ROOSTER: Robust Object Oriented Solver of Transport Equations in a Reactor

The ROOSTER projects aims at developing a software for multi-physics modeling of Generation-IV Sodium Fast Reactor.

How to install on Linux

1. Clone the code: git clone https://github.com/advanced-nuclear-systems/rooster-py.git or download and unpack ZIP.

2. Create virtual environment: python -m venv venv-rooster

3. Activate it: source venv-rooster/bin/activate

4. Update pip pip install --upgrade pip

5. Install dependencies: pip install CoolProp pip install pyinstaller

6. Compile Fortran source to the .so library by running python _compile.py

Notes:

• The gfortran compiler should be installed.
• If you want to pack the source code into an executable code, uncomment corresponding lines in the _compile.py
• ROOSTER has not yet been tested for Windows.
• More details are at https://advanced-nuclear-systems.github.io/.

How to execute on Linux

1. Launch ROOSTER python rooster.py.

2. Find the results in the output directory.