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Migrating Criticality Safety Calculations from Mainframe Computing at WSRC

Conference · · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
OSTI ID:5769424
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  1. Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aikens, SC (United States)
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The Westinghouse Savannah River Company's (WSRC's) 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 that 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 Company, Aikens, SC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
OSTI ID:
5769424
Report Number(s):
CONF-930601--
Conference Information:
Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Journal Volume: 68
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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42 ENGINEERING
420203* -- Engineering-- Handling Equipment & Procedures
663610 -- Neutron Physics-- (1992-)
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
BENCHMARKS
BOLTZMANN EQUATION
CALCULATION METHODS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
COMPUTERS
CRITICALITY
Calculational Environment
Code
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
EQUATIONS
IBM COMPUTERS
MONTE CARLO METHOD
NEUTRAL-PARTICLE TRANSPORT
NEUTRON TRANSPORT
NUMERICAL SOLUTION
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
RADIATION TRANSPORT
SAFETY ANALYSIS
SIMULATION
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