Migration of Nuclear Criticality Safety Software from a Mainframe to a Workstation Environment

Conference · Sun Jun 20 00:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI ID:10146964

Bowie, L. J. ^[1]; Robinson, R. C. ^[1]; Cain, V. R. ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant (Y-12), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

The Nuclear Criticality Safety Department (NCSD), Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant has undergone the transition of executing the Martin Marietta Energy Systems Nuclear Criticality Safety Software (NCSS) on IBM mainframes to a Hewlett-Packard (HP) 9000/730 workstation (NCSSHP). NCSSHP contains the following configuration-controlled modules and cross-section libraries: BONAMI, CSAS, GEOMCHY, ICE, KENO IV, KENO Va, MODIIFY, NITAWL SCALE, SLTBLIB, XSDRN, UNIXLIB, albedos library, weights library, 16-Group HANSEN-ROACH master library, 27-Group ENDF/B-IV master library, and standard composition library. This paper will discuss the method used to choose the workstation, the hardware setup of the chosen workstation, an overview of Y-12 software quality assurance and configuration control methodology, code validation, difficulties encountered in migrating the codes, and advantages to migrating to a workstation environment.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant (Y-12), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OS21400
• OSTI ID: 10146964
• Report Number(s): Y/DD-588; CONF-930601-14; ON: DE93011838
• Resource Relation: Conference: American Nuclear Society (ANS) Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA (United States), 20-24 Jun 1993; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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