The NEA has released version 2 of the Shielding Integral Benchmark Archive and Database (SINBAD), following the migration to a collaborative development environment and a standardised dataset format. SINBAD, developed since the early 1990s by the NEA and the US Radiation Safety Information Computational Center (RSICC), aims to preserve radiation shielding benchmark experiments for the international community. The SINBAD Task Force, under the NEA Expert Group on Physics of Reactor Systems (EGPRS), now steers its development in collaboration with RSICC.
The new SINBAD version includes 105 benchmarks for shielding assessments of fission and fusion systems, accelerator shielding and nuclear data evaluations. It represents an internationally recognised resource for validation and verification of radiation transport applications.
The new SINBAD release is maintained and distributed through the NEA GitLab system provided by the NEA Data Bank, enabling users to give direct feedback and suggest improvements. The SINBAD Task Force manages and evaluates user contributions, following a transparent, version-controlled development process. This development strategy follows successful examples from Open Software development projects, such as the LINUX kernel.
Organisations from NEA Data Bank member countries can request SINBAD version 2 from the NEA Data Bank, while professionals from non-member countries can request it from RSICC.
Request SINBAD Version 2 at the NEA Data Bank: SINBAD Version 2, Volumes 1 and 2 (Package NEA-1939).
Request SINBAD Version 2 at the RSICC: https://rsicc.ornl.gov.