WINS 2026: The 7th Biannual Workshop for Inelastic and Elastic Neutron Scattering

21 Sept 2026, 08:00 → 23 Sept 2026, 17:30 Europe/Brussels

200 (European Commission - Joint Research Centre, Geel, Belgium)

An in-person  Workshop on Elastic and Inelastic Neutron Scattering (WINS-2026), will be hosted at the site of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Geel, Belgium, from 21^st September 2026 to 23^rd September 2026.

WINS is a biennial technical workshop designed to unite scientists from around the globe who are engaged in the study and calculation of neutron elastic and inelastic cross sections. WINS 2026 marks the seventh iteration of this series, following successful workshops in Troy, NY, USA (2023), Predeal, Romania (2018), Santa Fe, USA (2016), Dresden, Germany (2014), Boston, USA (2012), and Strasbourg, France (2010).

The event is organized by Unit G.6 (Nuclear Data and Measuremenet Standards) of the JRC-Geel, Belgium, in collaboration with Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH, Romania), and the  Institut pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC, CNRS-Strasbourg University, France). Among other activities, the Unit operates the GELINA and MONNET accelerator facilities, a guided visit of GELINA will be organised during the workshop. 

 

WINS2026.pdf

Monday 21 September

08:00 Transfer from Hotel to Workshop Venue

1 Introduction

Speaker: Arjan Plompen

2 Experimental program at the GELINA facility

Speaker: Carlos Paradela Dobarro (EC-JRC)

3 TBD

Speaker: Alexandru Negret (IFIN-HH)

4 An update on the activities of the DNR/IPHC team in Strasbourg regarding the (n, n'g) and (n, 2-3ng) cross section measurements

Speaker: Maëlle Kerveno (CNRS/IPHC, Strasbourg)

10:50 Coffee Break

5 The Neutron Scattering Program at LANSCE

Speaker: Matthew Devlin (Los Alamos National Laborartory)

6 BRAINS: The new array on the block for neutron-induced γ-ray spectroscopy at n_TOF

Speaker: Michael Bacak (Technische Universität Wien)

12:20 Lunch

13:45 Transfer: Lunch to Conference Room

7 Theoretical discrimination of (n,$x$n) gamma rays from abundant fission gamma-ray background

Speaker: Toshihiko Kawano (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

8 UKAL Status

Speaker: Prof. Jeffrey Vanhoy (US Naval Academy & Mississippi State Univ)

9 Neutron scattering research at ORNL for Criticality Safety

Speaker: Jesse Brown (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

15:30 Coffee Break

10 NEA DB GitLab: The EXFOR Repositories and the Streamlined Reaction Data Submission

Speaker: Anastasia Georgiadou (OECD Nuclear Energy Agency)

11 The DELCO project

Speaker: Andrea Tsinganis (IPHC/CNRS)

12 Neutron induced neutron and gamma emission and angular distributions

Speaker: Prof. Yaron Danon (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

13 n-p Cross Section Measurements with an Active Target and Time-Of-Flight at PTB

Speaker: Axel Boeltzig (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB))

18:00 Transfer to Hotel

Tuesday 22 September

08:00 Transfer from Hotel to Workshop Venue

14 Pushing the limits of γ-ray spectroscopy: 28Si(n,n’) at n_TOF

Speaker: Cristina Petrone (IFIN-HH)

15 Preliminary GAINS results for 92Zr inelastic neutron scattering

Speaker: Adina Coman (IFIN-HH)

16 TBD

Speaker: Marian Boromiza (IFIN-HH)

10:30 Coffee Break

17 The ELISA spectrometer at the JRC-Geel: achievements and future plans

Speaker: Georgios Gkatis (EC-JRC)

18 natC and natCu measurements with an upgraded version of the ELISA setup

Speaker: Anna Karakaxi (CEA Cadarache)

19 Cross-section measurements of elastic and inelastic neutron scattering on 208,206Pb

Speaker: Jisk Knijpstra (University of Groningen)

20 GELINA/MONNET - TBD

Speakers: Carlos Paradela Dobarro, Cristiano Fontana (EC-JRC), Jan Heyse (EC-JRC)

12:50 Lunch

14:05 Transfer to GELINA/MONNET visit

21 GELINA visit: Group 1

22 MONNET visit: Group 2

23 GELINA visit: Group 2

24 MONNET visit: Group 1

17:00 Cocktail

18:00 Dinner

20:00 Transfer to Hotel

Wednesday 23 September

08:00 Transfer from Hotel to Workshop Venue

25 Quasi-Differential Neutron Scattering Measurement of Natural Tungsten from 0.65 to 20 MeV

Speaker: Julian Driebeek (RPI)

26 Examination of RPI Fast Neutron Quasi-Differential Scattering Measurements with ENDF VIII.1, JEFF 4, and JENDL 5 Evaluations

Speaker: Adam Daskalakis (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)

27 Inelastic neutron scattering cross section measurements with GENESIS

Speaker: Joseph Gordon (University of California, Berkeley)

10:30 Coffee Break

28 Results from the 24Mg(n, n') measurement at n_TOF, CERN.

Speaker: Matthew Birch (University of Manchester / National Physical Laboratory (UK))

29 Measurement and simulation of spectra of white neutron fields

Speaker: Harald Dombrowski (PTB)

12:00 Discussion & Closing

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Transfer to GEEL