System and method for evaluating nuclear reactor fueling plan

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PATENT NO 8762115
APP PUB NO 20110224966A1
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13128605

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A nuclear reactor fueling plan evaluating system and method in which reactor shutdown margin evaluation are performed quickly and accurately. A fueling procedure formulating part and an input setting part having databases are included. A maximum worth control rod candidate selecting part having a control rod worth calculating means inputs fuel loading and control rod patterns of each fueling act, inputs a relatively simple second physics model, calculates control rod worth from the difference between the degree of subcriticality of a reactor core in a state that all control rods are inserted and the degree of subcriticality of the reactor core in a state that a single control rod is withdrawn for each fueling step, and selects a determined number of maximum worth control rod candidates. A reactor shutdown margin calculating part inputs a subdivided first physics model and calculates reactor shutdown margin for each maximum worth control rod candidate.

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GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL - JAPAN CO LTD3-1 UCHIKAWA 2-CHOME YOKOSUKA-SHI KANAGAWA-KEN

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Iwamoto, Tatsuya Kanagawa-Ken, JP 109 1182
Sato, Hitoshi Kanagawa-Ken, JP 212 4018
Tojo, Masayuki Kanagawa-Ken, JP 1 0
Yamana, Teppei Kanagawa-Ken, JP 1 0

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