Shield cost minimization using SWAN
Conference
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· Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)
OSTI ID:5874437
- Univ. of California, Berkeley (United States)
The common approach to the search for minimum cost shield designs is [open quotes]trial-and-error[close quotes]; it proceeds as follows: 1. Based on prior experience and intuition, divide the shield into zones and assume their composition. 2. Solve the transport equation and calculate the relevant performance characteristics. 3. Change the composition or the geometry of one or a few of the zones and repeat step 2. 4. Repeat step 3 many times until the shield design appears to be optimal. 5. Select a different set of constituents and repeat steps 2,3, and 4. 6. Repeate step 5 a few or many times until the designer can point to the most cost-effective design.
- OSTI ID:
- 5874437
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-930601--
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Journal Volume: 68
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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