Software
We use modeling and simulation to understand and improve the safety and sustainability of advanced nuclear reactor designs and fuel cycle strategies.
![moltres](/img/research/moltres.jpg)
moltres
Moltres is a MOOSE-application code designed for simulation of molten salt reactors.
Role: Alexander Lindsay, creator.. 2016-present.
![cyclus](/img/research/cyclus.gif)
cyclus
A C++ nuclear fuel cycle simulation framework
Role: Huff, original creator and continued contributor.. 2010-present.
![cyder](/img/research/cyder.png)
cyder
Cyder is an integrated used fuel disposition and generic repository model for fuel cycle analysis. (C++) This was Prof. Huffs ph.d. dissertation work.
Role: Huff, original creator and continued contributor.. 2011-2013.
![pyne](/img/research/pyne.png)
pyne
PyNE is a nuclear engineering toolkit. (C++ and python)
Role: Huff, advocate and occaisional contributor.. 2011-present.
![pyrk](/img/research/pyrk.png)
pyrk
A python package for neutron kinetics
Role: Huff, original creator and continued contributor.. 2015-present.
![SaltProc](/img/research/saltproc.png)
SaltProc
SaltProc is a fuel reprocessing simulation tool for liquid fueled nuclear reactors.
Role: Andrei Rykhlevskii, original creator and continued contributor.. 2017-present.
![ROLLO](/img/research/rollo-logo.png)
ROLLO
ROLLO uses evolutionary algorithms to optimize reactor design parameters and can be coupled with neutronics codes such as OpenMC.
Role: Gwendolyn Chee, original creator and continued contributor.. 2020-present.
![openmcyclus](/img/research/openmcyclus_generic.png)
openmcyclus
OpenMCyclus is a set of Cyclus archetypes to couple Cyclus with OpenMC.
Role: Amanda M. Bachmann, original creator and continued contributor.. 2023-present.