Study on multi-objective optimization method for radiation shield design of nuclear reactors

Autor: Yao Wu, Bin Liu, Xiaowei Su, Songqian Tang, Mingfei Yan, Liangming Pan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Vol 56, Iss 2, Pp 520-525 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1738-5733
DOI: 10.1016/j.net.2023.10.028
Popis: The optimization design problem of nuclear reactor radiation shield is a typical multi-objective optimization problem with almost 10 sub-objectives and the sub-objectives are always demanded to be under tolerable limits. In this paper, a design method combining multi-objective optimization algorithms with paralleling discrete ordinate transportation code is developed and applied to shield design of the Savannah nuclear reactor. Three approaches are studied for light-weighted and compact design of radiation shield. Comparing with directly optimization with 10 objectives and the single-objective optimization, the approach by setting sub-objectives representing weight and volume as optimization objectives while treating other sub-objectives as constraints has the best performance, which is more suitable to reactor shield design.
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