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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2004
Applicants:
Atul Karve, Wilmington, NC (US);
James Fawks, Wilmington, NC (US);
Inventors:
Atul Karve, Wilmington, NC (US);
James Fawks, Wilmington, NC (US);
Assignee:
Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas, LLC, Wilmington, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of calculating and using a constraint for fuel rods is provided. The method may utilize pin nodal exposures and pin nodal powers to obtain the constraint, calculate rod average exposures and rod average powers (kW/ft) in each fuel assembly, and develop maps from the calculated rod average exposures and powers (kW/ft) to operate design, optimization, licensing, and/or monitoring applications.