Optimization of nuclear reactor reloading patterns

E. de Klerk, C. Roos, T. Terlaky, T. Illés, A.J. de Jong, J. Valkó and J.E. Hoogenboom

Annals of Operations Research, 1997, vol. 69, issue 0, 65-84

Abstract: The loading pattern of fuel bundles in a reactor core determines the characteristics of the reloading cycle. The problem of maximizing fuel utilization during a cycle may be formu-lated as a nonlinear mixed integer programming (NLMIP) problem, but has until now mostly been treated by heuristic optimization methods like simulated annealing. This paper evaluates the performance of state-of-the-art nonlinear programming routines on a simplified model of this problem, and compares results with available heuristic solutions. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1997

Date: 1997
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