Maximum gradient method for optimization of some reactor operating parameters

The method and the algorithm ensuing therefrom are described for the determination of the optimum operating state of a reactor. The optimum operating state is considered to be the extreme of the selected functional of the radial power distribution. The functional extreme is determined numerically, using a method which is one of the possible variants of the maximum gradient method. The radial distribution of the neutron absorption in regulating rods and the fuel element burnup are considered to be the variable parameters used in the optimization. (author)