List of software for nuclear engineering


With the decreased cost and increased capabilities of computers, Nuclear Engineering has implemented computer software into all facets of this field. There are a wide variety of fields associated with nuclear engineering, but computers and associated software are used most often in design and analysis. Neutron kinetics, thermal-hydraulics, and structural mechanics are all important in this effort. Each software needs to be tested and verified before use. The codes can be separated by use and function. Most of the software are written in C and Fortran.

Monte Carlo Radiation Transport

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Transmutation, fuel depletion

  • Activation and transmutation calculations for nuclear applications
  • Isotope transmutation simulations
  • 1D transmutation, fuel depletion and radiological protection code
  • Multiphysics, inventory and source-term code
  • Serpent-MCNP utility for Reactor Evolution
  • Monte Carlo depletion interface code

Toolkit

Nuclear Fuel Cycle

  • An agent-based framework for modeling the flow of material through nuclear fuel cycles.

Deterministic Radiation Transport

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Steady-state Reactor Analysis

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Spatial Kinetics

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Thermal-Hydraulics

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Computational Fluid Dynamics

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Severe Accident

Many codes are supported by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. These include SCALE, PARCS, TRACE, MELCOR, and many others.
http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/research/safetycodes.html