Proceedings of the workshop on nuclear reaction data and nuclear reactors: Physics, design and safety

The objective of the work shop organized by IAEA in cooperation with ICTP, Trieste and ENEA, Rome was to train scientists and engineers, particularly from developing countries, in modern reactor theory, nuclear data production and data use, with particular emphasis on applications in nuclear reactor physics, design and safety. This type of training is of special importance in the era of decreasing support to nuclear reactor activities in many countries, with an unfortunate consequence of vanishing infrastructure and expertise. In fact, the Workshop represents, worldwide, the only forum where scientists and engineers can get extensive and up-to-date information on nuclear reaction data, including physical background and evaluation methodology, and their application in nuclear reactor calculations. The proceedings is arranged in three parts according to the main topics of the Workshop. Part 1 deals with nuclear reactor models, including neutron resonances, fission optical model, statistical and preequilibrium models as well as nuclear level densities. Part 2 is devoted to nuclear data filing and processing, including nuclear data evaluation, and formatting, data libraries and services, and nuclear data processing codes. Part 3 is devoted to physics of nuclear reactors