Optimizing LWR cost of margin one fuel pin at a time

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 996-1003

  Maldonado, G Ivan ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Nuclear fuel management; Optimization

Indexed keywords

FUEL ASEMBLIES; FUEL CYCLE; LIGHT WATER REACTOR; NUCLEAR FUEL MANAGEMENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ASSEMBLY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OPTIMIZATION; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

NUCLEAR FUELS;

EID: 27644536775     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.852706     Document Type: Article

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