Migrating criticality safety calculations from mainframe computing at Savannah River

Conference · Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI ID:10166770

Mincey, J F

The Savannah River calculational environment is beginning migration away from IBM 3090/3081 and CRAY mainframe computing. Preliminary code migrations to workstations and personal computers have been made but such use has been limited to unofficial ``scoping`` calculations. Lessons learned suggest migration, while a boon to the end-user, presents a variety of quality assurance issues. These are more pronounced than in mainframe environments and suggest a need to rethink the code custodian`s role.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• OSTI ID: 10166770
• Report Number(s): WSRC-MS-93-011; CONF-930601-24; ON: DE93015832
• Resource Relation: Conference: American Nuclear Society (ANS) annual meeting,San Diego, CA (United States),20-24 Jun 1993; Other Information: PBD: 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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