Published 1991 | Version v1
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Method for depleting BWRs using optimal control rod patterns

Creators

  • 1. Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park (United States)
  • 2. Commonwealth Edison Co., Chicago, IL (United States)

Description

Control rod (CR) programming is an essential core management activity for boiling water reactors (BWRs). After establishing a core reload design for a BWR, CR programming is performed to develop a sequence of exposure-dependent CR patterns that assure the safe and effective depletion of the core through a reactor cycle. A time-variant target power distribution approach has been assumed in this study. The authors have developed OCTOPUS to implement a new two-step method for designing semioptimal CR programs for BWRs. The optimization procedure of OCTOPUS is based on the method of approximation programming and uses the SIMULATE-E code for nucleonics calculations

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
Journal Volume
63
Series
Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.
Journal Page Range
411-412
ISSN
0003-018X
CODEN
TANSA

Conference

Title
Annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS).
Dates
2-6 Jun 1991.
Place
Orlando, FL (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
23036578
Subject category
S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BWR TYPE REACTORS; CONTROL ELEMENTS; CRITICALITY; FUEL ASSEMBLIES; FUEL MANAGEMENT; GADOLINIUM OXIDES; IMPLEMENTATION; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; O CODES; OPTIMIZATION; POSITIONING; POWER DENSITY; REACTOR CONTROL SYSTEMS; REACTOR CORES; S CODES; TIME DEPENDENCE
Descriptors DEC
CHALCOGENIDES; COMPUTER CODES; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; MANAGEMENT; NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POWER REACTORS; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS

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Secondary number(s)
CONF-910603--.