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List of software for nuclear engineering
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<h2 id="monte-carlo-radiation-transport">Monte Carlo Radiation Transport</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Geant4/h8N7o86m">Geant4</a> (<a href="/facts/CERN/y1gwRchm">CERN</a>)</li> <li>McCARD (<a href="/facts/KAIST/vduAr8hs">KAIST</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/MCNP/6XCJVk3S">MCNP</a> (<a href="/facts/Los_Alamos_National_Laboratory/tlrLkV7r">LANL</a>)</li> <li>MCU (<a href="http://mcuproject.ru/">MCU</a>) (<a href="/facts/Kurchatov_Institute/lSkWUomv">Kurchatov Institute</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://github.com/openmc-dev/openmc">OpenMC</a></li> <li><a href="https://phits.jaea.go.jp">PHITS</a> (<a href="/facts/Japan_Atomic_Energy_Agency/7pbfTKs6">JAEA</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://www.ornl.gov/scale">SCALE</a> (KENO V and KENO VI) (<a href="/facts/Oak_Ridge_National_Laboratory/Elq84HKF">ORNL</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Serpent_(software)/0Me8PFXb">Serpent</a> (<a href="/facts/VTT_Technical_Research_Centre_of_Finland/TU10IayD">VTT</a>)</li> <li><a href="http://www.cea.fr/nucleaire/tripoli-4">TRIPOLI-4</a> (<a href="/facts/French_Alternative_Energies_and_Atomic_Energy_Commission/YPwAJk03">CEA</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="transmutation-fuel-depletion">Transmutation, fuel depletion</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.oecd-nea.org/tools/abstract/detail/nea-1839">ACAB code</a> Activation and transmutation calculations for nuclear applications</li> <li><a href="https://github.com/roeug/ORIP_XXI">ORIP_XXI code</a> Isotope transmutation simulations</li> <li><a href="https://orill.readthedocs.io">ORILL Code</a> 1D transmutation, fuel depletion (burn-up) and radiological protection code</li> <li><a href="http://fispact.ukaea.uk">FISPACT-II</a> Multiphysics, inventory and source-term code</li> <li><a href="http://lpsc.in2p3.fr/MURE/html/MURE/MURE.html">MURE</a> Serpent-MCNP utility for Reactor Evolution</li> <li><a href="http://www.oecd-nea.org/tools/abstract/detail/NEA-1856">VESTA</a> Monte Carlo depletion interface code</li></ul> <h3>Reactor Systems Analysis</h3> <table><tbody><tr><td>psr-0315</td><td>AMPX-77, Modular System for Coupled Neutron-Gamma MultiGroup Cross-Sections from ENDF/B-5</td></tr><tr><td>ccc-0459</td><td>BOLD/VENTURE-4, Reactor Analysis System with Sensitivity and Burnup</td></tr><tr><td>nesc0387</td><td>CITATION, 3-D MultiGroup Diffusion with 1st Order Perturbation and Criticality Search</td></tr><tr><td>ccc-0643</td><td>CITATION-LDI2, 2-D MultiGroup Diffusion, Perturbation, Criticality Search, for PC</td></tr><tr><td>ccc-0650</td><td>DOORS3.2A, 1-,2-,3-dimensional discrete-ordinates system for deep-penetration neutron and photon transport</td></tr><tr><td>uscd1234</td><td>DRAGON 3.05D, Reactor Cell Calculation System with Burnup</td></tr><tr><td>nesc0784</td><td>DSNP, Program and Data Library System for Dynamic Simulation of Nuclear Power Plant</td></tr><tr><td>nea-1683</td><td>ERANOS 2.3N, Modular code and data system for fast reactor neutronics analyses</td></tr><tr><td>nea-1916</td><td>FINPSA TRAINING 2.2.0.1 -R-, a PSA model in consisting of event trees, fault trees, and cut sets</td></tr><tr><td>nea-0624</td><td>JOSHUA, Neutronics, Hydraulics, Burnup, Refuelling of LWR</td></tr><tr><td>psr-0608</td><td>SAPHIRE 8.0.9, Systems Analysis Programs for Hands-On Integrated Reliability Evaluations</td></tr><tr><td>iaea1439</td><td>STACY, Very High Temp. Reactor V/HTR Safety Analyses for the Quantification of Fission Product Release from the Fuel</td></tr><tr><td>iaea1437</td><td>SUPERMC 3.3.0, Super Monte Carlo simulation program for nuclear and radiation process</td></tr><tr><td>iaea1370</td><td>TRIGLAV, Research Reactor Calculations</td></tr><tr><td>uscd1239</td><td>VENTEASY, Criticality Search for a Desired Keffective by Adjusting Dimensions, Nuclide Concentrations, or Buckling</td></tr><tr><td>ccc-0654</td><td>VENTURE-PC 1.1, Reactor Analysis System with Sensitivity and Burnup</td></tr><tr><td>iaea0871</td><td>VPI-NECM, Nuclear Engineering Program Collection for College Training</td></tr><tr><td>nea-0655</td><td>VSOP, Neutron Spectra, 2-D Flux Synthesis, Fuel Management, Thermohydraulics Calculation</td></tr><tr><td>iaea1440</td><td>VSOP99-11, Neutron Spectra, 2-D Flux Synthesis, Fuel Management, Thermohydraulics Calculation</td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Particle Accelerators and High Voltage Machines</h3> <table><tbody><tr><td>nesc0983</td><td>EGUN, Charged Particle Trajectories in Electromagnetic Focusing System</td></tr><tr><td>ests0428</td><td>POISSON SUPERFISH, Poisson Equation Solver for Radio Frequency Cavity</td></tr><tr><td>ccc-0228</td><td>SPAR, High-Energy Muon, Pion, Heavy Ion Stopping-Powers and Ranges</td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Magnetic Fusion Research</h3> <table><tbody><tr><td>nea-1839</td><td>ACAB-2008, ACtivation ABacus Code</td></tr><tr><td>nea-1638</td><td>ANITA-IEAF, Isotope Inventories from Intermediate Energy Neutron Irradiation for Fusion Applications</td></tr><tr><td>nesc0873</td><td>COAST-4, Design and Cost of Tokamak Fusion Reactors</td></tr><tr><td>nea-1200</td><td>ELEORBIT, 3-D Simulation of Electron Orbits in Magnetic Multipole Plasma Source</td></tr><tr><td>nea-0490</td><td>HEDO-2, Magnetic Field Calculation and Plot of Air Core Coils</td></tr><tr><td>nea-0583</td><td>MEDUSA-PIJ, 1-D Thermohydraulic Analysis of Laser Driven Plasma</td></tr><tr><td>ccc-0858</td><td>TMAP7, Tritium Migration Analysis Program</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="toolkit">Toolkit</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://pyne.io/">PyNE</a> The Nuclear Engineering Toolkit</li></ul> <h2 id="nuclear-fuel-cycle">Nuclear Fuel Cycle</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://fuelcycle.org">Cyclus</a> An agent-based framework for modeling the flow of material through nuclear fuel cycles.</li></ul> <h2 id="deterministic-radiation-transport">Deterministic Radiation Transport</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.studsvik.com/key-offerings/nuclear-simulation-software/software-products/casmo5/">CASMO5</a> (<a href="/facts/Studsvik/H488D4eM">Studsvik</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://www.studsvik.com/key-offerings/nuclear-simulation-software/software-products/helios-2/">HELIOS-2</a> (Studsvik)</li> <li><a href="https://www.ornl.gov/scale">SCALE</a> (ORNL)</li> <li><a href="https://www.ornl.gov/division/rnsd/projects/mpact">MPACT</a> (ORNL)</li> <li><a href="https://github.com/NCSU-NCSG/THOR">THOR</a></li> <li><a href="http://neutron.snu.ac.kr/codes/ntracer">nTRACER</a> (<a href="/facts/Seoul_National_University/Afc1Sjhn">Seoul National University</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="steady-state-reactor-analysis">Steady-state Reactor Analysis</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.studsvik.com/our-solutions/products/simulate5/">SIMULATE5</a></li></ul> <h2 id="spatial-kinetics">Spatial Kinetics</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://engineering.purdue.edu/PARCS">PARCS</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.studsvik.com/our-solutions/products/simulate3-k/">SIMULATE-3K</a></li> <li><a href="http://necluster.engr.utk.edu/nestledev">NESTLE</a></li></ul> <h2 id="thermal-hydraulics">Thermal-Hydraulics</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.grs.de/en/computer-code-athlet">ATHLET</a> (GRS, Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit)</li> <li>TRACE (<a href="/facts/Nuclear_Regulatory_Commission/tbC56grX">NRC</a>)</li> <li>SPACE (<a href="/facts/Korea_Electric_Power_Corporation/WHFQ4xQo">KEPCO</a>) <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/RELAP5-3D/Sqa2mppD">RELAP5-3D</a> (<a href="/facts/Idaho_National_Laboratory/HGyEyBxn">Idaho National Laboratory</a>)</li> <li><a href="http://www.numerical.com/software/gothic">GOTHIC</a> (Numerical Advisory Solutions)</li> <li><a href="https://cathare.cea.fr/">CATHARE</a> (CEA)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li>FLICA-4 (CEA)</li> <li><a href="https://www.numerical.com/software/retran/">RETRAN</a> (RETRAN-02 and RETRAN-3D)</li> <li><a href="https://www.numerical.com/software/vipre/">VIPRE-01</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.numerical.com/software/proto/flo">PROTO-FLO</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.numerical.com/software/proto/hx">PROTO-HX</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.numerical.com/software/proto/hvac">PROTO-HVAC</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.numerical.com/software/proto/sprinkler">PROTO-Sprinkler</a></li></ul> <h2 id="computational-fluid-dynamics">Computational Fluid Dynamics</h2> <ul><li>CFX (<a href="/facts/Ansys/46AYvV7W">ANSYS</a>)</li> <li>FLUENT (<a href="/facts/Ansys/46AYvV7W">ANSYS</a>)</li> <li>StarCD (<a href="/facts/Siemens_Digital_Industries_Software/WakFThme">Siemens</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Simcenter_STAR-CCM%2B/EMs3H7Mp">STAR-CCM+</a> (<a href="/facts/Siemens_Digital_Industries_Software/WakFThme">Siemens</a>)</li> <li><a href="http://logos.vniief.ru/">LOGOS</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ne.ncsu.edu/rdfmg/cobra-tf/">COBRA-TF</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.transat-cfd.com/">TransAT</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.code-saturne.org/">code_saturne</a> (<a href="/facts/%C3%89lectricit%C3%A9_de_France/LEgSxyjF">EDF</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://www.code-saturne.org/cms/web/NEPTUNECFD">neptune_cfd</a> (EDF)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li><a href="https://triocfd.cea.fr/">Trio_CFD</a> (CEA)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="severe-accident">Severe Accident</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.grs.de/en/simulation-codes/athlet-cd">ATHLET-CD</a> (GRS)</li> <li><a href="/facts/MELCOR/odmlBxwz">MELCOR</a> (<a href="/facts/Sandia_National_Laboratories/LYsKDj45">Sandia National Laboratories</a>)</li> <li><a href="http://www.fauske.com/nuclear/maap-modular-accident-analysis-program">MAAP</a> (<a href="/facts/Electric_Power_Research_Institute/tjJaW6so">EPRI</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://en.irsn.fr/research/astec-software-system">ASTEC</a> (<a href="/facts/Institut_de_radioprotection_et_de_s%C3%BBret%C3%A9_nucl%C3%A9aire/X8mbdrU7">IRSN</a> and GRS)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li></ul> <p>Many codes are supported by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). These include SCALE, PARCS, TRACE (Formerly RELAP5 and TRAC-B), MELCOR, and many others. </p><p><a href="https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/research/safetycodes.html">http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/research/safetycodes.html</a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Safety_code_(nuclear_reactor)/eSjWRQQa">Safety code (nuclear reactor)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Computational_science/PnVD19hw">Computational science</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Computational_physics/1ltJ109X">Computational physics</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Computer_simulation/Re6o8vzN">Computer simulation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_software_for_nanostructures_modeling/vYfnu3QW">List of software for nanostructures modeling</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.min.uc.edu/nuclear/current_research/sinema-research/codes-of-interest">http://www.min.uc.edu/nuclear/current_research/sinema-research/codes-of-interest</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/research/safetycodes.html">https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/research/safetycodes.html</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.oecd-nea.org/tools/abstract/list">http://www.oecd-nea.org/tools/abstract/list</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ne.anl.gov/codes/">http://www.ne.anl.gov/codes/</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.irsn.fr/EN/Research/Scientific-tools/Computer-codes/Pages/Computer-codes-2624.aspx">http://www.irsn.fr/EN/Research/Scientific-tools/Computer-codes/Pages/Computer-codes-2624.aspx</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.oecd-nea.org/tools/abstract/list/category/*">https://www.oecd-nea.org/tools/abstract/list/category/*</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>IAEA (1999). 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