Spring 2027

Nuclear Reactor Laboratory

Nuclear Reactor Laboratory involves experiments on reactor operation, flux measurement, and measurements of reactor parameters using a pool type reactor.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.66 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.44 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.74 GPA, 95.7% A/AB (n=23 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Analyze, through experiment, the time-dependent behavior of reactors in the subcritical state, the critical state and the supercritical state

  • Analyze, through experiment, the spatial shape and energy spectrum of neutron fluxes

  • Measure neutron and reactor parameters

  • Describe the extent to which theory and experiment agree, and what approximations or uncertainty result in deviations between the two

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Prerequisites

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N E 405 and 427, or graduate/professional standing

NE 428

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Calendar & sections

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LAB 001Classroom Instruction0 / 80
LAB 002Classroom Instruction0 / 80

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.66 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.44 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.74 GPA, 95.7% A/AB (n=23 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Reactor operation and parameter measurements using a pool-type reactor.
  • Time-dependent behavior of reactors in subcritical, critical, and supercritical states.
  • Spatial shape and energy spectrum of neutron fluxes.

Skills

  • Performing experiments on reactor operation and measuring neutron fluxes and reactor parameters using a pool-type reactor.
  • Analyzing the time-dependent behavior of reactors in subcritical, critical, and supercritical states through experiment.
  • Analyzing the spatial shape and energy spectrum of neutron fluxes through experiment.
  • Describing the agreement between theory and experiment, including approximations or uncertainties causing deviations.

Grades

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NE 428 · Spring 2027

Nuclear Reactor Laboratory

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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