Light Water Reactor Loading Pattern Optimization with Reinforcement Learning Algorithms

In 2023, Commercial Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) in the USA, comprising Light Water Reactors (LWRs) such as Pressurized Water Reactors (PWRs) and Boiling Water Reactors (BWRs), remained the largest single source of carbon-free energy. They provided approximately half of the nation’s carbon-free elect...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Seurin, Paul R.M.
Other Authors: Shirvan, Koroush
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2024
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/157146
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5940-7695