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NUCENG 4D04

Nuclear Reactor Physics

Undergraduate

Winter 2027 · C01

Topics

  • Introduction to Reactor Physics and Nuclear Reactions
  • Neutronic Concepts and Intro to Neutron Transport
  • Neutron Transport and Source Sink Problems
  • The Finite Reactor (with leakage and delayed components)
  • Feedback Mechanisms and Reactor Statics
  • Diffusion in 1 and 2 Energy Groups
  • Midterm break
  • Subcritical Cores, Multiplication, Approach to Critical
  • Reactor Kinetics with Prompt and Delayed Components
  • Xenon and Iodine Kinetics
  • Irradiation and Burnup Effects in CANDU
  • Irradiation and Burnup Effects in Light Water Reactors
  • Reactivity Components and Reactor Control
  • Review

Readings

  • Course notes
    Required
  • Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering
    Brent Lewis, Nihan Onder, Andrew Prudil · Recommended / optional
    Wiley · ISBN 9781119271499
  • Introduction to Nuclear Engineering
    John R. Lamarsh & Anthony J. Baratta · Recommended / optional
    Prentice Hall
  • Nuclear Reactor Analysis
    James J. Duderstadt & Louis J. Hamilton · Recommended / optional
    John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  • The Essential CANDU - a textbook about the CANDU nuclear reactor
    Recommended / optional
  • Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering ISBN: 9781119271499 Authors: Brent Lewis, Nihan Onder, Andrew Prudil Publisher: Wiley
    See source
  • Introduction to Nuclear Engineering ISBN: 0-20182- 498-1 Authors: John R. Lamarsh & Anthony J. Baratta Publisher: Prentice Hall
    See source
  • Nuclear Reactor Analysis ISBN: 0- 471-22363-8 Authors: James J. Duderstadt & Louis J. Hamilton Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
    See source
  • http://www.nuceng.ca/candu/ ↗
Winter 2027

Topics

  • Nuclear fission
  • Nuclear reactors
  • Reactor statics for homogeneous reactors
  • Reactor kinetics for simple time-dependent situations
  • Effects of saturating fission products (Xe-135
  • Reactivity coefficients
  • Perform labs involving
  • Nuclear physics processes underlying

Readings

  • Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering ISBN: 9781119271499 Authors: Brent Lewis, Nihan Onder, Andrew Prudil Publisher: Wiley
    Brent Lewis, Nihan Onder, Andrew Prudil · optional
    ISBN 9781119271499
  • Introduction to Nuclear Engineering ISBN: 0-20182- 498-1 Authors: John R. Lamarsh & Anthony J. Baratta Publisher: Prentice Hall
    John R. Lamarsh & Anthony J. Baratta · optional
    ISBN 0201824981
  • Nuclear Reactor Analysis ISBN: 0- 471-22363-8 Authors: James J. Duderstadt & Louis J. Hamilton Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
    James J. Duderstadt & Louis J. Hamilton · optional
    ISBN 0471223638
Sources