Ko-LABSUE: A quasi non-dependent data format package for K-0-quantification

The k(0)-standardization method has been extensively used in the Pierre Sue laboratory during the last few years. We had developed two different new programs which both used parts of a commercial package (Canberra or Nuclear Data), for example: isotope parameter editor, automatic peak search, nuclide identification. However, further adaptation of these packages is not easy, due to the specific data handling of the two programs. In order to overcome these constraints, we decided to write a completely new program, Ko-LABSUE, which is as independent of the manufacturer specifications as possible. All of the different steps of the k(0)-quantification (automatic peak search, nuclide identification, calculation of elemental concentration etc.) are processed by modules written in TURBO-PASCAL. Only two ''unit'' modules have to be re-written to process manufacturer data fries of different formats: the modules used to read the spectrum data and the detector efficiency curve. This program runs on an IBM-PC and is currently on ''beta-test'' in our laboratory.