Effect of burnup on the neutronic parameters of ITU TRIGA Mark II research reactor

Fuel reloads optimization for TRIGA research reactor using Genetic Algorithm coupled with neutronic and thermal-hydraulic codes

“…Recently, a refuelling optimization using both burned and fresh fuel was performed by maximizing the excess of reactivity and minimizing maximum PPF using MOGA coupled with MCNP code (Türkmen et al, 2015). In comparison with the unirradiated core, no significant difference was observed between the thermal fluxes of the generated core maps where the PPFs were found to be far from the condition limit.…”