MATERIALS DEGRADATION IN ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR ENVIRONMENTS

NE 424

Practical application of materials issues for nuclear systems including welding, non-destructive examination, optical microscopy, electron microscopy, to understand radiation damage and corrosion.

NE 602

Special Topics in Reactor Engineering.

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 412

Reactor design projects, reactor hazards, economics.

MS&E/NE 423

Fundamentals of fuel and cladding behavior in terms of thermal properties, chemical behavior and radiation damage.