Data may be submitted to the IDB database using the format described below. For more information on providing datasets, please contact a.berlizov@iaea.org.
Submitted files should be in a set of six comma-separated text files (CSV) for each nuclear material, providing information about spectral data and associated metadata.
Data for each material is prepared in a set of CSV files, which should include information on spectral data and metadata. This includes details about the source, measurement configuration, and detector specifications. These filenames have specific suffixes, as described below, where the [material] can be either U, Pu, or MOX.
[material]_source_metadata: Details about the source material used for
the measurement, including refenence data on U and Pu isotopic composition and their uncertainties.
[material]_measurement_metadata: Measurement configuration, including information about the attenuators,
source-to-detector distance, and other electronics used. This also contains information about the sample's physical and chemical composition,
as well as the isotopic composition at the time of spectrum acquisition.
[material]_spectrum_metadata: Spectrum metadata, including amplification gain,
number of channels, input count rate, live and dead time, and the full width at half maximum
of the 186 keV or 208 keV peak for U and Pu measurements.
[material]_spectrum_counts_metadata: Counts per channel for each spectrum.
[material]_spectrum_checksum_metadata: The MD5 checksum for each spectrum to
prevent duplicate entries in the database.
[material]_provenance: Metadata on data provider, including laboratory and contact information.
Sample data submission template (.zip) for each nuclear material are provided below:
For more details on preparing datasets, please refer to the documentation.
Data providers can submit certificate of analysis (PDF file) containing information about the nuclear material used to acquire reference spectra.