Published 1990 | Version v1
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Computer program for automatic generation of BWR control rod patterns

Creators

  • 1. Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park (United States)

Description

A computer program named OCTOPUS has been developed to automatically determine a control rod pattern that approximates some desired target power distribution as closely as possible without violating any thermal safety or reactor criticality constraints. The program OCTOPUS performs a semi-optimization task based on the method of approximation programming (MAP) to develop control rod patterns. The SIMULATE-E code is used to determine the nucleonic characteristics of the reactor core state

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
Journal Volume
62
Journal Page Range
p. 518-520.
ISSN
0003-018X
CODEN
TANSAO

Conference

Title
American Nuclear Society (ANS) winter meeting.
Dates
11-16 Nov 1990.
Place
Washington, DC (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
24038716
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; COMPUTER CODES; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; CONTROL ELEMENTS; CRITICALITY; GADOLINIUM OXIDES; O CODES; OPTIMIZATION; POSITIONING; POWER DENSITY; REACTOR CONTROL SYSTEMS; REACTOR CORES; REACTOR OPERATION; REACTOR PHYSICS; S CODES; SENSITIVITY
Descriptors DEC
CHALCOGENIDES; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; OPERATION; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POWER REACTORS; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; SIMULATION; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS

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Secondary number(s)
CONF-901101--.