Boiling Water Reactor Fuel Cycle Optimization for Prevention of Channel-Blade Interference

Conference · Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2006

OSTI ID:21021208

Kropaczek, David J; Karve, Atul A; Oyarzun, Christian C; Asgari, Mehdi ^[1]; Tusar, James J ^[2]

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1. Global Nuclear Fuel - Americas, P.O. Box 780, M/C F12, Wilmington, N.C. 28402 (United States)
2. Exelon Corporation, 200 Exelon Way, KSA 2-N, Kennett Square, PA 19348 (United States)

A formal optimization method for eliminating the potential of Boiling Water Reactor channel-blade interference is presented within the context of fuel cycle design. The method is based on the use of threshold constraints on blade force as penalty terms within an objective function that are employed as part of a search algorithm. Results demonstrate the effectiveness of the constraint formulation in eliminating channel-blade interference as part of the design of the core loading and operational strategy. (authors)

• Research Organization: American Nuclear Society, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)
• OSTI ID: 21021208
• Resource Relation: Conference: 2006 International congress on advances in nuclear power plants - ICAPP'06, Reno - Nevada (United States), 4-8 Jun 2006; Other Information: Country of input: France; 5 refs; Related Information: In: Proceedings of the 2006 international congress on advances in nuclear power plants - ICAPP'06, 2734 pages.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
ALGORITHMS
BWR TYPE REACTORS
DESIGN
FUEL CYCLE
INTERFERENCE
OPTIMIZATION
REACTOR FUELING