NEA-0342 KTOE.

KTOE, KEDAK to ENDF/B Format Conversion with Linear Linear Interpolation

NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM, COMPUTER, NATURE OF PHYSICAL PROBLEM SOLVED, METHOD OF SOLUTION, RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM, CPU, UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM, RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS, STATUS, REFERENCES, MACHINE REQUIREMENTS, LANGUAGE, OPERATING SYSTEM, ANY OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS, NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHOR, MATERIAL, CATEGORIES

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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM: KTOE.

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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name	Package id	Status	Status date
KTOE-4	NEA-0342/04	Tested	21-NOV-1985

Machines used:

Package ID	Orig. computer	Test computer
NEA-0342/04	DEC VAX 11/780	DEC VAX 11/780

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3. NATURE OF PHYSICAL PROBLEM SOLVED

This code performs a fully automated translation from KEDAK into ENDF-4 or -5 format.
Output is on tape in card image format.

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4. METHOD OF SOLUTION

Before translation the reactions are sorted in the ENDF format order. Linear-linear interpolation rule is preserved.
The resonance parameters for both resolved and unresolved, could also be translated and a background cross section is formed as the difference of the calculated contribution from the parameters and the point-wise data given in the original file.
Elastic angular distributions originally given in tabulated form are converted into Legendre polynomial coefficients.
Energy distributions are calculated using a simple evaporation model with the temperature expressed as a function of the incident mass.

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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM

The existing restrictions both on KEDAK and ENDF have been applied to the array sizes used in the code, except for the number of points in a section which in the ENDF format are limited to 5000 points.
The code only translates one material at a time.

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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

NEA-0342/04

The two test cases needed 2 and 7 minutes of CPU time, respectively, on a VAX-11/780.

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7. UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM: None.

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8. RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS

The codes CHECKER and FIZCON should be used to verify the correctness of the output ENDF/B file.

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9. STATUS

Package ID	Status date	Status
NEA-0342/04	21-NOV-1985	Tested at NEADB

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10. REFERENCES: ENDF/B and KEDAK description reports.

NEA-0342/04, included references:

- G.C. Panini, T. Nakagawa and C. Nordborg:
KTOE-4: A Code to Perform a Fully Automated Format Translation
from KEDAK to ENDF. NEA 342/04 (September 1985)

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11. MACHINE REQUIREMENTS

About 250K bytes for the first and 300K bytes of main storage for the second test case are required on a VAX-11/780. 2 tape units and 5 temporary tapes which can be simulated on disk or other drives.

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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED

Package ID	Computer language
NEA-0342/04	FORTRAN-IV

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13. SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS: OPERATING SYSTEM OR MONITOR UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED

NEA-0342/04

VAX/VMS V3.4 (VAX-11/780).

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14. ANY OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS: None.

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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHOR

      Gian Carlo Panini
      E.N.E.A.
      Bologna, Italy.

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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE

NEA-0342/04

File name	File description	Records
NEA0342_04.003	INFORMATION FILE	81
NEA0342_04.004	KTOE-4 SOURCE PROGRAM	4660
NEA0342_04.005	KTOE-4 INPUT DATA FOR SAMPLE CASE 1	9
NEA0342_04.006	KTOE-4 OUTPUT LOG FILE FOR SAMPLE CASE 1	238
NEA0342_04.007	KTOE-4 INPUT FILE FOR SAMPLE CASE 1	3119
NEA0342_04.008	KTOE-4 OUTPUT FILE FOR SAMPLE CASE 1	1771
NEA0342_04.009	KTOE-4 INPUT DATA FOR SAMPLE CASE 2	12
NEA0342_04.010	KTOE-4 OUTPUT LOG FILE FOR SAMPLE CASE 2	546
NEA0342_04.011	KTOE-4 INPUT FILE FOR SAMPLE CASE 2	8500
NEA0342_04.012	KTOE-4 OUTPUT FILE FOR SAMPLE CASE 2	6453

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17. CATEGORIES

M. Data Management

Keywords: ENDF/B, KEDAK, cross sections, data processing, interpolation.