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NEA-1048 ETOBOX. (Abstract last modified 07-NOV-1996)


ETOBOX, Cross-Sections Library Generated from ENDF/B for Program BOXER

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Abstract Table of Contents:

NAME | COMPUTER | PROBLEM | SOLUTION | RESTRICTIONS | CPU | FEATURES | AUXILIARIES | STATUS | REFERENCES | REQUIREMENTS | LANGUAGE | OPERATING SYSTEM | OTHER RESTRICTIONS | AUTHOR | MATERIAL | CATEGORIES |

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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM - ETOBOX. 


2. COMPUTER FOR WHICH PROGRAM IS DESIGNED AND OTHER MACHINE VERSION PACKAGES AVAILABLE -

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Explanation of the status codes.

Program-name         Package-ID  Status
ETOBOX               NEA-1048/01 Tested
ZZ-LWR/BOXER-70      NEA-1048/02 Obsolete

Machines used:
Package-ID     Orig.Computer                       Test Computer
NEA-1048/01    Many Computers                      UNIX gen. W.S.

3. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION - Preparation of a cross section library for the code BOXER from a basic library in ENDF/B format.


4. METHOD OF SOLUTION - According to the recommendations in the ENDF/B manuals: M.K. Drake: Data formats and procedures for the ENDF cross section library, BNL 50274 (T-601) (October 1970) and ENDF 50496 (October 1979). ENDL-102.


5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM - Only the formats until ENDF/B-5 can be treated. ETOBOX is not adapted to ENDF/B-6. The gamma-part of ENDF/B is not treated.


6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME - On a SUN SPARC station 5: between a few seconds for a simple problem (for instance: group constants of C-12 at 0 K) to 3000 sec (U-238 with approx. 23000 lethargy points for the resolved resonances).


7. UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM - All the variables, including the integers, must be represented in 64 bit words.


8. RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS - ETOBOX is the library preparation code of the ELCOS system for the quasistationary modeling of LWR. Some subroutines are stored on the subroutine library LWRLIB. ETOBOX needs the data from a basic cross section library like JEF-1 or ENDF/B-5.


9. STATUS
NEA-1048/01: 07-JAN-1998 Tested at NEADB
NEA-1048/02: 07-NOV-1996 Obsolete


10. REFERENCES  - 
- J.M. Paratte: 
  Validation de la methode de calcul ETOBOX/BOXER pour les reseaux 
  LWR a UO2 sur la base des experiences TRX, BAPL-UO2 et d'autres 
  experiences critiques 
  EIR-Bericht Nr. 556 (Juli 1985) 
NEA-1048/01:
- J.M. Paratte et al.:
  ELCOS The PSI Code System for LWR Core Analysis
  Part I: User's Manual for the Library Preparation Code ETOBOX
  PSI-Bericht Nr. 96-02 (Januar 1996) ISSN 1019-0643
- J.M. Paratte:
Validation de la methode de calcul ETOBOX/BOXER pour les reseaux
LWR a UO2 sur la base des experiences TRX, BAPL-UO2 et d autres
experiences critiques
EIR-Bericht Nr. 556, July 1985


11. MACHINE REQUIREMENTS - The core memory should not be less than about 16 Mbytes. 


12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED -
NEA-1048/01: FORTRAN-77 


13. OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED - On CYBER: NOS/VE. On SUN: SOLARIS.


14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS - Before compiling ETOBOX, the recommendations given in Appendix A.7 (page A.17) of the ETOBOX user's manual (PSI Bericht 96-02) should be taken into consideration.


15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS -
        J.M. Paratte, P. Grimm
        Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)
        CH-5232 Villigen PSI
        Switzerland


16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE -
NEA-1048/01:
etobox.sou ETOBOX source deck              
lwrlib.sou LWRLIB source deck              
chains_pf Input file                       
chains_pfo Output file                     
LIBBCD.Z Cross section lib. (compressed)   
report                   PSI-Bericht Nr. 96-02 (January 1996)       REPPT


17. CATEGORIES  - 

- A.  Cross Section and Resonance Integral Calculations
- M.  Data Management


Keywords: DATA LIBRARY, DATA PROCESSING, ENDF/B

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