https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2021011
Regular Article
CONRAD – a code for nuclear data modeling and evaluation
1
CEA, DAM, DIF, 91297 Arpajon, France
2
CEA, DES, IRESNE, 13108 Saint Paul lès Durance, France
* e-mail: cyrille.de-saint-jean@cea.fr
Received:
7
July
2020
Received in final form:
19
February
2021
Accepted:
18
May
2021
Published online: 11 June 2021
The CONRAD code is an object-oriented software tool developed at CEA since 2005. It aims at providing nuclear reaction model calculations, data assimilation procedures based on Bayesian inference and a proper framework to treat all uncertainties involved in the nuclear data evaluation process: experimental uncertainties (statistical and systematic) as well as model parameter uncertainties. This paper will present the status of CONRAD-V1 developments concerning the theoretical and evaluation aspects. Each development is illustrated with examples and calculations were validated by comparison with existing codes (SAMMY, REFIT, ECIS, TALYS) or by comparison with experiment. At the end of this paper, a general perspective for CONRAD (concerning the evaluation and theoretical modules) and actual developments will be presented.
© C. De Saint Jean et al., Published by EDP Sciences, 2021
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