July-September 1998 Issue


References:

"Reducing Downtime in Nuclear Power Plants"

• Barton, P. Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Discrete/Continuous Dynamic Systems. Keynote lecture at Automatic Control of Food and Biological Processes IV, Goteborg, Sweden, September 21-23, 1998. 21 pages. $10.00
  
  

• Garcia-Delgado, L., M. Driscoll, J. Meyer, and N. Todreas. Design of an Economically Optimum PWR Reload Core for a 36-Month Cycle. MIT Nuclear Fuel Cycle Economics and Environmental Management Program Report No. MIT-NFC-TR-013, June 1998. Limited copies available from Ms. Paula J. Cornelio, MIT Department of Nuclear Engineering, Room 24-215, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307. (See also Garcia-Delgado, L., M. Driscoll, J. Meyer, and N. Todreas. "Design of an economically optimum PWR reload core for a 36-month cycle." Annals of Nuclear Energy, forthcoming, 1998.)
  
  

• Garcia-Delgado, L., N. Todreas, D. Brodeur, C. Handwerk, F. Li, H. MacLean, M. McMahon, M. Driscoll, and J. Meyer. Improvement in Nuclear Plant Capacity Factors Through Longer Cycle Length Operation. Final Report. MIT Nuclear Fuel Cycle Economics and Environmental Management Program Report No. MIT-NFC-TR-011, June 1998. Limited copies available from Ms. Paula J. Cornelio, MIT Department of Nuclear Engineering, Room 24-215, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307.
  
  

• Handwerk, C., M. Driscoll, M. McMahon, and N. Todreas. "Cost optimization of long-cycle operation." American Nuclear Society Annual Summer Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, June 7-11, 1998. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, v. 78, p. 351, 1998.
  
  

• Handwerk, C., M. Driscoll, N. Todreas, and M. McMahon. Economic Analysis of Extended Operating Cycles in Existing LWRs. MIT Nuclear Fuel Cycle Economics and Environmental Management Program Report No. MIT-NFC-TR-007, January 1998. Limited copies available from Ms. Paula J. Cornelio, MIT Department of Nuclear Engineering, Room 24-215, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307.
  
  

• Handwerk, C., J. Meyer, and N. Todreas. Fuel Performance Analysis of Extended Operating Cycles in Existing LWRs. MIT Nuclear Fuel Cycle Economics and Environmental Management Program Report No. MIT-NFC-TR- 008, January 1998. Limited copies available from Ms. Paula J. Cornelio, MIT Department of Nuclear Engineering, Room 24-215, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307.
  
  

• McMahon, M., C. Handwerk, H. MacLean, M. Driscoll, and N. Todreas. Modeling and Design of Reload LWR Cores for an Ultra-Long Operating Cycle. MIT Nuclear Fuel Cycle Economics and Environmental Management Program Report No. MIT-NFC-TR-004, July 1997. (Revised, September 1997.) Limited copies available from Ms. Paula J. Cornelio, MIT Department of Nuclear Engineering, Room 24-215, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307. (See also McMahon, M., M. Driscoll, E. Pilat, and N. Todreas. "Reload LWR core designs for an ultra-long operating cycle." Nuclear Technology, forthcoming, 1998.)
  
  

• McMahon, M., M. Driscoll, and N. Todreas. "An ultra-long-cycle BWR core design." ANS Annual Summer Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, June 7-11, 1998. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, v. 78, pp. 241-242, 1998.
  
  

• Moore, T., J. Maurer, R. McHenry, and N. Todreas. Surveillan ce Strategy for a Four-Year Operating Cycle in Commercial Nuclear Reactors. MIT Advanced Nuclear Program Report No. MIT-ANP-TR-036, June 1996. Limited copies available from Ms. Paula J. Cornelio, MIT Department of Nuclear Engineering, Room 24-215, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307. (See also McHenry, R., T. Moore, J. Maurer, and N. Todreas. Surveillance Strategy for an Extended Operating Cycle in Commercial Nuclear Reactors. Presented at Fifth International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics, Operations and Safety (NUTHOS-5), Beijing, China, April 14-18, 1997.)