1. NAME AND TITLE
SPES: Fuel Cycle Optimization for LWR.
2. CONTRIBUTOR
ENEL
CPN, Rome, Italy through the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Data Bank,
Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.
3. CODING LANGUAGE AND COMPUTER
Fortran, IBM 370 Series (P00602I037000).
4. NATURE OF PROBLEM SOLVED
SPES determines optimal fuel cycle at equilibrium for a light water reactor taking into account batch size, fuel enrichment, derating, shutdown time, and cost of replacement energy.
5. METHOD OF SOLUTION
Iterative method.
6. RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS
None listed.
7. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME
Three minutes, including plotting.
8. COMPUTER HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
IBM 370.
9. COMPUTER SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
EXEC VIII, ENEL software for plotter BENSON.
10. REFERENCES
a) Included Documentation:
“SPES: A Code for the Optimization of Fuel Cycles in Equilibrium Conditions,” ENEL Ente Nazionale per L’Energia Electrica, Centro Progettazione e Costruzione per gli Implanti Nucleari, Rome, Italy (July 1972).
11. CONTENTS OF CODE PACKAGE
The package is distributed on a CD with a compressed zip file including source files, documentation, sample input and output.
12. DATE OF ABSTRACT
December 2013.
KEYWORDS: D. DEPLETION, FUEL MANAGEMENT, COST ANALYSIS, POWER PLANT ECONOMICS