Radiation shielding and dosimetry experiments updates in the SINBAD database

Abstract

The Shielding Integral Benchmark Archive Database (SINBAD) is an internationally established set of radiation shielding and dosimetry data related to experiments relevant in reactor shielding, fusion blanket neutronics and accelerator shielding. In addition to the characterisation of the radiation source, it describes shielding materials and instrumentation and the relevant detectors. The experimental results, be it dose or reaction rates, or unfolded spectra, are presented in tabular ASCII form that can easily be exported to different computer environments for further use. Most sets in SINBAD also contain the computer model used for the interpretation of the experiment and, where available, results from uncertainty analysis. This is an international effort between the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Nuclear Energy Agency Data Bank (http://www.nea.fr/html/databank/) (OECD/NEA Data Bank) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Radiation Safety Information Computational Center (http://www-rsicc.ornl.gov/rsic.html) (ORNL/RSICC). Cooperation from many organisations, authors and benchmark analysts have helped SINBAD become a 'living database'--one which involves continuous information updates, preservation and additions of nuclear benchmarks in the areas of fusion, fission and accelerator science and engineering. This paper focuses on the increased comprehensiveness of experiments that have been carried out in recent years and the validation of computer code and cross section library using these experiments.