ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY

NE 234

Presents the theoretical and practical information required to understand operation of nuclear reactors. Content includes all subjects which must be known by a person seeking an operating license for the university reactor. Instructors integrate information on similar operations and systems in a nuclear power plant.

NE 550

Analysis of nuclear systems for the production of useful power. Emphasis: thermodynamic cycles, reactor types, coupling of reactor and power plant, design synthesis, and plant economics.

AAE/ECON/ENVIRST/URBRPL 671

The method, application, and limitations of traditional economic approaches to the study of energy problems. Topics include microeconomic foundations of energy demand and supply; optimal pricing and allocation of energy resources; energy market structure, conduct, and performance; macro linkages of energy and the economy; and the economics of regulatory and other public policy approaches to the social control of energy.

NE 412

Reactor design projects, reactor hazards, economics.

NE 231

Nuclear fission/fusion, medical applications of radiation, radiation safety. Socio-economic topics including environmental justice, community engagement, nuclear policy. Brief history of and controversies in nuclear engineering. Career paths and ethics in engineering, and introduction to professional communication.