NESC0527 HERMES

HERMES, Regional Release of Radionuclides from Reactor Plant Operation

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 AUTHORS, MATERIAL, CATEGORIES

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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM: HERMES

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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name	Package id	Status	Status date
HERMES	NESC0527/02	Tested	11-FEB-1992

Machines used:

Package ID	Orig. computer	Test computer
NESC0527/02	UNIVAC 1108	DEC VAX 8810

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3. DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM OR FUNCTION

The  HERMES model  calculates
the  regional radionuclide  releases  and  radiation dose  to  the
populace in  a given  year arising from  the operation  of nuclear
facilities to  meet electrical generation  demands within  a given
study region.

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4. METHOD OF SOLUTION:

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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM

The following  are
all approximate dimension restrictions -
   12 time-periods (months)
   50 radionuclides
  200 radionuclide sources (nuclear sites)
  300 receptor locations

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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

The HERMES model consists  of ten submodels
designed to  be executed sequentially,  but each of  the submodels
may be  used individually to  study a  given aspect of  the events
leading to dose.  Running time of  each submodel varies from about
one minute to an hour depending on the submodel and the complexity
of the problem.

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7. UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM

This program provides a regional
analysis  of  radiation  dose from  the  nuclear  power  industry,
permitting evaluation of the resultant  effects of operating large
numbers of nuclear facilities.  Options  in component codes of the
program  permit consideration  of  a  variety of  radiation  waste
treatment systems.   Dose evaluations may  be obtained  in varying
detail.

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8. RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS:

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9. STATUS

Package ID	Status date	Status
NESC0527/02	11-FEB-1992	Screened

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10. REFERENCES:

NESC0527/02, included references:

- HERMES Control Cards
  ACC Programming Note 74-6, (September 7, 1973).
- J.F. Fletcher and W.L. Dotson:
  HERMES - A Digital Computer Code for Estimating Regional
  Radiological Effects from the Nuclear Power Industry
  HEDL-TME-71-168 (December 1971).
- UNIVAC System Descriptions for NTRAN, ETIME, ETIMEF, and DOY.
- Sample Problem Output Listings.

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11. MACHINE REQUIREMENTS

65K memory and a magnetic drum or
alternative device for storage of large amounts of data.

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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED

Package ID	Computer language
NESC0527/02	FORTRAN-IV

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13. OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED: CSCX.

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14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS

  Most
of the  submodels of HERMES  would require very  little conversion
effort to  execute on  other computers,  although those  submodels
requiring  drum devices  for storage  of data  would require  more
effort.  Assembly language  routines are  used for  timing, input-
output unit  assignments, and  similar activities.   Several calls
are  made  to  subroutine  SETDAR.   This  subroutine  dynamically
allocates storage  for arrays  and must be  supplied by  the user.
Sample problem  input decks for  RADREL, ARTRAN and  WTRAN contain
UNIVAC1108 control statements  which have a multiple  7-8 punch in
column  1.   For  distribution  using   Center  equipment  it  was
necessary to  modify such  statements; the  multiple 7-8  punch in
column 1 was replaced by a multiple 12-1 punch, a letter A.

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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS

                 B. W. Bentley, W. E. Black, W. L. Dotson,
                 J. F. Fletcher, D. R. Haffner, L. D. Jacobson,
                 D. E. Peterson and K. R. Wise
                 Hanford Engineering Development Laboratory
                 Westinghouse Hanford Company
                 P. O. Box 1970
                 Richland, Washington  99352
                 J. K. Soldat
                 Pacific Northwest Laboratories
                 Battelle
                 P. O. Box 999
                 Richland, Washington  99352

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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE

NESC0527/02

File name	File description	Records
NESC0527_02.001	Information file	98
NESC0527_02.002	Documentation	480
NESC0527_02.003	SITE FORTRAN source program	173
NESC0527_02.004	SITE sample problem input	35
NESC0527_02.005	MOPOSH FORTRAN source program	427
NESC0527_02.006	MOPOSH sample problem input	33
NESC0527_02.007	RADREL FORTRAN source program	563
NESC0527_02.008	RADREL sample problem input	46
NESC0527_02.009	RADREL DUMP FORTRAN source	245
NESC0527_02.010	RADREL DUMP sample problem input	1
NESC0527_02.011	DOSIS FORTRAN source program	1355
NESC0527_02.012	DOSIS sample problem input	5
NESC0527_02.013	REPARE FORTRAN source program	1672
NESC0527_02.014	REPARE sample problem input	5
NESC0527_02.015	TRANS FORTRAN source program	259
NESC0527_02.016	FIGURE FORTRAN source program	338
NESC0527_02.017	ARTRAN FORTRAN source program	1763
NESC0527_02.018	ARTRAN FORTRAN METEOR subroutine	25
NESC0527_02.019	ARTRAN S.P.I. (namelist and meteorol. data)	126
NESC0527_02.020	WTRAN FORTRAN source program	2319
NESC0527_02.021	WTRAN sample problem input tape 5	40
NESC0527_02.022	WTRAN sample problem input tape 24	212
NESC0527_02.023	WTRAN aux. progr. for back ground concentr.	430
NESC0527_02.024	DOSE FORTRAN source program	3280
NESC0527_02.025	DOSE sample problem input	1315

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17. CATEGORIES

R. Environmental and Earth Sciences

Keywords: dose rates, power plants, radiation effects, reactor safety.