1. NAME AND TITLE
BEST-5: Power Reactor Fuel Cycle Optimization by Bellman Method.
2. CONTRIBUTOR
ENEL
- CPN, Rome, Italy through the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Data Bank,
Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.
3. CODING LANGUAGE AND COMPUTER
Fortran IV; IBM 370 Series (P00591I037000).
4. NATURE OF PROBLEM SOLVED
BEST-5 analyzes fuel optimization fuel cycle in nuclear power plants --best initial core composition and subsequent reload strategies up to the equilibrium.
5. METHOD OF SOLUTION
Bellman method of dynamic programming.
6. RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS
Storage
allocation - 65k words
max. initial core composition - 256
max. number of fuel types - 15
max. number of loading strategies - 15
max. number of cycles - 24 (7 strategies) / 18 (15 strategies)
7. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME
Running time with
- 25 initial core composition
- 15 fuel types
- 7 loading strategies
- 20 cycles
is 3 to 5 minutes on UNIVAC 1108.
8. COMPUTER HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
IBM 360 or IBM 370 mainframe.
9. COMPUTER SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
MVT.
10. REFERENCES
a) Included Documentation:
'BEST-5,
A Code for Optimization of Nuclear Fuel Strategy', ENEL-CPN Internal Technical Report
(1974).
b) Background Documentation:
P. Civita and T. Mazzanti: Programma BEST-5 Strategia Ottimale di Caricamento del Combustibile Nucleare Rif.0/004/20/AUT (Giugno 1974).
P. Civita, P. Fornaciari, and T. Mazzanti: Optimal Operational Strategy in Nuclear fuel Management Reprint from Nuclear Technology, Vol. 14 (May 1972).
P. Fornaciari: Strategy and Tactics in Nuclear fuel Management Reprint from Energia Nucleare, Vol. 18, No. 3 (Marzo 1971).
11. CONTENTS OF CODE PACKAGE
The package is distributed on a CD with a compressed zip file including source files, JCL, documentation, and sample problems.
12. DATE OF ABSTRACT
August 2013.
KEYWORDS: COST, FUEL CYCLE, NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS, OPTIMIZATION