NucE 512 Nuclear Reactor Statics and Fuel Management

Course Description

This course will cover:

1. Introduction to Fuel Management

2. Variables of Core Management

3. Reactor Core Analysis

4. Multi-Group Diffusion Theory

5. Nuclear Cross-Section Data

6. Lattice Physics Calculations and Cross-Section Generation

7. Cross-section Parameterization and Cross-Section Libraries

8. Core Simulation and Nodal Methods

9. Core Burnup and Fuel Depletion Modeling

10. Fundamentals of Reactor Reload Calculations

11. Models for In-Core Fuel Managements

12. PWR In-Core Fuel Management

13. BWR In-Core Fuel Management

14. Fuel Management of Other Reactor Types

15. Optimization of Core Re-load Designs and Burnable Poison Placement

16. Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Economics

For more details see the Course Syllabus.

Current Course Offering Schedule via C&DE

Semester: Summer 2009

Day and Time: NA - online

Location: NA - online

Start Date: May 18, 2009

End Date: August 14, 2009

PSU Course Catalog Description

NucE 512 Nuclear Fuel Management ( 3) Nuclear fuel inventory determination and economic value through the fuel cycle. Emphasis on calculational techniques in reactor, optimization, and design. Prerequisite: NUC E 302
 

This Course has No Required Textbooks

Course Reference Books

"The Linear Reactivity Model for Nuclear Fuel Management"

ISBN: 0-89448-035-9

M. J. Driscoll, T. J. Downar, and E. E. Pilat

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"Introductory Nuclear Reactor Statics"

ISBN: 0-89448-033-2

Karl O. Ott and Winfred A. Bezella

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“Methods of Steady-State Reactor Physics in Nuclear Design”

Academic Press, 1983.

R. J. Stamm’ler and M. J. Abbate

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"The Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Analysis and Management, 2nd Edition"

ISBN: 0-89448-451-6

Robert G. Cochran and Nicholas Tsoulfanidis

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"Reactor Core Fuel Management"

Pergamon Press, 1976.

P. Silvennoinen

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The enrollment process is:

1. Contact the the Office of Continuing and Distance Education for admission into the course at 814-865-7643.

2. Complete and submit the Registration Form via mail, fax, or in person. See the Registration Page.