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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2004
Method, arrangement and computer program for determining standardized rod types for nuclear reactors
David Joseph Kropaczek, Wilmington, NC (US);
Mehdi Asgari, Wilmington, NC (US);
Christian Carlos Oyarzun, Wilmington, NC (US);
Steven Barry Sutton, Wilmington, NC (US);
William Earl Russell, Ii, Wilmington, NC (US);
William Charles Cline, Wilmington, NC (US);
David Joseph Kropaczek, Wilmington, NC (US);
Mehdi Asgari, Wilmington, NC (US);
Christian Carlos Oyarzun, Wilmington, NC (US);
Steven Barry Sutton, Wilmington, NC (US);
William Earl Russell, II, Wilmington, NC (US);
William Charles Cline, Wilmington, NC (US);
Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas, LLC, Wilmington, NC (US);
Abstract
A method, arrangement and computer program is described for determining a set of standardized rod types for use in a nuclear reactor core. The method may include defining a set of rod type-related limits, and determining, based on the limits, an initial population of rod types to be evaluated for use in cores of a selected number of nuclear reactor plants. Based on the initial population of rod types a database of selectable fresh fuel bundle designs applicable to the one or more cores may be generated. Bundle data related to at least a subset of the selectable fresh fuel bundle designs may be retrieved from the database, and a target number of rod types may be selected from the initial population based on the retrieved bundle data as the set of standardized rod types.