Optimization of fuel core loading pattern design in a VVER nuclear power reactors using Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO)

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 923-930

  Babazadeh, Davood ^a   Boroushaki, Mehrdad ^a   Lucas, Caro ^b  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION CODE; COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR; DISCRETE VARIABLES; EFFECTIVE MULTIPLICATION FACTOR; FUEL INTEGRITY; FUEL LOADING; IN-CORE; LOADING PATTERNS; NEW STRATEGY; NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM; POWER PEAKING FACTOR; PSO ALGORITHMS; SIMULATION RESULT; SOCIAL MODELS;

ALGORITHMS; FUELS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO);

AVES;

EID: 67349245532     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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