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1 Nuclear Data Needs and Capabilities for Applications Table of Contents Table&of&Contents& Table&of&Contents&...................................................................................................................&2! Executive&Summary&................................................................................................................&5! A!Path!Forward!...........................................................................................................................................................................!6! White!Paper!Outline!..................................................................................................................................................................!7! Whitepaper&Contributors&........................................................................................................&8! Acknowledgements&................................................................................................................&8! Participants&&&Conference&Photo&............................................................................................&9! NDNCA&Agenda&.....................................................................................................................&11! Session!0:! Welcome!............................................................................................................................................................!11! Session!1:! Nuclear!Data!Needs!for!Nuclear!Energy!..............................................................................................!11! Session!2a:! Energy!and!Other!Applications!.............................................................................................................!12! Session!2b:! Capabilities!Part!1!......................................................................................................................................!12! Session!2c:! Capabilities!Part!2!.......................................................................................................................................!12! Session! 3a:! National!Security!Part!1!..........................................................................................................................!13! Session!3b:! National!Security!Part!2!.........................................................................................................................!13! Session!4:! Medical!Isotope!Production!......................................................................................................................!14! Session!5:! Capabilities!Part!3!........................................................................................................................................!14! Session! 6:! Breakout!Sessions!........................................................................................................................................!15! Session!7:! Comments!from!PMs/Closeout!...............................................................................................................!15! Prioritizing&Needs&.................................................................................................................&16! CrossKcutting&Needs&..............................................................................................................&18! Dosimetry!Standards!.............................................................................................................................................................!18! A!Deeper!Understanding!of!Nuclear!Fission!...............................................................................................................!19! Decay!Data!and!Gamma!Branching!Ratios!...................................................................................................................!19! Targeted!Covariance!Reduction!for!Neutron!Transport!........................................................................................!21! Highlight!1:!Compensating!Errors!in!the!Jezebel!keff!................................................................................................!22! Expanded!Integral!Validation!............................................................................................................................................!22! 252Cf!Production!.......................................................................................................................................................................!23! Antineutrinos!from!Nuclear!Reactors!............................................................................................................................!24! References!..................................................................................................................................................................................!25! Specific&Needs&for&Isotope&Production&..................................................................................&28! Highlight!2:!ORNL!Isotope!Uncertainty!Quantification!..........................................................................................!30! References!..................................................................................................................................................................................!32! Specific&Needs&for&National&Security&.....................................................................................&33! Needs!for!Detection!and!Forensics!..................................................................................................................................!33! Highlight!3:!Neutron!Capture!Gammas!..........................................................................................................................!34! Needs!for!neutronics!and!other!particle!transport!..................................................................................................!35! 2 Nuclear Data Needs and Capabilities for Applications References!..................................................................................................................................................................................!36! Specific&Needs&for&Nuclear&Energy&.........................................................................................&38! Highlight!4:!The!Need!for!Up]to]date!Nuclear!Data!.................................................................................................!38! Other!Specific!Needs!for!Nuclear!Energy!......................................................................................................................!41! References!..................................................................................................................................................................................!42! Closing&Remarks&&&Thanks&....................................................................................................&43! Appendix&A:&Matrix&of&Nuclear&Data&Needs&...........................................................................&44! References!..................................................................................................................................................................................!45! Matrix!A.1:!National!Security!+!Counter]Proliferation!+!Nuclear!Energy!......................................................!46! Matrix!A.2:!National!Security!+!Counter]Proliferation!+!Isotope!Production!..............................................!52! Matrix!A.3:!National!Security!+!Nuclear!Energy!+!Isotope!Production!...........................................................!53! Matrix!A.4:!National!Security!+!Counter]Proliferation!...........................................................................................!54! Matrix!A.5:!Counter]Proliferation!+!Nuclear!Energy!...............................................................................................!55! Matrix!A.6:!Nuclear!Energy!+!Isotope!Production!....................................................................................................!56! Matrix!A.7:!National!Security!+!Isotope!Production!................................................................................................!56! Matrix!A.8:!Single!Area!Nuclear!Data!Needs!................................................................................................................!59! Appendix&B:&Nuclear&Reaction&Data&Needs&............................................................................&60! Isotope!Production!Needs!...................................................................................................................................................!60! Dosimetry!Needs!.....................................................................................................................................................................!61! Inertial!Confinement!Fusion!Data!Needs!......................................................................................................................!63! Appendix&C:&Historical&Perspective&........................................................................................&64! Background:!The!Early!Years!.............................................................................................................................................!64! Decline!and!Renaissance!......................................................................................................................................................!65! New!Paradigms:!Uncertainty!Assessment!and!Science]Based!Validation!.....................................................!66!