Artificial intelligence in nuclear industry: Chimera or solution?

S Suman - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Nuclear industry is in crisis and innovation is the central theme of its survival in future.
Artificial intelligence has made a quantum leap in last few years. This paper …

A survey of multi-objective optimization methods and their applications for nuclear scientists and engineers

RH Stewart, TS Palmer, B DuPont - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Problems in nuclear engineering–such as reactor core design–involve a multitude of design
variables including fuel or assembly configurations; all of which require careful …

PWR core loading pattern optimization with adaptive genetic algorithm

C So, IM Ho, JS Chae, KH Hong - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, a new adaptive genetic algorithm (AGA) is proposed for the loading pattern
optimization (LPO) of the pressurized water reactor (PWR) core. The tournament selection …

SMART reactor core design optimization based on FCM fuel

S Kamalpour, H Khalafi - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2021 - Elsevier
Fully ceramic microencapsulated (FCM) fuel is originally proposed for replacement in light
water reactors (LWRs) to enhance thermal hydraulic performance and reactor safety …