preparing for Numpy release 2.0 and python 3.12 dropping distutils

[shimwell]

Describe the Bug

while looking through the CI logs I spotted some deprecated warnings that we may want to fix before the numpy 2.0 and before python 3.12 drops support for distutils release.

The numpy 2.0 release has a few changes
https://numpy.org/devdocs/release/2.0.0-notes.html

Here is the only three warnings I spotted in the CI

  4.824 tests/test_activation_responses.py::test_response_hdf5_to_mesh
  4.824   /root/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pyne/alara.py:1114: FutureWarning: Passing (type, 1) or '1type' as a synonym of type is deprecated; in a future version of numpy, it will be understood as (type, (1,)) / '(1,)type'.
  4.824     return np.dtype(

  #21 4.824 ../../../.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pyne/utils.py:6
  #21 4.824   /root/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pyne/utils.py:6: DeprecationWarning: The distutils package is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.12. Use setuptools or check PEP 632 for potential alternatives
  #21 4.824     from distutils.dir_util import remove_tree
  #21 4.824 
  #21 4.824 tests/test_activation_responses.py::test_response_hdf5_to_mesh
  #21 4.824   /root/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pyne/alara.py:1114: FutureWarning: Passing (type, 1) or '1type' as a synonym of type is deprecated; in a future version of numpy, it will be understood as (type, (1,)) / '(1,)type'.
  #21 4.824     return np.dtype(

To Reproduce

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Expected Behavior

no warnings should be raised

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