[en] In CPC(Core Protection Calculator) of CE-type nuclear power plants, the core axial power distribution is calculated to evaluate the safety-related parameters. The accuracy of the CPC axial power distribution highly depends on the quality of the so called shape annealing matrix(SAM). Currently, SAM is determined by using data measured during startup test and used throughout the entire cycle. An issue concerned with SAM is that it is fairly sensitive to measurements and thus the fidelity of SAM is not guaranteed for all cycles. In this paper, a novel method to determine a high-performance SAM (HPSAM) is proposed, where both measured and simulated data are used in determining SAM