NE 471:  Nuclear Reactor Theory II (New)

• Computer Software for Reactor Analysis
• Generate cross sections
• Perform cell calculations
• Calculate power distribution
• General Aspects of Nuclear Reactor Core Design
• Nuclear core analysis
• Other areas of reactor core analysis
• Reactor calculations models
• Thermal-hydraulic Analysis of Nuclear Reactor Cores
• Power generation in nuclear reactor cores
• Radial heat conduction in reactor fuel elements
• Boiling heat transfer in nuclear reactor cores
• Hydrodynamic and thermal-hydraulic core analysis
• The calculation of Core Power Distributions
• Static and multi-group diffusion calculations
• Interaction of thermal-hydraulic, neutronics, and fuel depletion
• Flux synthesis methods
• Local power-peaking effects
• Reactivity Control
• Movable control rods
• Burnable poisons
• Chemical shim
• Inherent reactivity effects
• Analysis of Core Composition Changes
• Fission product poisoning
• Fuel depletion analysis
• Nuclear fuel management

• Determination of core design parameters to satisfy core performance specifications and safety constraints

• Examinations  50 %
• Reactor analysis  20 %
• Design problem 20 %
• Homework  10 %

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