Personal computer based decision support system for routing nuclear spent fuel

Conference · Tue Nov 14 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:7159346

Chin, Shih-Miao; Joy, D S; Johnson, P E ^[1]; Bobic, S M; Miaou, Shaw-Pin ^[2]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
2. Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN (USA). Transportation Center

An approach has been formulated to route nuclear spent fuel over the US Interstate highway network. This approach involves the generation of alternative routes so that any potential adverse impacts will not only concentrate on regions along the shortest path between the nuclear power plant and repository. Extensive literature research on the shortest path finding algorithms has been carried out. Consequently, an extremely efficient shortest path algorithm has been implemented and significantly increases the overall system performance. State-of-the-art interactive computer graphics is used. In addition to easy-to-use pop-up menus, full color mapping and display capabilities are also incorporated. All of these features have been implemented on commonly available personal computers. 6 figs., 2 tabs.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/ER
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 7159346
• Report Number(s): CONF-900587-1; ON: DE90005277; TRN: 90-008773
• Resource Relation: Conference: 10. TIMS international DSS conference on information technology for executives and managers, Boston, MA (USA), 21-23 May 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
ROUTING
ALGORITHMS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
DECISION MAKING
INTERACTIVE DISPLAY DEVICES
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
PERSONAL COMPUTERS
SPENT FUELS
COMPUTER OUTPUT DEVICES
COMPUTER-GRAPHICS DEVICES
COMPUTERS
DIGITAL COMPUTERS
DISPLAY DEVICES
ENERGY SOURCES
FUELS
MATERIALS
MATHEMATICAL LOGIC
MICROCOMPUTERS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR FUELS
POWER PLANTS
REACTOR MATERIALS
SIMULATION
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
050900* - Nuclear Fuels- Transport
Handling
& Storage
990200 - Mathematics & Computers