IAEA1172 PKI.

PKI, Gamma Radiation Reactor Shielding Calculation by Point-Kernel Method

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: PKI.

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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name	Package id	Status	Status date
PKI	IAEA1172/01	Tested	21-NOV-1990

Machines used:

Package ID	Orig. computer	Test computer
IAEA1172/01	CDC CYBER 180	CDC CYBER 830

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3. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION

This code calculates radiation shielding problem of gamma-ray in geometric space.

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4. METHOD OF SOLUTION

PKI uses a point kernel integration technique, describes radiation shielding geometric space by using geometric space configuration method and coordinate conversion, and makes use of calculation result of reactor primary shielding and flow regularity in loop system for coolant.

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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM:

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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

It took 198.172 CP seconds to run the sample problem on the Cyber 180/855 (S).

IAEA1172/01

NEA-DB executed the test case included in this package on a CDC CYBER 830 computer in 1268 seconds of CPU time.

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7. UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM:

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8. RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS:

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9. STATUS

Package ID	Status date	Status
IAEA1172/01	21-NOV-1990	Tested at NEADB

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10. REFERENCES

- Li Chunhuai and Zhang Liwu:
Application of Geometry Space Configuration Method in Point Kernel Integral Calculation
Nuclear Power Engineering, 9 (5), 40 (1988).

IAEA1172/01, included references:

- Li Chunhuai et al.:
  PKI - A Point Kernel Integration Code for Radiation Shielding of
  Loop System
  (January 1988)

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11. MACHINE REQUIREMENTS:

IAEA1172/01

The test case ran on a CDC CYBER 830 in 360,700 (octal) words of main storage.

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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED

Package ID	Computer language
IAEA1172/01	FORTRAN-V (UNIVAC)

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13. OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED: NOS 2.5.2.

IAEA1172/01

NOS 2.1 664/650 (CDC CYBER 830).

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14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS:

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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS

          Li Chunhuai, Zhang Liwu, Zhang Yuqin,
          Zhang Chuanxu and Niu Xihua
          Southwest Center for Reactor
          Engineering Research and Design
          P.O. Box 436-501, Chengdu, Sichuan
          People's Republic of China

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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE

IAEA1172/01

File name	File description	Records
IAEA1172_01.001	Information file	43
IAEA1172_01.002	JCL and control information	15
IAEA1172_01.003	PKI source program	2316
IAEA1172_01.004	PKI sample problem input	58
IAEA1172_01.005	PKI sample problem output	1039

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17. CATEGORIES

J. Gamma Heating and Shield Design

Keywords: coolant loops, gamma radiation, point kernels, shielding.