SABINE-3, Neutron Penetration and Gamma Penetration in Reactor Shield for Planar, Spherical, Cylindrical Geometry

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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM: SABINE-3.

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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name	Package id	Status	Status date
SABINE-3	NEA-0402/02	Tested	01-MAR-1979
SABINE-3	NEA-0402/03	Tested	01-MAR-1979
SABINE-3	NEA-0402/04	Tested	10-SEP-1991

Machines used:

Package ID	Orig. computer	Test computer
NEA-0402/02	CDC 7600	CDC 7600
NEA-0402/03	IBM 370 series	IBM 370 series
NEA-0402/04	IBM PC	PC-80386

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3. NATURE OF PHYSICAL PROBLEM SOLVED

It determines the energy dependent neutron and gamma ray fluxes vs. the distance through the shield of the reactor. The neutron source is a fission source arbitrarily distributed inside the core. The gamma source may include fission and fission product gamma rays in the core, and neutron capture and inelastic scattering gamma rays in the core and shield. Plane, cylindrical and spherical geometries may be treated.

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4. METHOD OF SOLUTION

The removal-diffusion of Spinney method has been applied to calculate neutron fluxes. The gamma flux is the product of the uncollided flux times a region dependent build-up factor, which is interpolated from a proper table of values.

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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM

Two core regions and up to 20 shielding regions. 26 neutron and 7 gamma groups are used in the present data library.

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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

Less than one minute for a neutronic calculation, 1 to 5 minutes for a gamma-ray flux calculation, on IBM 370/165. On a PC with 386 processor the sample case could be executed in a few minutes.

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7. UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM: Input data are checked by the code.

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8. RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS

SABINE-3 replaces the previous versions of the code SABINE. It provides a more accurate and flexible calculation of gamma-ray fluxes. The gamma-ray library has been updated.

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9. STATUS

Package ID	Status date	Status
NEA-0402/02	01-MAR-1979	Tested at NEADB
NEA-0402/03	01-MAR-1979	Tested at NEADB
NEA-0402/04	10-SEP-1991	Tested at NEADB

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10. REFERENCES

NEA-0402/02, included references:

- C. Ponti, H. Preusch, H. Schubart:
  'SABINE, A One Dimensional Bulk Shielding Program'
  EUR 3636 e (1967).
- C. Ponti et al:
  Proceedings of the Conference on the Physics Problems of Reactor
  Shielding
  Paper RS/1.1/1, AERE-R 5773 (1967).
- C. Ponti:
  Addendum to the Report EUR 3636 e (1969)
- C. Ponti:
  A Program for Shielding Calculations in Plane, Cylindrical and
  Spherical Geometries
- C. Ponti:
  Comments on the code SABINE (December 1970)
- D.P. Rohloff:
  Gutachten Nr. 5/71 (29 June in German)
- D.P. Rohloff:
  Gutachten Nr. 8/71 (11 November 1971 in German)
- C. Ponti and R. VanHeusden:
  'SABINE-3, An Improved Version of the Shielding Code SABINE'
  EUR 5159 e (1974)
- Note to users of SABINE 3:
  Corrections to SABINE-3
  including 2b (SABINE-3)
- Bessel Functions:
  of real order and argument

NEA-0402/03, included references:

- C. Ponti, H. Preusch, H. Schubart:
  'SABINE, A One Dimensional Bulk Shielding Program'
  EUR 3636 e (1967).
- C. Ponti et al:
  Proceedings of the Conference on the Physics Problems of Reactor
  Shielding
  Paper RS/1.1/1, AERE-R 5773 (1967).
- C. Ponti:
  Addendum to the Report EUR 3636 e (1969)
- C. Ponti:
  A Program for Shielding Calculations in Plane, Cylindrical and
  Spherical Geometries
- C. Ponti:
  Comments on the code SABINE (December 1970)
- D.P. Rohloff:
  Gutachten Nr. 5/71 (29 June in German)
- D.P. Rohloff:
  Gutachten Nr. 8/71 (11 November 1971 in German)
- C. Ponti and R. VanHeusden:
  'SABINE-3, An Improved Version of the Shielding Code SABINE'
  EUR 5159 e (1974)
- Note to users of SABINE 3:
  Corrections to SABINE-3
  including 2b (SABINE-3)
- Bessel Functions:
  of real order and argument

NEA-0402/04, included references:

- C. Ponti, H. Preusch, H. Schubart:
  'SABINE, A One Dimensional Bulk Shielding Program'
  EUR 3636 e (1967).
- C. Ponti et al:
  Proceedings of the Conference on the Physics Problems of Reactor
  Shielding
  Paper RS/1.1/1, AERE-R 5773 (1967).
- C. Ponti:
  Addendum to the Report EUR 3636 e (1969)
- C. Ponti:
  A Program for Shielding Calculations in Plane, Cylindrical and
  Spherical Geometries
- C. Ponti:
  Comments on the code SABINE (December 1970)
- D.P. Rohloff:
  Gutachten Nr. 5/71 (29 June in German)
- D.P. Rohloff:
  Gutachten Nr. 8/71 (11 November 1971 in German)
- C. Ponti and R. VanHeusden:
  'SABINE-3, An Improved Version of the Shielding Code SABINE'
  EUR 5159 e (1974)
- Note to users of SABINE 3:
  Corrections to SABINE-3
  including 2b (SABINE-3)
- Bessel Functions:
  of real order and argument
- Documentation for SABINE-3 (PC-version) (10/01/90)

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11. MACHINE REQUIREMENTS

250k bytes of core storage. One library tape. PC version: IBM-PC or compatible computer. Math coprocessor is not required. Hard disk recommended but not required, if 1.2 MB floppy drive available.

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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED

Package ID	Computer language
NEA-0402/02	FORTRAN-IV
NEA-0402/03	FORTRAN-IV
NEA-0402/04	FORTRAN

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13. OPERATING SYSTEM OR MONITOR UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED

IBM 360/OS.
PC-version: HP DOS 3.3 (HP-Vectra) with Microsoft FORTRAN 5.0 compiler.
NEA 0402/04: NEADB compiled the source program on a PC/80386 compatible computer using the Microsoft FORTRAN 5.0 compiler, and executed the test cases included in this package.

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14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS

ANY OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS

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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHOR

  C. Ponti
  Commission des Communautes Europeennes
  J.R.C. Ispra, Italy.

  PC version contributed by:
  NUKEM GmbH
  Geschaeftsgebiet Sicherheitstechnik
  Industriestrasse 13
  D-8755 AVZENAU, Germany

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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE

NEA-0402/02

File name	File description	Records
NEA0402_02.002	INFORMATION	12
NEA0402_02.003	SABLIB3 LIBRARY MAKER SOURCE - F4	361
NEA0402_02.004	LIBRARY A - BCD	4960
NEA0402_02.005	LIBRARY B - BCD	5180
NEA0402_02.006	SABINE3 SOURCE PROGRAM (F4,EBCDIC)	4025
NEA0402_02.007	SPECIAL BESSEL FUNCTION - F4	92
NEA0402_02.008	SAMPLE PROBLEM INPUT DATA	110
NEA0402_02.009	SAMPLE PROBLEM PRINTED OUTPUT	1488

NEA-0402/03

File name	File description	Records
NEA0402_03.002	INFORMATION	12
NEA0402_03.003	SABLIB3 LIBRARY MAKER - SOURCE (F4)	360
NEA0402_03.004	SABLIB3 LIBRARY MAKER - JCL	5
NEA0402_03.005	LIBRARY A - BCD	4955
NEA0402_03.006	LIBRARY B - BCD	5165
NEA0402_03.007	SABINE3 - SOURCE PROGRAM (F4,BCDIC)	4052
NEA0402_03.008	SABINE3 - JCL & OVERLAY CARDS	22
NEA0402_03.009	SAMPLE PROBLEM INPUT DATA	87
NEA0402_03.010	SAMPLE PROBLEM PRINTED OUTPUT	633

NEA-0402/04

File name	File description	Records
NEA0402_04.001	Information file	85
NEA0402_04.002	Batch file to compile FILE3.FOR	1
NEA0402_04.003	Batch file to compile SABINE	1
NEA0402_04.004	Formatted library	5169
NEA0402_04.005	Example 1 for cylindrical source	64
NEA0402_04.006	Example 2 for plane source	64
NEA0402_04.007	Unformatted library	0
NEA0402_04.008	Source file for translation program	369
NEA0402_04.009	Part one of SABINA source	1073
NEA0402_04.010	Part two of SABINA source	955
NEA0402_04.011	Part three of SABINA source	1065
NEA0402_04.012	Part four of SABINA source	1014
NEA0402_04.013	Executable file of FILE3.FOR	0
NEA0402_04.014	Executable file of SABINE	0
NEA0402_04.015	Output of example 1	575
NEA0402_04.016	Output of example 2	666
NEA0402_04.017	DOS file-names	16

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17. CATEGORIES

J. Gamma Heating and Shield Design

NEA-0402 SABINE-3.

SABINE-3, Neutron Penetration and Gamma Penetration in Reactor Shield for Planar, Spherical, Cylindrical Geometry