An Improved Objective Function for FBR’s Optimization Studies

Application of differential dynamic programming to nuclear fuel management optimization

“…Motoda [8] has also studied the control problem using the calculus of variations to achieve maximum average bumup in a one dimensional cylindrical light water reactor. An extension of these basic techniques to minimize the fuel cycle cost function by determining the optimal fuel enrichment distribu tion in fast reactors has been studied by Goldschmidt [9,10].…”

“…In order to determine the coefficients given by Equations (9), it is necessary to determine ^ j (^% » the deriva tives of the state vector function defined by Equation (1),…”