Nuclear Reactor Kinetics

3 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: Preceded or accompanied by NERS 441. Enforced Prerequisite: None. (3 credits) Derivation and solution of point reactor kinetic equations. Concept of reactivity, inhour equations and reactor transfer function. Linear stability analysis of reactors. Reactivity feedback and nonlinear kinetics. Space-dependent reactor kinetics and xenon oscillations. Introduction to reactor noise analysis.