MARLA is an easy-to-use tool for planning and optimizing BWR fuel shuffles.
MARLA is capable of planning an entire fuel shuffle, including design and optimization of the fuel movement schedule, analysis of core shutdown margin, and generation of the Fuel Movement Checklist for operations.
With tools to manage fuel pools and nuclear components as well as automate the choice of bundles to be loaded into dry storage casks, MARLA replaces many task-specific and in-house software programs currently in use at many utilities.
MARLA allows core designers and reactor engineers to work on the same platform to prepare for an outage. Core designers will prepare the project files for reactor engineers, who will then be able to plan and analyze the shuffle.
By providing superior reactivity management and increased shuffle efficiency, MARLA dramatically reduces planning time and outage costs.