AN OPTIMISATION-BASED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FRAMEWORK FOR MULTI-OBJECTIVE IN- CORE FUEL MANAGEMENT OF NUCLEAR REACTOR CORES
The notion of in-core fuel management (ICFM) involves decision making in respect of the specific arrangement of fuel assemblies in a nuclear reactor core. This arrangement, referred to as a reload configuration, influences the efficiency and effectiveness of fuel usage in a reactor. A decision suppo...
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Veröffentlicht in: | South African journal of industrial engineering 2016-11, Vol.27 (3), p.201-209 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The notion of in-core fuel management (ICFM) involves decision making in respect of the specific arrangement of fuel assemblies in a nuclear reactor core. This arrangement, referred to as a reload configuration, influences the efficiency and effectiveness of fuel usage in a reactor. A decision support system (DSS) may assist nuclear reactor operators in improving the quality of their reload configuration designs. In this paper, a generic optimisation-based DSS framework is proposed for multi-objective ICFM, with the intention of serving as a high-level formalisation of a computerised tool that can assist reactor operators in their complex ICFM decisions. |
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ISSN: | 2224-7890 1012-277X 2224-7890 |
DOI: | 10.7166/27-3-1650 |