Mixed integer programming for pressurized water reactor fuel-loading-pattern optimization

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 346-357

  Kim, Taek Kyum ^a,b   Kim, Chang Hyo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

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EID: 0347930909     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE97-A1940     Document Type: Article

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