NEA-0673 ZZ-BABEL.

ZZ BABEL, Multigroup Neutron Cross-Section Data Library for Fast Reactor Shield Calculation

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: ZZ-BABEL.

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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name	Package id	Status	Status date
ZZ-BABEL	NEA-0673/01	Tested	16-JUL-1981

Machines used:

Package ID	Orig. computer	Test computer
NEA-0673/01	IBM 3033	IBM 3033

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3. DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM OR FUNCTION

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  FORMAT: ANISN

  NUMBER OF GROUPS: 113 groups

NUCLIDES: Ni, Cr, Fe, Na, Mn, Cu, O, U, Ca, Al, Si, B, C, H, Mo, Pu, Ta, Be, Co, Ti, Gd, Mg, K, N, Pb, Li, Cd, Nb, Am, Zircaloy

  ORIGIN: ENDF/B-IV

  WEIGHTING SPECTRUM: yes

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ZZ-BABEL is a new multigroup neutron library for fast reactor shielding design. The library includes a response function file which has activation data, neutron energy release data (KERMA factors), gas production data, design and experiment-oriented response functions.

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4. METHOD OF SOLUTION:

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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:

NEA-0673/01

BBLGENE Cross Sections Data Management
Organisation like the format used for ANISN Code

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9. STATUS

Package ID	Status date	Status
NEA-0673/01	16-JUL-1981	Tested at NEADB

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10. REFERENCES

- V. Rado et al.:
BABEL - A New Multi-Purpose and Gamma Library for Fast Reactor
Shielding Deisgn

NEA-0673/01, included references:

-   "Utilisation de la bibliotheque"
-   Annexe: V. Rado, G. Reynaud, M. Salvatores, J.P. Trapp:
     "BABEL, A New Multi-purpose Neutron and Gamma Library for
      Fast Reactor Shielding Design"

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11. MACHINE REQUIREMENTS:

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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED

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13. OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED: OS/370.

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14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS:

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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHOR

          V. Rado
          CNEN
          Casaccia
          00060 Santa Maria di Galeria
          Rome
          Italy

          G. Reynaud, M. Salvatores and J. P. Trapp
          CEA
          Cadarache
          B.P. No. 1
          13115 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance
          France

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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE

NEA-0673/01

File name	File description	Records
NEA0673_01.001	ZZ-BABEL X-SEC LIBRARY (BINARY)	2191
NEA0673_01.002	JCL	12
NEA0673_01.003	RETRIEVAL PROGRAM	718
NEA0673_01.004	OUTPUT	310

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17. CATEGORIES

J. Gamma Heating and Shield Design
Z. Data.

Keywords: fast reactors, group constants, libraries, multigroup, shielding.