NE 421:  Introduction to Nuclear Criticality Safety
 
Course Outline
 
# Date Lesson
Computational
Reading/HW
1
8/31/98
 Introduction 
SCALE setup
Ch. 1 
2
9/2/98
Fundamental concepts
SCALE: Material description (1)
 3-6
3
9/9/98
Review of reactor theory
SCALE: Material description (2)/Cross sections
 7-13
4
9/14/98
International standards
SCALE: Geometry (1)
 29-36
[HW #1]
5
9/16/98
ANS standards
SCALE: Geometry (2)
 36-40
6
9/21/98
Criticality accident reports
 SCALE manual
 Ch. 3
7
9/23/98
Critical and subcritical experiments
SCALE: Geometry (3)
 43-49
8
9/28/98
Transient experiments
SCALE: Geometry (4)
 49-51
[HW #2]
9/30/98
General features of transport theory
Cross sections
SCALE: Geometry (5)
53-60
[HW #3]
10
10/5/98
Discrete ordinates overview
SCALE: Geometry (6)
 
11
10/7/98
"
SCALE: Overview of Calculational Steps
 
12
10/12/98
MonteCarlo overview
SCALE: Review of output (1)
 
13
10/14/98
No class -- Fall Break
 
 
14
10/19/98
MC and discrete ordinates SCALE input
SCALE: Review of output (2)
 
15
10/21/98
Validation/Subcritical limits
SCALE: Examples (1)
 65-73
16
10/26/98
Surface Density/Density analog
SCALE: Examples (2)
 75-81
[HW #4]
17
10/28/98
Review for Midterm
 
[HW #5]
18
11/2/98
Midterm Test
 
 
19
11/4/98
Overview of criticality safety evaluations
Assignment of projects
 
 
20
11/9/98
Material definitions
Allowable uncertainties
 MCNP Setup
 
21
11/11/98
Parametric studies
MCNP: Geometry (1)
 
22
11/16/98
 Contingency analysis (1)
MCNP: Geometry (2)
 
23
11/18/98
 Contingency analysis (2)
Team meeting
MCNP: Materials and cross sections
 
24
11/23/98
Layout of main calculations 
Work process tools
Interim Report #1 due
MCNP: Review of output
 
25
11/25/98
No class -- Thanksgiving
 
 
26
11/30/98
 Controls and Postings
Interim Report #2 due
MCNP: Examples (1)
 
27
12/2/98
 
MCNP: Examples (2)
 
28
12/7/98
Technical reviews
Final draft due
 
 
29
 12/9/98
Tabletop walkthrough of reports
 
 
 
12/11/98
Final report due
 
 


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