Merge pull request #65 from nsryan2/thesis_reactors

Add dynamic power reactor

Author: nsryan2

.gitignore

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+*.DS_Store
+
 ## Core latex/pdflatex auxiliary files:
 *.aux
 *.lof

CHANGELOG.md

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 * EVER low fidelity recipe update (#7, #17, #33)
 * Install script (#23, #24)
 * Start CLOVER (#8, #16)
+* Create DPR (#65)
 
 ### Documentation
 

DPR/README.md

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+# Dynamic Power Reactor (DPR)
+DPR is a Cyclus reactor archetype based on Cycamore's Reactor, except that it has the ability to update the power output over time.
+
+## Cite this work
+Pending...
+
+## power_percent_list
+Outside of refueling, the power output of the reactor can be modified by a percentage in the Tock phase of each time step. This feature is optional, and will default to 100% of the power_cap variable the user identifies. At each time step, the reactor will progress through the percentages; as such, there must be a percentage for each time step (if the length of the power_percent_list is shorter than the number of time steps, the reactor will default to 100%).
+
+To simulate 10 time steps, a user could provide a list like:
+```
+<power_percent_list>
+    <val>0.3</val>
+    <val>1</val>
+    <val>1</val>
+    <val>1</val>
+    <val>1</val>
+    <val>1</val>
+    <val>0.9</val>
+    <val>0.5</val>
+    <val>1</val>
+    <val>1</val>
+</power_percent_list>
+```
+If the simulation was extended to 11 time steps with out the list changing, the 11th time step would have a power output of 1 (or 100%).
+
+> [!Important]
+> When the reactor is refueling, the power output will be overwritten to 0, so
+> we recommend that you ensure your outages align with when the reactor goes
+> into outage if you are modeling a historical example.
+