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Optimization of reload core design for PWR and application to Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant

Conference ·
OSTI ID:459186
 [1]; ;  [2]
  1. Research and Design Institute, Shanghai (China)
  2. Xian Jiaotong Univ., Shaanxi (China)
A direct efficient optimization technique has been effected for automatically optimizing the reload of PWR. The objective functions include: maximization of end-of-cycle (EOC) reactivity and maximization of average discharge burnup. The fuel loading optimization and burnable poison (BP) optimization are separated into two stages by using Haling principle. In the first stage, the optimum fuel reloading pattern without BP is determined by the Linear Programming method using enrichments as control variable. In the second stage the optimum BP allocation is determined by the Flexible Tolerance Method using the number of BP rods as control variable. A practical and efficient PWR reloading optimization program based on above theory has been encoded and successfully applied to Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant(QNP)cycle 2 reloading design.
OSTI ID:
459186
Report Number(s):
CONF-950420--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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