Open AccessSCALE: A modular code system for performing Standardized Computer Analyses for Licensing Evaluation. Volume 2, Part 3: Functional modules F16--F17; Revision 5
Publication year - 1997
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/481564
Subject(s) - documentation , volume (thermodynamics) , modular design , subroutine , computer science , scale (ratio) , code (set theory) , software engineering , engineering drawing , programming language , database , engineering , set (abstract data type) , cartography , physics , quantum mechanics , geography
SCALE--a modular code system for Standardized Computer Analyses Licensing Evaluation--has been developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory at the request of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The SCALE system utilizes well-established computer codes and methods within standard analysis sequences that (1) allow an input format designed for the occasional user and/or novice, (2) automated the data processing and coupling between modules, and (3) provide accurate and reliable results. System development has been directed at problem-dependent cross-section processing and analysis of criticality safety, shielding, heat transfer, and depletion/decay problems. Since the initial release of SCALE in 1980, the code system has been heavily used for evaluation of nuclear fuel facility and package designs. This revision documents Version 4.3 of the system