Module catalogue 2023/2024
| NUCNEUTRO1 | Neutronique 1 | Master's Degree in Nuclear Engineering | S5 | ||||||
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| Lessons : 30 h | TD : 13 h | TP : 0 h | Project : 0 h | Total : 43 h | |||||
| Co-ordinator : Jean-Luc Lecouey | |||||||||
| Prerequisite | |
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| Mathematics for engineers - "Noyaux et Rayonnements" (Nuclei and radiation) | |
| Course Objectives | |
| Understand the basics of neutron transport in nuclear reactors and the consequences on neutron distributions in terms of space, energy and time, in a homogeneous reactor | |
| Syllabus | |
| Introduction to Neutron Physics Basics of Nuclear Physis Interaction of neutrons with matter Basics of Nuclear Reactors Boltzmann's equation of neutron transport - Neutron diffusion theory Neutron energy spectrum (slowing-down, thermalization) Reactor point kinetics |
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| Practical work (TD or TP) | |
| Critical masses, basics of reactor design Monte Carlo simulations of nuclear reactors |
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| Acquired skills | |
| Understand the behavior of a nuclear reactor at first order | |
| Bibliography | |
| P Reuss. Traité de neutronique R. Barjon. Physique des Réacteurs Nucléaires J. R. Lamarsh, A.J. Baratta. Introduction to Nuclear Engineering J. R. Lamarsh. Nuclear Reactor Theory W. M. Stacey. Nuclear Reactor Physics |
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