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NSVA-3: A COMPUTER CODE FOR LEAST-SQUARES ADJUSTMENT OF NEUTRON SPECTRA AND MEASURED DOSIMETER RESPONSES

    https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814271110_0021Cited by:2 (Source: Crossref)
    Abstract:

    A new spectrum adjustment code, NSVA-3, has been developed and is being made available to the community. The name refers to Neutron Spectrum Validation and Adjustment. The designation NSVA-3 is a version of the code that simultaneously adjusts spectra for multiple environments. The code is written in MATLAB®, a high-level script language. The main advantage of the NSVA code is its use of graphic user interfaces (GUIs) to assist the user with the data input and in interactive execution of adjustment cases. Items of data may be easily swapped in or out of the calculation. As with previous least-squares adjustment codes, the data input requires the preparation of files for fluence spectra, dosimetry measurements, the standard deviations of each of these, and correlation matrices of each. In the case of multiple environments, the cross correlations between environments of the input fluence and dosimetry measurements can also be included. The GUI assists the user in keeping track of all of these files. An 89-group cross section library including covariance matrices is incorporated in the code package. The paper presents the basic theory used in the code, the limitations and assumptions that are built into this implementation, and will describe the operation of the code by means of an example problem.