Computer Programs

USCD1205 PCNUDAT.

USCD1205 PCNUDAT.

PCNUDAT, Nuclear Properties Data Base and Retrieval System

NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM, COMPUTER, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION, SOLUTION, RESTRICTIONS, TYPICAL RUNNING TIME, FEATURES, AUXILIARIES, STATUS, REFERENCES, MACHINE REQUIREMENTS, LANGUAGE, OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED, OTHER RESTRICTIONS, NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS, MATERIAL, CATEGORIES

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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM: PCNUDAT.

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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name	Package id	Status	Status date
PCNUDAT16-2.8	USCD1205/10	Tested	04-APR-2000
PCNUDAT32-2.8	USCD1205/11	Tested	04-APR-2000

Machines used:

Package ID	Orig. computer	Test computer
USCD1205/10	IBM PC	PC Pentium II 400
USCD1205/11	IBM PC	PC Pentium II 400

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3. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION

The PCNUDAT program gives access to nuclear data extracted from several data bases. The data consists of five types:
           a) nuclear level information,
           b) decay gamma information,
           c) nuclear ground/metastable state properties,
           d) nuclear radiations,
           d) thermal neutron cross sections and resonance
              integrals.
The program allows users to enter information interactively in order to construct a retrieval. This information is supplied by the user by answering a series of questions. When the program requires selecting from an option list, you need enter only the first character of the option name.
Helpful information is maintained on the screen at all times and only those parts of the screen affected by an action will be updated. User input is greatly simplified with menus provided where  possible.
The levels, gammas and radiations database files only contain data from A=40 to A=50. They are for test purposes only.

PCNULIB libraries have been updated on Aug. 19, 2002 and correspond to the archival ENSDF data.

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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: The program runs interactively.

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7. UNUSUAL FEATURES: UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM

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8. RELATED OR AUXILIARY PROGRAMS: RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS

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9. STATUS

Package ID	Status date	Status
USCD1205/10	04-APR-2000	Tested at NEADB
USCD1205/11	04-APR-2000	Tested at NEADB

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10. REFERENCES

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11. MACHINE REQUIREMENTS

PCNuDat is now an extended DOS 32 bit program. As such, to operate under DOS the file DOSXMSF.EXE must be in the working directory or the PATH. Because the wide tables are displayed graphically, only full screen displays under windows can be used reliably. A windowed display may fail or ask the user to switch to full screen depending on the capabilities of the users graphic card.

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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED

No specified programming language

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13. OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED: DOS, Windows 3.11 and later.

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14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS

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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS

      Robert KINSEY
      National Nuclear Data Center
      Bldg. 197D
      Brookhaven National Lab.
      Upton, NY 11973-5000 U.S.A.

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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE

USCD1205/10

Material of PCNUDAT

USCD1205/11

Material of PCNUDAT

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17. CATEGORIES

M. Data Management

Keywords: decay spectra, gamma spectra, information retrieval, neutron cross sections, nuclear properties, resonance integrals, thermal neutrons, thermal spectra.