Radcalc: A Computer Program to Calculate the Radiolytic Production of Hydrogen Gas From Radioactive Wastes in Packages

Radcalc for Windows 1 is a menu-driven Microsoft2 Windows-compatible computer code that calculates the radiolytic production of hydrogen gas in high- and low-level radioactive waste. In addition, the code also determines U.S. Deparonent of Transportation (DOT) transportation classifications, calculates the activities of parent and daughter isotopes for a specitied period of time, calculates decay heat, and calculates pressure buildup from the production of hydrogen gas in a given package geometry. Radcalc for Windows was developed by Packaging Engineering, Transportation and Packaging, Westinghouse Hanford Company, Richland, Washington, for the U.S. Deparonent of Energy (DOE). It is available from Packaging Engineering and is issued with a user's manual and a technical manual (Green et at. 1995). The code has been verified and validated.