Long-term International Collaboration to Improve Nuclear Data Evaluation and Evaluated Data Files. Summary Report of the Technical Meeting

A summary is given of a Technical Meeting on "Long-term International Collaboration to Improve Nuclear Data Evaluation and Evaluated Data Files" at which participants assessed the need to establish an international network of nuclear data evaluation with the future medical applications for many radionuclides based upon their existing and potential diagnostic and therapeutic properties. Debate focused upon charged particle induced reactions and their production cross sections, derivation of optimal yields, minimization of radionuclidic impurities, and nuclear data needs for proton and heavy-ion radiotherapy, along with outstanding decay data requirements. Technical discussions are included in this report, along with comprehensive listings and detailed recommendations for future work. Required cross-section measurements were identified for a reasonably wide range of targets and projectiles, along with decay data studies for specific radionuclides. Subsequent excitation functions and decay-data evaluations will also be needed to ensure the necessary quality and consistency of the datasets to be assembled in an existing dedicated IAEA-NDS database that merits regular maintenance and support. (author)