Add Simple method to make deepcopies

[MicahGale]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

It's quite common to use an existing object as a "template" for a new one. For instance, when discretizing a cell into smaller ones for zone depletions it would be helpful to make copies of the cell, its surfaces, and material.

Describe the solution you'd like Add a clone method to all objects.

So you can do:

new_cell = cell.clone()

instead of:

import copy
new_cell = copy.deepcopy(cell)

Describe alternatives you've considered Currently the recommended method is copy.deepcopy

Additional context See openmc.Cell.clone

[MicahGale]

duplicate of #123.

[tjlaboss]

This will be useful.

Some questions on the mechanics to consider:

• How deep should the deepcopy clones go? For instance, cloning a Material should copy the material_components, and it shouldn't copy the _problem.
• Should cloning automatically link to a Materials instance and to an MCNP_Problem?
• Does the clone automatically get assigned a new number? Will it use append_renumber(), request_number(*args), etc.?

[MicahGale]

I think generally:

1. Everything but the _problem should be cloned.
2. MCNP_Object instances should automatically be linked to the same problem I think.
3. When copying MCNP_Problem all of its children should be linked to it.