Boiling water reactor fuel assembly axial design optimization using tabu search

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 107-115

  Martin del Campo C ^a   Francois J L ^a   Morales, L B ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR FUELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTOR CORES;

BOILING WATER REACTOR FUEL ASSEMBLY AXIAL DESIGN; TABU SEARCH;

BOILING WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0036743810     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE02-A2292     Document Type: Article

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