Research Article

A Design and Optimization Methodology for Liquid Metal Fast Reactors

Table 9

Domain of the search space for the ENLFR.

Explanatory variableRange

Pin radius (cm)[0.4, 0.9]
Pitch-to-diameter ratio[1.05, 1.3]
Assembly pitch (cm)[14, 16.5]
Fuel height (cm)[190, 250]
Inner core enrichment (%)[9, 11]
Middle core enrichment (%)[11, 13]
Outer core enrichment (%)[12, 15]