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Fuel loading process begins at Palisades
The Palisades nuclear power plant has drawn closer to restart, as plant staff began the process of loading fuel into the reactor vessel on Sunday morning.
The commencement of fuel loading places the Covert, Mich., facility in Mode 6—or the refueling stage—under the plant’s technical specifications, plant owner and operator Holtec International said in a news release. The Palisades reactor core consists of 204 fuel assemblies that include new fuel and partially used fuel from the plant’s most recent operating cycles. According to Holtec, the fuel loading is being conducted in accordance with plant procedures and technical specifications.
Donghao He, Honglong Li, Ruishuang Gao, Yuehang Li, Lixingzhi Fan, Xinxiang Long, Xiaojing Liu
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 9 | September 2026 | Pages 2097-2115
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2025.2561327
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The fission response function (FRF) method–based neutronics code FLASH is formally introduced in this work. FLASH adopts a two-step lattice-to-core approach. The first step involves generating a database of FRFs and environmental factors and the second step constructs the global core fission matrix using this database and solves for its eigenpairs. This paper systematically presents the architecture, theoretical foundations, and computational workflow of FLASH, including the FRF generation, core calculation algorithms, environmental factor modeling, online power reconstruction, and kinetics capabilities. The code has been rigorously validated against a variety of benchmark problems, and several representative cases are highlighted. FLASH is capable of performing high-fidelity, full-core static and transient neutronics simulations within minutes, demonstrating significant potential as an efficient and accurate hybrid neutronics method. Prospective improvements and ongoing developments are also discussed.