This course aims to provide nuclear engineering students with highly progressive knowledge governing nuclear fission chain reaction in a manner that renders the transition to practical nuclear reactor design methods most natural.  This goal has led to a very considerable emphasis on numerical methods suitable for digital computation.  Further, a stress is made throughout this development the very close interplay between the nuclear analysis of a reactor core and those non-nuclear aspects of core physics, such as thermal-hydraulics or materials studies, which play a major role in determining a reactor design.  Finally, illustrations of various concepts regarding a number of more practical problems arising in the nuclear design of different types of power reactors are included. 

Mini-project: 15%
Homework: 25%
Examination: 60%

Examination Duration: 2 hours