Information on PC MCNP

[loesch@viper.eh.doe.gov (Robert M. Loesch)]

For those that are interested in MCNP, there is a PC version of MCNP-4A
that is available from the Radiation Shielding Information Center in
Oak Ridge (http://epicws.epm.ornl.gov/).  It's an Extended DOS based program
and runs perfectly fine on a 16MB 486/33.  However, the more complex the
problem and the more histories you want, the longer it will take.  DOE
is using the PC version of MCNP as the core of a software package that will
use MRI scans of individuals as phantoms for the absolute calibration of
in-vivo systems.

I am considering the convertion both MCNP and Sabrina (which can
graphically display the combinatorial input geometries and tally results -
and is also available in a PC version) to both 16 and 32 bit windows versions
that would run under windows 3.x, 95 and NT.  Would appreciate feedback from
RadSafers on their interest in windows versions of these programs.

Robert M. Loesch
DOELAP Administrator
U.S. Department of Energy
Germantown, MD 20874
(301) 903-4443
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