PWR nuclear power plants fuel management optimization

International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages 667-672

  Zolfaghari, Ahmad ^a   Minuchehr, Hamid ^a   Noroozy, Ali ^a   Makarachi, Peymaan ^a   Koshahval, F ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX PROBLEMS; DIFFERENT GEOMETRY; FUEL ASSEMBLY; FUEL MANAGEMENT; LOADING PATTERNS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMUM SOLUTION;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

EID: 77952924291     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICONE17-75924     Document Type: Conference Paper

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