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

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European Commission - Joint Research Centre, Geel, Belgium
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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 21st September 2026 to 23rd 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. 

 

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  • Monday 21 September
    • 08:00
      Transfer from Hotel to Workshop Venue
    • 1
      Introduction 200

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      European Commission - Joint Research Centre, Geel, Belgium
      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 200

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      European Commission - Joint Research Centre, Geel, Belgium
    • 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