Inverse problems in nuclear engineering; Old but new approach for bottleneck removal

Itagaki, Masafumi*; Kurihara, Kenichi

An inverse problem has been known as a method to identify the cause on the basis of consequent observation and mathematical investigation. In recent years, the advancement of computer technology and numerical algorithms has stimulated this field of methodology. This leads to that an inverse problem is being noted as a new area of apllied physics and engineering. In this review, several inverse problems dealt in the nuclear engineering are presented together with the updated topics on this problem.