Nuclear Fuels

3 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Enforced Prerequisite: None. (3 credits) Nuclear reactor fuels and the fuel cycle; mining, processing, isotope separation and fabrication. Fuel/clad behavior; radiation damage, thermal response, densification, swelling, fission gas release, burn-up, clad corrosion, design and modeling. Spent fuel; characterization, performance, reprocessing, disposal.