NUCLEAR REACTOR ANALYSIS

NE 305

Properties of nuclei, nuclear structure, radioactivity, nuclear reactions, fission, resonance reactions, moderation of neutrons.

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.

NE 705

The neutron transport equation and its application to the analysis of nuclear reactors. Numerical solution methods, including the multi-group model, one-group equations, energy-averaged constants, discrete ordinates, and Monte Carlo methods. Perturbation theory and variational techniques for practical problems. Knowledge of Nuclear Reactor Theory [such asN E 405] required.

NE 405

The neutronics behavior of fission reactors, primarily from a theoretical, one-speed perspective. Criticality, fission product poisoning, reactivity control, reactor stability and introductory concepts in fuel management, followed by slowing down and one-speed diffusion theory.

NE 555

Basic equations and physical parameters of point reactor kinetics without feedback effects; the nuclear reactor as a total system; reactor excursions, Fuchs-Nordheim and Bethe-Tait models; space-time reactor dynamics; synthesis methods.