Improvements to the IAEA's WASP-III

An Advisory Group Meeting to review progress in improving the WASP computer code and methodology was held in Vienna during November 1986. The purpose of the present report is to include the principal presentations made at the meeting as well as the conclusions and recommendations of the working groups and of the discussions. It was generally felt that WASP remains an appropriate methodology for generation expansion planning. Given the Agency's objective to promote soundly based decisions on nuclear constraints, there is a clear role for the Agency to continue to support WASP, to continually review developments in the electric planning methodology and to improve WASP to make it more applicable to the needs of Member States. The introduction of VALORAGUA, a hydro simulation model, developed by Electricidade de Portugal, which allows for optimal management of hydro/thermal systems for electric generation systems with large hydro components, should make WASP more useful for electric system planners. In addition, the implementation of a PC version of WASP should stimulate wider interest in system planning. A separate abstract was prepared for each of the 8 presentations. Refs, figs and tabs