2022-10-27 Community Call

[gonuke]

Present:

UW-Madison: @gonuke, @bohmt
ANL: @pshriwise
First Light Fusion: @shimwell
Copenhagen: @ebknudsen
BAM Scientific Consulting: @bam241

Discussion:

• chi-tech from TAMU - open source SN Solver
  • transport solver
  • possible for WW generation?
  • arbitrary polyhedral mesh - incl. Cartesian structured mesh
• MCNP Forum
  • MCNP2CAD questions
  • interest in generating CAD models of MCNP/SINBAD benchmark problems
  • UW has these as of MCNP5 or early MCNP6
  • Snouffer MS thesis on this topic
• strategies for supporting tools
  • mcnp2cad - standalone? possible as long as one can provide an iGeom interface to a solid modeling engine (e.g. OCC)
  • raw python H5M writer - vs making pymoab pip-installable
  • experience with making OpenMC pip installable