DLC-0126 ZZ-PVE.

ZZ PVE, 38-Group P8 Photon Cross-Section Library for Gamma Radiation Transport

NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM, COMPUTER, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION, METHOD OF SOLUTION, RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM, TYPICAL RUNNING TIME, UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM, RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS, STATUS, REFERENCES, MACHINE REQUIREMENTS, LANGUAGE, OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED, OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS, NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS, MATERIAL, CATEGORIES

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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM: ZZ-PVE.

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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name	Package id	Status	Status date
ZZ-PVE	DLC-0126/01	Tested	21-SEP-1988

Machines used:

Package ID	Orig. computer	Test computer
DLC-0126/01	IBM 3033	DEC VAX 11/780

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3. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION

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  FORMAT: ANISN, MORSE

NUMBER OF GROUPS: 38-group library of photon interaction cross sections.

  NUCLIDES: Z = 1 to 100

  ORIGIN: VITAMIN-E

  WEIGHTING SPECTRUM: --

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The data can be used in most discrete ordinates codes and in the CCC-203/MORSE-CG multigroup Monte Carlo code for photon radiation transport calculations.

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4. METHOD OF SOLUTION

This 38-group, P8, library of photon interaction cross sections was derived from the photon interaction data in DLC-113/VITAMIN-E using the NITAWL and ALPO modules of the PSR-63/AMPX-II system. The original VITAMIN-E data were generated from DLC-99/HUGO using the SMUG module of AMPX-II. Data are provided for elements with atomic number in the range Z=1 to 100.

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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM:

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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

Conversion of the entire library took 1.1 minutes on an IBM-3033.

DLC-0126/01

NEA-DB ran the retrieval program on a VAX-11/780 in 14 minutes of CPU time.

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7. UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM:

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8. RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS

A program called BCBN is provided in the package to convert the PVE data from ANISN card image to binary form which can then be used directly in most multigroup discrete ordinates codes.
PVE is based on the photon interaction data available in the DLC-113/VITAMIN-E package.

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9. STATUS

Package ID	Status date	Status
DLC-0126/01	21-SEP-1988	Tested at NEADB

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10. REFERENCES

- R.W. Roussin et Al.
  VITAMIN-E: A Coupled 174 Neutron, 38 Photon Multigroup Cross-
  Section Library for Deriving Application-Dependent Working
  Libraries for Radiation Transport Calculations,
  Draft ORNL/RSIC Report (August 1984)

DLC-0126/01, included references:

- R.W. Roussin:
  PVE 38 Group, P8, Photon Interaction Cross Sections in ANISN
  Format from VITAMIN-E.
  ORNL DLC-126  (February 1987)

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11. MACHINE REQUIREMENTS:

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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED

Package ID	Computer language
DLC-0126/01	FORTRAN-IV

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13. OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED:

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14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS:

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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS

Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, Tennessee

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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE

DLC-0126/01

File name	File description	Records
DLC0126_01.001	INFORMATION FILE	54
DLC0126_01.002	38-PHOTON GRP.P8,X-SEC. BASED ON VITAMIN-E	79300
DLC0126_01.003	BCD TO BINARY CONVERSION PROGRAM SOURCE	45
DLC0126_01.004	JCL TO RUN THE CODE ON IBM	19
DLC0126_01.005	COMMAND FILE TO RUN THE CODE ON VAX	6
DLC0126_01.006	OUTPUT FROM CONVERSION RUN	900

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17. CATEGORIES

J. Gamma Heating and Shield Design
Z. Data.

Keywords: cross sections, data library, gamma radiation, photon interaction, photon transport, shielding.