NIST Metrology for Needed Nuclear Structure and Radioactive Decay Data

In too many cases, the accuracy of measurements for nuclear forensics, nuclear medicine, high-energy physics, reactor engineering, and environmental monitoring is limited by the scant or poor state-of-knowledge surrounding nuclear input data. Large uncertainties on half-lives limit the precision of geological and astrophysical clocks. Imprecise or inaccurate beta spectrum shapefactors impede accurate radioactivity measurements and introduce bias to the models underlying (anti)neutrino spectroscopy experiments. The International C...