NeutronTransport.jl, a neutron transport solver package

Hi!

I would like to announce the first version of NeutronTransport.jl, a package that solves the neutron transport equation using the Method of Characteristics approximation.

It is inspired in OpenMOC, a program developed by members of the Computational Reactor Physics Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. OpenMOC is in C++/Python. I have managed to code many of OpenMOC’s functionalities in NeutronTransport.jl in a very short period of time, which shows me (once again) the potential of Julia and its package ecosystem.

Regarding NeutronTransport.jl, short term goals are:

  • add CSG (Constructive Solid Geometry) support.
  • parallelization and many other performance enhancement techniques.

The long term goal is to add more approximations, such as Collision Probability, Discrete Ordinates and Diffusion.

I hope people can make use of this package and contribute!

Thank you!

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Even though NeutronTransport is in an early stage of development, it can already solve the c5g7 benchmark!

Some pictures:

Thanks!

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