Computer Programs

NEA-0298 DISCOUNT-G.

NEA-0298 DISCOUNT-G.

DISCOUNT-G, Nuclear Power Program with Cost Analysis and Pu Production Optimization

NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM, COMPUTER, NATURE OF PHYSICAL PROBLEM SOLVED, SOLUTION, RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM, TYPICAL RUNNING TIME, FEATURES, RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS, STATUS, REFERENCES, MACHINE REQUIREMENTS, LANGUAGE, OPERATING SYSTEM OR MONITOR UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED, OTHER RESTRICTIONS, NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHOR, MATERIAL, CATEGORIES

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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM: DISCOUNT-G.

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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name	Package id	Status	Status date
DISCOUNT-G	NEA-0298/01	Tested	01-JUN-1976

Machines used:

Package ID	Orig. computer	Test computer
NEA-0298/01	IBM 370 series	IBM 370 series

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3. NATURE OF PHYSICAL PROBLEM SOLVED

The programme builds up a complete nuclear power programme and, among other things, matches plutonium produced within the programme to that required within it. The output includes the variation of load factor with time for each type of station and the present worth of the total expenditure.
Also included are the minimum selling prices of any specified amounts of plutonium sold at any specified times.

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4. METHODS: METHOD OF SOLUTION

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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM

Time interval must be year or half-year.
Number of intervals must not exceed 200.

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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

5-10 minutes per case, except for certain special options which may require longer running times.

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7. UNUSUAL FEATURES: UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM

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8. RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS

This programme supersedes all earlier versions of DISCOUNT.

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9. STATUS

Package ID	Status date	Status
NEA-0298/01	01-JUN-1976	Tested at NEADB

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10. REFERENCES

- C.E. Iliffe:
  A Computerised Model of the Nuclear Sector of an Electricity Generating System
  Paper Presented to the American Nuclear Society 1970 Winter Meeting, Washington, D.C. (November 15-19, 1970).
- C.E. Iliffe:
  DISCOUNT G - A FORTRAN IV Code for the ICL System 4-70 and IBM
  360/65 Machines for Economic Assessments of Nuclear Power
  TRG Report 2128 (R) - In course of preparation.

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11. MACHINE REQUIREMENTS

(i) core 167 kb
(ii) data volumes 2 work files.

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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED

Package ID	Computer language
NEA-0298/01	FORTRAN-IV

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13. OPERATING SYSTEM OR MONITOR UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED: RIOS on ICL system 4-70, OS 360/65.

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14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS

ANY OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS

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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHOR

        C. E. Iliffe, Head of CTS
        Mrs. R.A. Jones, Formerly CTS
        UKAEA
        Risley,Lancs.
        Miss F. Cope, TNPG
        Miss J. Howard, TNPG

        conversion IBM

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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE

NEA-0298/01

File name	File description	Records
NEA0298_01.002	SOURCE PROGRAM (F4) EBCDIC	2131
NEA0298_01.003	RISLEY LIBRARY ROUTINES (F4) EBCDIC	1781
NEA0298_01.004	RISLEY LIBRARY ROUTINES (ASSEMBLER)EBCDIC	614
NEA0298_01.005	DD CARDS EBCDIC	7
NEA0298_01.006	SAMPLE PROBLEM INPUT DATA EBCDIC	74
NEA0298_01.007	SAMPLE PROBLEM PRINTED OUTPUT	339

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17. CATEGORIES

D. Depletion, Fuel Management, Cost Analysis, and Power Plant Economics

Keywords: cost, economic analysis, electric power, fuel management, power plants.