Application of genetic algorithms to optimize burnable poison placement in pressurized water reactors

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 446-456

  Yilmaz, Serkan ^a   Ivanov, Kostadin ^a   Levine, Samuel ^a   Mahgerefteh, Moussa ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Exelon Nuclear   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; CONSTRAINT THEORY; GADOLINIUM; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION;

BEGINNING OF CYCLE (BOC); BURNABLE POISON; END-OF-CYLE (EOC);

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 33644592510     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2005.11.012     Document Type: Article

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