ELEME University of Ioannina zinovia.eleme@cern.ch

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2 Scientific programme

Day 1 Monday, 6 November 2017

09h00 - 09h15 Welcome W. Mondelaers

09h15 - 10h10 Importance of nuclear data libraries A. Plompen

10h10 - 11h05 Basic principles of cross section measurements T. Wright

11h05 – 11h30 Coffee

11h30 - 12h25 Time-of-flight experiments C. Massimi

12:25 – 14h00 Lunch

14h00 – 14h55 Quasi mono-energetic neutron beams R. Nolte

14h55 - 15h50 Spectrum integrated cross section data G. Žerovnik

15h50 – 17h50 Geant4 workshop P. Davies

Day 2 Tuesday, 7 November 2017

09h15 - 10h00 In-elastic scattering cross section

measurements M. Nyman

10h00 - 11h05 Elastic cross section measurements E. Pirovano

11h05 – 11h30 Coffee

11h30 - 12h25 Visit MONNET/GELINA

12h25 – 14h00 Lunch

14h00 – 14h55 Nuclear astrophysics R. Reifarth

14h55 - 15h50 Monte Carlo techniques and Geant4 (1) P. Davies

15h50 – 17h50 Geant4 workshop P. Davies

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Day 3 Wednesday, 8 November 2017

09h00 - 10h00 Characterisation of materials by neutron

resonance analysis P. Schillebeeckx

10h00 - 11h05 ADS and MYRRHA H. Aid Abderrahim

11h05 – 11h30 Coffee

11h30 - 12h25 Monte Carlo techniques and Geant4 (2) P. Davies

12h25 - 14h00 Lunch

14h00 - 17h50 Geant4 workshop P. Davies

Day 4 Thursday, 9 November 2017

09h00 - 10h00 R-matrix and statistical properties of resonance

parameters F. Gunsing

10h00 - 11h05 Optical model and its link to the resonance region H. Leeb

11h05 – 11h30 Coffee

11h30 - 12h25 Fission fragment characteristics G. Smith

12h25 - 14h00 Lunch

14h00 - 14h55 Geant4 workshop P. Davies

14h55 - 17h50 Geant4 workshop P. Davies

Day 5 Friday, 10 November 2017

09h00 - 10h00 Preparation and characterisation of samples J. Heyse

10h00 - 11h05 Evaluation of measurement uncertainties S. Kopecky

11h05 – 11h30 Coffee

11h30 - 12h25 EXFOR, reporting of TOF-data E. Dupont

12h25 - 14h00 Lunch

14h00 - 14h55 Geant4 workshop P. Davies

14h00 - 14h50 Visit MONNET/GELINA

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3 Feedback summary

Excellent Good Sufficient Poor

Content

Balance Theory/practice

Up-to-date

Practical use of training

Degree of difficulty

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18

20

5

2

1

16

1

1

Course material

Clearness

Possibility for questions/interactions

Scientific knowledge

Quality of slides

14

23

23

16

6

6

1

1

Organization

Time schedule (start, breaks)

Course environment (training room)

Catering (coffee breaks, lunch, dinner)

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19

12

5

2

9

1

1

General judgement 20

Reason to follow the school

Own interest

Recommended

Demand of employer

The event provides networking

opportunities

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

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1

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General conclusions based on the reply on most and less interesting lectures, on

suggestions for topics of interest that have not been presented, reasons to follow the

course etc…:

- The training on Monte Carlo techniques and in particular the use of GEANT4 was

very well organized and received excellent feedback.

- On the other hand some participants expressed the interest in a practical training

on data reduction and analysis.

- Lectures which progressively explain the basic principles are well received.

However, lectures with too many difficult formulas should be avoided.

- One could include a session with presentations of the participants.

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4 Conclusions

The fourth neutron resonance analysis school was successfully held at the JRC-Geel and

was well attended by interested students from many backgrounds. The feedback received

was mostly excellent and in particular the practical aspect of the course, the teaching of

Geant4, was a highlight for many students. This school was held within the CHANDA

framework. The continuing popularity and desire for the neutron resonance analysis

school implies that a fifth edition, likely in 2020 should be anticipated.

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List of abbreviations and definitions

CHANDA solving CHAllenges in Nuclear DAta

GEANT Geometry ANd Tracking

GELINA GEel LINear Accelerator

MONNET MONo energetic NEutron Tower

NRAS Neutron Resonance Analysis School

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List of tables

Table 1 Organising committee ................................................................................. 4

Table 2 Participants list .......................................................................................... 5

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