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NEA-0639 MINIGAL.

MINIGAL, Average Thermal Cross-Sections, Epithermal Cross-Sections, Fission Cross-Sections from UKNDL

NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM, COMPUTER, DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM 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 AUTHOR, MATERIAL, CATEGORIES
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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM:  MINIGAL.
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2. COMPUTERS
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Program name Package id Status Status date
MINIGAL NEA-0639/01 Tested 01-MAY-1980

Machines used:

Package ID Orig. computer Test computer
NEA-0639/01 IBM 3033 IBM 3033
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3. DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM OR FUNCTION

Calculates from neutron cross section data in one of the standard UK Nuclear Data Library formats  the following cross sections:
1.  Cross sections at 25.2991 MeV (2200 m/sec).
2.  Thermal averages, over a Maxwellian spectrum at T degrees K.
3.  Epithermal integrals, over a 1/E neutron flux distribution.
4.  Fission spectrum averages.
5.  Cross sections at 14.04 MeV.
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4. METHOD OF SOLUTION

1. The thermal average cross sections are given in Westcott's  Convention, except for total and elastic scatter for which     simpled Maxwellian averages are used.

2. Epithermal integral cross sections are conventional resonance  integrals except for elastic scatter for which the resonance     integral is divided by the lethargy interval.

3. A fission spectrum of Walt-Cranberg form and mean energy 2.0159     MeV is used.

The ranges of integration for cross-section averaging is as follows  (in MeV):
Thermal average:          1.0E-11 to 1.01196E-6
Epithermal average:       5.5E-7 to 2.0 E+0
Fission spectrum average: 1.0E-3 to 2.0E+1
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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM:
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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME:
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7. UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM:
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8. RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS:  UKNDL library, GALAXY retrieval code.
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9. STATUS
Package ID Status date Status
NEA-0639/01 01-MAY-1980 Tested at NEADB
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10. REFERENCES

- A.L. Pope:
"The Current Edition of the Main Tape NDL-1 of the UK Nuclear Data    Library"
  AEEW M1208 (1973).
- J.A. Price:
  "A Guide to GALAXY 6"
  AWRE O 13/75 (1975).
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11. MACHINE REQUIREMENTS

Cross section input may be from cards, EBCDIC tape or binary tape.
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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED
Package ID Computer language
NEA-0639/01 FORTRAN-IV
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13. OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED:
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14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS:
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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHOR

          J. S. Storey, Mrs. V. J. Fry, R. W. Smith
          A.E.E. Winfrith
          Near Dorchester, Dorset
          United Kingdom.
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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE
NEA-0639/01
File name File description Records
NEA0639_01.001 INFORMATION FILE 6
NEA0639_01.002 SOURCE 2170
NEA0639_01.003 LIBRARY (EBCDIC) (NDL3) 3974
NEA0639_01.004 JCL,INPUT 19
NEA0639_01.005 S.P. OUTPUT 5136
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17. CATEGORIES
  • B. Spectrum Calculations, Generation of Group Constants and Cell Problems

Keywords: UKNDL, averages, cross sections, fission spectra, resonance integrals.