NEA-1942 ANICCA.

ANICCA, Advanced Nuclear Inventory Cycle Code for fuel cycle scenario analysis

NAME, COMPUTER, PROBLEM, SOLUTION, RESTRICTIONS, CPU, STATUS, REFERENCES, REQUIREMENTS, LANGUAGE, OPERATING SYSTEM, AUTHOR, MATERIAL, CATEGORIES

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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM

ANICCA

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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name	Package id	Status	Status date
ANICCA	NEA-1942/01	Tested	30-APR-2026

Machines used:

Package ID	Orig. computer	Test computer
NEA-1942/01	Linux-based PC,PC Windows,UNIX W.S.	Gitlab

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3. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION

ANICCA is a nuclear fuel cycle simulation code. Using building blocks like fuel fabrication facilities, reactors, disposal facilities and defining connections between them, the user can simulate the material flow over time. Pre-defined building blocks are included in the software, but the user can define specific building blocks specifying their physical behaviour of how the block transforms an incoming material into an outgoing material during a specific time.

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4. METHODS

Material flow models, nuclear decay models, nuclear fuel depletion models.

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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM

Memory and computer time on the hardware it is run on.

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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

From seconds to hours.

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9. STATUS

Package ID	Status date	Status
NEA-1942/01	30-APR-2026	Tested restricted

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10. REFERENCES

NEA-1942/01, included references:

10.1016/j.net.2020.04.004; 10.1051/epjn/2021023; 10.1051/epjconf/202124713007;
B. Sjenitzer, "Analysis of the Belgian nuclear fuel cycle using the ANICCA fuel
cycle code," SCK-CEN external report, SCK-CEN/ER-263, (2014).

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11. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

PC, 8 Gb RAM, 10 Gb disk space.

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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED