Assessment of parallel simulated annealing performance with the NEXUS/ANC9 core design code system

Boyan D. Ivanov, David J. Kropaczek

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Abstract

The method of parallel simulated annealing is being considered as a loading pattern optimization method to be used within the framework of the latest Westinghouse core design code system NEXUS/ANC9. A prototype version of NEXUS/ANC9 that incorporates the parallel simulated annealing method was developed. The prototype version was evaluated in terms of robustness, performance and results. The prototype code was used to optimize LPs for several plants and cycles, including 2-loop, 3-loop and 4-loop Westinghouse plants. Different fuel assembly lattices with IFBA, WABA and Gadolinium burnable absorbers were also exercised in these cores. Different strategies were evaluated using different options in the code. Special attention was paid to the robustness and performance when different number of parallel processes were used with different size of Markov chain.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Conference on Physics of Reactors
Subtitle of host publicationTransition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, PHYSOR 2020
EditorsMarat Margulis, Partrick Blaise
PublisherEDP Sciences - Web of Conferences
Pages263-269
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781713827245
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Event2020 International Conference on Physics of Reactors: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, PHYSOR 2020 - Cambridge, United Kingdom
Duration: Mar 28 2020Apr 2 2020

Publication series

NameInternational Conference on Physics of Reactors: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, PHYSOR 2020
Volume2020-March

Conference

Conference2020 International Conference on Physics of Reactors: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, PHYSOR 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityCambridge
Period03/28/2004/2/20

Funding

The authors would like to thank the colleagues in the Core Engineering and Methods Development departments for their support in the course of this work.

Keywords

  • Loading pattern optimization
  • NEXUS/ANC9
  • Parallel simulated annealing

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