Abstract
The optimum design point of a fast reactor can be obtained only through a theoretical optimization process, because the complexity of the reactor and lack of accumulated experience in design and construction makes it difficult to optimize the design by experience or by intuition.While the nonlinear programming technique would appear suitable for carrying out this optimization process, it is not easy to decide which algorithm should be adopted among the many that could be chosen and which differ largely from each other in characteristics.This paper compares the various algorithms on the basis of results obtained from numerical experiments. A Fast Reactor Design Optimization System has been devised, based on a Method of Approximated Programming selected as the most suitable one.
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