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IAEA1405 CHAINFINDER 2.16.

CHAINFINDER 2.16, search for transmutation chains under neutron irradiation

NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM, COMPUTER, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION, METHODS, RESTRICTIONS, TYPICAL RUNNING TIME, UNUSUAL FEATURES, RELATED OR AUXILIARY PROGRAMS, STATUS, REFERENCES, HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS, LANGUAGE, SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS, OTHER RESTRICTIONS, NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS, MATERIAL, CATEGORIES
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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM:  CHAINFINDER 2.16.
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2. COMPUTERS
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Program name Package id Status Status date
CHAINFINDER 2.16 IAEA1405/01 Tested 17-SEP-2003

Machines used:

Package ID Orig. computer Test computer
IAEA1405/01 IBM PC PC Pentium III 500
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3. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION

The ChainFinder program looks for nuclide transmutation chains possible under neutron irradiation (a search for pure decay chains is available). The ways for transmutations include radioactive decay, neutron capture, fast neutron induced threshold reactions, neutron induced nuclear fission. During the chain search decay 'subbranchings' are considered also (the 'subbranching', for example: at Zr-95 beta- decay the daughter nuclide Nb-95 is formed in both the ground and metastable states).
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4. METHODS

Algorithms of path finding.
    
The program allows user to search for transmutations of a given start nuclide state to produce the finish one. One has to input the start and finish chain states in the form like 'H-1', 'U-235g', 'U-235m', 'Hf-17m1', 'Hf-177m2' and then press 'Find' button.
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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM
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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME:  The program is interactive.
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7. UNUSUAL FEATURES

When neutron induced fission is to be taken into account, and the time limit for the search is small (it depends upon the PC speed) some obvious chains may be missed.
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8. RELATED OR AUXILIARY PROGRAMS:  NKE (IAEA1384) and CHAINSOLVER (IAEA1404).
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9. STATUS
Package ID Status date Status
IAEA1405/01 17-SEP-2003 Tested at NEADB
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10. REFERENCES
IAEA1405/01, included references:
- E.G.Romanov:
ChainFinder code for searching of chains (May 2003)
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11. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

ChainFinder is a Win 32 application. A mouse is highly recommended.
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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED
Package ID Computer language
IAEA1405/01 PASCAL
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13. SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS:  MS Windows.
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14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS
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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS

E.G.Romanov
Radioisotopes production laboratory of
State Scientific Center of Russian Federation "Research Institute of Atomic Reactors"
Division of Radionuclide Sources and Preparations
Contact address.
       E-mail: orip@niiar.ru for Evgeny G Romanov
       Regular mail: ORIP RIAR,
                     Dimitrovgrad-10,
                     Ulyanovsk region,
                     433510 Russia
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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE
IAEA1405/01
ChainFinder.exe - source program 32-bit MS Windows executable
ORIP_XXI.oob - the program data (intrinsic format)
readme.txt   - the program usage instruction (ASCII)
validation.txt - the code validation notes
ChainFinder Documentation in PDF format
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17. CATEGORIES
  • D. Depletion, Fuel Management, Cost Analysis, and Power Plant Economics
  • M. Data Management

Keywords: capture, decay, fission, isotopes, neutron, resonance integrals, thermal neutrons, thermal spectra, transmutation.