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Paul J. Turinsky |
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Professor
office: 1110 Burlington Engineering Laboratories
phone: 919.515.5098
phone: 919.515.5115
e-mail: turinsky@ncsu.edu
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| education: |
B.S. (Chemical Engineering) 1966, University of Rhode Island
M.S.E. (Nuclear Engineering) 1967, University of Michigan
Ph.D. (Nuclear Engineering) 1970, University of Michigan
M.B.A. (Business Administration) 1979, University of Pittsburgh |
| research areas: |
My research is centered on developing
improved nuclear reactor core analysis and design software tools.
For a number of years, my graduate students,
research staff and I have been making progress on
developing nuclear fuel management optimization capabilities.
We have been successful in addressing various aspects
of this problem, but now I look with optimism that we
can within the next few years begin to solve the
grand challenge problem of nuclear fuel management,
that being addressing simultaneously optimization of the
fuel lattice, bundle, loading pattern and control rod
pattern over multiple cycles to obtain what I refer to as
designer cores. Such capability is important to both
advanced and existing reactor core designs. A more recent
interest of mine is in the utilization of mathematical
inverse methods to develop adaptive core simulation
capability utilizing instrumentation readings. Our current
core simulators do not always obtain the fidelity we
desire, forcing conservatism to be introduced into core designs.
If the degree of conservatism can be reduced,
significant cost savings can be realized in design and operations.
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| other notes: |
Dr. Turinsky was awarded the U.S. Department of Energy 2002 E.O. Lawrence Award in Nuclear Technology.
Dr. Turinsky is also a member of the CRSC [center for Research in Scientific Computation]
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