MACCS2: An improved code for assessing nuclear accident consequences
- Sandia National Lab., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
The MACCS computer code was developed to predict probabilistic assessments of the consequences from severe accidents at nuclear power plants.For DOE applications and sensitivity studies of emergency response actions at nuclear power plants, MACCS2 represents a significant improvement in modeling flexibility over MACCS 1.5. This increased flexibility is obtained with an approximate doubling of the code`s run time and memory requirements. The software can be adapted to most computers. An executable is included in the code package for 386/486 IBM-compatible personal computers with 8 megabytes of random access memory (RAM). MACCS2 is being benchmarked against the RSAC-5 code developed by INEL. A new set of code documentation is being prepared that describes the use of the code, the models implemented, and the code benchmarking. Current plans are to have the code package (including source code) available to the public at the end of fiscal year 1994.
- OSTI ID:
- 75997
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-940602-; ISSN 0003-018X; TRN: 95:003867-0174
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 70; Conference: 35. annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society, New Orleans, LA (United States), 11-16 Jun 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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