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MBE5104 - Advanced Nuclear Reactor Physics

Offering Academic Unit
Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering
Credit Units
3
Course Duration
One Semester
Pre-requisite(s)
MBE5101 or equivalent
Course Offering Term*:
Not offering in current academic year

* The offering term is subject to change without prior notice
 
Course Aims

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. 

Assessment (Indicative only, please check the detailed course information)

Mini-project: 15%
Homework: 25%
Examination: 60%
Examination Duration: 2 hours
 
Detailed Course Information

MBE5104.pdf

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