SINBAD shielding benchmark experiments status and planned activities - 015

SINBAD (Shielding Integral Benchmark Archive Database) started in 1996 as a joint project of the OECD/NEA Data Bank (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Nuclear Energy Agency Data Bank) and ORNL/RSICC (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Radiation Safety Information Computational Center). The objective was to produce a database containing an internationally established set of radiation shielding and dosimetry data relative to experiments relevant in reactor shielding, fusion blanket neutronics and accelerator shielding, offering to the international community a standardized and user-friendly tool for validation of radiation transport computer codes and nuclear data libraries. In addition to the characterization of the radiation source, the description of the geometry, the shielding materials, the instrumentation, the relevant detectors, and the experimental results, (dose, reaction rates or unfolded spectra) most sets in SINBAD contain also the computer model used for the interpretation of the experiment and, where available, results from uncertainty analysis. The set of primary documents used for the benchmark compilation and evaluation are provided in computer readable form. SINBAD with its 77 benchmark experiments already offers a large number of benchmark experiments which can be used for nuclear data and computer code validations. Further extensions are planned for the near future. Further contributions from users are encouraged, in particular in the form of the feedback on the use of the data, contribution of the calculational models etc. Submission of additional experimental data to increase comprehensiveness of the database is encouraged