NUCLEAR REACTOR ENGINEERING

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: N E 305 , M E 361 , and ( M E 363 and M E 364 or CBE 320 ) or graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Solve steady-state, coupled conduction and convection heat transfer problems in geometric configurations relevant to nuclear reactors Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe the temperature excursion experienced by the fuel during an uncontrolled accident sequence using relevant approximations Audience: Undergraduate 3. Perform mass, momentum, and energy balances on different reactor components Audience: Undergraduate 4. Assess the safety margin of different reactor components during normal and off-normal conditions, with reference to the concept of “defense-in-depth" Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Solve steady-state, coupled conduction and convection heat transfer problems in geometric configurations relevant to nuclear reactors Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe the temperature excursion experienced by the fuel during an uncontrolled accident sequence using relevant approximations Audience: Undergraduate 3. Perform mass, momentum, and energy balances on different reactor components Audience: Undergraduate 4. Assess the safety margin of different reactor components during normal and off-normal conditions, with reference to the concept of “defense-in-depth" Audience: Undergraduate