Speaker
Description
Investigation Committee on Nuclear Data (Sigma Committee), established by the Atomic Energy Society of Japan (AESJ) in 1963, has been active for more than 50 years in order to contribute to the further development of nuclear data activities in Japan by examining nuclear data activities in Japan from a broad perspective while keeping an eye on global trends, and by communicating and exchanging information not only with nuclear energy but also with academic institutions in a wide range of other fields. The Sigma Committee has been worked closely with the Nuclear Data Division of AESJ, the JENDL Committee and Nuclear Data Center of Japan Atomic Energy Agency.
In recent years, as direct relation to future nuclear data research activities, operation of the nuclear data request list site leading to exploring the potential contribution of nuclear data, writing a textbook on nuclear data as human resource development, and creating the roadmap as the foundation for scientific and technological research and development surrounding future nuclear data. An overview of the Sigma Committee and its recent activities will be given in the presentation.
