A. Houshyar et C. Imel, A SIMULATION-MODEL OF THE FUEL HANDLING-SYSTEM IN A NUCLEAR-REACTOR, Computers & industrial engineering, 30(1), 1996, pp. 117-135
This article demonstrates the outcome of a study of the fuel handling
system in the experimental breeder reactor (EBR-II). In this article,
a mathematical model of the fuel handling system is described which pr
edicts the system's performance under different fuel handling scenario
s. In particular, the following two scenarios are studied: (a) a feasi
ble fuel handling schedule to unload 330 blanket S/A in a period of 3
yr with minimal interruption to the normal operation of the reactor; a
nd (b) a feasible fuel handling schedule to shut down and unload the r
eactor and the storage tank. In addition, the interactions between dif
ferent sub-systems are highlighted and the results of different sensit
ivity analysis, performed to scrutinize the system's capability under
different constraining procedures are reviewed.