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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2010
Gilles Andre Poyaud, Lyons, FR;
Gilles Andre Poyaud, Lyons, FR;
Areva NP, Courbevoie, FR;
Abstract
A method for selecting a loading map for a nuclear reactor core including the following steps: a) providing production data relating to the nuclear fuel assemblies, b) providing neutron data which are representative of the operation of the core, c) calculating the three-dimensional distribution of the local power in the core, d) calculating the extreme value reached by at least one thermomechanical parameter within the nuclear fuel assemblies, and e) selecting, in accordance with the extreme values calculated, a loading map from the loading maps envisaged. A system, computer program and storage medium for selecting a loading map for a nuclear reactor.