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Machine learning approach for predicting nuclide composition in nuclear fuel: Bypassing traditional depletion and transport calculations
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Physics, Nuclear Science and Engineering.
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Physics, Nuclear Science and Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7943-7517
2025 (English)In: Annals of Nuclear Energy, ISSN 0306-4549, E-ISSN 1873-2100, Vol. 213, article id 111062Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Accurate prediction of nuclide composition evolution during fuel depletion typically requires computationally intensive transport calculations to determine 1-group cross sections for all transmutation reactions in the reaction network. These cross sections are influenced by the neutron energy spectrum, which varies with both depletion and changing state parameters, such as fuel and moderator temperatures. This study investigates the feasibility of a machine learning-based model designed to predict nuclide composition directly from power history and state parameters, bypassing the need to calculate group cross sections and solve the Bateman equation. Model testing on an unseen power and state parameter history showed a mean absolute relative error of 0.471% for 235U. Due to its rapid inference speed, this approach is well suited to applications where traditional transport calculations are prohibitively expensive.

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Elsevier BV , 2025. Vol. 213, article id 111062
Keywords [en]
Deep learning, Depletion calculations, Neural network
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Subatomic Physics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-357901DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2024.111062ISI: 001379429700001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85211174086OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-357901DiVA, id: diva2:1922608
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Available from: 2024-12-19 Created: 2024-12-19 Last updated: 2025-01-20Bibliographically approved

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