SAFEPAQ-II: user manual
SAFEPAQ-II is the software tool that has been developed to enable efficient production of the EAF nuclear data libraries that are required as input to the FISPACT activation code. It forms part of the European Activation System (EASY), and replaces SAFEPAQ and SYMPAL that were used previously. SAFEPAQ-II enables all the nuclear data to be stored in relational databases (Access) and by using an interactive user interface allows the data to be viewed, modified, validated and then produced in the required EAF format as text files. It is written in Visual Basic and runs under the Windows NT4, 98, 2000 and XP operating systems. The Windows operating system has the great advantage of portability and SAFEPAQII has been successfully installed at two external sites for use by UKAEA’s international collaborators. It has been used in the production of the EAF-2001, EAF- 2003, EAF-2005 and EAF-2007 data libraries. Significant changes and enhancements have been made to SAFEPAQ-II for the production of the EAF-2007 data libraries. An important reason for the changes is the need to be able to treat data for deuteron- and proton-induced reactions with an upper energy of 60 MeV. The method of Statistical Analysis of Cross Sections (SACS) is a major new feature added for the present issue.