Optimization of nuclear reactor reloading patterns

E. deKlerk; C. Roos; T. Terlaky; T. Illes; A. J. deJong; J. Valko; J. E. Hoogenboom

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Optimization of nuclear reactor reloading patterns

E. deKlerk, C. Roos, T. Terlaky, T. Illes, A. J. deJong, J. Valko, J. E. Hoogenboom

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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 formulated 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	65-84
Number of pages	20
Journal	Annals of Operations Research
Volume	69
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018953616965
Publication status	Published - 1997
Externally published	Yes

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optimization
nuclear reactors
nonlinear mixed integer programming problem

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