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.

The Course Project will require students to access PSU Engineering Servers with VPN and SSH software clients. The project will utilize the CASMO-4, CMS-LINK, and SIMULATE-3 code running on PSU Unix servers. The use of Mac OS computers in not supported in this course.

Current Course Offering Schedule via C&DE

Semester: Fall 2012 (CLASS is FULL)

Day and Time: TBA and online

Location: TBA and online

Start Date: August 27, 2012

End Date: December 21, 2012

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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Computer and Technology Requirements:

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.