Method and system for optimizing a refueling outage schedule

摘要

A method (300) for optimizing a nuclear reactor refueling outage schedule using a computer system (110) coupled to a database (120) is provided. The method includes, in one embodiment, inputting (302) into the computer system data relating to a current status of a nuclear reactor, with the reactor data including information related to current tooling, processes, and financial data; storing (304) the reactor data in the database; and inputting (306) into the computer system a proposed refueling outage schedule profile, with the outage schedule profile including critical path tasks and an estimated duration for each of the critical path tasks. The method further includes generating (308) a gap analysis by comparing the proposed refueling outage schedule profile to a predetermined refueling outage schedule profile, where the predetermined schedule profile represents an optimum schedule; and determining (310) the critical path tasks where adjustments to the task durations result in an optimized refueling outage schedule profile using the gap analysis.