NEA-1138 PSACON.

PSACON, Conversion Program for PSAOUT-I Output Files

NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM, COMPUTER, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM 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 AUTHORS, MATERIAL, CATEGORIES

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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM: PSACON.

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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name	Package id	Status	Status date
PSACON	NEA-1138/02	Tested	11-NOV-1987

Machines used:

Package ID	Orig. computer	Test computer
NEA-1138/02	Many Computers	DEC VAX 11/780

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3. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION

PSACON is a utility program for the PSAOUT-I standard output files produced in probabilistic system assessment simulations for radioactive waste management studies.
It carries out the following tasks:
- conversion from binary to coded (EBCDIC/ASCII) form
- conversion from coded (EBCDIC/ASCII) to binary form
- copy from binary to binary
- copy from coded (EBCDIC/ASCII) to coded (EBCDIC/ASCII)
- provide an edited summary of the file content.

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4. METHOD OF SOLUTION

The conversion and copying follows the standard interface format description of PSAOUT-I.

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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM

This version uses fixed dimensions and allows:
  50  radionuclides
900  run parameters
500  time points
600  lines for storing run documentation

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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME:

NEA-1138/02

NEA-DB executed the test case included in this package. Required CPU times were: 6.1 seconds on VAX 11/780; 1 second on IBM 3090.

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7. UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM:

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8. RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS:

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9. STATUS

Package ID	Status date	Status
NEA-1138/02	11-NOV-1987	Tested at NEADB

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10. REFERENCES:

NEA-1138/02, included references:

- E. Sartori:
  REVISED VERSION OF THE PSAOUT-I:
  Standard Output Format for Probabilistic System Assessment
  Simulations for Radioactive Waste Management Studies.
  NEADB Report  (November 1987)

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11. MACHINE REQUIREMENTS:

NEA-1138/02

478 pages of peak working set size (VAX-11/780);
320K bytes of main storage (IBM 3090).

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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED

Package ID	Computer language
NEA-1138/02	FORTRAN-77

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13. OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED: IBM/OS MVS, DEC-VMS, CDC-NOS.

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14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS:

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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS

          E. Sartori
          NEA Data Bank
          F-91191 Gif-Sur-Yvette Cedex

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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE

NEA-1138/02

File name	File description	Records
NEA1138_02.001	Information file	49
NEA1138_02.002	PSAOUT-I standard format description	240
NEA1138_02.003	Dictionary for run parameter symbols	71
NEA1138_02.004	PSACON source	513
NEA1138_02.005	PSACON JCL for VAX computers	9
NEA1138_02.006	PSAOUT sample input file coded	51
NEA1138_02.007	PSACON sample problem printed output	80

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17. CATEGORIES

M. Data Management

Keywords: data processing, probabilistic sys assessment, radioactive waste storage, risk assessment, utility routines.