Scope

Under the guidance of the Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS), the Shielding Integral Benchmark Archive and Database Technical Review Group (SINBAD TRG) will review and evaluate the available measurements and numerical intercomparisons related to radiation shielding for reactors and nuclear fuel cycle facilities for nuclear fission and fusion technologies, and accelerator facilities.

Objectives

The main objectives of the SINBAD TRG are to ensure :

• the preservation of experimental data : by monitoring, capturing and documenting available shielding and fixed source experimental data,
• the preservation of numerical intercomparison to facilitate international verification efforts,
• accessibility of experimental and intercomparison shielding data in a standardised format through SINBAD database, 
• evaluation of experimental data through a peer-review assessment and documentation of measured data, resulting in a benchmark evaluation suitable for verification and validation of nuclear data and radiation transport codes,
• knowledge transfer, through the developement of experts guidance for the evaluation of experimental data in SINBAD and the interaction with other data preservation projects.

The fulfilment of this objective notably entails providing specific technical information on fluence, shielding and dosimetry aspects of reactors, accelerators and target irradiation facilities and associated sensitivity and uncertainty analysis.

The SINBAD TRG, in collaboration with the United States’ Radiation Safety Information Computational Centre (RSICC) will:

• collect, capture, format, and include new shielding and fixed source experiments and numerical intercomparisons in the SINBAD database,

• prepare, review, and publish evaluation reports in the agreed upon standardised format as part of the SINBAD database,

• collect supplementary data, including simulation input decks and results, related to evaluation reports and publish in the SINBAD database,

• foster a platform for sharing users’ results and validation studies and encourage users’ contributions.

Current Activities

SINBAD TRG maintenance work on SINBAD V2 is being performed on SINBAD · GitLab.

SINBAD TRG Organisation

Contact

NEA Secretariat: Charles BORY

Members' working area

SINBAD TRG working area (password protected | reminder)