From d6aa7c207f0cbbd15fd3da53af0eb5c54ccef16a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anthony Scopatz Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 18:37:46 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] spcheck intro. --- intro/introduction.tex | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/intro/introduction.tex b/intro/introduction.tex index 9830b46..50ff31e 100644 --- a/intro/introduction.tex +++ b/intro/introduction.tex @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ \chapter{Introduction} After the fuel is burned, it is removed from the reactor and stored as a solid on the surface. This is known as a the once-through fuel cycle. -This work focuses on methods for assesing an open fuel cycle and a variety of other +This work focuses on methods for assessing an open fuel cycle and a variety of other strategies which have been subjected to intensive levels of technology development and deployment (TD\&D). @@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ \chapter{Introduction} even in the simplest cycles, the need for a dynamic fuel cycle simulator and analysis framework arises. -Many fuel cycles are stuided via pre-defined base case scenarios in which all input parameters +Many fuel cycles are studied via pre-defined base case scenarios in which all input parameters take on static values. Linear one-dimensional sensitivity studies may be performed which evaluate the effects of slightly changing a single parameter, while keeping all other inputs constant. However, perturbing a single value may push these base case models into a regime in which -they are no longer valid. Morever, important design regions of the parameter space may be +they are no longer valid. Moreover, important design regions of the parameter space may be overlooked by base case analysis due to the inability to perturb several parameters -simeltaneously. +simultaneously. Exploring and analyzing design regimes that are far from pre-set scenarios is necessary for correctly designing components based on parameters with global fuel cycle reach. @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ \chapter{Introduction} locality on which they are defined. At a minimum, their inputs are \emph{perturbable} within an acceptable range and their outputs respond accordingly. Such models do not seek to compute extraneous parameters that are not of direct importance -to the system at hand. For example, the flux in the fuel regionof a reactor is +to the system at hand. For example, the flux in the fuel region of a reactor is pertinent to the discharge material composition. However, the neutron current in the shielding is not. Essential physics models seek reasonable simplifications of more detailed computational