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Leading the charge: INL’s role in advancing HALEU production
Idaho National Laboratory is playing a key role in helping the U.S. Department of Energy meet near-term needs by recovering HALEU from federal inventories, providing critical support to help lay the foundation for a future commercial HALEU supply chain. INL also supports coordination of broader DOE efforts, from material recovery at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina to commercial enrichment initiatives.
K. Forsberg, Ning He, A. R. Massih
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 122 | Number 1 | January 1996 | Pages 142-150
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE96-A28555
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Distribution of some important fuel rod performance parameters, internal rod pressure, and fission gas release in a boiling water reactor are studied using the quasi-Monte Carlo (QMC) probabilistic method. Rod power histories and important fabrication parameters are considered. The deterministic fuel performance code STAV6 together with a QMC pre- and postprocessor are used in the analysis. The convergence rate of the QMC method is considerably higher than the standard Monte Carlo method, which saves a substantial amount of computer time. Asymptotically, the error for QMC is proportional to 1/N, and for Monte Carlo, it is essentially proportional to 1/ where N is the number of calculations (computer runs). Principles of the QMC method are discussed, and an algorithm to generate such data is outlined.
