  The nucleon radiative capture reactions are important in pure and applied
nuclear physics, especially in nuclear astrophysics. The keV-nucleon radiative
capture reactions are studied with $^{12}$C and $^{16}$O targets using the
bound-to-continuum potential model in which both scattering and bound states
are treated simultaneously and based on the Skyrme Hartree-Fock approximation.
The obtained results are shown to be in good agreement with the available
experimental data. Alongside astrophysical aspects, the nuclear structure
features were revisited for enlarging the prospect of adopting the nucleon
radiative capture processes as a spectroscopic tool.
