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ANS panel discussion looks at nuclear’s place in maritime, energy, medicine, space
The applications of nuclear energy extend beyond providing power to the electrical grid. Advanced nuclear technologies may soon have new applications in oil and gas facilities, in hospitals and clinics, on the open seas, and on the moon.
A June 1 executive session, “How Nuclear Technologies will Shape the Future Energy Economy,” at the American Nuclear Society’s Annual Conference allowed experts have an open discussion on the future of nuclear advancements in multiple sectors.
Tsutomu Hoshino
Nuclear Technology | Volume 47 | Number 3 | March 1980 | Pages 421-435
Technical Paper | Fuel Cycle | doi.org/10.13182/NT80-A32396
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An extended application of the FAPMAN planning model has been made to typical boiling water reactor (BWR) fuel loading and generation planning problems. The additional constraint on reactive fuel loading pertinent to BWRs was implemented, together with some improvements on the back-end fuel cycle economic model and the gradient projection method of searching for better generation plans. The flexibility of the FAPMAN planning tool has been demonstrated in numerical studies made in several degrees of optimization, for disposal or reprocessing options in the back end of the fuel cycle and for the bounded or free refueling cycle length.