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Migrate depletion module to C++ part 1 of N - #3986
This PR is the first of a handful of steps towards moving the majority of the depletion module to C++. There are a number of reasons why we might want to do that some of which are listed below (there are tradeoffs as well obviously).
Obviate the need to use the Python multiprocessing module which can cause installation and runtime headaches particularly on HPC systems.
Faster CRAM solves without requiring SuperLU or Eigen libraries as additional dependencies.
Easier tight coupling with multiphysics apps that need transmutation using OpenMC.
The general outline of the migration plan is as follows:
Port CRAM solves to C++ (This PR).
Port depletion chain infrastructure to C++
Port reaction rate calculation and matrix formation from tally result infrastructure to C++
Port integration schemes to C++
Refactor python side to simply orchestrate/manage the depletion calculation
Specifically this PR replaces CRAM16 and CRAM48 callables with analogous functions through openmc.lib and the C API. To make this work we need to replace scipy.sparse.linalg.spsolve calls with our own minimal sparse solver specific to CRAM. I debated trying to pull in SuperLU or Eigen for the sparse solve, but after digging into the details of both libraries and what is needed for CRAM specifically, I opted to roll our own solver which has many benefits. In particular, because the IPF form of CRAM has complex values on the diagonal whose imaginary parts are larger than 1, the pivots are unconditionally well-behaved and we don't need any of the partial (or complete) pivoting algorithms employed by SuperLU or Eigen.
The main additions of this PR are the CSCPattern and CSCMatrix classes for the SymbolicLUFactorization of matrices and data storage of burnup matrix elements. Then the BatemanSolver abstract base class and concrete implementation via the IPFCramSolver are added in C++ as mirrors of the current functionality on the Python side. The C++ CRAM solver is made accessible through openmc.lib and it is wired in to take the place of the scipy based solver for the CRAM16 and CRAM48 functions. The numeric linear algebra work specific to CRAM is kept in bateman_solvers.cpp since the numeric_factorize_cram function doesn't build the matrix $A dt - \theta_\ell I$ explicitly and isn't intended to be a generic LU factorization routine but rather does the numeric factorization on the fly specific to the CRAM matrix structure. The symbolic factorization of $A dt - \theta_\ell I$ is done once and reused by each numeric factorization for all the poles of the cram solve. Then triangular_solve_lu ingests the SymbolicLUFactorization and NumericLUFactorization and performs the linear solve for each pole which then get accumulated to compute the final nuclide density from the initial one.
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New Features
Added CRAM-based depletion solving for sparse matrices, with support for orders 16 and 48 and configurable substeps.
Bug Fixes
Added validation for sparse matrix structure and solver settings, with clearer errors for invalid inputs.
Documentation
Updated depletion API documentation to reflect the available solver and integrator interfaces.
Tests
Expanded coverage for CRAM results, substep convergence, input validation, and sparse matrix behavior.
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@eepeterson Thanks a ton for the PR! I haven't had a chance to look through in full yet, but right off the bat it would be very useful if you could share if you've done any comparisons on the accuracy of CRAM solutions for realistic systems as well as performance testing versus the current develop branch.
@eepeterson Thanks a ton for the PR! I haven't had a chance to look through in full yet, but right off the bat it would be very useful if you could share if you've done any comparisons on the accuracy of CRAM solutions for realistic systems as well as performance testing versus the current develop branch.
I've performed some preliminary vetting of this.
->It is very promising.
I've run several cases with 30,000 - 60,000 materials activated, 74 timesteps. ~2000 nuclides.
I run with 192 MPI ranks, no Hyper-Threading, no Pool workers.
These are heavy calcs that take ~40 mins and need ~400 GB RAM.
CRAM_cpp is ~40% faster than CRAM_py (to perform the Deplete step of activating and decaying the materials) CRAM_cpppeak RAM is ~8% lower
I am running with IndependentOperator, with my special GENDF workflow and MPI optimized microxs.h5
I was able to very simply pull in the different API into my build and use the distinct CRAM_cpp solver. predictor = openmc.deplete.PredictorIntegrator(op, solver=cram48_cpp, substeps=8)
This could be an option going forward, keep the python solver around (cram48_cpp, cram48_py, some positives to that, don't have to build it, legacy, etc)
Results
Major nuclide and activities agree.
There is difference between CRAM_cpp and CRAM_py at the end of the decay, as nuclides decay out to zero. CRAM_cpp seems to be doing better with these end of decay oscillations.
(FYI, I have substeps=8 and clipping for both CRAMs). The plot below shows the Python non-physical spike of Sc50.
I've long fought against oscillations at the end of the decay (motivating reasons for CRAM clip and substeps).
Common bad oscillation nuclides: Sc50, Sc50_m1, Cu70, Cu70_m1, In118_m2, Rh110
Codex GPT-6-Sol identifies:
The key difference is how they solve CRAM’s shifted linear systems: Python uses SciPy SuperLU with ordering and pivoting (cram.py:90); the C++ implementation uses a fixed sparse LU pattern without pivoting. In our earlier controlled cooling tests, turning off SuperLU’s diagonal pivoting removed the tested late artifacts.
SciPy SuperLU changes the order of equations to choose numerically strong pivots. A positive residue survives OpenMC’s negative-value clipping and can show up as a late spike.
In due course I can test CRAM_cpp with FNG SDR, as well as with a branch I have of Jin Bae's activator (as Jon alluded to), where I can quantitatively test against FNS decay heat measurements and FISPACT nuclide results (where I already get excellent results with CRAM_py in GENDF mode). Also measuring compute time and RAM.
I've now run CRAM_cpp with Activator FNS decay heat and benchmarked it against CRAM_py
I get for all intents and purposes equivalent results between CRAM_cpp and CRAM_py.
A couple maximum relative differences of ~1e-4. Most well below 1e-6.
These are being caused by SciPy SuperLU round-off errors in the LU elimination, on the CRAM_py side.
The cause is scipy SuperLU's default COLAMD column ordering. Switching the ordering to MMD_AT_PLUS_A or NATURAL brings the Python solve to 1e-15.
CRAM_cpp is ~4% faster and 4% less RAM.
Very simple serial, single threaded (no MPI, BLAS or POOL parallelization).
I can share the data and results if wanted.
I've Clauded a fix for the 'CRAM_py' which achieves parity with 'CRAM_cpp'.
Am not PR'ing it until it is decided what happens in terms of the Deplete cpp future. (I champion having both).
Thanks for testing out this branch on a few use cases @yrrepy! @paulromano I benchmarked a pin cell depletion problem with the full ENDF/B-VIII.0 thermal PWR chain and get the following results below.
Setup.openmc.examples.pwr_pin_cell() depleted with the full chain_endfb80_pwr.xml chain (PredictorIntegrator, 40 W/gHM, 10 steps from 0.5 d to 180 d, 750 d ≈ 30 MWd/kgHM, k-eff 1.157 → 0.901). The burnup matrix and composition handed to the solver at the start of every step were saved from one coupled run; both CRAM solvers were then run on those identical inputs with no transport. Benchmark problem and analysis were executed with Claude Code Fable 5.1 Extra high.
Problem size
Nuclides (matrix dimension)
3820
Nuclides with cross-section data (reaction rates tallied)
422
Reactions in chain / reaction types
2724 / 7
nnz(A) per step
94,167 (9,646 decay + 84,739 reaction-driven)
Performance (wall time per solve of one material over one step, median and range shown):
Solver
develop (scipy)
this PR (C++)
Speedup
CRAM48
313 ms (302–357)
24 ms (23.6–28.9)
13.1× (12.1–14.0)
CRAM16
104 ms (99–118)
11 ms (10.8–13.1)
9.5× (8.9–9.6)
Accuracy (|branch − develop| / max(|branch|, |develop|), worst over all 10 steps; total ≈ 3.3 × 10²² atoms):
Nuclides compared
CRAM48
CRAM16
> 10⁻⁶ of total atoms (6–139 nuclides)
8.2 × 10⁻¹⁵
3.1 × 10⁻¹⁵
> 10⁻¹² of total (432–576)
7.0 × 10⁻¹²
1.0 × 10⁻¹¹
> 10⁻¹⁶ of total ≈ 3 × 10⁶ atoms (778–917)
1.8 × 10⁻⁶
3.1 × 10⁻⁶
Median over compared nuclides
≤ 1.3 × 10⁻¹⁵
≤ 8 × 10⁻¹⁶
Largest absolute difference / total atoms
1.0 × 10⁻¹⁵
7.6 × 10⁻¹⁶
Negative entries, summed over 10 steps (develop / branch)
1386 / 0
1646 / 176
Anecdotally, I think the speedup is less pronounced when the chain is reduced, but regardless I think the implementation solves a few longstanding pain points and has real performance benefits for a modest amount of code to maintain.
The change adds CSC matrix support and a native CRAM16/CRAM48 solver. It exposes the solver through C and Python APIs, replaces Python solver classes and instances with functions, and updates documentation and tests.
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CSC structures and symbolic factorization include/openmc/sparse_matrix.h, src/sparse_matrix.cpp, tests/cpp_unit_tests/*
Adds validated CSC pattern and matrix types, diagonal completion, and symbolic LU factorization. C++ tests cover construction, accessors, equality, diagonal insertion, and invalid inputs.
Native CRAM solver and C API include/openmc/bateman_solvers.h, src/bateman_solvers.cpp, include/openmc/capi.h, CMakeLists.txt
Adds CRAM16 and CRAM48 solvers, sparse numeric factorization and triangular solves, substep handling, and the openmc_cram_solve C API. CMake includes the new implementation files.
Python API integration and validation openmc/lib/deplete.py, openmc/lib/__init__.py, openmc/deplete/cram.py, openmc/deplete/abc.py, docs/source/pythonapi/deplete.rst, tests/unit_tests/*
Adds the Python binding with input validation and native calls. CRAM16 and CRAM48 delegate to it. Removes the Python solver class and instances, and updates documentation and tests for the function-based API.
sequenceDiagram
participant Python as openmc.lib.deplete.cram_solve
participant CAPI as openmc_cram_solve
participant Solver as IPFCramSolver.solve
Python->>CAPI: Pass CSC arrays, densities, order, and substeps
CAPI->>Solver: Construct CSCMatrix and invoke solve
Solver-->>CAPI: Return computed densities
CAPI-->>Python: Copy results into output buffer
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The new native CRAM solver is functionally consistent, but its public entry points accept malformed inputs without clear errors. Mismatched array lengths or non-square matrices can read out of bounds, and non-canonical sparse matrices that used to work are now rejected. Typical depletion workflows are unaffected. Add the input checks and canonicalization before merging to avoid surprising failures for direct API users.
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Review comments at @openmc/deplete/cram.py:
- Around line 16-20: Update _cram_solve to canonicalize the CSC matrix before
passing it to cram_solve: when the converted matrix is not in canonical format,
copy it and call sum_duplicates(), which also sorts its indices. Preserve the
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- Around line 61-69: In cram_solve, validate inputs before calling
_dll.openmc_cram_solve: raise ValueError unless A is square and n0 has shape
(n,), where n is A.shape[0]. Ensure the indptr buffer has n + 1 entries before
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- Around line 361-364: In the `openmc_cram_solve` flow, validate `indptr[0]` is
zero and `nnz` from `indptr[n]` is nonnegative before constructing `CSCMatrix`
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Put A in canonical CSC format before calling the native solver.
The old SciPy path accepted CSC matrices with unsorted or duplicate row indices. CSCPattern rejects both, so CRAM48 and CRAM16 now raise InvalidArgumentError for any non-canonical matrix. User-supplied matrices and some SciPy operations can produce such matrices, for example csc_array((data, indices, indptr)) built with unordered indices. Call sum_duplicates() here. That call also sorts the indices. It costs little and gives the same behavior as before.
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--- "a/openmc/deplete/cram.py"+++ "b/openmc/deplete/cram.py"@@ -13,11 +13,15 @@
__all__ = ["CRAM16", "CRAM48"]
def _cram_solve(A, n0, dt, order, substeps=1):
"""Single-material CRAM solve via the C++ ``IPFCramSolver`` backend."""
- return cram_solve(- csc_array(A, dtype=np.float64), np.asarray(n0, dtype=np.float64),- float(dt), order=order, substeps=substeps)+ A = csc_array(A, dtype=np.float64)+ if not A.has_canonical_format:+ A = A.copy()+ A.sum_duplicates() # also sorts indices+ return cram_solve(+ A, np.asarray(n0, dtype=np.float64),+ float(dt), order=order, substeps=substeps)
def CRAM48(A, n0, dt, substeps=1):
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def_cram_solve(A, n0, dt, order, substeps=1):
"""Single-material CRAM solve via the C++ ``IPFCramSolver`` backend."""
"""Single-material CRAM solve via the C++ ``IPFCramSolver`` backend."""
A=csc_array(A, dtype=np.float64)
ifnotA.has_canonical_format:
A=A.copy()
A.sum_duplicates() # also sorts indices
returncram_solve(
A, np.asarray(n0, dtype=np.float64),
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Update _cram_solve to canonicalize the CSC matrix before passing it to
cram_solve: when the converted matrix is not in canonical format, copy it and
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Validate matrix shape and n0 length before calling the C API.
n comes from A.shape[0] only. The C function reads n values from n0 and n + 1 values from indptr without knowing the real buffer lengths. These inputs cause the C side to read past the NumPy buffers:
If n0 is shorter than n, the C side reads past the end of n0. The result then silently contains heap data, or the process crashes.
If A is not square and A.shape[1] < A.shape[0], then A.indptr has fewer than n + 1 entries. The C side then reads past the end of indptr.
cram_solve is a public openmc.lib entry point. Raise a Python exception for these inputs.
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--- "a/openmc/lib/deplete.py"+++ "b/openmc/lib/deplete.py"@@ -58,12 +58,18 @@
if substeps <= 0:
raise ValueError(f"substeps must be positive, got {substeps}")
n = A.shape[0]
+ if A.shape[0] != A.shape[1]:+ raise ValueError(f"A must be square, got shape {A.shape}")
indptr = np.asarray(A.indptr, dtype=np.int32)
indices = np.asarray(A.indices, dtype=np.int32)
data = np.asarray(A.data, dtype=np.float64)
n0 = np.asarray(n0, dtype=np.float64)
+ if n0.shape != (n,):+ raise ValueError(f"n0 must have shape ({n},), got {n0.shape}")+ if indptr.shape != (n + 1,):+ raise ValueError(f"A.indptr must have length {n + 1}")
result = np.empty(n, dtype=np.float64)
_dll.openmc_cram_solve(
n, indptr, indices, data, n0, dt, order, int(substeps), result)
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n=A.shape[0]
indptr=np.asarray(A.indptr, dtype=np.int32)
indices=np.asarray(A.indices, dtype=np.int32)
data=np.asarray(A.data, dtype=np.float64)
n0=np.asarray(n0, dtype=np.float64)
result=np.empty(n, dtype=np.float64)
_dll.openmc_cram_solve(
n, indptr, indices, data, n0, dt, order, int(substeps), result)
n=A.shape[0]
ifA.shape[0] !=A.shape[1]:
raiseValueError(f"A must be square, got shape {A.shape}")
indptr=np.asarray(A.indptr, dtype=np.int32)
indices=np.asarray(A.indices, dtype=np.int32)
data=np.asarray(A.data, dtype=np.float64)
n0=np.asarray(n0, dtype=np.float64)
ifn0.shape!= (n,):
raiseValueError(f"n0 must have shape ({n},), got {n0.shape}")
ifindptr.shape!= (n+1,):
raiseValueError(f"A.indptr must have length {n+1}")
result=np.empty(n, dtype=np.float64)
_dll.openmc_cram_solve(
n, indptr, indices, data, n0, dt, order, int(substeps), result)
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In cram_solve, validate inputs before calling _dll.openmc_cram_solve: raise
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Validate indptr[0] and nnz before copying from raw pointers.
Line 361 reads nnz = indptr[n]. Lines 362-363 then build vectors from indices and data before CSCPattern runs its checks. If nnz is negative, vector<int>(indices, indices + nnz) receives a range where last < first. That is undefined behavior, and the try block cannot catch it. A corrupted indptr can also cause the copy to read far past the caller's buffers before the structural check rejects the input. Reject a negative nnz first, and also reject indptr[0] != 0, before you build the vectors.
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int nnz = indptr[n];
CSCMatrix A(n, vector<int>(indptr, indptr + n + 1),
vector<int>(indices, indices + nnz), vector<double>(data, data + nnz));
CSCMatrix A(n, vector<int>(indptr, indptr + n + 1),
vector<int>(indices, indices + nnz), vector<double>(data, data + nnz));
vector<double> n0_vec(n0, n0 + n);
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This PR is the first of a handful of steps towards moving the majority of the depletion module to C++. There are a number of reasons why we might want to do that some of which are listed below (there are tradeoffs as well obviously).
multiprocessingmodule which can cause installation and runtime headaches particularly on HPC systems.The general outline of the migration plan is as follows:
Specifically this PR replaces
CRAM16andCRAM48callables with analogous functions throughopenmc.liband the C API. To make this work we need to replacescipy.sparse.linalg.spsolvecalls with our own minimal sparse solver specific to CRAM. I debated trying to pull in SuperLU or Eigen for the sparse solve, but after digging into the details of both libraries and what is needed for CRAM specifically, I opted to roll our own solver which has many benefits. In particular, because the IPF form of CRAM has complex values on the diagonal whose imaginary parts are larger than 1, the pivots are unconditionally well-behaved and we don't need any of the partial (or complete) pivoting algorithms employed by SuperLU or Eigen.The main additions of this PR are the$A dt - \theta_\ell I$ explicitly and isn't intended to be a generic LU factorization routine but rather does the numeric factorization on the fly specific to the CRAM matrix structure. The symbolic factorization of $A dt - \theta_\ell I$ is done once and reused by each numeric factorization for all the poles of the cram solve. Then
CSCPatternandCSCMatrixclasses for theSymbolicLUFactorizationof matrices and data storage of burnup matrix elements. Then theBatemanSolverabstract base class and concrete implementation via theIPFCramSolverare added in C++ as mirrors of the current functionality on the Python side. The C++ CRAM solver is made accessible throughopenmc.liband it is wired in to take the place of the scipy based solver for theCRAM16andCRAM48functions. The numeric linear algebra work specific to CRAM is kept inbateman_solvers.cppsince thenumeric_factorize_cramfunction doesn't build the matrixtriangular_solve_luingests theSymbolicLUFactorizationandNumericLUFactorizationand performs the linear solve for each pole which then get accumulated to compute the final nuclide density from the initial one.Fixes # (issue)
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