NEA-0452 MC-DATA.

MCDATA, MC**2 Cross-Sections Conversion for Programs CITATION, ANISN, DOT

NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM, COMPUTER, NATURE OF PHYSICAL PROBLEM SOLVED, SOLUTION, RESTRICTIONS, TYPICAL RUNNING TIME, FEATURES, RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS, STATUS, REFERENCES, MACHINE REQUIREMENTS, LANGUAGE, OPERATING SYSTEM OR MONITOR UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED, OTHER RESTRICTIONS, NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHOR, MATERIAL, CATEGORIES

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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM: MC-DATA.

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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name	Package id	Status	Status date
MCDATA	NEA-0452/01	Tested	01-FEB-1976

Machines used:

Package ID	Orig. computer	Test computer
NEA-0452/01	IBM 370 series	IBM 370 series

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3. NATURE OF PHYSICAL PROBLEM SOLVED

Combines several cross section data sets from MC**2 to produce data sets in the format required by several neutronic design codes (e.g. CITATION, ANISN/DOT, etc.).

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4. METHODS: METHOD OF SOLUTION

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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM

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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

Ten seconds for handling five MC**2 data sets on an IBM 370/168

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7. UNUSUAL FEATURES: UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM

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8. RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS

MC**2 supplies input to MC-DATA.
Output from MC-DATA is used by the following codes: CITATION, ANISN, DOT, CIAP-1D, SQUID.

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9. STATUS

Package ID	Status date	Status
NEA-0452/01	01-FEB-1976	Tested at NEADB

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10. REFERENCES

NEA-0452/01, included references:

- M. Cosimi:
The MCDATA code
RT/FI(74)19

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11. MACHINE REQUIREMENTS

Variably dimensioned typically 200k core storage, for handling 27 energy group MC**2 libraries.

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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED

Package ID	Computer language
NEA-0452/01	FORTRAN-IV

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13. OPERATING SYSTEM OR MONITOR UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED: IBM 370/168 OS.

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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

    M. Cosimi
    LTCR
    CNEN - Casaccia
    Rome 00060, Italy.

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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE

NEA-0452/01

File name	File description	Records
NEA0452_01.001	INFORMATION	2
NEA0452_01.002	SOURCE PROGRAM (F4)	682
NEA0452_01.003	OVERLAY CARDS	9
NEA0452_01.004	DD CARDS + SAMPLE PROBLEM INPUT DATA	10
NEA0452_01.005	PUNCHED OUTPUT CARDS	1360
NEA0452_01.006	SAMPLE PROBLEM PRINTED OUTPUT	1418
NEA0452_01.007	DATA LIBRARY (BINARY)	46

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17. CATEGORIES

B. Spectrum Calculations, Generation of Group Constants and Cell Problems
M. Data Management

Keywords: cross sections, data processing, group constants.