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Primordial or big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) is one of the three historicalstrong evidences for the big bang model. The recent results by the Plancksatellite mission have slightly changed the estimate of the baryonic densitycompared to the previous WMAP analysis. This article updates the BBNpredictions for the light elements using the cosmological parameters determinedby Planck, as well as an improvement of the nuclear network and newspectroscopic observations. There is a slight lowering of the primordial Li/Habundance, however, this lithium value still remains typically 3 times largerthan its observed spectroscopic abundance in halo stars of the Galaxy.According to the importance of this "lithium problem", we trace the smallchanges in its BBN calculated abundance following updates of the baryonicdensity, neutron lifetime and networks. In addition, for the first time, weprovide confidence limits for the production of 6Li, 9Be, 11B and CNO,resulting from our extensive Monte Carlo calculation with our extended network.A specific focus is cast on CNO primordial production. Consideringuncertainties on the nuclear rates around the CNO formation, we obtain CNO/H\approx (5-30) x 10^{-15}. We further improve this estimate by analyzingcorrelations between yields and reaction rates and identified new influentialreaction rates. These uncertain rates, if simultaneously varied could lead to asignificant increase of CNO production: CNO/H \sim 10^{-13}. This result isimportant for the study of population III star formation during the dark ages.

Standard big bang nucleosynthesis and primordial CNO Abundances after Planck