This is a simple depletion front-end tool. It currently only supports OpenMC as the neutronics operator. Long term goals include the addition of support for other neutronics operators.
Installation is currently very complex due to the nature of the program. OpenDeplete requires the following:
--enable-parallel --enable-fortran --enable-fortran2003 flags. 1.8.18 is tested... _OpenMPI: https://www.open-mpi.org/software/ompi/ .. _mpi4py: https://pythonhosted.org/mpi4py/ .. _HDF5: https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/ .. _h5py: https://github.com/h5py/h5py .. _OpenMC: https://github.com/mit-crpg/openmc
Additionally, the OpenMC python API must be installed inside of Python 3.
Then, ensure that openmc is in the path and $OPENMC_CROSS_SECTIONS is
set. Once all of these components are available, the program can be tested
by running the test script from the OpenDeplete root directory:
.. code-block:: sh
mpiexec --bind-to none --map-by ppr:
--bind-to none allows OpenMP to work efficiently and -oversubscribe
allows both the python script and OpenMC to run simultaneously. It can be
installed by:
.. code-block:: sh
python setup.py install --user
An example script is given in three parts: example_geometry.py,
example_run.py, and example_plot.py. Running example_run.py (in
a way similar to test.py above) will load the geometry from
example_geometry.py and run a short depletion simulation, saving the
result into a test folder. Running example_plot.py will then plot a
few interesting results.
The depletion chain XML file can be set using either the
opendeplete.OpenMCSettings.chain_file attribute or through the
$OPENDEPLETE_CHAIN environment variable.
OpenDeplete is distributed under the MIT license.