Korea Nuclear Data Center (KNDC): Progress Report for period 2021-2022

Korea Nuclear Data Center (KNDC, formerly 'Nuclear Data Evaluation Lab.') was established in 1997 to start research on nuclear data in Korea and joined the International Network of Nuclear Reaction Data Centers (NRDC) in 2000. KNDC at Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) performs the following main tasks: - Evaluation and method development for nuclear reaction data - Establishment of processing and validation system of nuclear reaction/covariance data - Measurement of nuclear reaction data and establishment of measurement facility - Production and validation of atomic/molecular collision data The mission of our center includes disseminating the outcomes of cooperation with international networks as well as promoting nuclear data research activities and supporting nuclear/radiation R&Ds in Korea. KNDC is also coordinating the measurement activities using domestic accelerators for producing various nuclear reaction data. KNDC continues to cooperate with the international nuclear data network as follows: - Participating in IAEA CRP, TM, and CM on nuclear data evaluation, nuclear data processing and validation, atomic/molecular data network, etc. - Collecting nuclear reaction measurement data in Korea for EXFOR compilation under the guidance of IAEA/NDS - Participating in the JEFF and WPEC subgroups of OECD/NEA - Conducting joint research on evaluation, measurement, and validation of nuclear data with foreign research institutes.