Installation¶

Prerequisites¶

To use the neutronics-material-maker package you will need Python 3 installed using Miniconda or Anaconda

Once you have Anaconda or Miniconda installed then proceed with the OS specific steps.

Install (conda)¶

This is the recommended method.

Create a new environment (Python 3.6, 3.7 or 3.8 are supported).

conda create --name new_env python=3.8

Then activate the new environment.

conda activate new_env

Then install the package.

conda install -c conda-forge neutronics_material_maker

Now you should be ready to import neutronics-material-maker from your new python environment.

Install (conda + pip)¶

Create a new environment (Python 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 are supported).

conda create --name new_env python=3.8

Then activate the new environment.

conda activate new_env

Then install the OpenMC.

conda install -c conda-forge openmc

Then pip install the package.

pip install neutronics-material-maker

Now you should be ready to import neutronics-material-maker from your new python environment.

Install (optional density features)¶

To include the optional capability of calculating the density of coolants additional packages are needed (CoolProp). A slightly modified pip install is required in this case.

pip install "neutronics_material_maker[density]"