Some economic aspects of fuel consumption in research reactors

Presented herewith are the principles of the optimization of a research reactor based on the analysis of the behaviour of the fuel component value of an information unit the course of reactor projection. Given herewith are also the results of the solution of a problem with special reference to a quasi-homogeneous reactor and an example of the analysis of limiting factors with the use of such solutions data. Four variants of solutions of a system of equations (Esub(t), tsub(k)), have been considered where Esub(t) is the fuel component value of the information unit, and . tsub(k)- the reactor operating period. All the considered variants lead to one and the same result: changes are only observed in relation between the required burn-up, and the fuel consumption on the experimental device on the one hand, and the value of the running manoeuvre on the other