NPRE 448

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NPRE 448

COURSE OUTLINE

Course Number: NPRE 448

Title: Nuclear Systems Engineering and Design

Catalogue Description: Engineering principles that underlie nuclear systems design with emphasis on nuclear power reactors. Materials for nuclear systems Energy generation and removal in single- and two-phase flows. Reactor and component control systems and nuclear fuel reloading patterns.

Course Topics and Hours
Principle Topics Covered Hours (Approximate)
Materials for Nuclear Systems 4
Nuclear Fuels
Moderators and Fusion Blankets
Reactor Coolants
Reactor Structural Materials
Design of Power Distributions in Nuclear Systems 10
Multigroup Neutronics
Energy Production and Sources in Reactor Fuel and Components
Power-peaking Effects
Optimal Power Shapes; Fusion Blanket Power Shapes
Energy Removal Design for Nuclear Systems 10
Principles of Thermal Design
Mass, Momentum, and Energy Transport in Single-Phase Flow
Mass, Momentum, and Energy Transport in Two-Phase Flow
Temperature Distributions in Reactor Fuel Assemblies 10
Temperature Distributions in Reactor Components other than Fuel
Thermal Stresses
Flow Distributions in Reactor Cores
Control System Design for Nuclear Systems 10
Types of Reactor Control
Control Rod Reactivity Worths
Feedback Reactivity; Stability of Fission and Fusion Reactors
Reactor Core Design Over Core Life 9
Change in Core Composition with Time
Reactivity Lifetime and Metallurgical Lifetime
Nuclear Fuel Reloading Patterns
Examinations 2
Total 45

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Basic Texts: Sources for this course include notes together with a required text, such as N.E todreas and M.S. kazimi, "Nuclear Systems I", 1990.

Prerequisites: NucE 355; ME 205; Math 285 and 280.

Purpose of Course:

  • Prerequisite for NucE 358
  • Required for the Nuclear Engineering curricula
This course is part in the core curriculum required of all nuclear engineering students in the revised undergraduate nuclear engineering degree program. The level of the technical content of this course is directed to senior nuclear engineering undergraduates and to graduate students who enter the Department from other undergraduate fields.

Instructor: Roy A. Axford

Credit: 3 Semester Hours or 3/4 Unit

Meeting hours per week: 3

Class registration opacity: 20

Semesters course offered: REFER TO MASTER LISTING

Other notes:

Course last revised:

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