Nuclear Reactor Theory I

4 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: None. Enforced Prerequisite: NERS 312 and NERS 320; No OP/F; or graduate standing. Minimum grade requirement of “C” for enforced prerequisite. (4 credits) An introduction to the theory of nuclear fission reactors including neutron transport theory, the P1 approximation, diffusion theory, criticality calculations, reactor kinetics, neutron slowing down theory, and numerical solution of the diffusion equation.