Automating the development of a global nuclear reaction data library

   Simulation and modeling software used for various nuclear science applications - activation, nuclear energy, astrophysics, forensics, etc. - require detailed reaction data in order to make accurate predictions and fill availability gaps in experimental data. Reaction evaluation codes such as EMPIRE fill these gaps by combining experimental results with theoretical models. This project, as part of Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Department of Nuclear Science and Technology, aims to automate EMPIRE runs and generate reliable, self-consistent evaluated files across the whole nuclide chart, including nuclei off-stability. The program, written as a bash shell script, generates and runs EMPIRE inputs with minimal user input. The final script is capable of employing specific reaction models for different nuclide groups, exemplified by the successful application of an adiabatic model to deformed nuclei, and its infrastructure can be easily modified to employ other models across the entire nuclide chart.