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373 December 1995

During this year, RSIC has continued to have good cooperation with its User Community and its Sponsors. You have continued to support us and contribute to the technology base of RSIC. It is a pleasure to provide services to the radiation transport community. We value your confidence and loyalty, and we hope the coming year will be happy and prosperous for you all.--RSIC Staff

RSIC UNDERTAKING A RE-REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN

RSIC requires all users of our services to complete a registration form. The form has several useful purposes for us. First, it is the means by which a user can obtain the monthly RSIC Newsletter. Second, it tells us the kind of technical areas in which our user community is working and what kind of organizations are involved. Third, it offers the user the opportunity to tell us what new developments they have made or that they are aware of and offers RSIC the opportunity to acquire the new developments so that they can be shared by the radiation transport community. Finally, the registration form provides RSIC with information about what organizations are funding the work done by the user community. This information is vital and is the primary mechanism that is used to solicit funding on behalf of groups of users doing work for a particular organization. Potential sponsors want this information to be as accurate as possible.

As you are aware, there have been many changes in the structure of the government and other organizations whose contractors utilize RSIC's services. As a result, the registration form and the information we have for our users has become obsolete. For that reason, we have designed a new form with more recent information about the structure of the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and other organizations.

RSIC GOAL: All Users Re-Registered by January 26, 1996

Your cooperation is needed to allow us to complete the re-registration campaign by January 26, 1996. A copy of the new Registration form is attached to this December 1995 RSIC Newsletter. To expedite this process, we suggest that you FAX the form to us at 423-574-6182. Your prompt response will be appreciated. If you have any questions, please contact us by phone, FAX, or E-mail.

DOE Contractors Asked to Supply Additional Information

If you are doing work for the U. S. Department of Energy, you are asked to supply additional information in the table at the bottom of Page 1 of the Form. Namely, we need to know the Budget and Reporting Code (B&R Number) for the work you are doing and the name and phone number of the cognizant technical contact at DOE Headquarters in Germantown or Washington, DC. This information is essential! Your cooperation will be appreciated and will help assure that RSIC can continue to provide services to the radiation transport community. As always, the success of RSIC depends on the cooperation of its users.

Robert W. Roussin, RSIC Director

New Contract Signed for Operation of Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge Operations (ORO) and Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation today signed a contract for management of the DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

The new fixed-fee contract is for the period of January 1, 1996, through March 31, 1998. Previously, research and development activities at ORNL were managed under the contract with Lockheed Martin Energy Systems (Energy Systems). Energy Systems will continue to operate the DOE's Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant and K-25 Site, as well as environmental restoration activities at DOE uranium enrichment facilities in Paducah, Kentucky, and Portsmouth, Ohio.

James C. Hall, ORO Manager, said, "The new contract should enhance the stature of ORNL as a major research institution within the DOE complex. Furthermore, this action is expected to significantly improve the management and operation of ORNL."

Dr. Alvin Trivelpiece, President of Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation, said, "This new arrangement gives the Laboratory both great challenges and great opportunities. One of the challenges will be to establish a set of business systems and operating procedures that meet the needs of the scientists and engineers working at the Lab, and at the same time control and reduce costs in accordance with the guidance of the Department. One of the opportunities will be to pursue new areas of research and development that will maintain and strengthen the technical excellence that characterizes the Oak Ridge National Laboratory."

As a DOE multiprogram laboratory, ORNL conducts basic and applied research in the development of new energy technologies, sources, and materials and the advancement of knowledge in the biological, computational, environmental, and physical sciences.

DOE News Release--December 6, 1995

CHANGES TO THE COMPUTER CODE COLLECTION

Four new code systems were packaged and added to the collection during the month. Three additions resulted from foreign contributions.

CCC-637/APUD 3.0

OP SYS: DOS

Language: BASIC

Computers: PC

Format: DOS

The Central Institute of Physics, Bucharest, Romania, through the NEA Data Bank, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, contributed this code system which employs the Gausian dispersion model to provide rough yet fast predictive information to assist with alert and intervention in the early to intermediate phases of nuclear accidents. The code system includes 21 nuclides which are important in abnormal nuclear events and nine geographical maps mainly covering southeastern Europe. APUD calculates integral solutions of the advection-diffusion equation for the airborne activity concentration and related quantities such as deposition rates, time-integrated concentrations, and depositions that were brought to compact algebraic expressions under the following assumptions:

a uniform wind field over the territory and time of relevance; a vertical fall rate depending on the radii of the particles;K-type eddy-diffusion coefficients, which are uniform in space and time-dependent;flat terrain, no ground reflection, no inversion layers;point-like virtual source above the real source.

APUD runs on IBM PC's and compatibles with at least a 286 processor. A graphics adapter capable of EGA mode or better and 1 MB of disk space is required, and a math co-processor is recommended. Either Microsoft Basic PDS, MS QuickBasic, or Qbasic can be used to run the code. A Basic compiler is required to run the included executable because of the use of COMMON variables in chained subprograms. A standalone executable cannot be created without modifications to the source files. Source files, sample map data files, and related output files are transmitted on a DOS formatted diskette. References: RB-39-1991 (June 1991), FT-354-1989 (April 1989), RB-34-1990 (November 1990), RB-35-1990 (November 1990), FT-325-1988 (Feb. 1988). BASIC; IBM PC (C00637/IBMPC/00).

CCC-638/TART95-2

OP SYS: UNIX, DOS

Language: Fortran 77

Computers: All

Format: tar, DOS

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, contributed this coupled neutron-photon Monte Carlo transport code system which track neutron and/or photon sources as well as neutron-induced photon production. TART95 calculates: 1) static reactivity problems, 2) dynamic reactivity problems, and 3) source problems involving any combination of neutron and/or photon sources. A wide variety of source descriptions is allowed, as well as scoring and output options that meet the needs of most applications. These features of TART95 make it versatile for use in a variety of applications. It uses three dimensional (3-D) combinatorial geometry. TART95 is designed to be as similar as possible to the TARTNP code, as far as the user interface, e.g., it uses the same input parameters, produces similar output results, and runs very fast. A major improvement in TART95 is portability. It is written in modern Fortran and runs on Cray, workstations, and personal computers. Included in the package is TARTCHEK, an interactive graphics code designed to check TART95 input decks. Neutron interaction data, neutron induced photon production data, photon interaction data, and multiband parameters are also included.

TART95 is now available for use on virtually any computer and has already been implemented and used on mainframes, workstations, and personal computers. It is written in such standard Fortran that it should be relatively easy to implement and use on any computer. A minimum of 8 megabytes of memory is required. TART95 and its data libraries require about 5 megabytes of disk storage. The package includes ASCII data, Fortran source, executables, and binary data libraries for each of these computers: Cray, HP, Sun, SGI, Meiko, DEC-Alpha, IBM-RSIC and IBM-PC. The ABSOFT Fortran compiler was used to create the included PC executables for TART95 and its utility codes. Lahey F77L/EM-32 was used to create the TARTCHEK executable for PC. For users who want to run on both Unix and DOS, everything is included in the Unix distribution, which is written in compressed tar format and must be read under Unix. The DOS version can then be downloaded. Users interested in running only on personal computers should request the DOS version. The Unix version is distributed on either CD-ROM, DC 6150 (150 MB), 4-mm DAT (8 GB), or 8-mm (2.3 GB) cartridge tapes in compressed tar format. The DOS version is available on 8 DS/HD 3.5-in. (1.44 MB) diskettes in self-extracting compressed DOS files. References: UCRL-MA-121319. Fortran 77; Unix (C00638/ALLCP/00) and PC (C00638/PC486/00).

CCC-645/QAD-CGGP-A

OP SYS: Many

Language: Fortran 77

Computers: Many

Format: DOS

AECL Research, Reactor Technology Branch, Pinawa, Manitoba, contributed a new release of the QAD point kernel code system for calculating fast-neutron and gamma-ray penetration through various shield configurations defined by combinatorial geometry specifications. The new release, designated QAD-CGGP-A is a modification of the CCC-493/QAD-CGGP package. The major improvements to the new version include the incorporation of a cubic spline interpolation scheme for the gamma attenuation coefficients, an added capability for source translation and rotation, correction of a potential error in evaluation of buildup factors at very deep penetration, and the adoption of complete free-format input reading routines from KENO-IV. The CCC-493/QAD-CGGP package was based on CCC-307/QAD-CG developed by Bechtel Power Corporation, Gaithersburg, Maryland, and later modified by Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai-mura. The GP parameters were determined by the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan and JAERI.

QAD-CGGP-A has run on HP 9000, IBM RS/6000-590, and on an IBM PC computer equipped with a math coprocessor. In general the code should run on almost any machine equipped with a Fortran 77 compiler. The package is transmitted on one DS/HD 3.5-in. diskette written in DOS format which contains the source code, sample input and output, a DOS executable created with MicroSoft Fortran 5.1, information files, and script files to run the code under UNIX. References: RC-1214, COG-94-65, AECL Research (August 1994), NE007, Bechtel Power Corp. (July 1977), Informal Notes (Dec. 1988), (March 1989). Fortran 77, HP, IBM RS/6000, PC (C00645/MNYCP/00).

PSR-359/MARIA SYSTEM

OP SYS: VMS

Language: Fortran 77

Computers: DEC

Format: DOS

Junta de Energia Nuclear and Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, through the NEA Data Bank, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, contributed the MARIA SYSTEM to calculate cross sections for PWR fuel assemblies. It generates cross section libraries for diffusion calculations with burnup and feedback effects (CARMEN System, NEA 0649 and RSIC CCC-487) and the k (infinite) and M**2 parameters for the nodal calculations (SIMULA, NEA 0768). MARIA includes three modules. PREWIM generates the input data for the fuel assembly calculation module for all fuel assembly types in the core and at any condition of power rate and temperature. WIMS-TRACA is a modified version of the fuel assembly calculation program WIMS-D/4 (NEA 0329 and RSIC CCC-576) which generates the collapsed cross sections versus burnup needed by the CARMEN code (reference cell, boron, xenon, samarium, and light water.) POSWIM calculates the transport corrections to the diffusion constant of the absorber materials generated by WIMS-TRACA, to be used directly in the diffusion code when rods or burnable absorber rods are present.

The MARIA System runs on VAX/VMS computers. The code package contains sample input and output, VMS executables, and the MARIA source files written on two DS/HD 3.5-inch (1.44 MB) diskettes in self-extracting compressed DOS files. Reference: JEN 543, ISBN 84-500-8823-2 (1983). Fortran 77; VAX 6000 (P00359/D6000/00).

Calendar
Your attention is directed to the following events of interest.

January 1996

29th Midyear Topical Meeting of the Health Physics Society: Naturally Occurring and Accelerator Produced Radioactive Material--Regulation and Risk Assessment, Jan. 7-10, 1996, Scottsdale, Arizona. Contact: HPS Secretariat, Suite 402, 1313 Dolley Madison Blvd., McLean, VA 22101.

Radiation Safety Principles, Jan. 8-12, 1996, Raleigh, North Carolina, a course offered by North Carolina State University. Contact: Joni Tanner (phone 919-515-8171; fax 919-515-7614).

96th Annual Meeting of the American College of Nuclear Physicians, Jan. 14-18, 1996, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Contact: American College of Nuclear Physicians, Mr. H. Johnson, Suite 700, 1101 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036.

February 1996

International Workshop on Nuclear Public Information in Practice (PIME '96), Feb. 4-7, 1996, Bruges, Belgium. Contact: Peter Feuz (fax 41-31-382-4466).

ANS Executive Conference on Nuclear Market Trends and the Search for Competitive Advantage: Performance, Partnerships, Personnel, Feb. 11-14, 1995, Orlando, Florida. Contact: ANS, Meetings Dept. 555 North Kensington Ave., La Grange Park, IL 60525 (fax 708-579-8258).

WATTec '96 Conference, Feb. 20-22, 1996, Knoxville, Tennessee. Contact: WATTec, P.O. Box 4935, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-4935.

Waste Management Meeting: HLW, LLW, Mixed Wastes and Environmental Restoration -- Working Towards a Cleaner Environment, Feb. 25-29, 1996, Tucson, Arizona. Contact: WM Symposia, Inc., 245 South Plumer, Suite 19, Tucson, AZ 85719 (fax 520-792-3993).

Interregional Seminar on Food Irradiation to Control Food Losses and Food-Borne Diseases in Africa and Near-Eastern Regions, Feb. 26-March 1, 1996, Rabat, Morocco. Contact: IAEA, Conference Service Section, (phone 43-1-2060-21310; fax 43-1-20607).

March 1996

3rd ASME/JSME International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Mar. 10-13, 1996, New Orleans, Louisiana. Contact: ASME Meetings Dept., P.O. Box 2900, 22 Law Drive, Fairfield, NJ 07007-2900 USA (fax: 201-882-1717 or 201-882-5155; email infocentral@asmi.org).

Radiation Health and Risk, Mar. 11-15, 1996, a course offered by Consultec Scientific at Knoxville, Tennessee. Contact: Consultec Scientific, Inc., Suite 110, 725 Pellissippi Parkway, Knoxville, TN 37932-3300.

Internal Dose Assessment, Mar. 11-15, 1996, a course offered by Consultec Scientific at Knoxville, Tennessee. Contact: Consultec Scientific, Inc., Suite 110, 725 Pellissippi Parkway, Knoxville, TN 37932-3300.

Practical Radiation Shielding, Mar. 11-15, 1996, Marietta, Georgia. Contact: Shonka Research Assoc., Inc., Suite 106, 4939 Lower Roswell Road, Marietta, GA 30068 (phone 770-509-7606; fax 770-509-7507).

6th Conference of Nuclear Science and Applications, Mar. 15-20, 1996, Cairo, Egypt. Contact: . I. Helal, ESNSA, 101 Kasr El-Eini St., Cairo, Egypt (phone and fax 000202-354-3451).

1996 HEART Conference, Mar. 18-21, 1996, Orlando, Florida. Contact: William A. Seidler, JAYCOR, Suite 110, 4970 Corporate Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805 (phone 205-837-9100).

Occupational & Environmental Radiation Protection, March 25-29, 1996, a course offered by the Harvard School of Public Health. Contact: Harvard School of Public Health, Office of Continuing Education, 677 Huntington Ave., LL-23, Dept. B, Boston, MA 02115-6023 (phone 617-432-1171; fax 617-432-1969; email contedu@sph.harvard.edu).

MCNP-4 Introductory Course, March 25-29, 1996, Stuttgart, Germany. Contact: Dr. Enrico Sartori, OECD/NEA Data Bank, 12 boulevard des Iles, F-92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux, France (phone 33-1-4524-1072; fax 33-1-4524-1110; e-mail sartori@nea.fr).

April 1996

Annual Meeting of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Apr. 3-4, 1996, Arlington, Virginia. Contact: Natl. Council on Radiation, Protection and Measurements, Suite 800, 7910 Woodmont Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814 (fax 301-907-8768).

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulatory Information Conference, Apr. 9-11, 1996, Washington, D.C. Contact: Anna May Haycraft, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission , Office of NRR, 12H5, Washington, DC 20555 (phone 301-504-3075).

Annual Meeting of the Radiation Research Society, Apr. 13-18, 1996, Chicago, Illinois. Contact: Radiation Research Society, M. G. Watson, Suite 600, 2021 Spring Rd., Oak Brook, IL 60521.

IRPA9, 1996 International Congress on Radiation Protection, Apr. 14-19, 1996, Vienna, Austria. Contact: Congress Secretariat, IRPA9 Congress Organizing Committee, Austropa-Interconvention, P.O. Box 30, A-1043 Vienna, Austria.

Radiation Protection and Shielding Division Topical Meeting on Advancements and Applications in Radiation Protection and Shielding, Apr. 21-25, 1996, Falmouth, Massachusetts. Contact: Keith Spinney, Yankee Atomic Electric Company, 580 Main St., Bolton, MA 01740-1398 (phone 508-568-2039; fax 508-568-3700; email spinney@yankee.com).

Radiopharmaceutical Internal Dosimetry, Apr. 22-26, 1996, a course offered by Oak Ridge Associated Universities at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Contact: Registrar, RIDIC, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, P.O. Box 117, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-0117 (phone 423-576-3478).

International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, Apr. 29-May 3, 1996, Las Vegas, Nevada, sponsored by the American Nuclear Society. Contact: ANS, Meetings Dept. 555 North Kensington Ave., La Grange Park, IL 60525 (fax 708-352-6464).

May 1996

6th International Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry Symposium, May 7-10, 1996, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Contact: Audrey T.S.-Stelson, Program Committee, Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry Symposium, Radiation Internal Dose Information Center, EHSG, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, P.O. Box 117, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-0117 (phone 423-576-3450; fax 423-576-8673).

Training Course on "The Use of MCNP in Radiation Protection and Dosimetry," May 13-16, 1996, Bologna, Italy. Contact: Dr. Gianfranco Gualdrini, ENEA/AMB-IRP, Via dei Colli 16, I-40136 Bologna, Italy (phone: 39-51-609-8350; fax: 39-51-609-8348; e-mail: guald@epcaba.bologna.enea.it).

June 1996

2nd Interntional Conference on Accelerator-Driven Transmutation Technologies and Applications, June 3-7, 1996, Kalmar, Sweden. Contact: Mr. Inger Ericson, Dept. for Radiation Sciences, Uppsala University, Box 535, S-751 21 Uppsala, Sweden (phone 46-18-183848, fax 46-18-183833; email inger.ericson@tsl.uu.se).

ENS Class 1 Topical Meeting on Research Facilities for the Future of Nuclear Energy, June 4-7, 1996, Brussels, Belgium. Contact: Mr. Jean-Marie Baugnet, CEN-SCK, Boeretang 200, B-2400 Mol, Belgium (phone 32-14-332412; fax 32-14-320513), or Mr. Hamit Ait Abderrahim, CEN-SCK, Boeretang 200, B-2400 Mol, Belgium (phone 32-14-332277; fax 32-14-321529).

5th International Conference on Applications of Nuclear Techniques,--Neutrons in Research and Industry, June 9-15, 1996, Crete, Greece. Contact: George Vourvopoulos, Dept. of Physics, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 42101 (phone 502-745-5277; fax 502-745-5062; email vour@wkuvx1.wku.edu) or Themis Paradellis, INP Demokritos, GR-15310, Aghia Paraskevi, Greece (phone 1-6518770; fax 1-6511215; email paradel@cyclades.nrcps.ariadne-t.gr)

Radiation Transport Using EGS4, June 10-13, 1996, a course offered by Montpellier II University in Montpellier, France. Contact: Jean Barthe, CEA/DTA/DAMRI, BP No 52, 91193 Gif-sur-Yvette, Cedex (phone 33-1-6908-9730; fax 33-1-6908-9533; email barthe@babaorum.cea.fr).

Management & Disposal of Radioactive Waste, June 10-14, 1996, a course offered by the Harvard School of Public Health. Contact: Harvard School of Public Health, Office of Continuing Education, 677 Huntington Ave., LL-23, Dept. B, Boston, MA 02115-6023 (phone 617-432-1171; fax 617-432-1969; email contedu@sph.harvard.edu).

ANS Annual Meeting, June 16-20, 1996, Reno, Nevada. Contact: ANS, Meetings Dept. 555 North Kensington Ave., La Grange Park, IL 60525 (fax 708-352-6464).

Planning for Nuclear Emergencies, June 17-21, 1996, a course offered by the Harvard School of Public Health. Contact: Harvard School of Public Health, Office of Continuing Education, 677 Huntington Ave., LL-23, Dept. B, Boston, MA 02115-6023 (phone 617-432-1171; fax 617-432-1969; email contedu@sph.harvard.edu).

Occupational Internal Dosimetry, June 17-21, 1996, a course offered by Oak Ridge Associated Universities at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Contact: Registrar, RIDIC, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, P.O. Box 117, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-0117 (phone 423-576-3478).

Atmospheric Science & Radioactivity Releases, June 24-26, 1996, a course offered by the Harvard School of Public Health. Contact: Harvard School of Public Health, Office of Continuing Education, 677 Huntington Ave., LL-23, Dept. B, Boston, MA 02115-6023 (phone 617-432-1171; fax 617-432-1969; email contedu@sph.harvard.edu).

Meeting on Burnup Credit Criticality Safety Benchmarks, June 25-27, 1996, Paris, France. Contact: Dr. Enrico Sartori, OECD/NEA Data Bank, 12 boulevard des Iles, F-92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux, France (phone 33-1-4524-1072; fax 33-1-4524-1110; e-mail sartori@nea.fr).

July 1996

SCALE Training Course, July 1-5, 1996, Stuttgart, Germany.Contact: Dr. Enrico Sartori, OECD/NEA Data Bank, 12 boulevard des Iles, F-92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux, France (phone 33-1-4524-1072; fax 33-1-4524-1110; e-mail sartori@nea.fr).

38th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, July 21-25, 1996, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Contact: Ms. A. R. Keyser, One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740-3846 (fax 301-209-0862).

September 1996

7th International Symposium on Neutron Capture Therapy for Cancer, Sept. 4-7, 1996, Zurich, Switzerland. Contact: 7th International Symposium on Neutron Capture Therapy for Cancer, Inst. for Medical Radiobiology, August Forel-Strasse 7, CH-8029, Zurich, Switzerland (phone 41-1-3856511; fax 41-1-3856204; email margelos@imr.unizh.ch).

International Conference on Physics of Reactors, "Breakthrough of Nuclear Energy by Reactor Physics, PHYSOR '96, Sept. 16-20, 1996, Mito, Japan. Contact: Dr. Keichiro TSUCHIHASHI, Dep. Dir., Dept of Reactor Engg., JAERI, Tokai-Mura, Naka-Gun, Ibaraki-ken 319-11 Japan (phone 81-292-82-6120; fax 81-292-82-6122; email tsuchi@mike.tokai.jaeri.go.jp).

12th Symposium on Microdosimetry - Interdisciplinary Meeting on Radiation Quality, Molecular Mechanisms, Cellular Effects and Health Consequences of Low Level Ionising Radiation, Sept. 29-Oct. 4, 1996, Oxford, United Kingdom. Contact: European Commission, DG XII/F/6, Dr. H. G. Menzel, rue de la Loi, 200, B-1049, Brussels, Belgium (fax 32-2-296-6256; email H.Menzel@mhsg.cec.be).

October 1996

3rd Topical Meeting on Industrial Radiation and Radioisotope Measurements and Applications, IRRMA '96, Oct. 6-9, 1996, Raleigh, North Carolina. Contact: William L. Dunn, Quantum Research Services, Inc., Suite W, 5410 Apex Highway, Durham, NC 27713-9434 (phone 919-544-4952; fax 919-544-2918; email wldunn@mercury.interpath.com)

9th International Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics, Oct. 8-12, 1996, Budapest, Hungary. Contact: Inst. of Isotopes. Nuclear Physics, G. Molnar, P.O. Box 77, H-1525, Budapest, Hungary (fax 36-1-275-4349; email CGS9@ALPHA0.IKI.KFKI.HU).

Specialists' Meeting on "In-Core Instrumentation and Reactor Core Assessment, Oct. 14-17, 1996, Mito, Japan. Contact: Dr. Pierre Nagal, OECD/NEA Data Bank, 12 blvd. des Iles, F-92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux, France (phone 33-1-4524-1082; fax 33-1-4524-1110; email nagel@nea.fr)

November 1996

International Meeting of the American Nuclear Society and the European Nuclear Society, Nov. 10-15, 1996, Washington, DC. Contact: Meetings, ANS, 555 N. Kensington Ave., La Grange Park, IL 60525 (phone: 708-352-6611; fax: 708-352-6464).

December 1996

Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine and the Radiologists Society of North America, Dec. 1-6, 1996, Chicago, Illinois. Contact: AAPM, One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20749-3846 (fax 301-209-0862).

February 1997

7th International Symposium on Radiation Physics (ISRP-7), Feb. 24-28, 1997, Jaipur, India. Contact: Dr. Bikash c. Sinha, Director, Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1/AF Bidhan Nagar, Calcutta 700064, India (phone 91-33-37-0032; fax 91-33-34-6871).

May 1997

International Confernce on "Nuclear Data," May 19-23, 1997, Trieste, Italy. Contact: Dr. Gianni Reffo, E.N.E.A.-Centro Ricerche, Energia "E. Clementel", Centro Dati Nucleari V. Martiri di Monte Sole 4, I-40129 Bologna, Italy (phone 39-51-60-98-522; fax 39-51-60-98-785; email refo@rin365.arcoveggio.enea.it).

July 1997

Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, July 27-31, 1997, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Contact: American Association of Physicists in Medicine, One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20749-3846 (fax 301-209-0862).

October 1997

International Conference on "Future Nuclear Systems," Global '97, Oct. 5-10, 1997, Yokohama, Japan. Contact: Dr. Takehiko MUKAIYAMA, JAERI, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki-ken 319-11, Japan (phone 81-29-282-5325; fax 81-29-282-6181; email mukaiyama@fca001.kokai.jaeri.go.jp).

Joint International Conference on "Mathematical Methods and Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications, Oct. 6-10, 1997, Saratoga Springs, New York. Contact: Dr. Richard Mendelson, KAPL, E6-216, P.O. Box 1072, Schenectady, NY 12301 USA (phone 518-395-7046; fax 518-395-4422; email mendelsonm@aol.com).

NOVEMBER ACCESSION OF LITERATURE
The following literature cited has been ordered for review, and that selected as suitable will be placed in the RSIC Information Storage and Retrieval Information System (SARIS). This early announcement is made as a service to the shielding community. Copies of the literature are not distributed by RSIC. They may generally be obtained from the author or from a documentation center such as the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Department of Commerce, Springfield, Virginia 22161. For literature listed as available from INIS contact INIS Clearinghouse, International Atomic Energy Agency, P.O. Box 100, A-1400 Vienna.

RSIC maintains a microfiche file of the literature entered into SARIS, and duplicate copies of out-of-print reports may be available on request. Naturally, we cannot fill requests for literature which is copyrighted (such as books or journal articles) or whose distribution is restricted.

This literature is on order. It is not in our system. Please order from NTIS or other available source as indicated.

Radiation Shielding Literature
CNIC-00965; CNDC-0016; INDC(CPR)-034/L . . . Communication of Nuclear Data Progress No. 13 (1995). . . . . . . June 1995 . . . China Nuclear Information Center, Beijing, China.

E10-95-269 . . . Reversible Mathematics - The Second Unfolding Solution and the Basic Source of Unfolding Instability. . . . Ilyushchenko, V.I. . . . 1995 . . . Communication of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia.

E11-95-198 . . . New Random Number Generator on the Base of 2D-Cellular Automaton. . . . Ososkov, G.A.; Tikhonenko, E.A. . . . 1995 . . . Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia.

E11-95-255 . . . Adaptive Random Number Generator Smart. . . . Merkulova, T.A.; Takhtamyshev, G.G. . . . 1995 . . . Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia.

ECN-C-95-045 . . . Final Report of Shielding Calculatins Performed at ECN Petten for ITER CTA Tesk D4/EU. . . . Hogenbirk, A. . . . November 1995 . . . Netherlands Energy Research Foundation (ECN), Petten, the Netherlands.

ECN-R--95-019/EFF-DOC-382 . . . Validation of the EFF-3.0 Evaluation for 56Fe. . . . Hogenbirk, A.; Koning, A.J.; Gruppelaar, H. . . . November 1995 . . . Netherlands Energy Research Foundation (ECN), Petten, the Netherlands.

Health Phys., 69, 609 . . . Medical Uses of Radiation - The First 100 Years in Review. . . . Kearfott, K.; Stabin, M. . . . November 1995.

Health Phys., 69, 750-758 . . . History for the Shielding of Diagnostic X-Ray Facilities. . . . Archer, B.R. . . . November 1995 . . . Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

Health Phys., 69, 759-765 . . . A History of Radiation Shielding of X-Ray Therapy Rooms. . . . McGinley, P.H.; Miner, M.S. . . . November 1995 . . . Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.

Health Phys., 69, 783-823 . . . History of the Medical Uses of Radiation: Regulatory and Voluntary Standards of Protection. . . . Brodsky, A.; Kathren, R.L.; Willis, C.A. . . . November 1995 . . . Georgetown University, Berlin, MD; Uranium and Transuranium Registries, Washington State University, Richland, WA; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC.

Health Phys., 69, 824-836 . . . History of Standards, Certification, and Licensure in Medical Health Physics. . . . Bushong, S.C. . . . November 1995 . . . Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

Health Phys., 69, 837-844 . . . Radiation Protection and Medical Practice with Special Reference to Health Physicists and the Health Physics Society. . . . Stannard, J.N.; Kathren, R.L. . . . November 1995 . . . Dept. of Preventive and Community Medicine, University of California, San Diego-La Jolla, CA; U.S. Transurianium and Uranium Registries, Washington State University, Richland, WA.

IAEA/WMRA/22 . . . Waste Management Research Abstracts No. 22. . . . . . . July 1995 . . . International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria.

INDC(VN)-007 . . . Study of Nuclear Data and Applied Nuclear Physics at the Dalat Institute for Nuclear Research (Vietnam). . . . Vuong Huu Tan . . . October 1995 . . . International Atomic Energy Agnecy, Vienna, Austria.

KEK Preprint 95-97 . . . Calculation of Gamma-Ray Exposure Buildup Factors Up to 40 mfp Using the EGS4 Monte Carlo Code with a Particle Splitting. . . . Hideo Hirayama . . . August 1995 . . . National Laboratory for High Energy Physics, Ibaraki, Japan.

KEK Proceedings 95-1 . . . Radiation Detectors and Their Uses. . . . Miyajima, M.; Sasaki, S.; Iguchi, T.; Nakazawa, M.; Takebe, M.; eds. . . . June 1995 . . . National Laboratory for High Energy Physics, Ibaraki, Japan.

LA-UR-95-1931 . . . SHEBA-II As a Criticality Safety Benchmark Experiment. . . . LaBauve, R.J.; Sapir, J.L. . . . 1995 . . . Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM . . . OSTI; NTIS; INIS; GPO . . . .

LA-UR-95-2244 . . . Criticality Safety Analyses of the Early (Unreflected) "Jermima" and the (Reflected) "Big Ten" Experiments: Calculated Effects of Fuel Homogenization on Reactivity. . . . Krohn, B.J. . . . 1995 . . . Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM . . . OSTI; NTIS; INIS; GPO . . . .

Nucl. Sci. Eng., 121, 173-201 . . . Computation of Continuous-Energy Neutron Spectra with Discrete Ordinates Transport Theory. . . . Williams, M.L.; Asgari, M. . . . October 1995 . . . Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.

Nucl. Sci. Eng., 121, 210-225 . . . Conformal Mapping and Hexagonal Nodal Methods - II: Implementation in the ANC-H Code. . . . Chao, Y.A.; Shatilla, Y.A. . . . October 1995 . . . Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA.

Nucl. Sci. Eng., 121, 226-244 . . . Systematic Homogenization and Self-Consistent Flux and Pin Power Reconstruction for Nodal Diffusion Methods - I: Diffusion Equation-Based Theory. . . . Hongbin Zhang; Rizwan-uddin; Doring, J.J. . . . October 1995 . . . University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

Nucl. Sci. Eng., 121, 254-263 . . . Comparison of PANTHER Nodal Solutions in Hexagonal-z Geometry. . . . Knight, M.; Hutt, P.; Lewis, I. . . . October 1995 . . . Berkeley Technology Centre, Berkeley, United Kingdom.

Nucl. Sci. Eng., 121, 264-276 . . . Probabilistic Method of Discrete Ordinates in a Neutron Transport Problem. . . . Khromov, V.; Kryuchkov, E.; Tikhomirov, G.; Goncharov, L.; Kondakov, V. . . . October 1995 . . . Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation.

Nucl. Sci. Eng., 121, 277-285 . . . Parallel Implementation of Integral Transport Methods. . . . Fuentes, E.; Turinsky, P.J. . . . October 1995 . . . North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.

Nucl. Sci. Eng., 121, 286-300 . . . Calculational Verification and Process Control Applications Utilizing the High Sensitivity of Noise Measurement Parameters to Fissile System Configuration. . . . Mihalczo, J.T.; Valentine, T.E. . . . October 1995 . . . Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN.

Nucl. Sci. Eng., 121, 301-311 . . . Fuel-Temperature Coefficient for Boiling Water Reactor Transient Calculations: Its Dependence on Reactor Conditions. . . . Kallfelz, J.M.; Belblidia, L.A.; Grimm, P. . . . October 1995 . . . Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland.

Nucl. Sci. Eng., 121, 312-325 . . . Employing Nodal Generalized Perturbation Theory for the Minimization of Feed Enrichment During Pressurized Water Reactor In-Core Nuclear Fuel Management Optimization. . . . Maldonado, G.I.; Turinsky, P.J.; Kropaczek, D.J.; Parks, G.T. . . . October 1995 . . . . . . . . . Title page was blank in journal.

Nucl. Sci. Eng., 121, 326-333 . . . Qualification of the JEF2.2 Cross Sections in the Epithermal and Thermal Energy Ranges Using a Statistical Approach. . . . Cathalau, S.; Benslimane, A.; Maghnouj, A.; Fougeras, P. . . . October 1995 . . . Atomic Energy Commission, St. Paul-lez-Durance, France; Institute of Nuclear Power Engineering, Obninsk - Kaluga Region, Russia.

Nucl. Sci. Eng., 121, 334-344 . . . Radiation Streaming Analysis in the Radial and Tangential Beam Tubes of a TRIGA Research Reactor Using MCNP and Comparison with Measurement. . . . Ji Bok Lee; Byong Whie Lee; Byung Chul Lee . . . October 1995 . . . Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon, Korea; Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Taejon, Korea.

Nucl. Sci. Eng., 121, 345-351 . . . Quasi Solution of Radiation Transport Equation. . . . Pogosbekyan, L.R.; Lysov, D.A. . . . October 1995 . . . All Russian Research Institute for Nuclear Power Plant Operation (VNIIAES), Moscow, Russia.

Nucl. Sci. Eng., 121, 353-370 . . . Variational Estimates of Point-Kinetics Parameters. . . . Favorite, J.A.; Stacey, W.M., Jr. . . . November 1995 . . . Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.

Nucl. Sci. Eng., 121, 371-392 . . . Variational Derivation of Multigroup P2 Equations and Boundary Conditions in Planar Geometry. . . . Rulko, R.P. . . . November 1995 . . . Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. Research, Manitoba, Canada.

Nucl. Sci. Eng., 121, 393-404 . . . Variational P1 Approximations of General-Geometry Multigroup Transport Problems. . . . Rulko, R.P.; Tomasevic, D.; Larsen, E.W. . . . November 1995 . . . Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Manitoba, Canada; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

Nucl. Sci. Eng., 121, 405-415 . . . An Augmented Source Method for the Application of Nodal Equivalence Theory. . . . Hah, C.J.; Downar, T.J. . . . November 1995 . . . Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

Nucl. Sci. Eng., 121, 416-432 . . . Response Matrix Properties and Convergence Implications for an Interface-Current Nodal Formulation. . . . ; Yang, W.S. . . . November 1995 . . . Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL.

Nucl. Sci. Eng., 121, 448-460 . . . Physics Characteristics of a Large, Passive, Pressure Tube Light Water Reactor with Voided Calandria. . . . Hejzlar, P.; Driscoll, M.J.; Todreas, N.E. . . . November 1995 . . . Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

Nucl. Sci. Eng., 121, 461-467 . . . On the Compartmental Modeling of Cesium Migration in Soils. . . . Antonopoulos-Domis, M.; Clouvas, A.; Marseguerra, M. . . . November 1995 . . . Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Polytechnic of Milan, Italy.

Nucl. Sci. Eng., 121, 483-491 . . . Correlations of the Independent Fission Product Yields of Different Isotopes. . . . Ronen, Y. . . . November 1995 . . . Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

Nucl. Sci., Eng., 121, 202-209 . . . Conformal Mapping and Hexagonal Nodal Methods - I: Mathematical Foundation. . . . Chao, Y.A.; Tsoulfanidis, N. . . . October 1995 . . . Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA; University of Missouri, Rolla, MO.

Nucl. Sci., Eng., 121, 245-253 . . . Analytic Function Expansion Nodal Method for Hexagonal Geometry. . . . Nam Zin Cho; Jae Man Noh . . . October 1995 . . . Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon, Korea.

Nucl. Sci., Eng., 121, 433-447 . . . Neutron Fluence at the Pressure Vessel of a Pressuruzed Water Reactor Determined by the MCNP Code. . . . Laky, P.G.; Tsoulfanidis, N. . . . November 1995 . . . University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO.

ORNL/TM-12959 . . . Analysis of Fresh Fuel Critical Experiments Appropriate for Burnup Credit Validation. . . . DeHart, M.D.; Bowman, S.M. . . . October 1995 . . . Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN.