Nuclear Power

Nuclear Power Research Overview

NPRE is well known for its pioneering research in the area of reactor power engineering. NPRE graduates have gone to leadership positions in industry, national laboratories and academia. Research in the Nuclear Power sub-discipline covers all aspects of power generation using nuclear energy on land, underwater (submarine) and in space. It is an inherently multifaceted discipline, relying on several branches of physics and engineering for design and analysis of large complex systems. These include aspects of reactor physics, reactor thermal-hydraulics, reactor safety, reliability and risk, instrumentation and control, training and education, human factors engineering, reactor materials, nonproliferation, etc. Safety and continued operation of existing reactors and new reactor designs are also being explored in the department. Cross-cutting areas of research include multi-physics and multi-scale modeling and simulation, high performance computing, reliability and risk, validation and verification, and uncertainty analysis.

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Assistant Professor
Associate Professor and Donald Biggar Willett Faculty Scholar
Blue Waters Associate Professor and Director, Advanced Reactor Fuel Cycles Laboratory
Professor and Associate Head for Undergraduate Programs
Associate Professor and Donald Biggar Willett Faculty Scholar
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Assistant Professor
Associate Professor
Donald Biggar Willett Professor
Professor and Department Head
Assistant Professor

Subtopics in this Area

Computational Multi-Fluid Dynamics
Instrumentation and Control
Interfacial Area Transport
Multi-Physics Modeling and Simulation
Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics
Reactor Transient and Accident Analysis
Training and Education, Human Factors
Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer
Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Methods