# Burnup analysis **URL:** \ **Category:** User Support\ **Created:** [January 8, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/burnup-analysis/535 "2020-01-08T20:06:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Javier\_Gonzalez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openmc.discourse.group/javier_gonzalez/32/1095_2.png) [@Javier\_Gonzalez](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/Javier_Gonzalez)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/burnup-analysis/535/1 "2020-01-08T20:06:48Z")
Hi guys, I will conduct an analysis where I need to report the results at different burnup steps: 0, 0.1, 0.2, 4 and 8 MWd/tU. Please, someone can tell how to include these burnup steps in my depletion simulation? Thanks, Javier ---
**Author:** ![paulromano](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openmc.discourse.group/paulromano/32/486_2.png) [@paulromano](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/paulromano)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/burnup-analysis/535/2 "2020-01-10T13:34:44Z")
Hi Javier, After you create an Operator, you can ask for the total heavy metal mass in [g] via the heavy\_metal attribute: op = openmc.deplete.Operator(geometry, settings) grams = op.heavy\_metal With that, you can then figure out what those burnup steps would correspond to in seconds. Note that a future version may allow users to [specify this directly](https://github.com/openmc-dev/openmc/issues/1410). Best regards, Paul ---
**Author:** ![Javier\_Gonzalez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openmc.discourse.group/javier_gonzalez/32/1095_2.png) [@Javier\_Gonzalez](https://openmc.discourse.group/u/Javier_Gonzalez)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://openmc.discourse.group/t/burnup-analysis/535/3 "2020-01-10T16:34:36Z")
Okay Paul, thanks for letting me know about the new improvements, great! Javier