Published 2010 | Version v1
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Fuel management in CANDU reactors: Daniel Rozon's contribution

Creators

  • 1. Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec (Canada)

Description

The CANDU fuel management optimization problem is in many ways different from LWRs fuel management, because of the on-line refueling and the complete 3-D geometry problem. Daniel Rozon was an outstanding leader in the understanding and resolution of this optimization problem and remained during his entire career. Daniel Rozon and his students have used the generalized adjoint formalism implemented in standard mathematical programming methods to solve the optimization of the exit burnup in the reactor as well as the optimization of control rod worth or fuel enrichment. We have summarized here the theoretical basis of fuel management and resolution methods, the latest approaches of optimization and results as obtained using the OPTEX code. (author)

Part of:
Atoms for Power, Health and the Environment. 31st annual conference of the Canadian Nuclear Society and 34th annual conference of the Canadian Nuclear Society and Canadian Nuclear Association

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Canadian Nuclear Society
Imprint Place
Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
ISBN
978-1-926773-01-8
Imprint Title
Atoms for Power, Health and the Environment. 31st annual conference of the Canadian Nuclear Society and 34th annual conference of the Canadian Nuclear Society and Canadian Nuclear Association
Imprint Pagination
111 Megabytes
Journal Page Range
[16 p.]

Conference

Title
31. Annual Conference of the CNS; 34. Annual Student Conference of the CNS and CNA
Dates
24-27 May 2010
Place
Montreal, Quebec (Canada)

INIS

Country of Publication
Canada
Country of Input or Organization
Canada
INIS RN
44058981
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
BURNUP; CANDU TYPE REACTORS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; CONTROL ELEMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; REACTOR FUELING; WATER COOLED REACTORS
Descriptors DEC
HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; POWER REACTORS; PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; SIMULATION; THERMAL REACTORS

Optional Information

Notes
14 refs., 2 tabs., 8 figs.