Patent ID: 7426458
Filing Date: 2008-09-16
Classification: G21C,G21D,Y02E

Abstract:
1. In a computing environment, a computer implemented method of automatically performing reload licensing analysis of a nuclear reactor, the method comprising: collecting input data, the input data including system data collected from a data source including at least one of a database file, a spreadsheet file, a stored data text file, and a reactor operator database file; processing a plurality of nuclear reactor analysis modules, each of the plurality of nuclear reactor analysis modules receiving analysis module input data and generating analysis output data, said analysis module input data based at least in part on the collected input data; verifying at least one analysis output data from one of the plurality of nuclear reactor analysis modules by comparing the analysis output data to independently-determined analysis output data for the one nuclear reactor analysis module; and generating a reload licensing report for the nuclear reactor as a function of the analysis output data from two or more of the plurality of nuclear reactor analysis modules.