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esources, (i.e., human and fiscal) within the Department, the absolute level of support theDepartment receives from the University, and comment as appropriate on current and potential“leveraging” of these resources. Enclosed in our “guidelines” is a suggested academic programreview report format.I look forward to meeting with you and the entire committee in March. If you have any questionsor require additional information, please do not hesitate to let me know.1.3 Schedule of Review/ItineraryAcademic Program Review ItineraryDepartment of Nuclear EngineeringTexas A&M UniversityMarch 25-28, 2007Hotel Reservations: The Reveille Inn4400 Old College Road, Bryan, TX 77801 * 979.846.0858Sunday, March 25 (Arrival)5:55 p.m. Paul Turinsky, Richard Brey, William Martin arrive on 25 March Flight #3279 ~Driver: Yassin Hassan – will escort to Reveille Inn7:30 p.m. Dinner at Bell Ranch Steakhouse for the review team with Department Head andAssociate Department Head.John Poston, Interim Department Head, escort to Bell Ranch Steakhouse.Monday, March 26 (Day 1)7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Reveille Inn: Entry meeting with William Perry, Executive Vice President andProvost; Rick Giardino, Dean of Graduate Studies; Jack Vitek, Assistant Dean ofGraduate Studies; Martyn Gunn, Dean of Undergraduate Programs; and JimCalvin, Executive Associate Vice President for Research. Breakfast served. Dr.Perry provides charge and institutional perspective to reviewers.John Poston will escort review team to Dean’s Office9:00 –10:30 a.m. Meet with Dr. Kem Bennett, Dean of Engineering and Dr. John Niedzwecki,Executive Associate Dean, Engineering, 301 WERCYassin Hassan will escort to Zachry Engineering Center Building (ZACH)10:45–11:45a.m.Meet with John Poston, Department Head, Room 129 ZACH12:00 –1:45 p.m. Catered lunch with Ph.D. students, Room 129 ZACH2:00 – 3:45 p.m. Research Presentations, Room 129 ZACH Conference Room2:00-2:15 Best2:15-2:30 Tsvetkov2:30-2:45 Shao2:45-3:00 Vierow3:00-3:15 Braby2

3:15-3:30 McDeavitt3:30-3:45 Morel3:45 – 5:00 p.m. Meet with M.S. students, Room 129 ZACH5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Faculty Reception – TBD6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Dinner for the review team with Jim Morel and Marvin Adams8:00 p.m. Work session for review teamTuesday, March 27 (Day 2)6:45 – 7:30 a.m. Breakfast at Reveille’sJohn Ford escort to NSC8:00 –11:00 a.m. Tour departmental research laboratories8:00 – 8:30 a.m. NSC8:30 – 9:00 a.m. MicroBeam Facility9:00 – 9:45 a.m. Karen Vierow’s lab at Riverside CampusDriver: Karen Vierow10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Fred Best and Lin Shao labs/University Service Bldg.Driver: Lin Shao11:30 –1:30 p.m. Meet with departmental graduate committee, Room 129 ZACH(J. Poston, M. Adams, F. Best, Y. Hassan, D. Reece)Noon -- working lunch for the review team1:30 –2:30 p.m. Sean McDeavitt and Lin Shao labs in Zachry Engineering Center2:30 –5:00 p.m. Open time for review team to work on final report, Room 129 ZACH5:30 p.m. Dinner for review team at Reveille Inn; catered by EpicuresJohn Poston will escort to The Reveille InnReviewers’ work session, preparation of draft report for debriefing.Wednesday, March 28 (Day 3)7:30 – 9:00 a.m. Exit meeting with William Perry, Executive Vice President and Provost; RickGiardino, Dean of Graduate Studies; Jack Vitek, Assistant Dean of GraduateStudies; John Niedzwecki, Executive Associate Dean of Engineering at ReveilleInn. Breakfast served. Reviewers present summary of their on-site review.John Poston will escort to Zachry Engineering Center9:30 –10:30 a.m. Reviewers debrief Department Head, Room 129 ZACH11:00–12:00 p.m. Reviewers brief faculty, staff, and graduate students on final report, Room 342, Zachry3

12:15 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch for the review team and faculty and staff; Room 129 ZACHReviewers are escorted to Easterwood Airport for departure2:00 p.m. Paul Turinsky, Richard Brey, William Martin depart on 28 March Flight #3260 ~ JimMorel will escort to McKenzie Terminal, Easterwood AirportNuclear Engineering Faculty Contacts:Interim Dept. Head: John W. Poston, Sr. Committee: Bill Charlton Associate Dept Head: Yassan HassanOffice: 979.845.4175 Office/Cell: 979.845.7092 Office: 979.845.7090Home: 979.696.1573 Home: 979.690.2208 Home: 979.690.7122Cell: 979.450.1609 Cell: 979.218.44174

adiation detection and measurement laboratory, an interphase transport phenomena laboratory, anuclear materials laboratory, a nuclear counting laboratory, a nuclear fuel managementcalculation center, and numerous research centers.The Department’s faculty and students have ready access via campus-wide Ethernet to a 24-processor SGI Power Challenge, a 32-processor SGI Origin 2000, a 16-processor Cray J90, andseveral UNIX servers. In addition to over one hundred microcomputers available for studentuse, the department has UNIX file servers as well as UNIX and LINUX computational servers.The Department has engaged in numerous interdisciplinary, intercollegiate, and internationalcollaborative projects. The following are recent examples of the Department’s interdisciplinaryprograms or research: flywheel control with Mechanical Engineering, multi-quantum wellphotovoltaics with the NanoFab Center, drug delivery with the MicroEncapsulation and DrugDelivery Center, radiation biology studies with Biomedical Engineering and VeterinaryMedicine, fluorescent microscope studies with Chemical Engineering, radioactive materialsbehavior with the Chemistry Department, proposed aerosols research with the College ofGeosciences and several COE departments, numerical computation methods with ComputerScience Department, spatial discretation techniques with the Math Department, flow dragreduction with Civil Engineering, bioaerosol sampling and collection with MechanicalEngineering, and radiation induced cancer and protective effects of diet studies with the Collegeof Animal Science.The Department has conducted collaborative programs or research with the following otheruniversities and institutions: University of Cincinnati, New Mexico Institute of Mining andTechnology, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Eglin Air Force Base, the Naval Air Warfare Centerat China Lake, the Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Pantex, Bechtel/Nevada,General Atomics Corporation, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley NationalLaboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, GrayCancer Institute (United Kingdom), Massachusetts General Hospital, Baylor Medical Center,Los Alamos National Laboratory, North Carolina State University, Oregon State University,Studsvik-Scandpower, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Sandia National Laboratories,and Idaho National Energy Engineering Laboratory.The Department has international memoranda of understanding (MOU) to host students from theEcole Polytechnique Feminine and Grenoble in France and from Ekaterinburg in Russia. TheDepartment has a NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) grant to assist nuclear powerdecommissioning activities in Russia. The Department also has provided representation to theU.S./Russia Joint Technical Working Group on Water Reactor Options for Disposition ofWeapons Plutonium and has advised ININ (Instituto Nanciaonal de Investigaciones Nucleares,i.e., National Institute for Nuclear Engineering) and IPN (Instituo Politecnico Nacional, i.e.,National Polytechnic Institute) in Mexico.The Department is central to meeting the needs of Texas industries that apply nuclear technologyand use radionuclides; these industries include two major electric power utilities which operatefour nuclear power plants in Texas, numerous chemical process and petrochemical industrieswhich use radionuclides for precision measurements, a large medical community which usesnuclear radiation and radionuclides for both diagnostic and therapeutic health treatments, and6

elements of the national aerospace and defense infrastructures. The Department of NuclearEngineering will also assist Texas agencies relative to issues associated with transportationthrough the state of radioactive material to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico andthe Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository in Nevada and the sighting of a low levelradioactive waste repository in the State.2.2 Strategic PlanThe Department of Nuclear Engineering strategic plan has been developed with input from boththe Department’s External Advisory Council (see Sect. 2.4) and the Department faculty. Theplan supports and is complementary to the Texas A&M University Vision 2020: Creating aCulture of Excellence and the university’s Quality Enhancement Plan 2002 (QEP), both ofwhich were published in 2002. The priority themes of the QEP for excellence development instudent learning are research, diversity, internationalization, and technology. The Department’sstrategic plan also supports the institutional priority imperatives stated in 2003 by Texas A&MUniversity President Robert M. Gates (1) to elevate our faculty, (2) to improve our graduate andundergraduate programs, (3) to diversify and to globalize our programs, and (4) to improve ouruse of space.The Department’s current strategic plan was initially formulated at an all-day faculty retreat onAugust 22, 2002, and an External Advisory Council’s meeting November 1, 2002, to focus onimprovements in the following eight strategic areas:• Recognition• Undergraduate Enrollment• Graduate Enrollment• Research Focus• Faculty• Research Funding• Student Funding• Support from CollegeThe following goals were defined in support of the strategic areas:• National rank relative to peers UG #1; Grad #2• Undergraduate enrollment level ~200• Graduate enrollment level ~100• Research focus/orientation ↑ nuclear power• Faculty capabilities to be added nuclear engineering.• Target research funding level ↑ 75%*• Target student funding level ↑ 50%*• Support needed from College increase Gold Plate Budget• Schedule to get it all accomplished 2 – 4 years____________________________________*Referenced to FY03 levels.7

At every subsequent External Advisory Council meeting and at numerous faculty meetings andall-day retreats since 2002 the progress in each of the eight strategic areas was evaluated, and theaccomplishment against each of the goals has been reported. For example, a typical report ofselected goals is shown in Figure 2.2-1 below.Department Goals250Variable per Goal200150100500UG Enroll Grad Enroll Res $100K Stud $K GPB $10KGoalFY0306aGoalFigure 2.2-1 Example of Department Goals StatusThe adequacy of the defined strategic areas is evaluated at least semi-annually. As a result ofthis evaluation the following four strategic areas have been added:• Academic Standards• Organization• Development• FacilitiesAs for the original eight strategic areas, at every subsequent External Advisory Council meetingand at numerous faculty meetings and all-day retreats since their inception, the progress in eachof these four strategic areas has been evaluated. Results in several areas are summarized inSections 2.10 and 3.6, and details in all areas are reported in External Advisory Council meetinghandouts and written summaries of faculty meetings and retreats.The strategic area of “Research Focus” was given special attention because of its importance inrecruiting and selecting new faculty members and in recruiting graduate students. The followingset of guiding principles was defined for this area:• Build on Core Competencies• Add Essential Capabilities• Ensure Synergy with Teaching Mission• Seek Alignment with TEES Thrust Areas• Build Mutually Beneficial Partnerships• Participate in High Profile Initiatives8

These guiding principles were discussed with and agreed upon by the Department’s ExternalAdvisory Council during its meeting on October 22, 2004.During an all-day retreat on June 3, 2005, the faculty identified the core competencies of theDepartment’s research capabilities to be:• Reactor Analysis/Computational Methods• Reactor Engineering• Radiation Biology• Reactor Experiments• Dosimetry• Irradiation Effects on MaterialsThe faculty also established an objective to expand its research capability in materials for nuclearapplications during an all-day retreat on January 10, 2006. All faculty additions during 2005and 2006 were made with careful consideration of the guiding principles for the research focusstrategic area.The Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) research thrust areas, at the time when theseguiding principles were defined, were energy, space exploration, engineering the ultra-small,homeland security, and information engineering. The Department’s research core competenciesreadily aligned with the first four thrust areas.Mutually beneficial research partnerships were established with the departments of ComputerScience, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, and Chemical Engineering and the colleges ofLife Sciences and Architecture. The Department also participated in high profile initiativesincluding leading the DOE Southwest Research Consortium, supporting the Texas A&Mpartnership with Bechtel National to bid on the management and operations contract for IdahoNational Laboratory, hosting a NASA-sponsored space power center, and leading a DOEsponsoredmulti-university partnership to promote enrollment of under-represented students.2.3 Administrative StructureThe Department administrative organization is shown in Figure 2.3-1. The organization assignsresponsibility to the Department Head or a faculty member for each major Departmentadministrative activity. The following administrative functions are also each supported by one ormore full-time staff members: general administration, business administration, outreach,computer systems and network, laboratory management, undergraduate programs, and graduateprograms.Faculty members also serve on the following several Department committees which enhance theeducation experience of both undergraduate and graduate students: Graduate Programs andPolicies Committee, Undergraduate Programs and Policies Committee, LaboratoriesManagement Committee, Computer Committee, and Scholarships Committee. In addition,faculty members serve rotating positions on the Department Ph.D. Qualifying ExaminationCommittee.9

Figure 2.3-1 Department of Nuclear Engineering Administrative Organization10

The Department Graduate Programs and Policies Committee has the following responsibilities:1. Recruit excellent graduate students.2. Review graduate applications and make decisions on whom to admit, whom to reject,and what financial assistance (if any) to offer to the admitted students. The financialoffers must be coordinated with department leadership (because in most cases thedepartment is bearing the cost) and with faculty members (because in some cases anindividual faculty member will volunteer to support an individual incoming student).3. Make recommendations to the faculty and department leadership regarding thefollowing:a. policies for degree plans -- specific courses required for each degree, other courserequirements for each degree (e.g., what courses cannot be used on a 64-hourPhD plan)b. graduate curriculum -- which courses should be on the books, how often theyshould be taughtc. policies for other aspects of the graduate program, including the qualifying exam,the preliminary exam, research proposals, expectations of graduate students, etc.4. Create and maintain a graduate-student guide.Currently five tenure/tenure-track faculty members serve on this committee which is chaired bythe Graduate Coordinator.The Department Undergraduate Programs and Policies Committee has the followingresponsibilities:1. Monitor overall undergraduate curricula for appropriateness of course content andpropose changes for faculty consideration.2. Respond to information regarding shortcomings in required courses by determiningthe extent of the problem. If the Committee judges the shortcomings to besufficiently serious, it will determine alternatives that in the short term can beimplemented by course substitutions and for the long-term will be proposed to thefaculty as changes in the published curriculum. Such changes will be implementedaccording to the standard procedures of the university.3. Advise the Scholarships Committee on GPA (grade point average) criteria and otherissues regarding undergraduate scholarships.4. Advise the Department regarding undergraduate elective offerings.11

5. Annually review and, if necessary, modify the Department and university policiesthat are given in the Undergraduate Guide.Currently three tenure/tenure-track faculty members serve on this committee which is chaired bythe Undergraduate Coordinator.The Department Laboratories Management Committee has the following responsibilities:1. Conduct an annual survey of the Department’s teaching laboratory facilities todetermine their adequacy relative to supporting the Department’s curriculum and tomeeting appropriate standards of industry practice.2. Recommend to the Department Head annual maintenance and an upgrade of theDepartment’s teaching laboratory facilities.3. Complete the AGN-201M reactor upgrade and restart including preparing alldocumentation required by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.4. Respond to periodic COE Office of Engineering Safety evaluations of laboratoryenvironmental, health and safety evaluation reports as appropriate.5. Coordinate with research laboratory Principal Investigators on issues of commonconcern or interest to the Department’s teaching laboratories.Currently three tenure/tenure-track faculty members and the Department Facilities Managerserve on this committee which is chaired by a tenure-track Associate Professor.The Department Computer Committee has the following responsibilities:1. Prioritize the needs for upgrading and expanding the Department computingcapabilities.2. Plan far ahead to meet high-priority needs within the constraints of limited budgets.3. Compare myriad options for filling each need; choose the best.4. Establish policies for use of computing resources.5. Make decisions about which services to offer (such as email programs, compilers,etc.).6. Oversee the Department web site.The Computer Committee solicits inputs from students through a student committee whichincludes students who: frequently use computers in the Department’s computer lab, usecomputers at their desks and/or at home, use laptops, are in different graduate research groups,are undergraduates, and use different email options. Currently a tenured Full Professor and the12

Department Computer Manager serve on this committee which is chaired by the tenured FullProfessor.The Department Scholarships Committee has the following responsibilities:1. Define criteria for the Department’s scholarship awards.2. Prepare application forms for scholarships granted by the Department.3. Review applications submitted for scholarships granted by the Department.4. Decide which applicants are to be granted scholarships consistent with availability ofDepartment scholarship funds.5. Notify applicants relative to scholarship awards.6. Maintain records of all scholarship applicants, bases for awards, and awards given.Currently three tenure/tenure-track faculty members serve on this committee which is chaired bya tenured Full Professor.The Department Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee is composed of the faculty as-awhole.The committee is divided into five subcommittees, each of which has the followingresponsibilities:1. Prepare one of the five sections of the Ph.D. Qualifying Examination and associatedanswer keys. These are currently: Reactor Theory and Experimentation, ReactorEngineering (Fission), Radiation Interactions and Measurement, Health Physics(Theoretical), and Health Physics (Applied).2. Grade the respective section of the examination using independent review by at leasttwo members of the subcommittee.3. Compile statistical results of the grading for the respective section of the examinationincluding grades on each question by each independent reviewer, average gradebetween reviewers on each question, variance of grades between reviewers on eachquestion, and tabulation of all results for all students who took the examination (withstudents being anonymous).4. Advise the faculty as-a-whole of any significant discrepancies between graders’results.5. Advise the faculty as-a-whole regarding interpretation of any questions andassociated answers for the respective section of the examination.Currently five or six tenure/tenure-track faculty members serve on each subcommittee, and thePh.D. Qualifying Examination committee is chaired by the Associate Department Head.13

2.4 External Advisory CouncilThe Department is advised by an External Advisory Council that was formed in 1998. TheCouncil is currently composed of twenty-one senior executives from a broad spectrum ofutilities, nuclear industry, the United States Department of Energy (DOE), national laboratories,academia, and government. The demographic composition of the nineteen members currently onthe Council is shown in Figure 2.4-1. The Council meets semi-annually, once during the Fallsemester and once during the Spring semester, for a full day.GovernmentAcademiaUtilitiesNRC,DOE,LabsVendors,A/Es,SuppliersFigure 2.4-1 Department of Nuclear Engineering External Advisory CouncilEach meeting of the External Advisory Council is preceded by an informal dinner to which bothfaculty and students are invited. The dinner is preceded by a brief program which hastraditionally been a recognition of students’ scholarship and fellowship awards at the Fallmeeting and a special topic discussion, such as new nuclear power plant construction, at theSpring meeting. During the dinner Council members each have a designated table at whichstudents may gather and discuss the organization represented by that member as well asinternship and job opportunities.Each meeting of the External Advisory Council follows a similar agenda including: an updatefrom the Department Head of events having a significant impact on the Department, the financialstatus of the Department, and progress on each of the areas of the Department’s strategic plan(see Sect. 2.2); reports from the Outreach Coordinator, the Undergraduate Coordinator, theGraduate Coordinator, and the Faculty Search Committee Chair (if appropriate); reports fromone or more faculty members on either a research topic or a teaching improvement topic;response to feedback from the Council at its previous meeting; and generally a special reportrequested by the Council, such as the TRIGA reactor core conversion.During each meeting the Council has lunch with a group of student leaders, generally the officersof the American Nuclear Society (ANS) and Health Physics Society (HPS) student sections andrecipients of Stinson Scholarships, to obtain feedback about the Department’s programs. Thisfeedback is reported to the Department Head by the Council at the close of its meeting and is asignificant source of input to making improvements to the Department’s education programs andfacilities.14

The External Advisory Council had a significant role in developing the Department’s strategicplan (see Sect. 2.2) and monitoring progress towards its goals. Likewise, the Councilparticipated in several aspects of the Department’s preparations for an ABET accreditationreview in 2004 including developing Program Educational Objectives and Program EducationalOutcomes and administering assessments of results.2.5 FacultyThe Department of Nuclear Engineering faculty is currently composed of 17 tenure-tenure track(TT) and 7 non-TT positions. One additional tenure-tenure track position at the AssistantProfessor rank is scheduled to be added in FY08 under the University President’s ReinvestmentProgram (see Sect. 7.1). Pertinent statistics of the faculty are given in Table 2.5-1. The twovacancies in the tenure/tenure-track positions are the Department Head, for which a nationalsearch is currently underway, and a Professor who retired in 2006, for which a search will beconducted after the new Department Head is hired. Abbreviated curriculum vitae are provided inAppendix A.All tenure-tenure track faculty members and several non-TT faculty members have teachingassignments in the Department. A summary of these assignments for Academic Year 2006-2007is given in Table 2.5-2.The faculty conducts a broad spectrum of research as indicated in Sect. 2.1. A listing of currentresearch projects is provided in Sect. 5.2. The curriculum vitae provided in Appendix A alsoindicate faculty research interests by the publications listed therein.Many faculty members support the graduate programs in both nuclear engineering and healthphysics. An approximate distribution of faculty workload between these two programs is givenin Table 2.5-3.Faculty members are admitted to the Texas A&M University Graduate Faculty following reviewby the Office of Graduate Studies and approval by the Dean of Graduate Programs. As amember of the Graduate Faculty, one of the most important responsibilities of faculty membersis to serve on graduate students’ Research Advisory Committees (RACs). Most faculty membersserve as the Chair of several students’ committees and as a member of many other students’committees, both within the Department and in other departments. The major roles of the RACChair are to advise the student in preparation of his/her degree plan (see Sect. 3.5), to mentor thestudent’s preparation for admission to the Ph.D. program (see Sect. 3.3), to advise and to assistthe student in determining his/her research topic, to provide financial support through asponsored research project (see Sect. 6.2), to advise the student in conduct of his/her research,and to mentor the student’s preparation for Preliminary and Final Examinations (see Sect. 3.7).The major roles of RAC committee members, including the Chair, are to review and to approvethe student’s degree plan, thesis or dissertation proposal, and thesis or dissertation and toexamine the student during the Preliminary and Final Examinations.15

Table 2.5-1 Department of Nuclear Engineering FacultyLegend: AAP – Assistant Professor; AP – Associate Professor; FP – Professor; EP – Emeritus Professor; VP – Visiting Professor orPost-doc; RP – Research Professor; AAAP – Adjunct Professor; L – Lecturer; FT – full-time; PT – part-timeNameRankFT or PTMarvin L. Adams FP FTHighest DegreePh.DInstitution fromwhich HighestDegree Earned &YearUniversity ofMichigan 1986Years of ExperienceGovt./IndustryPracticeTotal FacultyThisInstitutionTenure-tenure Track FacultyState in whichRegistered8 15 15 TXLevel of Activity(high, med, low, none)ProfessionalSociety(IndicateSociety)ANS , high(Fellow)ASEE, lowResearchhighConsulting/SummerWork inIndustryFrederick R. Best AP FT Ph.D. M.I.T. 1980 6 27 25 TX ANS, low high lowWilliam S.ANS, highAP FT Ph.D. Texas A&M 1999 2 7 4 noneCharltonINMM-highhigh medJohn R. Ford AP FT Ph.D.UT KnoxvilleRRS, ANS, HPS,5 8 8 none1992lowhigh noneANS (Fellow), highYassin A. Hassan FP FT Ph.D. U. of Illinois 1980 9 23 21 TX ASME (Fellow),highlow lowWilliam H.U. of Texas at AustinAAAR, APS, EASFP FT Ph.D.11 20 20 nonemed medMarlow1973- lowSean McDeavitt AAP FT Ph.D. Purdue 1992 12 4 1 none ANS, TMS, high high medU. of New MexicoJim E. Morel FP FT Ph.D.31 22 1 2 none ANS, SIAM, high high med1979high1 20 years part-time.16

NameRankFT or PTHighest DegreeInstitution fromwhich HighestDegree Earned &YearYears of ExperienceGovt./IndustryPracticeTotal FacultyThisInstitutionState in whichRegisteredK. L. Peddicord FP PT Ph.D. U. of Illinois 1972 5 31 24 TXJohn W. Poston,Sr.Jean C. RagusaLin ShaoFP FT Ph.D. Ga. Tech. 1971 19 30 23 noneAAP FT Ph.D.AAP FT Ph.D.National PolytechnicInstitute of Grenoble,France 2001University of Houston2001Level of Activity(high, med, low, none)ProfessionalSociety(IndicateSociety)ANS (Fellow),ASME, highANS (Fellow), medHPS (Fellow), medAAAS (Fellow),low SNM, lowResearchlowmedConsulting/SummerWork inIndustrylowmed5 4 3 none ANS, high high high5 1 1 noneW. D. Reece FP FT Ph.D. Ga . Tech. 1988 10 17 17 nonePavel V. TsvetkovAAP FT Ph.D.Karen Vierow AP FT Ph.D.Vacancy FP FTVacancy FP FTTexas A&MUniversity2002University of Tokyo1999AES, MRS, APS,highANS, AAAS,ASEE,HPS, lowhighhighhighlow10 4 4 none ANS, med high none11 7 1 noneNon-TT FacultyLeslie A. Braby SL FT Ph.D. Oregon S U 1972 31 10 10 noneANS, ASME,AESJ, JSMF, highRRS, HPS, AAAS,APS, highhighhighhighnone17

NameRankFT or PTHighest DegreeInstitution fromwhich HighestDegree Earned &YearYears of ExperienceGovt./IndustryPracticeTotal FacultyThisInstitutionState in whichRegisteredLevel of Activity(high, med, low, none)ProfessionalSociety(IndicateSociety)ResearchConsulting/SummerWork inIndustryDavid Boyle RP FT Ph.D. M.I.T. 1980 22 5 14ANS-low; INMMlowFlorida Med. noneWilliam E.ANS-highAAAP PT Ph.D. U. of Illinois 1970 33 5 5 noneBurchillASEE-lowlow medIan S. Hamilton VAP PT Ph.D. Texas A&M 1995 25 33 10 none HPS-high Med. highRon R. Hart EP PT Ph.D. U. Cal. Berkeley 1967 10 32 32 TXANS, lowAPS-lowhigh lowWarren F. Miller,NorthwesternRP PT Ph.D.Jr.University 197335 9 10 2 2 ANS, NAE, high low med.Paul Nelson EP PT Ph.D.U. of New Mexico19696 43 20 none ANS (Fellow), high med. med.Ryoji Oinuma VP FT Ph.D. Texas A&M 2005Natela G.OstrovskayaL PT Ph.D. Texas A&M 2005 3 2 2 none RRS, low N/A N/A2 All years part-time.18

Table 2.5-2 Department of Nuclear Engineering Teaching Assignments AY 2006-2007Faculty MemberClasses Taught: Course Number, Course Title, Term, Semester Credit HoursMarvin AdamsFrederick BestWilliam BurchillLeslie BrabyWilliam CharltonJohn FordYassin HassanWilliam MarlowSean McDeavittNUEN 301, Nuclear Reactor Theory, Fall 06, CR3 (2 sections)NUEN 629, Numerical Methods in Reactor Analysis, Spring 07, CR4NUEN 610, Nuclear Reactor Design, Fall 06, CR4NUEN 410, The Design of Nuclear Reactors, Spring 07, CR4NUEN 101 Principles of Nuclear Engineering, Fall 06, CR1 (2 sections)NUEN 489, Special Topics in Space Radiation, Fall 06, CR1NUEN 613, Principles of Radiological Safety, Fall 06, CR3NUEN 615 Theory and Applications of Microdosimetry, Spring 07, CR3NUEN 633, Radiation Measurement & Calibration, Spring 07, CR 3NUEN 405, Nuclear Engineering Experiments, Fall 06, CR3NUEN 489, Nuclear Reactor Assembly Design, Fall 06, CR1NUEN 689 Issues in Nuclear Non Proliferation and Arms Control, Fall 06, CR3NUEN 606, Reactor Analysis and Experimentation, Spring 07, CR4NUEN 689, Special Topics in Fuel Cycle and Safeguards, Spring 07, CR3NUEN 673, Radiation Biology, Fall 06, CR3NUEN 303, Nuclear Detector and Isotope Technology Laboratory, Spring 07, CR3NUEN 674, Radiation Carcinogenesis, Spring 07, CR3NUEN 675 Internal Dose Techniques, Spring 07, CR3NUEN 623, Nuclear Engineering Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow, Fall 06, CR3NUEN 481/681, Seminar, Fall 06, CR1NUEN 481/681 Seminar, Spring 07, CR1NUEN 624 Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics and Stress Analysis, Spring 07, CR3NUEN 475, Environmental Nuclear Engineering, Fall 06, CR3NUEN 302, Introduction to Nuclear Engineering II, Spring 07 & Summer 07, CR3NUEN 677 Aerosol Science, Spring 07, CR3NUEN 678, Waste Management in the Nuclear Industry, Fall 06, CR3NUEN 489, Special Topics in Materials Science for Nuclear Energy Applications, Spring 07, CR319

Faculty MemberClasses Taught: Course Number, Course Title, Term, Semester Credit HoursJim MorelNUEN 689, Radiation Hydrodynamics, Fall 06, CR3NUEN 604, Radiation Interactions and Shielding, Spring 07, CR3Natela Ostrovskaya ENGR 111, Foundations of Engineering I, Fall 06, CR 2John Poston NUEN 201, Introduction to Nuclear Engineering I, Fall 06, CR3NUEN 309, Radiological Safety, Fall 06, CR3NUEN 479 Radiation Protection Engineering, Spring 07, CR3NUEN 612 Radiological Safety and Hazards Evaluation, Spring 07, CR3Jean Ragusa NUEN 618, Nuclear Control Systems, Fall 06, CR3NUEN 329, Analytical and Numerical Methods, Spring 07, CR4Warren Reece NUEN 611, Radiation Detection and Management, Fall 06, CR3NUEN 676, Health Physics Instrumentation, Spring 07, CR3Lin ShaoNUEN 689, Ion-Solid Interactions, Fall 06, CR3NUEN 201, Introduction to Nuclear Engineering I, Spring 07, CR3Pavel Tsvetkov NUEN 430, Computer Applications in Nuclear Engineering, Fall 06, CR3NUEN 601, Nuclear Reactor Theory, Fall 06, CR3NUEN 304, Nuclear Reactor Analysis, Spring 07, CR3NUEN 689, Special Topics in Fast Spectrum Systems and Applications, Spring 07, CR3Karen Vierow NUEN 406, Nuclear Engineering Systems and Design, Fall 06, CR2NUEN 101 Principles of Nuclear Engineering, Spring 07, CR1NUEN 489, Special Topics in Nuclear Reactor Safety Analysis, Spring 07, CR220

Table 2.5-3 Faculty Workload Distribution Between Graduate ProgramsFaculty MemberNuclear Engineering%Health Physics%Marvin L. Adams 3 50 25Frederick R. Best 75 25David Boyle 100 0Leslie A. Braby 25 75William E. Burchill 50 50William S. Charlton 75 25John R. Ford 25 75Ron R. Hart 75 25Yassin A. Hassan 75 25William H. Marlow 50 50Sean McDeavitt 75 25Warren F. Miller, Jr. 75 25Jim E. Morel 100 0Paul Nelson 100 0Ryoji Oinuma 100 0Natela G. Ostrovskaya N/A N/AK. L. Peddicord 100 0John W. Poston, Sr. 50 50Jean C. Ragusa 100 0Lin Shao 75 25W. D. Reece 50 50Pavel V. Tsvetkov 100 0Karen Vierow 100 03 Dr. Adams has a quarter-time appointment from TAMU as Associate Vice-President for Research.21

Faculty members also have extensive interactions with both undergraduate and graduatestudents. This involvement takes many forms including service on faculty committees (see Sect.2.3); assistance in professional development through attendance at the weekly Graduate Seminar,mentor groups (defined below), student sections of professional societies, and attendance atnational professional society meetings; advising, mentoring, and participation in researchactivities; and assistance in creating interactions with industry through meetings with theDepartment’s External Advisory Council, Department-sponsored field trips to various industryfacilities such as nuclear power plants and radiological health laboratories, facilitation of summerinternships, and introductions to industry personnel.Faculty members interact with students in the Department Mentor Group Program. Mentorgroups are informal gatherings of faculty and students (both undergraduate and graduate) todiscuss topics generally chosen by the students. The format is late afternoon or early eveningone-hour suppers with food provided by the faculty who sponsor the group. The groups areinformally organized by one or more faculty members who generally host two or three meetingseach semester. Students are welcome to attend any group and as many groups each semester asthey wish. A wide range of topics is discussed such as a particular research area, courses,internship opportunities and experiences, job opportunities, ethics, communications, and currentevents in the nuclear community.Faculty members interact with students through the activities of student sections of the followingthree professional societies: the American Nuclear Society (ANS), the Health Physics Society(HPS), and the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM). Each of these sections isadvised by a different tenure/tenure-track faculty member. Each of the sections meets severaltimes each semester, and faculty members attend periodically. The meetings usually involve aspeaker who enhances the students’ professional development. One of the most importantprofessional development activities of the student sections is to sponsor students’ attendance atthe national meetings of their respective professional societies. Financial support for suchattendance is generally prorated about 40% from the department, 40% from the respectivestudent section, 10% from the attending students, and 10% from the respective professionalsociety. Numerous faculty members also attend these national meetings and thus enhance thestudents’ professional development by mentoring the students during the meeting andintroducing the students to professionals in the field.The faculty is engaged in a wide spectrum of service activities at the department, college,university, state, national, and international levels as illustrated by the curriculum vitae providedin Appendix A. The faculty has a high level of participation in numerous professional societiesas shown by the “Level of Activity” data tabulated in Table 2.5-1. Most faculty members areaffiliated with more than one professional society; some are a member of several. Nearly allfaculty members have held or currently hold positions in their professional societies as officers,on national committees or on technical program committees. As shown by the curriculum vitaein Appendix A, seven faculty members are fellows in their respective professional societies. Theextent and level of influence of the faculty’s service activities is illustrated by the listing ofnoteworthy committees on which faculty members currently serve or have recently served whichis provided in Table 2.5-4.22

Table 2.5-4 Faculty Service on Noteworthy CommitteesInternational CommitteesUS-Russia Joint Technical Working Group On Water-Reactor Options For Disposition OfWeapons PlutoniumInternational Commission on Radiation Units (ICRU)ICRU Committee To Define Methods For Specifying Dose In Microbeam Irradiation Chair18 th International Conference on Transport Theory Technical Program Committee19 th International Conference on Transport Theory Technical Program Committee4 th International Symposium on Measurement Techniques for Multiphase FlowOrganizing Committee11 th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering U.S. Technical Program Committee ChairInternational Organizing Committee of NURETH 11 ConferenceOrganizing Committee of 5 th International Conference on Multiphase FlowsCancer Research UK Oxford Radiobiology Research Initiative External Grant ReviewerNIH ZRG1 ONC-R (11B) SBIR\STTR Review CommitteeNational Agency and Laboratory CommitteesU.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) ASCI Burn Code Review PanelDOE Scientific Review Group Joint Coordinating Committee for Radiation EffectsDOE Blue Ribbon Panel on Non-Proliferation Characteristics of Recycled Series One LWR FuelDOE Generation IV Roadmap Energy Products Crosscut Group ChairDOE Peer Review Panel for Low Dose Radiation Research ProgramDOE Panel on Predictive Science in Advanced Simulation and ComputingDOE Advisory Panel on Predictive ScienceDOE Joint Coordinating Committee on Radiation Effects Research, International HealthProgramsDOE Nuclear Energy Research and Development Advisory CommitteeDOE University Working GroupNational Academy of Sciences Committee on the Transportation of Radioactive Waste toYucca MountainNational Academy of Sciences Committee on Controlling International Radiological TerrorismNational Academies Nuclear and Radiological Studies Board, National Research CouncilAmarillo National Resource Center for Plutonium Governing BoardNational Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP)NCRP Board of DirectorsChair, NCRP Scientific Committee 2-1, Radiation Protection Recommendations for FirstRespondersChair, NCRP Committee on Radiation Safety of Pulsed Fast Neutron Analysis SystemsNCRP Committee on Research Needs for Radiation Protection on Long Duration SpaceMissionsNCRP Committee on Uncertainty in Measurement of Dose from External SourcesNCRP Scientific Committee SC46-14 on Health Physics Concerns For Possible TerroristActivities Involving The Dispersal Of Radioactive MaterialNCRP Scientific Committee 46 on Operational Radiation SafetyNCRP Scientific Committee 46-16 on Radiation Protection in Veterinary MedicineNCRP Scientific Committee 46-17 on Radiation Protection in Educational Institutions23

NCRP Scientific Committee to revise Report No. 32, Radiation Protection in EducationalInstitutionsNational Institutes of Health Program Project Site ReviewerLos Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Applied Physics Division External Review CommitteeLANL Nuclear Materials Technology Division Program Review PanelLawrence Livermore National Laboratory Energy and Environment Directorate ProgramReview PanelArgonne National Laboratory Reactor Analysis and Engineering Division Program Review PanelSandia National Laboratory (SNL) Hostile-Environment Code Project ExternalReview CommitteeSNL Radiation Protection Department External Advisory BoardBrookhaven National Laboratory Scientific Advisory Committee on RadiobiologyNASA Research Proposal Selection Review CommitteeNASA Scientific Advisor on Optimization and Guidance on Experiments for Space RadiationRisk AssessmentNASA Committee On Research Needs For Radiation Protection On Long DurationSpace MissionsNASA Specialized Center for Research and Training in Radiation Biology ProgramAdvisory CommitteeNASA Scientific Advisor to Solid Cancer WorkshopNASA Science Working Group for Zero Gravity Rankine CycleNASA New Millennium Technology Review BoardTexas State CommitteesTexas Radiation Advisory Board (TRAB) Health PhysicistTRAB Waste Issues SubcommitteeTXU Electric Operations Review CommitteeAdvisory Board for Texas State Technical College, Dept. of Radiation TechnologiesTechnical Journal Editors, Editorial Boards, or ReviewersTransport Theory and Statistical PhysicsNuclear Science and EngineeringNuclear TechnologyPhysical ReviewTransport Theory and Statistical PhysicsJournal of Computational PhysicsAnnals of Nuclear EnergySIAM Journal of Scientific ComputingSIAM Journal of Numerical AnalysisProgress in Nuclear EnergyASME Heat TransferNumerical Heat TransferChemical Engineering CommunicationsNuclear Engineering and DesignExperiments in FluidsPhysics of Fluids24

International Journal of Multiphase FlowFluid EngineeringHealth Physics JournalIEEE Journal of Nuclear ScienceMedical PhysicsTransactions on Plasma ScienceReviews of Scientific InstrumentsPlasma Physics and Controlled FusionJournal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative TransferPhysical Review EAerosol Science and TechnologyApplied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene JournalAmerican Industrial Hygiene Association JournalAmerican Nuclear SocietyPlanning CommitteeFinance Committee ChairHonors and Awards CommitteeNominating CommitteeLocal Sections Committee ChairBusiness Practices CommitteeScholarship Policy Coordination CommitteeRisk-Informed Standards Consensus Committee ChairStandards BoardNuclear Installations Safety Division ChairThermal Hydraulics Division ChairMathematics and Computation Division SecretaryOperating Nuclear Facility Embedded Topical Meeting Program CommitteeRisk Management Embedded Topical Meeting Program CommitteePSA ’05 (Probabilistic Safety Analysis Topical Meeting) Program CommitteeMathematics and Computation Division Technical Program Committee2005 Avignon Topical Meeting Technical Program CommitteeReactor Physics Division Technical Program Committee2006 PHYSOR Topical Meeting Technical Program CommitteeThermal Hydraulics Division Technical Program CommitteeComputational Methods in Transport Conference Organizing CommitteeLow Power/Shutdown PRA Standard Writing GroupHealth Physics SocietyPresidents Emeritus CommitteeNominating CommitteeAcademic Education CommitteeStudent Branch Programs Committee ChairPublications Committee ChairSubcommittee on Accreditation of Health Physics Programs25

Health Physics Program Directors Organization Steering CommitteeSouth Texas Chapter ChairAmerican Society of Mechanical EngineersNuclear Engineering Division ChairNuclear Engineering Division Publications Committee ChairInternational Conferences on Nuclear Engineering Steering CommitteeNuclear Engineering Division Nuclear Heat Exchangers Committee ChairInternational Association for Hydraulic ResearchAdvanced Nuclear Reactors Thermal Hydraulics Working Group ChairFluid Phenomena in Energy Exchangers Section ChairRadiation Research SocietyFinance CommitteeFaculty members have many opportunities to improve their skills as educators and researchersthrough professional development. The extent of this activity is demonstrated by the curriculumvitae provided in Appendix A. Texas A&M University provides an important and extremelyuseful resource for professional development in the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE). CTEregularly offers seminars on teaching and teaching improvement. A partial listing of seminarsrecently provided by the CTE follows:Workshop for International Teaching Assistants: Motivating Your Student to SucceedWorkshop Series on Assessment: Designing & Implementing Classroom AssessmentWorkshop Series on Assessment: Designing AssignmentsWorkshop Series on Assessment: Analyzing Student LearningInstitute on Scholarly TeachingLarge Class SymposiumTeaching Portfolio WorkshopHow to Effectively Manage Large ClassesCTE also provides a service to videotape an instructor and provide constructive critiques of thelectures, to assist development of teaching portfolios, and to conduct calibrated peer review. TheCTE mission statement includes “Assists faculty and teaching assistants to develop courses andteaching practices that produce students who reflect the values and goals of the Texas A&MUniversity educational experience.” Participation in CTE activities is funded by the Universitywith no fees assessed to either the faculty member involved or the Department.2.6 Undergraduate Students and CurriculumThe Department’s undergraduate enrollment has increased significantly since its low number in1998. In 1998 the Department began an aggressive recruiting effort to increase its nuclear26

engineering and radiological health engineering enrollments. The results are shown in Figure2.6-1.250200Number of Students150100Undergrad Enrollment500F '88 F '89 F '90 F '91 F '92 F '93 F '94 F '95 F '96 F '97 F '98 F '99 F '00 F '01 F '02 F'03 F'04 F '05 F '06SemesterFigure 2.6-1 Undergraduate Student Enrollment HistoryFigure 2.6-1 shows that during the five years from 1998 to 2003, the Department’sundergraduate enrollment increased from 55 to 204 students; this includes both nuclearengineering and radiological health engineering students. This increase is the result of anorganized and aggressive recruiting campaign carried out by faculty, staff, and students.Following the Department’s strategic plan (see Sect. 2.2), the undergraduate enrollment has beenstabilized at about 200 for the past four years.The undergraduate student population residency demographics are shown in Figure 2.6-2.Historically about ninety percent of the undergraduates are from the state of Texas. In the Fall,2006 semester eighty-seven percent of undergraduates and eighty-five percent of freshmen werefrom Texas. The demographics of the undergraduate student population have a major influenceon the demographics of the graduate student population, because in the Fall, 2006 semester fiftyfivepercent of the graduate students were also from Texas (see Sect. 4.3). Thus, about half ofthe graduate students enrolled in the Department are graduates of the Department’sundergraduate programs.The undergraduate student population ethnicity and gender demographics are shown in Figure2.6-3. Slightly more than three-quarters of the undergraduates are Caucasian, and half of theremainder are Hispanic. Eighty-one percent of the undergraduates are males, and nineteenpercent are females.27

InternationalNon TexasOKORSCTNCADCGAFLTexasNVIANYVietnamPanamaNCIDMSINMOMDLAUndergraduates -- Non TexasUndergraduates -- InternationalFigure 2.6-2 Undergraduate Student Residency Demographics7Black1 Native American15 Asian23 Hispanic31 F37 F133 White153 White155 WhiteUndergraduates Ethnicity162 M18 22 FUndergraduates Gender6261 MFigure 2.6-3 Undergraduate Student Ethnicity and Gender DemographicsThe curricula for the nuclear engineering and radiological health engineering undergraduateprograms are shown in Figures 2.6-4 and 2.6-5, respectively. These curricula are the foundationwhich is assumed in the graduate program degree plans described in Section 3.5. Students whoenter the Department’s graduate programs in Nuclear Engineering and Health Physics arerequired to have completed the equivalent of the courses in these undergraduate curricula,respectively, or they must enroll in specified courses listed in these curricula for remediationwith no credit for them on their degree plan.28

MATH 150 _______ CHEM 101__________FRESHMAN YEAR 1Figure 2.6-4 B.S. Curriculum in Nuclear Engineering(Effective Fall 2007, Catalog 130)ENGL 104 Composition & Rhetoric...............… (3-0) 3 CHEM 107 Chemistry for Engrs.........….......... (3-3) 4ENGR 111 Foundations in Engr. I...................... (1-3) 2 ENGR 112 Foundations in Engr. II................... (1-3) 2MATH 151 Engr. Math. I 2 ……..................…... (3-2) 4 MATH 152 Engr. Math. II.................. ....…...... (3-2) 4PHYS 218 Mechanics………………………… (3-3) 4 PHYS 208 Electricity and Optics...................... (3-3) 4NUEN 101 Principles of Nucl. Engr 1 ………… (1-0) 1 University Core Curriculum Elective 3 …...…… 3University Core Curriculum Elective 3 ………... 3 KINE 199 Required Physical Activity............... (0-2) 1KINE 198 Health & Fitness Activity…………. (0-2) 1 ______ 1818SOPHOMORE YEARMEEN 221 Statics and Particle Dynamics........ (2-2) 3 MEEN 227 Principles of Thermodynamics...….. (2-2) 3MEEN 222 Materials Sciences…………......... (2-2) 3 CVEN 305 Mechanics of Materials………………(2-2) 3MATH 251 Engr. Math. III....................…... (3-0) 3 ELEN 215 Principles of Electrical Engr............... (2-2) 3NUEN 201 Intro. to Nucl. Engr. I...........….. (3-0) 3 MATH 308 Differential Equations....….….......... (3-0) 3University Core Curriculum Elective 3 .......... 3 NUEN 302 Intro. to Nucl. Engr. II.......…........ (3-0) 315 15JUNIOR YEARENGL 301 Tech. Writing 6 .................…........ (3-0) MEEN 461 Heat Transfer........................….. (3-0) 3or INEN 302 Econ. Anal. of Engr. Proj..........…... (2-0) 2COMM 203 Public Speaking 6 .......….............. (3-0) 3 NUEN 329 Analytical and Numerical Methods... (4-0) 4MEEN 344 Fluid Mechanics....................……. (2-2) 3 NUEN 303 Nuclear Detection & Isotopes.…... (2-3) 3MATH 311 Topics in Applied Math. I........... (3-0) 3 NUEN 304 Nuclear Reactor Analysis......……. (3-0) 3NUEN 301 Nuclear Reactor Theory............... (3-0) 3 University Core Curriculum Elective 3 ..…….... 3NUEN 309 Radiological Safety.......…........... (3-0) 3 1815SENIOR YEARNUEN 405 Nucl. Engr. Exp........................….. (2-3) 3 ENGR 482 Ethics and Engineering 3 ...........….. (2-2) 3NUEN 406 Nucl. Engr. Sys. & Design...........… (3-0) 3 NUEN 410 Design of Nuclear Reactors……… (4-0) 4NUEN 430 Comp. Appl. in Nucl. Engr...…… (3-0) 3 NUEN 481 Seminar..................................…… (1-0) 1University Core Curriculum Elective 3 ............... …… 3 University Core Curriculum Elective 3 ……...... 3NUEN Technical Elective 4 …………………………… 3 Technical Elective 4 ................................……... 3Technical Elective 4 ..................................……......... 2 Technical Elective 4 ...................................…… 217 16Total = 132 Hours1. NUEN 101 is required during the first semester of the freshman year.2. Entering students will be given a placement test in mathematics. Test results will be used to select the appropriate starting course.3. To be selected from the University Core Curriculum. Of the 18 hours shown as electives, 3 must be from Visual & Performing Arts,3 from Social & Behavioral Sciences, 6 from U.S. History (typically HIST 105 & 106), 6 from Political Science (POLS 206 & 207),and 6 from International & Cultural Diversity. The International & Cultural Diversity hours may be met by courses satisfying theVisual & Performing Arts, Social & Behavioral Sciences, and the Political Science & History requirements if they are also on theapproved list for International & Cultural Diversity courses. In addition, ENGR 482 or PHIL 482 must be taken.4. As approved by academic advisor.6. ENGL 210 is an acceptable substitute.29

MATH 150 CHEM 101FRESHMAN YEAR 1Figure 2.6-5 B.S. Curriculum in Radiological Health Engineering(Effective Fall 2007, Catalog 130)ENGL 104 Comp. & Rhetoric.....……........... (3-0) 3 CHEM 102 Fundamentals of Chem. II............. (3-3) 4ENGR 111 Foundations in Engr. I....…......... (1-3) 2 ENGR 112 Foundations in Engr. II................. (1-3) 2MATH 151 Engr. Math. I 2 .............…........... (3-2) 4 MATH 152 Engr. Math. II..................…..…... (3-2) 4PHYS 218 Mechanics.................…........….. (3-3) 4 PHYS 208 Electricity and Optics.................... (3-3) 4NUEN 101 Principles of Nucl. Engr 1 …….. (1-0) 1 University Core Curriculum Elective 3 ............. 3University Core Curriculum Elective 3 ...…… 3 KINE 199 Required Physical Activity............. (0-2) 1KINE 198 Health & Fitness Activity............. (0-2) 1 ______ 1818SOPHOMORE YEARMEEN 221 Statics and Particle Dynamics........(2-2) 3 STAT 211 Principles of Statistics, I ….…………(3-0) 3MATH 251 Engr. Math. III.......................….. (3-0) 3 MEEN 227 Principles of Thermodynamics...…..(2-2) 3NUEN 201 Intro. to Nuclear Engr. I..........….. (3-0) 3 MATH 308 Differential Equations...........…..... (3-0) 3VTPP 434 Physiology for Bioengineers I….... (3-3) 4 NUEN 302 Intro. to Nuclear Engr. II................ (3-0) 3University Core Curriculum Elective 3 ............ 3 VTPP 435 Physiology for Bioengineers II…… (3-3) 416 16JUNIOR YEARELEN 215 Principles of Electrical Engr.......... (2-2) 3 ENGL 301 Technical Writing 5 ...........….......... (3-0)MATH 311 Topics in Appl. Math I................. (3-0) 3orNUEN 301 Nuclear Reactor Theory..........…. (3-0) 3 COMM 203 Public Speaking 5 .............…....….. (3-0) 3NUEN 309 Radiological Safety.................…. (3-0) 3 NUEN 329 Analytical and Numerical Methods ..(2-2) 4GEOL 410 Hydrogeology……………..……… (3-0) 3 NUEN 303 Nuclear Detect. & Isotopes……..... (2-3) 315 SENG 310 Industrial Hygiene Engineering....... (3-0) 3University Core Curriculum Elective 3 ...…..…. 316SENIOR YEARCHEM 227 Organic Chemistry I…..…........... (3-0) 3 ENGR 482 Ethics and Engineering 3 ................ (2-2) 3CHEM 237 Organic Chemistry Lab……....... (0-3) 1 INEN 302 Eco. Anal. of Engr. Proj..........…... (2-0) 2NUEN 405 Nuclear Engr. Experiments.......... (2-3) 3 CVEN 305 Mechanics of Materials................... (2-2) 3NUEN 475 Environmental Nucl. Engr............ (3-0) 3 NUEN 479 Rad. Protection Engr..................... (2-3) 3Technical Elective 4 .......................................... (3-0) 3 NUEN 481 Seminar.........................…............. (1-0) 1University Core Curriculum Elective 3 ..…...... 3 Technical Elective 4 ..................................……. 216 University Core Curriculum Elective 3 ...…..... 317Total = 132 Hours1. NUEN 101 is required during the first semester of the freshman year.2. Entering students will be given a placement test in mathematics. Test results are used to select the appropriate starting course.3. To be selected from the University Core Curriculum. Of the 18 hours shown as electives, 3 must be from Visual & Performing Arts,3 from Social & Behavioral Sciences, 6 from U.S. History (typically HIST 105 & 106), 6 from Political Science (POLS 206 & 207),and 6 from International & Cultural Diversity. The International & Cultural Diversity hours may be met by courses satisfying theVisual & Performing Arts, Social & Behavioral Sciences, and the Political Science and History requirements if they are also on theapproved list of International & Cultural Diversity courses. In addition, ENGR 482 or PHIL 482 must be taken.4. As approved by academic advisor.5. ENGL 210 is an acceptable substitute.30

2.7 Facilities and LaboratoriesThe Department of Nuclear Engineering has extensive facilities and laboratories that are used insupport of both the teaching and research missions. Summary descriptions of each are providedbelow.Accelerator LaboratoryThe primary mission of the Accelerator Laboratory is to study ion beam-solid interactions.Primary research in the Accelerator Laboratory includes measuring ion-stopping powers;measuring transmitted energy and angular distributions of ions channeled through thin films;studying lattice damage and self-annealing phenomena; studying low-energy ion implantationsand film deposition; studying semiconductor alloys produced by ion beam synthesis; andinvestigating masked ion-beam lithography. Measurements are based especially on Rutherfordbackscattering and channeling analysis of the near-surface region of target materials using 300 to400 keV alpha particles. The laboratory has two primary accelerators with maximum voltages of200 kV and 160 kV, and a secondary accelerator. Both primary accelerators use universal ionsources that provide ion beams of most of the elements of the Periodic Table. The ultra-highvacuumtarget chamber of the 160 kV accelerators is also equipped with an additional lowvoltage(100 eV - 10 kV) secondary accelerator for low-energy implantations and filmdeposition.The capability of the accelerator laboratory was significantly increased in Fall, 2006, with theaddition of two Tandetron accelerators. The 1.0 MV Tandetron system has 2 beam lines forRutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS) and forward scattering measurements. One RBSchamber has a computer controlled goniometer and can analyze several samples automaticallyunder computer control; the other chamber, which is equipped with a load lock and can hold onlyone sample at a time, can acquire RBS and forward scattering spectra simultaneously. The 1.7MV Tandetron has a dual leg magnet and 60 kV preacceleration (80 kV power supply) in the lowenergy line; one leg is fitted with a duoplasmatron source for He; the other is fitted with a sputterion source for other elements. Both Tandetrons can provide high-energy ion irradiation ofnuclear materials for study of material properties and simulated irradiation damage using RBS,Particle Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE), Nuclear Reaction Analysis (NRA), Elastic RecoilDetection (ERD), and Medium Energy Ionscattering Spectroscopy (MEIS).AGN-201M Nuclear Reactor LaboratoryThe AGN-201M Nuclear Reactor Laboratory has a 5 W AGN-201M nuclear reactor usedprimarily in an undergraduate laboratory course which teaches fundamentals of nuclear reactoroperations and interactions of neutrons with matter and lets students conduct experiments onbasic reactor physics parameters. In addition, the laboratory has a subcritical assembly forstudying the neutron flux profile in a nuclear system and a graphite pile for examining theneutron thermalization process. The laboratory facilities are used nearly exclusively to supporteducation programs rather than research.31

Fuel Cycle and Materials LaboratoryThe Fuel Cycle and Materials Laboratory (FCML) was established to study current issues in thenuclear fuel cycle, including materials and chemical processing, advanced fuels and materials,and waste immobilization. Equipment in FCML includes high temperature furnaces, two inertatmosphere gloved boxes, and a 90-ton hydraulic press. These may be configured for casting,instrumented sintering, cold or hot pressing, and hot extrusion. Further, the laboratory isequipped and has been approved for the handling, testing and characterization of radioactivematerials. Currently funded projects from the US Department of Energy include materialsprocessing activities to develop advanced nuclear fuels for burning transuranic radionuclides andradioactive waste forms for isolating fission products.Interphase Transport Phenomena LaboratoryThe Interphase Transport Phenomena (ITP) Laboratory conducts research in the area ofinterphase heat, mass and momentum transfer. Most recently the ITP group has workedon modeling and measurement of zero-gravity, two-phase flow systems. The laboratory buildsresearch hardware and conducts extensive experimental programs in the NASA zero-gravityaircraft. Examples of recent projects include space shuttle testing of a loop heat pipe, zerogravitydevelopment of a passive, vortex gas-liquid separator for a space station experiment, andthe development of a gas-separator accumulator for a space nuclear reactor system. Examples ofprevious projects include the measurement of chelating ion-exchange uptake of dilute solutes inseawater; transient internal pressure distribution in an operating heat pipe; and zero-gravity, twophaseflow phenomena in the NASA KC-135 and C-9 aircraft.Laser Diagnostics Multiphase Flow LaboratoryThe mission of the Laser Diagnostics Multiphase Flow Laboratory is to investigate the complex,multiphase flow of multiscale, multi-physics flow phenomena using non-intrusive global fieldmeasurement techniques. The laboratory provides the ability to use state-of-the art particle imagevelocimetry techniques to study these flows. The laboratory is equipped with fast-pulsed, highenergylasers and fast high-resolution cameras. Data are analyzed using in-house developedtracking, imaging and pattern recognition routines. The combination of instantaneousmeasurements of full-fields of velocity and laser-induced temperature measurements enables amultitude of interesting studies of single and multiphase flows.Micro-Beam Cell Irradiation FacilityThis facility provides specialized irradiation capabilities needed to implement radiation biologyexperiments to understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms controlling the risk of longtermhealth effects related to low doses of ionizing radiation. Radiation sources include 250 kVx-ray machine, 80 kV electron microbeam, and 3 MeV tandem electrostatic accelerator withsingle particle microbeam capability. The microbeam facilities can reproduce most of the rangeof charged particles that are found in environmental and industrial settings, and are designed tofacilitate study of effects in bystander cells and other biological phenomena that are found at lowdoses.32

Microdosimetry LaboratoryThe Microdosimetry Laboratory is used to assemble and to test microdosimetry detectors.Special equipment for assembling, filling, and sealing detectors makes it possible to builddetectors that operate for five years of longer without need for maintenance. Prototype detectorscan be built and evaluated in relatively little time. This facility is used to produce detectors usedby NASA in a variety of past and future space missions.Neutron Counting LaboratoryThis Neutron Counting Laboratory is used to teach fundamental neutron detection science,neutron coincidence counting, counting of special nuclear materials, neutron detector arraytechnologies, and nonproliferation applications of neutron counting. The laboratory is equippedwith He-3 neutron detectors and associated electronics, fission chambers and associatedelectronics, self-powered neutron detector and associated electronics, neutron coincidencecounting system, neutron sources ( 252 Cf, PuBe, and AmLi), neutron shielding materials, personalcomputers, data acquisition software, and oscilloscopes and signal testing equipment.Nuclear Heat Transfer Systems LaboratoryThe Nuclear Heat Transfer Systems Laboratory was established with the initial goals ofinvestigating condensation heat transfer mechanisms, developing new reactor designs and safetysystems, and advancing the state-of-the-art in reactor safety analysis. DOE NEER and NERIprojects have been supporting three PhD students to perform experimental investigations ofpassive heat removal systems in advanced light-water reactors and to quantify uncertainties inmodeling of Gen IV reactors. These and other projects from the nuclear industry in Japan andthe US NRC have enabled the lab to construct thermal hydraulic facilities for testing of advancedsafety system concepts and derive new theories for condensation heat removal in the presence ofa non-condensable gas. The lab is equipped with a large steam supply, a high speed camera,extensive thermal hydraulic instrumentation and a state-of-the-art data acquisition system. Newefforts focus on developing analysis methods for high-temperature, gas-cooled reactors andimproving best estimate analysis with PRA methodologies.Nuclear Science CenterThe Nuclear Science Center (NSC) reactor is a “swimming pool” type research facility operatingwith FLIP TRIGA fuel. The reactor core was converted from HEU to LEU fuel in 2006. The coreconsists of cylindrical fuel elements reflected with graphite. It is positioned about 26 feet belowthe pool surface and is cooled by natural convection. While the reactor is generally operated in thestall area of the pool, the reactor can be positioned anywhere along the centerline of the pool ifdesired. Areas for setting up equipment can be made available on the Upper Research LevelMezzanine to provide capabilities for monitoring during irradiation. The reactor has a variety offeatures to support experiments including a large irradiation cell, beam ports, thermal column, anda pneumatic "rabbit" system.33

The NSC reactor is licensed to operate at a maximum steady state power level of 1 MW and can bepulsed to 500 MW with a pulse half-width of 50 msec. At its steady state power level, the neutronflux at various sample irradiation sites is approximately 1 x 10 13 n/cm 2 /s up to a maximum of 2.3 x10 13 n/cm 2 /s. The gamma dose on the reactor face at 1 MW is about 2 x 10 7 rad/h.The NSC reactor is designed for optimal irradiation of various types of samples and is beingactively used to produce various kinds of radionuclides including 24 Na, 41 Ar, 46 Sc, 194 Sb, 192 Ir,60 Co, 198 Au, and 125 I for industry, hospitals, and academic users. For the production ofradionuclides and sample activation, the NSC has developed various irradiation devices fromrelatively simple long tubes to a very complex D 2 O box and 125 Xe irradiation system. The NSCis also nationally recognized for its neutron activation analysis services to many research andacademic institutions in the western part of the United States.The NSC also has a variety of radiation detection equipment available for use by studentsincluding five high-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors with Canberra electronics and runningGENIE-2000 data acquisition and analysis software, a sodium iodide (NaI) detector system withautomatic sample changer, a gas-flow proportional counter with automatic sample changer, threehigh pressure (10 atm) proton recoil detectors, and three 1-inch He-3 detectors (used for neutroncounting of actinide samples). There are also a number of portable instruments available (ionchambers and Geiger-Mueller counters) as well as several neutron counting systems such asfission chambers, boron trifluoride (BF 3 ) tubes, and a RemBall neutron detector.Radiation Biology LaboratoryThe Radiation Biology Laboratory is next to the Micro-Beam Cell Irradiation Facility (above) ina 2,500 square-foot laboratory building located next to the Nuclear Science Center (above).Space is provided for cell and tissue culture work on a 2,000 square-foot platform equipped withfour CO 2 incubators, two laminar flow clean hoods, microscopes and other equipment necessaryto maintain and work with human and other mammalian cells in culture. A 250 kV x-raymachine for reference radiation exposures is located on the ground level, in close proximity tothe cell culture facilities. A second set of labs is located in the Zachry Engineering Center and iscomprised of a cell culture lab and microinjection lab. The cell culture lab has a dual chamberincubator and a clean hood, along with refrigerators for sample and reagent storage.Radiation Detection and Measurement LaboratoryThe Radiation Detection and Measurement Laboratory is based around 5 Canberra countingsystems and 5 alpha spectrometers with PIPS detectors. Additionally available are 2 HPGedetection systems, 7 data acquisition cards with software, a portable Canberra Ge(Li) Detector.Within the past year, the department has acquired a Canberra Series SL Si(Li) low-energy x-raydetector, 2 pressurized ion-chambers, and 2 PERALS alpha spectrometers, a Gamma Productsalpha/beta counting station and a Rad Elec (Electret) detection system. The laboratory has 3-TLD readers, 1-Bonner Sphere system, 3-NaI(Tl) scintillation detectors, 6 gas-flow proportionaldetectors, 6 end-window GM detectors, 6 flat-area, high-efficiency gas-flow proportionalcounters, 3-4π gas-flow proportional counters, a Canberra Planchet counter, and an LKB 1219rack beta liquid scintillation counter. Acquired within the last year are 6 Ludlum Model 220034

atemeters, 4 digital air samplers, a Nomad NaI(Tl) detection system, a Scout Detection system,a Ludlum Model 19 Micro R meter, a Bicron Micro Rem meter, 6 oscilloscopes (1 digital), and agamma tracer system. The laboratory has numerous sources, 6 beta, 6 gamma, and 2 alpha sets.For data acquisition and analysis, the lab has 10- 486 PC with color monitors. 2 Ludlum 2200ratemeters, 1 liquid scintillation counter, 3 more data acquisition cards, CEM microwavedigestion system, a set of 4 mixed gamma environmental standards, 3 He-3 detection andcounting systems, 6 gamma source sets, 6 alpha sources, a 14 curie Am-Be source, 3 Cs-137generators, 3 Canberra timing and coincidence systems. Other improvements include a softwareupgrade to Canberra Labsocs and Isocs MCNP based detector calibration and simulationsoftware, including detector characterization, 12 portable radiation detectors, a Ferran ScientificMicropole portable mass spectrometer, a portable gas chromatograph, and an FTIR analyzer.These systems are used in both undergraduate and graduate courses to teach students thefundamentals of radioactive sample characterization and radiation detection.Radiochemistry LaboratoryProportional counter samples as well as alpha spectroscopy and air samples may be prepared in a300+ ft 2 radiochemistry laboratory that includes five fume hoods, a microwave digestion unit,and other “wet” chemistry apparatus.Spectroscopy LaboratoryThe Spectroscopy Laboratory includes two stationary and two portable HPGe detectors, eightNaI(Tl) detectors, one SiLi detector, and two photon-electron rejecting alpha liquid scintillation(PERALS) spectrometers. The laboratory also has portable and stationary 4096- and 8192-channel computer-based spectrometry systems, which can be used for both time-domain(multichannel scaling) and energy-spectra measurements (pulse height analysis) and portable andstationary detector shields. These computer systems are used for all of the solid-state detectors,including the alpha PIPS detectors in the Radiation Detection and Measurement Laboratory(above), and the scintillation detectors. Additionally, they are used for pulse shape analysis withthe PERALS systemsTandem Accelerator LaboratoryA 3-MeV Pelletron accelerator provides charged particle beams for radiation biology anddosimetry studies. Beam lines for single particle microbeam biology studies and for chargedparticle track structure studies are available. The accelerator provides particles in the energyrange typical of proton recoils from neutron irradiation and alpha particles from radioactivesources.2.8 Research CentersThe Department of Nuclear Engineering hosts several research centers each of which supportsone or more missions generally defined in conjunction with external sponsors. Summarydescriptions of each are provided below.35

Center for Large-Scale Scientific SimulationsThe computational simulation of complex physical processes plays a large and growing role inindustry and in national defense. Simulations help designers and analysts assess the behavior ofengineered and natural systems under a variety of conditions that are difficult or impossible totest experimentally. In addition, when experiments are feasible, simulation plays a vital role inthe design of the experiments and the interpretation of their results. This makes experimentalefforts more efficient and fruitful.One objective of the Center for Large-Scale Scientific Simulations (CLASS) is to advance thestate of the art in large-scale scientific simulations. This means developing numerical methodsand computational strategies that enable more efficient solutions of larger problems on the latestcomputer platforms. CLASS strives to achieve this objective through research and developmentperformed by collaborative multi-disciplinary teams including faculty from the Colleges ofEngineering and Science at TAMU as well as key researchers from national laboratories.A second objective is to lead the development of educational programs whose participants willbe exceptionally well qualified for careers in scientific simulation. CLASS is working towardthis objective by bringing together key faculty members from several departments (includingMathematics, Computer Science, and Nuclear Engineering) and key national-lab practitioners tocollaboratively design graduate programs that will provide the broad range of skills andknowledge that are needed by tomorrow’s experts in scientific simulation.Center for Space PowerThe mission of the NASA-sponsored Center for Space Power (CSP) is to develop technologieswith industry for NASA mission needs and space power-related commercial ventures. CSP hasdeveloped a variety of space power and thermal management related technologies that areavailable for licensing and applicable to both space and terrestrial commercial activities.Technologies include specialized heat pipes, advanced battery components, novel electronicmaterials, digital communications algorithms, power conditioners, magnetic bearings forflywheel energy storage, and other power-related devices.Center for Studies of Clusters and MicrophysicsModern materials, atmospheric science, manufacturing, health protection, air pollution studies,process gas streams, nuclear materials handling and numerous other areas must address questionsin which gas-borne particles play central roles. To fill these multifaceted needs, we are currentlyestablishing a multidisciplinary center whose function will be the development of experimentaland theoretical methods for addressing questions involving clusters and microparticles in the gasphase. Texas A&M has active projects (several with international stature) in these fields withinthe Department of Nuclear, Chemical, and Mechanical Engineering of the College ofEngineering and within the Departments of Physics and Chemistry of the College of Science.36

Nuclear Security Science and Policy InstituteThe Nuclear Security Science and Policy Institute (NSSPI) is a university-based entity thatfocuses on graduate education, research, and service on a variety of topics related to thesafeguarding of nuclear materials and the reduction of nuclear threats. NSSPI works incollaboration with our national laboratories and other partners to develop technological solutionsto problems associated with the malicious use of nuclear materials and to study policy issuesrelated to nuclear security.Spacecraft Technology Center (formerly Commercial Space Center for Engineering)A NASA-sponsored commercial space center, STC helps industry transform ideas into spaceengineeredhardware and assists industry in using the International Space Station, NASA SpaceShuttles or other orbital platforms as test beds for engineering and validating advanced spacetechnology. Created under a cooperative agreement with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center,the STC has low-cost access to external platforms on the ISS and the Space Shuttle.The Department of Nuclear Engineering also participates in several research centers hosted byother departments or colleges. Summary descriptions of each are provided below.Cyclotron InstituteThis facility has an 88-inch single-D, variable energy cyclotron capable of accelerating protonsand deuterons to 60 MeV, alpha particles to 135 MeV, and heavier ions to energies of 300 MeV.A complete research facility exists with on-line data acquisition capabilities coupled to an IBM7094 computer system. A cryogenic K-500 has been installed. Injection into the current machineallows heavy ion energies to about 600 MeV. The Department has most recently used thisfacility in studies of direct energy conversion phenomena.National Center for Electron Beam Food Research (formerly Food Irradiation Center)Researchers in the National Center for Electron Beam Food Research, which has been recentlydesignated as a National Research Center, use high- and low- energy electron beams to reducethe number of bacteria and other pathogens in and on food and other materials. The work isprimarily directed at spontaneous, food-borne illness but is also relevant to bioterrorism issues.2.9 Computer FacilitiesDepartment FacilitiesThe Department provides a computer laboratory to students for their instructional needs as wellas research. The computing facilities consist of several Unix workstations, includingcomputational servers and applications servers; a PC computer lab with 28 modern PC stations;Unix and Linux clusters for computational jobs; and several laser printers, including a colorprinter. Responses to a survey of students throughout the COE by the Student Engineers Council37

in 2005 rated this facility as the best in the COE. In fact, Nuclear Engineering was the onlydepartment whose computer network was given an “A” rating by its students.The Department recently upgraded its network with a 10-node Linux cluster, each node of whichhas dual quad-core Xeon processors (80 cores total). We added two Dell PowerEdge 775N fileservers with RAID storage and a tape backup system, increased our disk storage capacity byabout a factor of twenty to 2TB, doubled RAM and local disk space in two Unix and two PCservers, added an HP large-office printer with 45 pages/min capability, upgraded to theMicrosoft Windows XP operating system, and upgraded all staff PCs including new flat panelmonitors. Our 2TB storage system allows all of our Windows, Unix, and Linux platforms toread and modify the same files, which helps make the network very user-friendly.Supercomputing CenterThe university Supercomputing Center recently acquired a 640-processor IBM machine withover 1TB of RAM and peak theoretical speed 4 teraflop/s. Other hardware includes a 48-processor SGI Origin 3800 and a 32-processor SGI Origin 2000, both connected to a 7-TB datastorage system. The machines are available for student supercomputing needs and are usedprincipally for research on neutron transport, thermal hydraulics and computational fluiddynamics. In addition, many of our students have accounts on much larger machines at nationallaboratories, where they routinely run very large calculations and test massively-parallelalgorithms and strategies.2.10 Recent ImprovementsA new Department Head took the position in January, 2003. Dr. William E. Burchill was hiredas result of a national search which considered candidates from several sources includingacademia, national laboratories, and industry. The fact that the Search Committee and theDepartment faculty recommended, the College of Engineering Dean approved, and theUniversity administration including the Board of Regents authorized hiring a candidate withthirty-three years of nuclear industry experience was a strong statement of the objective to alignthe Department more closely with the nuclear industry.Dr. Burchill began activities to meet this objective even before taking his position in January,2003. On August 22, 2002, he led an all-day faculty retreat to discuss research in the departmentand to begin formulation of the Department’s strategic plan (see Sect. 2.2). On November 1,2002, he participated in an all-day External Advisory Council meeting and presented an initialset of strategic areas to the council including a draft of Department goals (see Sect. 2.2). Actionsto support these goals, which include a significantly strengthened focus on nuclear power, havebeen taken since Dr. Burchill’s arrival on campus.One of the most important actions was that the Department was authorized in 2003 to hire fivenew faculty members under the TAMU President’s Reinvestment Program (see Sect. 7.1). Atthis time four of those positions have been filled; the remainder is scheduled to be filled in Fall,2007. Qualifications of the faculty members hired are summarized in Table 2.5-1 and AppendixA.38

The nuclear utility representation on the Department’s External Advisory Council wasstrengthened in 2003. The Exelon Senior Vice President of Nuclear Services joined the Councilin February, 2003. When the Entergy Nuclear President and Chief Executive Officer, who was aCouncil member and is a Department alumnus, retired in February, 2003, he recommended thathis successor at Entergy take his position on the Council; this replacement took place in October,2003. When the TXU Electric representative on the Council retired in April, 2003, herecommended that the Comanche Peak Vice President of Operations be named to his position onthe Council. The nuclear industry representation on the Council was further strengthened in2004 with the addition of the President of Hurst Technologies, an instrumentation and controlssupplier to nuclear utilities, who joined the council in Fall, 2004. During 2005 the Manager ofNuclear Quality Assurance for General Electric and the Manager of the American HomelandSecurity Division of Hagemeyer North Consulting and Training Services joined the Council.The Department continually evaluates its curricula to ensure that it is providing education that isrelevant to the needs of its constituencies. As a result of this process, the following three newcourses were added to the 2003-04 Graduate Catalog:NUEN 611NUEN 630NUEN 633Radiation Detection andManagementComputational Methodsfor Particle TransportProblemsRadiation Measurementsand CalibrationsInteraction of radiation with matter. Behavior of various nuclearradiation detectors studied both theoretically and experimentallyin the laboratory. Properties of radioisotopes useful to industryare considered and evaluated from an engineering point of view.Graduate Level. 3 Semester Credit Hours. 2 hours lecture and 3hour lab.Key properties of linear Boltzmann equation, including analyticsolution of model problems, discretization methods; analysis ofhow well discretization methods reproduce importantcharacteristics of exact solution; assessment of which propertiesare most important in various applications. Graduate Level. 4Semester Credit Hours. Lecture.Measurement of radiation dose and protection quantities inrealistic radiation fields will be studied; specific characteristics ofradiation sources will be discussed in the context of accuratemeasurement and radiation protection; examples from a widevariety of radiation environments will illustrate radiationsmeasurement requirements for medical, industrial, and researchsources. Graduate Level. 3 Semester Credit Hours. Lecture.As a result of significant revisions in the nuclear engineering graduate program the followingthree new course descriptions were added to the 2004-05 Graduate Catalog:NUEN 601 Nuclear Reactor Theory Neutron-nucleus interactions; neutron energy spectra; transport anddiffusion theory; multigroup approximation; criticality calculations;cross-section processing; buildup and depletion calculations; modernreactor analysis methods and codes. Graduate Level. 3 SemesterCredit Hours. Lecture.NUEN 602 Nuclear Reactor Analysis Neutron transport; resonance absorption; modern reactor analysismethods and codes; perturbation theory; reactor kinetics; reactivitycoefficients. Graduate Level. 3 Semester Credit Hours. 2 hours lectureand 3 hour lab.39

NUEN 606 Reactor Experimentation Perturbation theory; delayed neutrons and reactor kinetics; latticephysics calculations; full core calculations; analysis and measurementof reactivity coefficients; analysis and measurement of fluxdistribution; analysis and measurement of rod worths; critical andsubcritical experiments. Graduate Level. 3 Semester Credit Hours.Lecture.The Department made significant improvements in its physical facilities. In April, 2003, nearlythe whole faculty, about forty students, and four staff members spent one Saturday “cleaning.”This involved eliminating surplus equipment, organizing teaching laboratories, actual cleaning,painting, and completely redecorating the common student study area. This significantlyimproved the professional environment of our facilities and made a very favorable impression onstudents. The expectations set by this day have set a standard which continues to be maintained.During 2004-2005, the Department was allocated 6,000 ft 2 of new space divided nearly equallybetween offices and laboratories. The new office space provides offices for nine facultymembers and about twenty-four graduate students. The new laboratory space allowed therelocated Laser Diagnostics Multiphase Flow Laboratory and the new Fuel Cycle and MaterialsLaboratory to be established (see Sect. 2.7). In 2006 the Department was allocated 3,600 ft 2 ofnew space used to establish the Nuclear Heat Transfer Systems Laboratory and 1,800 ft 2 of newspace used to establish the addition of two Tandetron accelerators to the Accelerator Laboratory(see Sect. 2.7). Also in 2006 the Department renovated and refurnished its conference room,increasing its size by fifty percent to accommodate the Department’s larger faculty and studentenrollment.The Department has also invested in numerous equipment upgrades in both its laboratories (seeSect. 2.7) and its computer network and personal computers (see Sect. 2.9). Most of thesepurchases were supported by funds from the DOE Matching Grant Program in which companies,primarily utilities, provide grants which are matched by DOE. During 2003-2004 theDepartment made numerous upgrades and repairs to the Nuclear Instrumentation Modules in itsteaching laboratories including high voltage power supplies, single channel analyzers, preamplifiers,counter/timer units, and pulsers. In addition, a new high-purity germanium (HPGe)system was added to the Spectroscopy Laboratory, bringing the total number available tostudents to four.During 2005 Department obtained two Hitachi 50” Plasma televisions and two Hitachi Univ.Mnt. 32-60” Plasma monitors for the AGN-201M Nuclear Reactor Laboratory (see Sect. 2.7).The plasma televisions and monitors will be used in a classroom adjacent to the reactor asprojection screens for lab data and demonstrations, lecture materials, student presentations, andvirtual laboratories. In August, 2005, the COE provided a grant to purchase equipment for a newNeutron Counting Laboratory (see Sect. 2.7). The following equipment was purchased for thislaboratory partially supported by DOE Matching Grant Program funds: He-3 neutron detectorsand associated electronics, fission chambers and associated electronics, self-powered neutrondetector and associated electronics, neutron coincidence counting system, neutron sources ( 252 Cf,PuBe, and AmLi), neutron shielding materials, personal computers, data acquisition software,laboratory workstation furniture, oscilloscopes and signal testing equipment, and data cables.40

The Department will add the following equipment in early 2007: six Canberra Model 814FP fastpulse generators, six Canberra Model 512 dual counter/timers, one Canberra Inspector 2000 DPSPortable MCA, two Canberra DSA 1000 digital signal analyzers, three Canberra Genie-2000Basic Spectroscopy Software packages, five AnthroBench 48W, 29H, 36D lab benches andshelves, five BK Precision 2120B 2-trace oscilloscopes with probes, four Dell Optiplexcomputers with monitors, and five Canberra Model 2006 preamplifiers.Although the Department takes advantage of the mainframe computer systems available throughthe University, we have continued to upgrade our department computer network for faculty andstudent use. Several dozen codes used in nuclear engineering and health physics, including morethan a dozen used for reactor design and analysis, reside on this network and are available for allstudents to use. This arrangement allows us to increase our use of computer-based instructionand computer-based assignments and projects in our classes, providing improved access tocomputer systems and improved understanding of nuclear industry computer codes for all of ourstudents (see Sect. 2.9).2.11 RankingU.S. News and World Report is the only source of nuclear engineering graduate programrankings that has been available for over ten years. The National Research Council (NRC) lastranked nuclear engineering graduate programs in 1995 and has defined nuclear engineering to bean “emerging field” in its 2006 Assessment of Research Doctorate Programs. Thus, the NRC2006 assessment will not provide updated nuclear engineering graduate program rankings.Neither organization ranks health physics graduate programs.The rankings of the Texas A&M University nuclear engineering graduate program reported byU.S. News and World Report for the past five years are given in Table 2.11-1.Table 2.11-1 TAMU Nuclear Engineering Graduate Program RankingsYear Rank Comment2002 52003 3 tied with three other programs2004 3 not ranked in 2004; reported rank is from 20032005 4 tied with one other program2006 4 not tied with another programUnfortunately the U.S. News and World Report rankings are not based on a rigorous set ofweighted metrics, such as student enrollment, number of faculty, faculty scholarship, researchexpenditures, or placement of graduates. The rankings are, in fact, based on a survey of nuclearengineering department chairs/heads (formerly of engineering college deans) which simply asksfor opinions. Nevertheless, the rankings in Table 2.11-1 show that the Texas A&M Universitynuclear engineering graduate program has consistently ranked among the top five peer programs41

during the past five years. And, there is a very subtle trend in these rankings which indicates thatthe program’s recognition has improved somewhat during this period; this conclusion isacknowledged to be quite speculative.U.S. News and World Report is also the only source of nuclear engineering undergraduateprogram rankings, which are determined in a survey similar to that of graduate programs. Therankings of the Texas A&M University nuclear engineering undergraduate program reported byU.S. News and World Report for the past five years is given in Table 2.11-2.Table 2.11-2 TAMU Nuclear Engineering Undergraduate Program RankingsYear Rank Comment2002 62003 5 tied with three other programs2004 3 not tied with another program2005 3 not ranked in 2005; reported rank is from 20042006 TBD 2006 rankings to be reported in AugustThe rankings in Table 2.11-2 show that the Texas A&M University nuclear engineeringundergraduate program recognition improved significantly from 2002 to 2004. However, thelack of new ranking information since 2004 provides no recent conclusion.42

3. GRADUATE PROGRAM3.1 Degree ProgramsEstablished in 1962, the Department enjoys strength in both academics and research. TheDepartment has one of the largest graduate programs in the country in terms of enrollments,faculty size, and research activities. The graduate program in nuclear engineering hasconsistently ranked near the top in nationwide polls such as those conducted annually by U.S.News & World Report (see Sect. 2.11). The program is designed to provide two tracks of study:one for those students with a B. S. degree in nuclear engineering and the other for those studentswith a B. S. degree in other engineering disciplines or other areas of science. In the past, thisprogram was supported by the AEC (Atomic Energy Commission) Fellowship Program, and,currently, by the Department of Energy and the National Academy for Nuclear TrainingFellowship Programs. Enrollment in the fall semester of 2006 was more than 200undergraduates and 108 graduate students. There were 25 new graduate students admitted to thedepartment at the start of the fall semester 2006.The Department offers programs of undergraduate and graduate study in nuclear engineering,culminating in the B.S., M.S., M.E., Ph.D., or Doctor of Engineering degrees. In addition, thedepartment offers programs in health physics at both the undergraduate (Bachelor of Science inRadiological Health Engineering) and graduate levels (Master of Science in Health Physics).The undergraduate health physics program is the only ABET-accredited program in the country.The MSHP degree was established in 1986; prior to this time students received the M.S. degreein nuclear engineering, health physics option. Students pursuing the Ph.D. with emphasis inhealth physics receive their degree in nuclear engineering.3.2 Admission to Graduate ProgramAdmission to all graduate programs at Texas A&M University (TAMU) is coordinated by theOffice of Graduate Admissions in concert with the respective departments. Commonrequirements for admission are specified in the TAMU Graduate Catalog and on the TAMUwebsite. These requirements include:• holding an accredited baccalaureate degree (of at least three years) from a college,institution or university of recognized standing, or its equivalent, guaranteesconsideration for admission,• GRE, MAT or GMAT scores (evaluated in a manner which complies with Chapter 51,Subchapter W of the Texas Education Code, Admissions and Scholarship Policies forGraduate and Professional Programs, House Bill 1641),• transcripts,• GPA (Grade Point Average) in the last 60 hours of course work,• letters of recommendation,• professional and/or academic experience,• promise of ability to pursue advanced study and research satisfactorily,• adequate preparation to enter graduate school in the specific discipline or field of study,43

• Statement of Purpose Essay.All candidates for admission to the graduate program must submit a completed State of TexasCommon Application. Application to Texas A&M University also requires a nonrefundable $50application fee. In addition, the applicant is required to submit official transcripts from allcolleges or universities attended and the required test scores (GRE). The scores must be from atest date within five years of the date the application form reached the Office of Admissions andRecords. Permanent residents must submit a copy of the front side of their Permanent Residentcard. International students are required to submit the results of the Test of English as a ForeignLanguage (TOEFL) examination as part of their application packet.Graduate applicants should provide three recommendations from individuals who are familiarwith the applicant’s academic achievement and potential. Individuals who have been out ofschool for a number of years and are unable to contact former professors may submit nonacademicreferences (e.g., employers). The Department of Nuclear Engineering requires a Letterof Recommendation Form to accompany the letters of recommendation. Applicants are requiredto submit a Statement of Purpose. This may be accomplished by completing the Essay portion ofthe Texas Common Application. Graduate applicants are required to submit either a Resume orCurriculum Vitae.Applicants to the Department of Nuclear Engineering are evaluated by a Graduate AdmissionsCommittee (same as the Graduate Programs and Policies Committee described in Sect. 2.3)chaired by the Graduate Coordinator. This committee selects those students to be admitted andrecommends the appropriate levels of financial support, etc. The committee reports the results ofits decision process to the Department faculty. This allows the faculty to determine the interestsof applicants in order to recognize where they potentially fit with the Department’s researchactivities. The Committee also consults with the Department Head to determine the amount offinancial support that it available.The Committee also evaluates the sufficiency of each applicant’s academic preparation bycomparison of their transcript(s) to the appropriate undergraduate curriculum available in theDepartment (see Sect. 2.6). If the applicant has not completed the equivalent of theDepartment’s undergraduate curriculum, the Graduate Admissions Committee may recommendthat when the applicant enrolls he/she be required to take specified undergraduate course(s) asremediation without credit on their degree plan (see Sect. 3.5).Applicants who are selected for admission are invited to visit the Department at theDepartment’s expense. This is usually a full-day visit and involves meetings with theDepartment Head and various faculty members, lunch with current graduate students, and toursof both the Department facilities and the campus. One of the primary objectives of this visit is tohave the applicant meet faculty members with whom they may share a common area of researchinterest in order to expedite the applicant’s selection of a faculty advisor following enrollment.44

3.3 Admission to Ph.D. ProgramStudents who enter the Department with a Master of Science degree may apply to move directlyinto the Ph.D. program. These applications are reviewed by the Graduate AdmissionsCommittee as described in Section 3.2 above.Students completing the M.S. degree in the Department must indicate in writing to the Office ofGraduate Studies (OGS) their intention to continue for the Ph.D. degree. This form must beapproved by the Department Head before being submitted to the OGS. To provide theDepartment Head advice on this matter, the Department has an established policy. At the end ofthe M.S. thesis defense all members of the student’s Research Advisory Committee are requiredto complete a form indicating whether or not the individual faculty member would recommendthe student to continue toward being a Ph.D. candidate. These forms are submitted to theGraduate Admissions Committee for review. In addition, other information such as the student’sgrades and information from other faculty members on the student’s potential are evaluated bythe Committee. Ultimately, the Committee provides a recommended action on each request tothe Department Head.The TAMU Graduate Catalog specifies that to be admitted to candidacy for a doctoral degree, astudent must have: (1) completed all formal course work on the degree plan with the exception ofany remaining 681, 684, 690 and 691 requirements, (2) achieved a 3.0 Graduate GPR and aDegree Plan GPR of at least 3.0 with no grade lower than C in any course on the degree plan, (3)passed the preliminary examination (written and oral portions), (4) submitted an approveddissertation proposal, and (5) met the residence requirements. The Department of NuclearEngineering also requires that a student pass a Ph.D. Qualifying Examination in order to beadmitted to candidacy; requirements are specified on the Department’s website and aresummarized below.The Ph.D. Qualifying Examination is an examination administered by the Department to helpestablish a student's credentials for entering the Ph.D. program. It also serves as part of theexamination required for the Doctor of Engineering degree. It is in the student’s best interest totake the Ph.D. Qualifying Examination early in graduate school to help him/her decide whetheror not to invest the considerable effort required to pursue a doctoral degree from the Departmentof Nuclear Engineering.A student who does not already hold a master's degree in the planned field of Ph.D. study mustpass the Ph.D. Qualifying Examination before the end of his/her fifth semester (not countingsummers) in the graduate program in the Department of Nuclear Engineering. A student whodoes already hold a master’s degree in the planned field of Ph.D. study must pass the Ph.D.Qualifying Examination before the end of his/her third semester (not counting summers) in thegraduate program in the Department of Nuclear Engineering. The Examination has a writtenportion and an oral portion. The student must pass both portions. (A recent faculty decisionallows the oral portion to be waived at faculty discretion if the student passes the written portionwith no evidence of weakness in any area.)To pass the written portion of the Ph.D. Qualifying Examination, the student must select andpass three sections, one of which must be Interactions, Measurement and Theory of Radiation.The available sections are:45

1. Reactor Engineering2. Reactor Theory and Experimentation3. Interactions, Measurement and Theory of Radiation4. Theoretical Health Physics5. Applied Health PhysicsEach section of the written examination is typically three hours in length. The examinations areclosed-book; all material needed by the student is provided as part of the exam packet.Normally, the examinations are scheduled during three consecutive days early in each fall andspring semester. A student may take one, two, or three sections during an examination week.The key requirement is that all sections must be passed within the time limit specified above.3.4 Graduate CoursesListed below are the graduate courses offered by the Department. Courses in both nuclearengineering and health physics are listed (because all courses have the NUEN designations)along with the frequency at which the courses are offered and the currently-designated instructorfor each course (see Table 2.5-2 for the current academic year). Short descriptions are providedfrom the TAMU Graduate Catalog as well as the prerequisites for each course. Elective coursesare designated, and typical degree plan requirements are provided in Section 3.5.Course No./Course Title /Brief Description Offered per year Instructor’s NameNUEN 601. Nuclear Reactor TheoryCredits 3 SCH 1 / yr. Pavel TsvetkovNeutron-nucleus interactions; neutron energy spectra; transport and diffusion theory; multigroup approximation; criticalitycalculations; cross-section processing; buildup and depletion calculations; modern reactor analysis methods and codes.Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.NUEN 604. Radiation Interactions and ShieldingCredits 3 SCH 1 / yr. Lin ShaoBasic principles of radiation interactions and transport, especially as related to the design of radiation shields. Radiation sources,nuclear reactions, radiation transport, photon interactions, dosimetry, buildup factors and fast neutron shielding. Prerequisites:NUEN 302 or equivalent; MATH 308; B.S. in engineering or physical sciences.NUEN 606. Reactor ExperimentationCredits 4 SCH 1 / yr. Marvin L. AdamsExtension of NUEN 405. Control rod and power calibrations are performed. Effects of scattering, absorption and moderation onthe reactor are determined. Reactor core is disassembled and a critical experiment performed. Prerequisite; NUEN 405 orapproval of graduate advisor.NUEN 609. Nuclear Reactor SafetyCredits 3 SCH - Elective 1 / yr. FacultyAnalysis and evaluation applied to reactor design for accident prevention and mitigation; protective systems and their reliability,containment design, emergency cooling requirements, reactivity excursions and the atmospheric dispersion of radioactivematerial; safety problems associated with light-water power reactors and proposed fast reactor systems. Prerequisites: NUEN601, 623, or consent of instructor.NUEN 610. Nuclear Reactor Design46

Credits 4 SCH 1 / yr. Fred R. BestApplication of fundamentals of nuclear physics and reactor theory with engineering fundamentals to design of nuclear reactors.Prerequisites: NUEN 602 or registration therein, NUEN 410 or approval of instructor.NUEN 611. Radiation Detection and MeasurementCredits 3 SCH 1 / yr. Warren D. ReeceInteraction of radiation with matter; behavior of various nuclear radiation detectors studied both theoretically and experimentallyin the laboratory; properties of radioisotopes useful to industry considered and evaluated from an engineering point of view.Prerequisites: Enrollment in NUEN 613 or instructor approval.NUEN 612. Radiological Safety and Hazards EvaluationCredits 3 SCH 1 / yr. John W. Poston, Sr.State and federal regulations concerning radioactive materials; radiation safety as applied to accelerators, nuclear reactors andradioactive byproducts; rigorous methods of analysis applied to computation of biological radiation dose and dose rates fromvarious sources and geometries; radiation effects on physical systems. Prerequisites: MATH 308, NUEN 613.NUEN 613. Principles of Radiological SafetyCredits 3 SCH 1 / yr. Leslie A. BrabyRigorous mathematical and physical approach to various aspects of radiological safety; derivation of equations involvingradiation absorption, radiation dosimetry and calculations of radiation dose due to internal emitters; mathematical modelsdeveloped for determination of maximum permissible body burdens and concentrations in air and water. Prerequisite: NUEN309.NUEN 614. Probabilistic Risk Assessment Techniques in Nuclear SystemsCredits 3 SCH - Elective once / 2 yrs. FacultyCurrent and proposed techniques for determining the reliability of nuclear plant systems and the risk associated with theoperation of these advanced technology systems. Prerequisites: NUEN 612 and 613.NUEN 615. Theory and Applications of MicrodosimetryCredits 3 SCH - Elective once / 2 yrs. Leslie A. BrabyTheory, measurement, and calculation of microdosimetric spectra; practical applications of microdosimetry in the determinationof absorbed dose distribution within tissue, the statistical fluctuations of absorbed dose at the cellular and subcellular level, andthe impact of microdosimetry on radiation protection guidelines. Prerequisite: NUEN 613.NUEN 618. Nuclear Control SystemsCredits 3 SCH - Elective 1 / yr. Jean C. RagusaReactor kinetics and fundamentals of servo control developed and applied to nuclear reactors. Safety aspects of reactor controland operational problems. Prerequisite: NUEN 606 or registration therein; and MATH 609 or equivalent.NUEN 619. Multivariable Control System DesignCredits 3 SCH - Elective 1 / yr. Jean C. RagusaAdvanced issues relevant to the design of multivariable control systems using hybrid (time and frequency domain) designmethodologies; design using the LQG/LTR method and advanced practical applications using various robust control systemdesign techniques. Prerequisite: MEEN 651 or ELEN 605. Cross-listed with MEEN 652.NUEN 623. Nuclear Engineering Heat Transfer and Fluid FlowCredits 3 SCH 1 / yr. Yassin A. Hassan47

Thermodynamics and unified treatment of mass, momentum and energy transport with applications to nuclear engineeringsystems; velocity and temperature distributions to laminar and turbulent flow; flow and thermal stability. Prerequisites: MEEN334, 346, or 461 and MATH 601 or registration therein or approval of instructor.NUEN 624. Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics and Stress AnalysisCredits 3 SCH 1 / yr. Yassin A. HassanUnified treatment of advanced heat transport in solids and fluids including boiling phenomena; thermal stress phenomena withapplications to nuclear sources; isothermal elasticity; thermoelasticity; viscoelasticity; plasticity. Prerequisites: MATH 601 orregistration therein; NUEN 623 or equivalent.NUEN 625. Neutron Transport TheoryCredits 4 SCH once / 2 yrs. Jim MorelAnalytical treatment of neutron transport theory; solution methods of integrodifferential and integral Boltzmann equations,adjoints; energy dependent methods using singular eigenfunctions, variational methods, orthogonal polynomials andthermalization; current analytical techniques in transport theory. Prerequisites: MATH 602; NUEN 602.NUEN 629. Numerical Methods in Reactor AnalysisCredits 4 SCH once / 2 yrs. Marvin L. AdamsSolution of variable dimension multigroup discrete representation problems including S n , P n , A n , variational and Monte Carlotechniques; techniques in reactor kinetics, fuel cycle and optimization. Prerequisites: NUEN 429, 602 or equivalent.NUEN 630. Computational Methods for Particle Transport ProblemsCredits 4 SCH 1 / yr Jim MorelKey properties of linear Boltzmann equation, including analytic solution of model problems, discretization methods; analysis ofhow well discretization methods reproduce important characteristics of exact solution; assessment of which properties are mostimportant in various applications.NUEN 633. Radiation Measurements and CalibrationsCredits 3 SCH 1 / yr. Leslie A. BrabyMeasurement of radiation dose and protection quantities in realistic radiation fields will be studied. The specific characteristicsof radiation sources will be discussed in the context of accurate measurement and radiation protection. Examples from a widevariety of radiation environments will illustrate radiation shielding requirements for medical, industrial, and research sources.Prerequisite: NUEN 613NUEN 644. Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid FlowCredits 3 SCH 1 / yr. Yassin A. HassanConvection-diffusion, up-wind, exponential, exact solution, power law schemes, false diffusion; staggered grid concept;development of simple and simpler algorithms; periodically developed flows. Prerequisites: MEEN 461, 457, NUEN 430 orequivalent. Cross-listed with MEEN 644.NUEN 673. Radiation BiologyCredits 3 SCH 1 / yr. John R. FordThe response of biological systems to ionizing radiation at the molecular, cellular, and organismal levels; effects of differentdose levels with emphasis on the underlying mechanisms relevant to long term health effects at low doses. Prerequisites: NUEN309 or graduate classification. Cross-listed with BMEN 673.NUEN 675. Internal Dose TechniquesCredits 3 SCH 1 / yr. John R. FordCurrent and proposed techniques for assessing the absorbed dose due to internally deposited radionuclides; techniquesrecommended for international and national bodies, as well as those used in nuclear medicine. Prerequisites: NUEN 612, 613.NUEN 676. Health Physics InstrumentationCredits 3 SCH - Elective 1 / yr. Warren D. Reece48

Advanced course in health physics instrumentation intended for students pursuing graduate study in health physics; provides anin-depth knowledge of the components of radiation monitoring and measurement systems. Prerequisite: NUEN 303.NUEN 677. Aerosol ScienceCredits 3 SCH - Elective once / 2 yr. William H. MarlowMultidisciplinary survey of methods for describing aerosol particles and systems: gas kinetics and transport theory, formationand growth thermodynamics, electrical properties, coagulation, light-scattering; selected topics from current literature.Prerequisites: Graduate classification in engineering or approval of instructor. Cross-listed with MEEN 677.NUEN 678. Waste Management in the Nuclear IndustryCredits 3 SCH - Elective once / 2 yr. Sean McDeavittManagement of radioactive, hazardous, and mixed waste generated by all segments of the nuclear fuel cycle and users ofradioisotopes; includes treatment, storage, and disposal technologies and the political and socioeconomic issues; evaluation ofcurrent practices and regulations using a holistic approach. Prerequisites: Graduate standing and approval of instructor.NUEN 681. SeminarCredit 1 SCH 2 / yr. Yassin A. HassinSpecial topics in nuclear engineering not covered by formal course work. Whenever possible, guest lecturers will discuss topicswhich they have personally investigated. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.NUEN 684. Professional InternshipCredits 1 to 6 SCH - Elective every semester FacultyTraining under the supervision of practicing engineers in settings appropriate to the student’s professional objectives.Prerequisites: Approval of chair of student’s advisory committee and department head.NUEN 685. ProblemsCredits 1 to 6 SCH - Elective every semester FacultyOffered to enable students to undertake and complete limited investigations not within their thesis research and not covered byany other courses in curriculum. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.NUEN 689. Special Topics in ….Credits 1 to 4 SCHSelected topics in an identified area of nuclear engineering. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.NUEN 691. ResearchCredits 1 or more SCH - ElectiveResearch toward thesis or dissertation.every semester Faculty3.5 Degree Plan RequirementsStudents enrolled in either Master of Science or Doctoral programs are required to file a degreeplan with the Office of Graduate Studies. This degree plan is put together by the student inconsultation with the student’s Research Advisory Committee (RAC). The plan requires thesignatures of the student and all the RAC members and must be approved by the DepartmentHead. To facilitate this process the Department has recommended or typical degree plans postedon the website. In some cases, the degree plan may deviate from the recommended plan withappropriate justification made by the student and the student’s faculty research adviser to theDepartment Head. The minimum requirement for the M.S. degree is 32 SCH (semester credithours). The University allows only 30 SCH for the Master of Engineering degree, but theDepartment has imposed additional requirements such that the minimum requirement for this49

degree is 36 SCH. Further the Department discourages students from pursuing this degreeexcept in very special cases.Individuals with an M.S. degree and pursuing the Ph.D. are required to complete an additional 64SCH. However, a student with a B.S. degree may enter the Ph.D. program upon approval of theDepartment’s Graduate Admissions Committee, but the requirements for their degree plan are 96SCH.Typical degree plans are presented below.The Master of Science degree curriculum in Nuclear Engineering includes specific requiredcourses and a broad range of technical electives. The degree program requires 32 SCH in coursework and research. Additional credit is given for the completion of an M.S. thesis, or the studentmay select the non-thesis option, requiring additional course work for a total of 36 SCH. (TheTAMU Office of Graduate Studies requires that a student must petition for selection of a nonthesisoption and that the petition must be approved by the student’s RAC. The Departmentgenerally discourages such selection unless there are justified extenuating circumstances.) Thedegree requirements are summarized below.Typical Degree Requirements for Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering*Course # Title SCHMATH 602 Higher Mathematics for Engineers and Physicists 4NUEN 601 Nuclear Reactor Theory 3NUEN 604 Radiations Interactions and Shielding 3NUEN 606 Reactor Analysis and Experimentation 3NUEN 610 Design of Nuclear Reactors 4NUEN 623 Nuclear Engineering Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow 3NUEN 624 Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics and Stress Analysis 3NUEN 681 Graduate Seminar 2NUEN 685/691 Directed Studies/Research 7Total required hours ** 32_________________________*NUEN course descriptions are provided in Section 3.4.**Note that most students take more than the required minimum number of SCH.A thesis and a final oral examination is required.The above degree requirements are for a student who has a B.S. in nuclear engineering. Studentswho do not have a B.S. in nuclear engineering may also be required to take as remediationcourses NUEN 401, 404, 405, 406, 410 or 430. Limited course substitutions may be consideredon the degree plan if approved by the student’s faculty advisor and the Department Head. ByUniversity policy, a maximum of nine SCH of advanced undergraduate courses may be includedin an M.S. degree plan.50

Requirements for the Master of Engineering degree are similar to those above. TheDepartmental requirement is that the student completes 36 SCH of courses. No thesis is requiredfor this degree; however, the University rules do require a comprehensive final examination.Under University rules this examination may be waived at the discretion of the faculty, based onextraordinary academic performance.The graduate program in Health Physics is unique in the nation because of its broad-basedcurriculum firmly grounded in engineering. Graduates are well prepared for the current nuclearindustry interest in health, safety, and environmental issues. The Master of Science degreecurriculum in Health Physics includes specific required courses and a broad range of technicalelectives. The degree program requires 32 SCH in course work and research. Additional creditis given for the completion of an M. S. thesis, or the student may select the non-thesis option,requiring additional course work for a total of 36 SCH. The degree requirements aresummarized below.Typical Degree Requirements for Master of Science in Health Physics*Course # Title SCHNUEN 611 Radiation Detection and Management 3NUEN 612 Radiological Safety and Hazards Evaluation 3NUEN 613 Principles of Radiological Safety 3NUEN 633 Radiation Measurements and Calibrations 3NUEN 675 Internal Dose Techniques 3NUEN 676 Health Physics Instrumentation 3NUEN 681 Graduate Seminar 2NUEN 685/691 Directed Studies/Research 8Technical Electives 4Total required hours ** 32A thesis and a final oral examination are required.***NUEN course descriptions are provided in Section 3.4.Note that most students take more than the required minimum number of SCH.The above degree requirements are for a student who has a B.S. in radiological healthengineering or health physics. Students who do not have a B.S. in radiological healthengineering or health physics may also be required to take as remediation courses NUEN 402,409, 475, 479, or other courses at the discretion of the student’s graduate advisor. Limitedcourse substitutions may be considered on the degree plan if approved by the student’s facultyadvisor and the Department Head. By University policy, a maximum of nine SCH of advancedundergraduate courses may be included in an M.S. degree plan.Admission to the Ph.D. degree program in nuclear engineering requires the successfulcompletion of a Ph.D. Qualifying Examination (see Sect. 3.3). This examination is offered at the51

eginning of the fall and spring semesters. In addition, the University requires a PreliminaryExamination (both written and oral) to be administered by the candidate’s RAC usually in thelast semester in which the candidate is enrolled in course work listed on the degree plan. Typicaldegree requirements for the Ph.D. degree in nuclear engineering are shown below.Typical Degree Requirements for the Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering *Course # Title SCHNUEN 609 Nuclear Reactor Safety 3NUEN 618 Nuclear Control Systems 3NUEN 625 Neutron Transport Theory 4NUEN 629 Numerical Methods in Reactor Analysis 4NUEN XXX Elective *** 3-4Electives (Science and Engineering) 18NUEN 681 Seminar 4NUEN 691 Research 24-25Total required hours ** 64A dissertation and a final oral examination are required.******NUEN course descriptions are provided in Section 3.4.Note students may take more than the required minimum number of SCH.Not to include any NUEN course required for the M.S. degree, i.e., 601, 602, 604, 606,610, 623, 624.There is no State-approved degree program in health physics at the doctoral level. Candidatesfor the Ph.D. degree with a specialization in health physics receive the Ph.D. degree in nuclearengineering. Admission to the Ph.D. degree program with a specialization in health physicsrequires the successful completion of a written Ph.D. Qualifying Examination. This examinationcontains sections common to the nuclear engineering examination as well as two sectionsspecifically focused on health physics (see Sect. 3.3). The examination is offered at thebeginning of the fall and spring semesters. In addition, the University requires a PreliminaryExamination (both written and oral) to be administered by the candidate’s RAC usually in thelast semester in which the candidate is enrolled in course work listed on the degree plan. Typicaldegree requirements for the Ph.D. degree with a specialization in health physics are shownbelow.Typical Degree Requirements for the Ph.D. with Health Physics Emphasis *Course #SCHThree NUEN electives 1 9.Three Electives 2 9.Research (NUEN 691) 42 3Seminar (NUEN 681) 4.TOTAL 6452

* For the student who has passed the departmental Qualifying Examinations and has beenadmitted to candidacy.1NUEN electives chosen from NUEN 615, 625, 630, 650, 673, 674, 677, and 678.2 Other electives chosen from graduate level Statistics, Mathematics, Science or Engineeringcourses from other departments.3 May be a combination of additional courses and research hours recommended by the student’scommittee and totaling 42 SCH.3.6 Academic StandardsThe scholastic requirements for all graduate students are specified in the TAMU GraduateCatalog and on the TAMU website. These requirements are: Graduate students must maintain agrade point ratio (GPR) of 3.000 (B average based on a 4.000 scale) for all courses which arelisted on the degree plan and for all graded graduate and advanced undergraduate course work(300- and 400-level) completed at Texas A&M and eligible to be applied toward a graduatedegree. Graduate students will not receive graduate degree credit for undergraduate coursestaken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory (S/U) basis.In the Department of Nuclear Engineering a student falling below this level of academic standardis put on probation and is required to bring his/her GPR above the minimum requirements by theend of the next semester (or meet other terms of the probation agreement). In addition, pooracademic performance can affect the student’s financial aid.In order to be considered a full-time student every graduate student must be enrolled in at least 9SCH during each Fall or Spring semester and 3 SCH during each Summer semester. Thisrequirement also applies to student financial aid. All students provided financial aid throughgraduate research assistantships (GAR) or graduate assistant non-teaching (GANT) positions arerequired to enroll in the minimum number of credit hours and maintain the minimum GPR.The Department has established policies addressing these issues, and these are posted on theDepartment’s website. Basically, poor academic performance will result in the student beingplaced on probation. The terms of the probation will be established by the Graduate Coordinatorin concert with the student’s faculty adviser. The Department Head may modify the terms of thestudent’s appointment during the probationary period including suspension of payment of tuitionand fees and a reduction in the monthly stipend. An appointment may be continued beyond thefirst semester in which the student is placed on academic probation only if the student meets theterms of the probation. Normally, the student’s appointment will not be continued beyond thesecond semester in which a student earns a GPR less than 3.0.3.7 ExaminationsStudents entering the Ph.D. program must successfully complete several examinations. TheDepartment established more than 20 years ago, the requirement that doctoral candidates53

successfully complete a Ph.D. Qualifying Examination as a requirement to continue in theprogram (see Sect. 3.3). This examination is not required by the university but may beestablished as an option by individual departments. Students are encouraged to attempt theexamination early in their program, and there is a time limit for completing this requirement. Aswith other standards, the Department’s procedure is outlined on the Department’s website, andthis information is included in the graduate student orientation held before the start of thesemester.As stated above, the Ph.D. Qualifying Examination is a departmental requirement to helpestablish a student’s credentials for entering the Ph.D. program. It also serves as part of theexamination required for the Doctor of Engineering degree. Students are encouraged to take thePh.D. Qualifying Examination early in graduate school to help them decide whether or not toinvest the considerable effort required to pursue a doctoral degree in the Department of NuclearEngineering.Following successful completion of the Ph.D. Qualifying Examination plus completion ofessentially all coursework, the student takes the Preliminary Examination (a universityrequirement). This examination is to be administered in the semester in which the student iscompleting the final coursework. The intent of the examination is to ascertain if the student isready to begin research or needs additional coursework to provide better preparation. ThePreliminary Examination is administered solely by the doctoral student’s Research AdvisoryCommittee in accordance with the policies stated in the TAMU Graduate Catalog. Thisexamination has both a written and an oral component but is focused more on the identifiedresearch area.3.8 Professional DevelopmentThe Department strongly encourages its undergraduate and first-year graduate students to seekemployment in the nuclear industry as summer interns each summer prior to graduation. TheDepartment, in fact, does not teach undergraduate classes in the summer (except one sophomorecourse offered for transferring students) consistent with this encouragement. Most summerinternship opportunities are identified by networking with faculty playing a key role inidentifying opportunities and facilitating contacts between students and prospective employers.Although the Department does not keep complete records of students’ summer internships, thefollowing is a partial list of nuclear industry organizations with which students held internshipsduring Summer 2006: TXU Electric Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, Idaho NationalLaboratory, Duke Energy Nuclear Generation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, EntergyWaterford-3 Nuclear Power Plant, Sandia National Laboratory, Waste Control Specialist, LLC.,South Texas Nuclear Project, General Atomics, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and KnollsAtomic Power Laboratory. In addition, three students who were earning their B.S. degrees fromthe Department during the past year are now employed with Duke Energy Nuclear Generation,Hurst Technologies, and Entergy Arkansas Nuclear One.Students interact with representatives of industry through student sections of the following fourprofessional societies: the American Nuclear Society (ANS), the Health Physics Society (HPS),54

Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM), and Women in Nuclear (WIN). Themeetings of these organizations usually involve a speaker from industry. Students from thedepartment also participate actively in the South Texas Chapter of the Health Physics Society. Infact, one entire meeting is held on the Texas A&M campus annually and is devoted to thepresentation of research papers by graduate and undergraduate students in the program. Thesepapers are judged and cash prizes are given for the best undergraduate and best graduatepresentations.One of the most important industry contact opportunities is attendance at the national meetingsof these professional societies. Financial support for such attendance is generally prorated about40% from the Department, 40% from the respective student section, 10% from the attendingstudents, and 10% from the respective professional society.The Department sponsors periodic field trips to industry facilities such as nuclear power plantsand radiological health laboratories. For example, in Spring 2006 the ANS student sectionsponsored a visit to the Comanche Peak Nuclear Steam Electric Station in Glen Rose, TX. Thestation has two operating pressurized water reactors each rated at 3,411 MWt. The studentsvisited many areas of the station and interacted with numerous station personnel. Students alsohave attended courses at national laboratories on selected topics. For example, students havebeen sponsored to attend a 5-day course on the code MCNPX at the Los Alamos NationalLaboratory and eleven students recently attended a 5-day Safeguards Measurement TrainingCourse held at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.55

4. GRADUATE STUDENT STATISTICSThe Department of Nuclear Engineering has been in a period of growth over the past 4-5 yearswith respect to student quantity and quality. Much of this growth has been in the undergraduateprograms; however, there has been a steady, moderate growth in the graduate programs as well.The Department’s undergraduate program is the largest in the nation, and the graduate programis among the largest (with 108 students enrolled in the Fall 2006). The graduate program has alarge percentage of domestic students (73%) when compared with other nuclear engineeringdepartments around the nation as well as other engineering departments within the TAMUCollege of Engineering. The majority of these data comes from the TAMU Office of InstitutionalStudies and Planning which maintains certified statistical data for students enrolled at TAMU.4.1 Applications HistoryA breakdown of the Department’s application history for calendar years 2003-2006 is shown inTable 4.1-1. The Department has experienced a large applicant pool averaging approximately 93applicants per calendar year over the past four years. During this period the trend in number ofapplications has been generally positive. The fraction of domestic applicants to the Departmenthas increased significantly in the past four years from 26.6% in 2003 to 67.4% in 2006. Since2003, about 50 applicants have been accepted each year, and about 50% of those who appliedhave been accepted each year.Table 4.1-1 Application History for NE and HP Graduate Programs by Academic Year2003 2004 2005 2006ApplicantsHealth Physics 14 14 12 14Nuclear Eng. or Uncommitted 65 97 72 81Total 79 111 84 95% Domestic Applicants 26.6% 38.7% 61.9% 67.4%AcceptedHealth Physics 7 10 8 9Nuclear Eng. or Uncommitted 17 41 38 41Total 24 51 46 50% Accepted 30.4% 46.0% 54.8% 52.6%4.2 Enrollment HistoryThe enrollment has increased significantly from 2001 to 2006 in all programs of the Department.Table 4.2-1 shows the enrollment history by major and by fiscal year. The majors are: B.S.Nuclear Engineering, B.S. Radiological Health Engineering, M.S. Nuclear Engineering, M.S.Health Physics, and Doctor of Philosophy (which includes Health Physics and Nuclear56

Engineering options). A summary of these data by student classification is given in Table 4.2-2.As can be seen, the Masters level enrollment has more than doubled from 2001 to 2006, and theDoctoral enrollment has increased by 50%. A graphical display of the enrollment data is shownin Figure 4.2-1.Table 4.2.1 Enrollment History by Major and Fiscal Year2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006BS NUEN 106 140 165 148 161 167BS RHEN 28 40 39 38 30 35MS NUEN 23 25 31 38 38 55MS HLPH 8 11 9 11 12 16Ph.D. 24 28 34 29 33 37Table 4.2.2 Summary of Enrollment History by Student Classification and Fiscal Year2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006Bachelors 134 180 204 186 191 202Masters 31 36 40 49 50 71Doctoral 24 28 34 29 33 37605040Enrollment30201002001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006Fiscal YearMS NUEN MS HLPH Ph.D.Figure 4.2.1 Enrollment History by Level and Fiscal Year57

4.3 Current Enrollment DemographicsSignificant effort has been expended to increase the diversity of the Department’s graduate (andundergraduate) student populations. The Department is likely to be unique among U.S. nuclearengineering departments in its high percentage of graduate students who are U.S. citizens. Ademographic breakdown of the graduate students’ residency status is shown in Figure 4.3-1, andthe graduate student enrollment by nationality and degree is shown in Figure 4.3-2. As can beseen, domestic students comprise 73% of the graduate student population in the Department.This is generally high for engineering departments; however, given the likely employmentoptions for nuclear engineering graduates (generally skewed toward U.S. government andnational laboratories) the demand for students who are U.S. citizens is very high.The gender diversity of the graduate students (Figure 4.3-3) in the Department (25% femalestudents) is higher than the average in the TAMU College of Engineering (the COE average was18% female students in Fall 2006), and the fraction of the Department’s graduate students whoare female has been growing (12% in 2001 to 25% in 2006). However, both of these fractions arelow compared to the University average (which was 41% in Fall 2006).The Department’s graduate student population is 61% of white ethnicity (Figure 4.3-4); however,significant effort has been expended to increase the enrollment of domestic students of otherethnicities through the Department’s relationships with its sister programs at Prairie View A&MUniversity and Texas A&M University at Kingsville (both of which have been facilitated by theDOE University Partnerships Program).InternationalTexasNon TexasRussiaVenezuelaVAAZFLNigeriaBangladeshTNMexicoINLebanonChinaPAKoreaILOKMAMONMGraduate -- Non TexasIndiaFranceGraduates -- InternationalFigure 4.3-1 Graduate Student Residency Demographics58

International27%Ph.D.34%Domestic73%M.S.66%Figure 4.3-2 Graduate Student Enrollment by Nationality and DegreeFemale25%Male75%Figure 4.3-3 Graduate Student Demographics by GenderUnknown1%International27%American Indian0%Asian2%Hispanic7%Black2%White61%Figure 4.3-4 Graduate Student Demographics by Ethnicity59

4.4 Graduation HistoryA summary of the degrees awarded by the Department in the past six fiscal years is shown inTable 4.4-1 and Figure 4.4-1. As can be seen, the graduation rate for the undergraduate programhas increased significantly from 2001 to 2006; however, the graduate program graduation ratesare relatively constant with moderate growth in the graduation rate for Masters-level studentsand essentially constant graduation rates for Doctoral-level students.Table 4.4-1 Degrees Awarded by Fiscal Year2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006B.S. NUEN 7 9 12 24 24 30B.S. RHEN 3 2 5 8 13 9M.S. HLPH 2 2 4 4 3 5M.S. NUEN 4 7 9 7 8 8M.E. NUEN 0 0 0 0 3 1Ph.D. 3 3 6 10 5 1454035Degrees Awarded3025201510502001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006Fiscal YearBachelors Masters Ph.D.4.5 ResearchFigure 4.4-1 Summary of Degrees Awarded by Level and Fiscal YearResearch is an integral part of the graduate student education and experience. The students in theDepartment perform state-of-the-art research in a number of nuclear engineering and healthphysics topics. A detailed list of past thesis and dissertation topics is provided in Appendix D.60

4.6 Post-Graduation PlacementGraduates from the Department are employed at a diverse number of institutions includinguniversities, national laboratories, industry, and government. Table 4.6-1 and Table 4.6-2 list thepost-graduation employment of nearly all of the recent graduates from the nuclear engineeringand health physics graduate programs, respectively. As can be seen, a significant fraction of theMasters-level graduates continue on for a Ph.D.; however, many also leave the program andenter into employment at national laboratories or in industry.Table 4.6-1 Post-Graduation Employment of Nuclear Engineering Graduate Program GraduatesStudent NameDateGraduated MS/PhD EmployerDonald Giannangeli Dec-06 MS Defense Intelligence AgencyYaqi Wang Dec-06 MS Enrolled at Texas A&MRobert Barner Dec-06 MS UnknownCelestino Abrego Dec-06 MS Enrolled at Texas A&MMichael Ellis Dec-06 MS Enrolled at Texas A&MDae Lee Dec-06 MSKorea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. Ltd.,South KoreaVijay Mahadevan Dec-06 MS Enrolled at Texas A&MDavid E. Ames II Aug-06 MS Enrolled at Texas A&MNolan A. Anderson Aug-06 MS Seeking employmentTeresa S. Bailey Aug-06 MS Livermore National LabRobert W. Candalino Aug-06 MS Idaho National LabNorman A. Johansen, III Aug-06 MS Los Alamos National LabJesse J. Carter May-06 MS Enrolled at Texas A&MEugene J. Moore May-06 MS AREVA, Inc.Katherine D. Kohlhepp Dec-05 MS Scientech CorpShuwen Wang Dec-05 ME Enrolled at Texas A&MAaron M. Watson Dec-05 PhD Knoll's Atomic Power LabChu Nie Aug-05 PhD PostDoc at TAMUDavid Burk May-05 MS Defense Intelligence AgencyTaraknath Venkrat KrishnaWoodi May-05 MS Enrolled at Texas A&MMark R. Scott May-05 MS Los Alamos National LabLimin Wang May-05 ME IAEAZeyun Wu May-05 ME Enrolled at Texas A&MBrian Landsrud May-05 PhD Los Alamos National LabFrancois G. Cocheme Dec-04 MS Employed in FranceAvery Guild-Bingham Dec-04 MS Enrolled at Texas A&MRichard L. Hardy Dec-04 MS Sandia National LabChaqing Liao Dec-04 ME Enrolled at Texas A&MCarlos E. Estrada Perez Dec-04 MS Enrolled at Texas A&MLing Zhen Dec-04 MS Enrolled at Texas A&MPavel Medvedev Dec-04 PhD PNNLElvis E. Dominquez Ontiveros Aug-04 MS Enrolled at Texas A&M61

Student NameDateGraduated MS/PhD EmployerVittorio Scipolo Aug-04 MS Employed in CanadaJae Ho Chang Aug-04 PhD Los Alamos National LaboratoryKevin T. Clarno Aug-04 PhD Oak Ridge National LabRyoji Oinuma Aug-04 PhD Center for Space PowerJonathan Braisted May-04 MS Enrolled at University of Texas--AustinFrank Szakaly May-04 MS CIA in Washington, DCLuca Valota May-04 MS Continuing education in ItalyVera Erguina May-04 PhD Research Associate at TAMUGalina Tsvetkov Dec-03 PhD UnknownLucas C. Phinney Dec-03 MS UnknownGokul Vasudevamurthy Dec-03 MS Enrolled at Texas A&MSridhar Hari Dec-03 PhD Research Associate TAMUAnton Moisseytsev Dec-03 PhD Argonne National LabAlexandre Alexseev Aug-03 MS EntergyWilliam D. Hawkins Aug-03 MS Enrolled at Texas A&MMd. Nasir Uddin Bhuiyan Aug-03 PhD Baylor College of MedicinePreston Pratt III May-03 MS Pennsylvania Power and LightGokhan Yesilyurt May-03 MS UnknownSung-Woo Lee May-03 PhD Employed in KoreaToru Furukawa Dec-02 MS Employed at NI in JapanS.M Mohsin Reza Dec-02 MS Enrolled at Texas A&MAleksey Victor Rezvyi Dec-02 MS Oregon State UniversityHiromi Stone Dec-02 MS Enrolled at Texas A&MAaron Watson Dec-02 MS Enrolled at Texas A&MDonald Robert Todd Dec-02 PhD Sandia National LabPavel V. Tsvetkov Dec-02 PhD Asst. Professor at Texas A&M UniversityVincent Gautier Aug-02 MS Employed in FranceDmitri Jiltchenkov Aug-02 MS UnknownNicolas Dominigue Valette Aug-02 MS UnknownFatma Yilmaz Aug-02 MS EntergyDonald M. Helton, Jr. May-02 MS Nuclear Regulatory CommissionSylvie Marie Aurelie Reynaud May-02 MS AREVA, Inc.Joseph C. Stone Dec-01 MS Enrolled at Texas A&MKevin T. Clarno Aug-01 MS Enrolled at Texas A&MRichard M. Garcia Aug-01 MS Consulting Co. at PNLAshley D. Henderson Aug-01 MS U.S. Dept. of EnergyKyusung Kim May-01 PhD Honeywell62

Table 4.7-2 Post-Graduation Employment of Health Physics Graduate Program GraduatesStudent NameDateGraduated MS/PhD EmployerYong Chen Dec-06 MS Employed in ChinaChristopher Prause Dec-06 MS Lab Manager at Texas A&MAlex Urashkin Dec-06 MS Enrolled at Texas A&MXudong Wang Dec-06 MS Enrolled at Texas A&MDavid Hearnsberger Dec-06 PhD Earth TechAlexis Lazarine Aug-06 MS Enrolled at Texas A&MDavid Oertli Aug-06 MS US Air ForceStephen Handley Dec-05 MS UnknownAlexander Pasciak Dec-05 MS Enrolled at Texas A&MTemeka L. Taplin Dec-05 MS Seeking employmentAndrei Bosko Aug-05 PhD Canberra IndustriesNatela Ostrovskaya Aug-05 PhD Lecturer at TAMU/Dept. of Nuclear Engr.Anna Glagolenko May-05 MS Defense Intelligence AgencySripriya Rayadurgam May-05 MS Univ. of California -- BerkeleyJulien Partouche Dec-04 MS Medical School in ChicagoJason Cezeaux Aug-04 MS Baylor College of MedicineErich Fruchtnicht Aug-04 MS Foxfire ScientificSi Young Jang Aug-04 PhD Purdue UniversityDmitry G. Medvedev Aug-04 PhD Brookhaven Nat’l LabNatalia G. Medvedeva Aug-04 PhD Brookhaven Nat’l LabTamra George May-04 MS NASAIlya V. Pavlenko Dec-03 MS Research Technician at NSCRandall Alex Redd May-03 MS Enrolled at Texas A&MMarissa D. Reynolds May-03 MS Isotope Products LabSusrut R. Usgaonker May-03 MS Nuclear Science CenterSung Woo Lee May-03 PhD UnknownLucile Dauffy May-03 PhD Lawrence Livermore National LabRaymond B. Pahlka Dec-02 MS Enrolled at U of OklahomaMatthew Gordon Arno Dec-02 PhD Foxfire ScientificStephen Andrew Gilliland Aug-02 MS Isotope TechnologyVeronica McAffrey Aug-02 MS CIAWen-Hsing Hsu Aug-02 PhD unknownLatha Vasudevan May-02 PhD Texas A&M Nuclear Science CenterKendall R. DePriest Dec-01 PhD Sandia National LabDavid W. Hearnsberger Aug-01 MS Enrolled at Texas A&MMichael A. Charlton Aug-01 PHD UT Health Science Center – San Antonio63

5. RESEARCH5.1 Research AreasThe Department’s strategic plan (see Sect. 2.2) has recognized that the Department has corecompetencies in the following research areas:• Reactor Analysis/Computational Methods• Reactor Engineering• Radiation Biology• Reactor Experiments• Dosimetry• Irradiation Effects on Materials• Nuclear Materials Engineering• Non-ProliferationA brief summary of Department research in each of these areas follows.Reactor analysis/computational methods are the largest research area in the Department withmore than eight faculty members involved. It involves research partnerships with the TAMUDepartment of Computer Science, the TAMU Department of Mathematics, several nationallaboratories, and several other universities. It includes the Center for Large-Scale ScientificSimulations (see Sect. 2.8) the objective of which is to advance the state of the art in large-scalescientific simulations by developing numerical methods and computational strategies that enablemore efficient solutions of larger problems on the latest computer platforms.Research projects involve development of analytical methods for transport of neutrons, photons,and charged particles, discretization methods (spatial, directional, temporal, and energyvariations), iterative methods, and algorithms and strategies for efficient use of massivelyparallel systems. Examples of research activities are nuclear power reactor systems analysis andsimulation, higher programming languages and improved mesh generators, finite-element codesand mixed-FEM mesh elements, irregular meshes in highly heterogeneous geometries and/or inmesh refinement processes, adaptive mesh refinement, Newton-Krylov solver for multi-physicsproblems, both stochastic and deterministic numerical methods for neutron and charged-particletransport calculations, discretization techniques and associated multi-level solution techniquesfor diffusion and transport on unstructured and structured meshes with adaptive refinement,solution techniques for multiphysics calculations such as radiation-hydrodynamics, partitioningand transmutation technologies, and direct energy conversion simulation.Reactor engineering is the second largest research area in the Department having more thanseven faculty members involved. It involves research partnerships with the TAMU Departmentof Mechanical Engineering, several national laboratories, and several other universities. Itincludes the Center for Space Power, the Center for Studies of Clusters and Microphysics, andthe Spacecraft Technology Center (see Sect. 2.8).64

Research projects involve both analytical and experimental investigations of design, operation,maintenance, and optimization of current and future nuclear power systems including both landbasedand space systems. Examples of research activities are designing fuel assemblies/loadingpatterns for current and next generation of reactors, power reactor safety analysis, advancedreactor designs, advanced integrated analysis of nuclear systems, concept and designdevelopment of a fission fragment magnetic collimator reactor, direct energy conversion designanalysis, advanced fuel cycle design and analysis, innovative energy systems, plant life-cycleanalysis, hybrid fission/fusion systems, countercurrent flow limitation experiments and modelingfor improved reactor safety, uncertainty quantification in the reliability and risk assessment ofGeneration IV reactors, development of design and simulation model and safety study of largescalehydrogen production using nuclear power, MELCOR code assessments and applications,reflux condensation heat transfer and fluid flow in PWR steam generator tubes, horizontal heatexchanger design and analysis for passive containment heat removal systems, heat transfer andmulti-phase flow problems in a zero-gravity environment, laser-based flow visualization anddiagnostic imaging techniques, multiphase flow studies through packed beds, experimentalinvestigation of simultaneous temperature and velocity fields in water-based nanofluids for watercooled reactors, and comparison of MAAP 4 to RELAP.The third research area, radiation biology, involves more than five Department faculty members.It involves research partnerships with the TAMU College of Life Sciences, the TAMU NationalCenter for Food Irradiation, Texas A&M at Prairie View, several national laboratories, andseveral other universities. Its peer base extends beyond the DOE and NASA constituenciesinvolved by most of the Department and includes the National Institutes of Health and theNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.Research projects involve both analytical and experimental investigations of the mechanisms ofradiation damage particularly at the cellular level and at very low doses. Much of theexperimental research uses the Micro-Beam Cell Irradiation Facility (see Sect. 2.7) which is oneof only three in the world that can examine effects of a single charged particle interactingdirectly with a single cell. Analytical research employs several versions of the MCNP code.Examples of research activities are developing mechanistic models of dose at very low radiationexposure levels, characterizing the effects of irradiation on the extra cellular environment, usingnatural and reconstructed tissues to test monolayer culture results, analytical and experimentaldeterminations of the bystander effect, determining low dose response of respiratory cells inintact tissues and reconstituted constructs, modeling tissue kinetics, determination and evaluationof space radiation countermeasures, comparing the response of a well characterized tissue modelto the response of a Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter, construction and application of afiltered neutron irradiation facility for cell cultures and small animals, determining the effect ofnutrition on radiation and chemical carcinogenesis in a rat colon model, and obtaining data forbetter estimates of the actual risk due to exposures from carcinogens.The Department conducts a wide variety of reactor experiments which are facilitated by theversatility of the TRIGA reactor at the Nuclear Science Center (see Sect. 2.7). Currently threeDepartment faculty members are the primary users of this facility. However, there is frequentlycollaboration with researchers from many other TAMU departments and colleges as well asinstitutions outside of the university.65

Research projects involve in-core and ex-core irradiation, radionuclide production, neutronradiography, gamma and neutron irradiations, neutron activation analysis, development andcharacterization of polycarbonate filters, basic research on radiation characteristics and effects,and coupled reactor-accelerator experiments.The dosimetry research area involves three Department faculty members. It involves researchpartnerships with the College of Life Sciences, Texas A&M at Prairie View, several nationallaboratories, and several other universities. Its principal peer community is currently researchersexamining the effects of irradiation of electronics, instrumentation, and humans during spacetravel.Research projects involve both analytical methods to simulate dosimetry and the development ofbetter dosimetry instruments, primarily micro-dosimeters. Examples of research activities areevaluating the effect of radiation and storage time on nutrient content of space food, developingdosimetry for real-time measurement of dose in a charged-particle spectrum, and repair andrefurbishment of tissue equivalent proportional counters.More than four Department faculty members are currently involved in the research area ofdetermining irradiation effects on materials. This involves significant cooperation with theTAMU Materials Science and Engineering Interdisciplinary Program including its ElectronBeam Microscopy facility. It also utilizes the Department’s Accelerator Laboratory (see Sect.2.7) and the facilities of the Cyclotron Institute (see Sect. 2.8).Research projects involve measurements of ion stopping powers, transmitted energy and angulardistributions of ions that are channeled through thin films, lattice damage and self-annealingphenomena, low-energy implantations and film deposition, and ion-beam lithography. Examplesof research activities are the study of Ga interactions with stainless steel for the safe storage ofweapons grade Pu, investigations of alpha particle interactions with cladding metals of Pu pits,neutron transmutation doping of semiconductors and annealing of the associated neutrondamage, and simulation of direct conversion of fission fragment kinetic energies to electricalpower.One Department faculty member is currently conducting primarily experimental research onnuclear materials engineering. This research also involves significant cooperation with theTAMU Materials Science and Engineering Interdisciplinary Program including its ElectronBeam Microscopy facility. It utilizes the Department’s Fuel Cycle and Materials Laboratory (seeSect. 2.7).Projects involve experimental research to address issues in the nuclear fuel cycle and to focus onprocessing for advanced reactor fuels and waste materials. Examples of research activities areevaluation of a zirconium-matrix cermet for the storage and transmutation of transuranicisotopes, developing storage forms for the immobilization of radioactive cesium and strontiumfrom spent nuclear fuel, and chemical vapor deposition of porous silicon carbide onto ceramicmicrospheres using a fluidized bed.66

The research area of non-proliferation involves two Department faculty members on a full-timebasis and several other faculty members on specific research projects. It involves partnershipswith The Bush School of Government and Public Service, several national laboratories, andseveral other universities. It includes the Nuclear Security Science and Policy Institute (see Sect.2.8) the objective of which is to conduct graduate education, research, and service on a variety oftopics related to the safeguarding of nuclear materials and the reduction of nuclear threats.Research projects involve developing technological solutions to problems associated with themalicious use of nuclear materials. Examples of research activities are defining measurementsXenon isotopics in offgas from reprocessing of spent fuel to predict fuel type, using measured Xeisotopic ratios to predict fuel burnup to allow verification of operator declarations, developing aninverse problem analysis method for determining the source of an unconventional nuclear attackbased on pre- and post-detonation signatures, designing proliferation resistant nuclear fuel,developing proliferation resistance assessments for fuel cycles, nuclear material safeguardsdevelopment and analysis, development of portal monitors for detecting the illicit trafficking ofnuclear materials, modeling of nuclear smuggling routes, post-event nuclear material attribution,compilation of reactor data for international safeguards and safety purposes, developingmethodologies for verifying the history of plutonium production reactors both pre- and postdecommissioning,generating techniques for the identification of covert nuclear weaponsprograms, and studying nuclear terrorism pathways.5.2 Research ProjectsResearch projects conducted by the Department are listed in Appendix E. This list includes notonly specific projects in each of the research areas described in Section 5.2 but also numerousother projects that do not fit specifically in the research areas defined by the Department’sstrategic plan.5.3 Research FacilitiesThe Department has extensive facilities and laboratories that are used in support of both theteaching and research missions. Summary descriptions of each are provided in Section 2.7.Additionally, the Department hosts several research centers each of which supports one or moremissions generally defined in conjunction with external sponsors. Summary descriptions of eachare provided in Section 2.8.67

5.4 Research FundingThe level of the Department’s research funding has risen significantly over the past five years asshown in Table 5.4-1.Table 5.4-1 Department Research Funding LevelFiscal Year FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06ResearchFunding, $K2,970 4,175 4,644 4,603 4,302The spectrum of funding sources for the Department’s research over the past five years is shownin Figure 5.4-1. The data in this figure show that during this period 50% or more of theDepartment’s research funding has been provided by DOE either directly or through its nationallaboratories. The source of the second largest fraction of research funding is NASA; the fractionof funding from NASA has grown from about 25% in FY02 to about 30% in FY06. In FY06other government sources provided about 15% of the Department’s research funding, andindustry provided less than 5%.Figure 5.4-1 Department Research Sponsors68

6. FINANCIAL INFORMATION6.1 Department Operating BudgetThe Department’s FY06 and FY07 operating budgets are shown in Table 6.1-1. The distributionof funding sources and expenditures between TAMU and TEES is shown for the FY07 operatingbudget and explained below. These figures do not include the direct income from andexpenditures on the Department’s research contracts which are discussed in Section 5.4.Table 6.1-1 Department Operating BudgetTexas A&M University/Texas Engineering Experiment Station Department of Nuclear EngineeringAnnual Operating Budget FY 2007September 1, 2006-August 31, 2007OperatingOperatingBudgetBudgetTAMU TEES FY 2007 FY 2006Support and Revenue:TAMU "Gold Plate" Allocation :Nuclear Engineering--Faculty/Staff Salaries $ 1,605,619.00 $ - $ 1,605,619.00 $ 1,365,369.50Graduate Student Salaries 200,000.00 - 200,000.00 291,682.50Nuclear Engineering-for Operations 54,682.00 - 54,682.00 54,682.00Total TAMU "Gold Plate" Allocation a. $ 1,860,301.00 $ - $ 1,860,301.00 $ 1,711,734.00Other Support & Allocations:TAMU for Graduate Enhancement b. 40,000.00 - 40,000.00 38,000.00TEES "State" Dollars--IDC Sponsored Projects PY c. - 189,237.00 189,237.00 231,821.00IDC Return--Sponsored Projects-Current Year d. - 215,000.00 215,000.00 195,000.00Restricted Gifts & Grants e. 133,250.00 58,000.00 191,250.00 190,000.00Other Income and Allocations ** f. 107,345.00 - 107,345.00 156,466.00Total Other Allocations $ 280,595.00 $ 462,237.00 $ 742,832.00 $ 811,287.00Total Support & Allocations $ 2,140,896.00 $ 462,237.00 $ 2,603,133.00 $ 2,523,021.00Expenses:Faculty Salaries-Tenure Track g. $ 1,309,743.00 $ 333,079.00 $ 1,642,822.00 1,414,632.00Faculty Salaries-Non-tenured h. 99,953.00 - 99,953.00 82,410.00Employee Benefits i. 16,406.00 9,992.00 26,398.00 12,814.00Subtotal Faculty Support $ 1,426,102.00 $ 343,071.00 $ 1,769,173.00 $ 1,509,856.00Graduate Assistant Salaries (attachment 1) j. 236,793.00 17,550.00 254,343.00 244,588.00Graduate Assistant Employee Benefits k. 1,088.00 1,053.00 2,141.00 4,148.00Student Wages l. 28,530.00 33,000.00 61,530.00 61,530.00Scholarships & Fellowships ** m. 80,675.00 107,000.00 187,675.00 193,290.00Other Direct Student Support (Travel & Special Projects) - 17,500.00 17,500.00 17,500.00Subtotal Student Support $ 347,086.00 $ 176,103.00 $ 523,189.00 $ 521,056.00Staff Salaries n. 250,013.00 103,768.00 353,781.00 329,814.00Employee Benefits o. 1,500.00 5,633.00 7,133.00 6,275.00Office & Lab Operations (attachment 2) p. 136,939.00 124,841.00 261,780.00 238,430.00Total Expenses $ 2,161,640.00 $ 753,416.00 $ 2,915,056.00 $ 2,605,431.00Excess of Allocations over (under) Expensesbefore Financial transfers & Special Allocations $ (20,744.00) $ (291,179.00) $ (311,923.00) $ (82,410.00)TEES Allocation to DH-Startup Funds q. - - - -NUEN Allocation to New faculty Relocation/Startup r. - (142,400.00) (142,400.00) (146,000.00)NUEN Allocation for targeted Research s. - (25,000.00) (25,000.00) -NUEN Allocation to NSC t. - (44,572.00) (44,572.00) (38,650.00)Excess of Revenue and Allocations over (under)Expenses after all intrasystem transfers $ (20,744.00) $ (503,151.00) $ (523,895.00) $ (267,060.00)69

The financial management process of the Department is perhaps more complex that that found atother institutions. There are a number of major sources of income and several categories ofexpenses that are outside the normal operation of an academic department. This is due to thedual chain of responsibility within each department in the College. The Head of the Departmentof Nuclear Engineering is also the Director of the Nuclear Engineering Division of the TexasEngineering Experiment Station (TEES). Each faculty member holding a position in theDepartment also holds a similar position in TEES. All research contracts are administeredthrough TEES. Each department receives an allocation from TAMU (called the Gold PlateBudget, GPB) as well as return of a portion of the indirect overhead (IDC) from theDepartment’s research contracts from TEES. Since the doctoral program is focused on research,the combination of income from these two sources is very important.In addition to the GPB and IDC, the Department receives income from student tuition, grants andgifts, and other income. The latter category includes financial assistance from the University orthe College for student expenses (such as tuition and fees associated with scholarships),educational program enhancements, and course and laboratory fees. These fees include theInstructional Enhancement Fee, the Engineering Equipment Access Fee, the GraduateEnhancement Fee, and the Computer Access Fee. The Department budgeted operating incomein each of these categories during FY07 is shown in Table 6.1-2.Table 6.1-2 Department Budgeted FY07 IncomeIncome Category FY07 Income, $Gold Plate Budget 1,860,301Student Tuition 40,000Research Overhead 404,237Grants and Gifts 191,250Other Income 107,345Total 2,603,133As shown by Table 6.1-2, the GPB is only about 70% of the Department’s budgeted operatingincome. The next largest contribution to budgeted operating income is the return of indirectoverhead from research contracts, IDC, which is budgeted to provide about 16% of theDepartment’s budgeted operating income in FY07. Thus, the return of indirect overhead fromresearch contracts to the Department is crucial to the Department. The third largest fraction ofDepartment budgeted operating income is from grants and gifts which is budgeted to provide 7%of the Department’s budgeted operating income in FY07. Note that the Department directincome from research contracts is more than twice the amount shown in Table 6.1-2 (see Sect.5.4).In order to determine the adequacy of the financial support provided by the income in Table 6.1-2, expenditures are considered in the following categories: faculty salaries and benefits, staffsalaries and benefits, student assistant salaries and wages, student scholarships and fellowships(all budgeted fellowships are from sources outside the Department), other student support (such70

as undergraduate research projects and travel to professional conferences), and office andlaboratory operations. The budgeted FY07 expenditures are shown in Table 6.1-3.Table 6.1-3 Department Budgeted FY07 ExpendituresExpenditure Category FY07 Expenditure, $Faculty Salaries & Benefits 1,769.173Staff Salaries & Benefits 360,914Students Salaries & Wages 318,014Scholarships & Fellowships 187,657Other Student Support 17,500Office & Lab Operations 261,780Total 2,915,056Comparison of the budgeted expenditures in Table 6.1-3 with the budgeted income in Table 6.1-2 shows that the GPB ($1,860K) is not enough to cover the combined faculty and staff salaries($2,130K). (Note that a small fraction of faculty salaries are supported by research projects.) Asshown in Table 6.1-2, non-GPB sources provide about 30% of the Department’s income. Theseincome sources support all of the expenditure categories shown in Table 6.1-3 other than facultyand staff salaries. There is generally not a one-to-one relationship between specific non-GPBincome sources and expenditure categories, although most grants and gifts income hasdesignated applications such as scholarships, fellowships, or office and laboratory operations.Income from the student tuition, research overhead, and other categories is applied as needed.Table 6.1-4 provides a summary of the Department’s operating income for the last four fiscalyears. As indicated in the table there has been a significant increase in the Gold Plate Budgetdue to the addition of new faculty positions. Other support and allocations have declinedslightly. For the last three years the Department has had essentially a level total operatingincome.Table 6.1-4 History of Department Operating IncomeBudgetCategoryFY 2004ActualFY 2005ActualFY 2006ActualFY 2007BudgetGold Plate $1,506,692 $1,621, 715 $1,715,188 $1,860,301BudgetAllocationOther Support $914,518 $979,392 $943,651 $742,832& AllocationsTotal $2,421,210 $2,601,107 $2,658,839 $2,603,133Faculty salaries are the single largest expenses for the Department. Table 6.1-5 shows thenumber of faculty in each rank, as well as the current high, low and average monthly salaries foreach.71

Table 6.1-5 Faculty Salary RangesFaculty Rank Number Lowest Salary Highest Salary Average SalaryProfessor 6 $11,239 $14,032 $13,160Associate 4 $9,600 $11,290 $10,295Assistant 4 $7,381 $9,400 $7,9166.2 Graduate Student SupportGraduate students are financially supported by a variety of sources: external fellowships,stipends from employers, Graduate Assistantships Non-Teaching (GANTs) paid by theDepartment from its operating budget, Graduate Assistantships Research (GARs) paid by theDepartment from its research funding, and student financial aide obtained through the universityor other sources. Historically, the Department has not used the third employment category ofGraduate Assistant Teaching (GAT). Very few graduate students are self-supporting.Some Department graduate students are supported by competitive fellowships offered through anumber of entities. These include:• the Department of Energyo Nuclear Energy, Science and Technologyo Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management• the Department of Defense• the National Academy for Nuclear Training• the National Science Foundation• the American Nuclear Society• the Health Physics Society• the Institute for Nuclear Material Management• the Roy G. Post FoundationThe Department assists graduate students in obtaining competitive fellowships both by guidingthem to applications and by qualifying as a Department. In the latter category the Departmentsubmits a qualification proposal every year to the National Academy for Nuclear Training and tothe DOE every five years.Graduate student financial support from Department awards consists of three pieces: a monthlystipend, tuition and fees, and health insurance. The monthly stipend is paid directly to thestudent as a wage. TAMU provides tuition for all graduate students for 9 SCH in each of the Falland Spring semesters and 6 SCH in the Summer semesters. The Department policy is to pay foran additional 3 SCH in the Fall and Spring semesters. The Department usually pays healthinsurance premiums as part of the GANT or GAR award.The Department offers essentially every first-year graduate student a GANT for nine months(domestic students) or one year (international students) unless they have another form offinancial support. If the student obtains external support during his/her first year, e.g., afellowship, that pays less than the GANT stipend, the Department will provide a scholarship tomake up the difference. In this way graduate students are provided the incentive to seek externalsupport without the possibility of being financially penalized if it is awarded. The total amount72

of GANT support budgeted for FY07 is $256,484 (see Table 6.1-1); fiscal policies associatedwith GANT awards are published on the Department’s website. Academic standards for GANTsare also published on the Department’s website. Graduate students who hold GANT awardsmust comply with these standards in order to have their awards continued. Graduate studentswho hold GANT awards are generally assigned to assist a specific faculty member either bygrading or laboratory assistance in a course or in a research laboratory. No graduate students areassigned primary teaching responsibility for any Department course. Currently, only 16 studentsare supported as GANTs. These are many of the students admitted into the graduate program inthe fall semester of 2006The Department strongly encourages each graduate student to find a faculty member duringhis/her first year who has a research project that will provide GAR support. At the time a GARis awarded, the responsible faculty member is usually assigned as the respective graduatestudent’s faculty advisor and Chair of the student’s Research Advisory Committee. Each facultymember is responsible for setting the stipend level for individual GAR awards with approval ofthe Department Head.6.3 DevelopmentThe Department is fortunate to have a significant level of annual gifts and grants from industrialsponsors with matching funds from the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) MatchingGrants Program. The history of these gifts and grants is shown in Figure 6.3-1. The TexasUtilities Company (TXU) has made an annual $50K contribution each of the past nine years andhas pledged to continue this level of support in FY08. The DOE has provided annual matchingcontributions varying from $40K to $55K. Other sponsors have made annually increasingcontributions reaching $172K in FY06.Annual Gift & Grants, $K200180160140120100806040200FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06DOETXUOtherFigure 6.3-1 History of Department Grants and Gifts73

The gifts and grants shown in Figure 6.3-1 have been applied to three major areas of Departmentsupport: undergraduate scholarships, improvements in teaching laboratories, and improvementsin the Department’s computer laboratory. The typical distribution of the funds to theseapplications is illustrated in Figure 6.3-2.A significant component of the grants and gifts shown in Tables 6.1-1 and 6.1-2 and Figure 6.3-1and the expenditures on scholarships shown in Table 6.1-3 is the Department’s Stinson ScholarsProgram. This program provides four-year scholarships of $2,500 per year each of which iscontributed by an industrial sponsor except for one scholarship which is sponsored by theNuclear Engineering Department faculty, itself. Seventeen Stinson Scholarships with acombined award value of $42.5K were sponsored for academic year 2006-2007. StinsonScholars are selected on the basis of academic ability, demonstrated academic performance, andleadership potential. Students in both Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Health Engineeringare eligible.Laboratory EquipmentComputer NetworkScholarshipsFigure 6.3-2 Typical Application Distribution of Department Grants and Gifts74

7. INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT7.1 Faculty Reinvestment ProgramTexas A&M University President Robert M. Gates announced in Fall, 2003, his intention toplace priority on four institutional imperatives stated in the University’s Vision 2020, a longrangestrategic planning process (see Sect. 2.2). These imperatives are (1) to elevate our faculty,(2) to improve our graduate and undergraduate programs, (3) to diversify and to globalize ourprograms, and (4) to improve our use of space. In support of the first imperative he initiated a“Faculty Reinvestment Program” during academic year 2003-2004. Under this program theUniversity will add over 400 faculty positions during the years 2004 – 2008. The COE will add112 positions. The Department of Nuclear Engineering will add five tenure/tenure-track facultypositions. The Texas state legislature endorsed this program during the 2003 – 2004 legislativesession and again during the 2005 – 2006 legislative session.Because of this constructive leadership and support by the University, the Department of NuclearEngineering has added the following four new tenure/tenure-track faculty members: Drs. JeanRagusa, Pavel Tsvetkov, Lin Shao, and Karen Vierow. Qualifications of these new facultymembers are summarized in Table 2.5-1 and Appendix A. These new faculty have made verysignificant contributions to the Department’s education and research programs. Each has taught,or is teaching, both undergraduate and graduate courses. The first two conduct primarilyanalytical/computational research and have extensive experience with state-of-the-art techniques.The latter two conduct primarily experimental research and have established major newlaboratories in the Department.A fifth new faculty member to be hired under the Faculty Reinvestment Program has beenidentified and interviewed, and an offer is currently being prepared. It is also significant to notethat since 2003 the Department has also hired the following new tenure/tenure-track facultymembers to replace departed or retired faculty members: Drs. William Charlton, Jim Morel, andSean McDeavitt. Their qualifications are also summarized in Table 2.5-1 and Appendix A.These faculty members have likewise made very significant contributions to the Department’seducation and research programs. Drs. Charlton and McDeavitt have taught, or are teaching,both undergraduate and graduate courses. Dr. Morel has taught graduate courses. Dr. Charltonconducts both analytical/computational and experimental research, has established a newNuclear Security Science and Policy Institute (see Sect. 2.8), and holds a joint appointment inThe Bush School of Government and Public Service. Dr. Morel conducts primarilyanalytical/computation research. Dr. McDeavitt conducts primarily experimental research andhas established a major new laboratory in the Department.The process of recruiting new faculty members is led by a Faculty Search Committee andinvolves all tenure/tenure-track faculty members. The Faculty Search Committee currentlyconsists of the following six tenured Professors: Drs. John W. Poston, Sr. (Chair), Marvin L.Adams, Frederick R. Best, Yassin A. Hassan, Kenneth L. Peddicord, and Warren D. Reece. Drs.Adams, Best, Hassan, and Peddicord represent the nuclear engineering programs of thedepartment. Drs. Poston and Reece represent the radiological health engineering/health physics75

programs of the Department. The Committee reviews and identifies the most promisingcandidates. All Department faculty members participate in recruiting qualified candidates andevaluating candidates who apply.A special effort has been made to recruit faculty from under-represented groups in support of theVision 2020 imperative “to diversify and to globalize our programs” specified as a priority byPresident Gates (see above). The advertisement on the Department website states “The TexasA&M University System provides equal opportunity to all persons regardless of race, color,religion, sex, national origin, disability, age or veteran status, and strives to achieve full andequal opportunity throughout the System for faculty and staff.” The advertisement placed inNuclear News states, “Texas A&M University is an equal opportunity/affirmative actionemployer,” as specified in the “Look 100+” advertisement template. The Minority FacultyIdentification Program Directory and the Minority and Women Doctoral Directory distributed bythe TAMU Dean of Faculties were reviewed for possible candidates.A focused effort to identify qualified black, Hispanic, and female applicants was initiated in mid-2003. The 2003 “Nuclear Engineering Education Sourcebook” (which is published by theAmerican Nuclear Society and is the most complete reference on nuclear engineering programs)listed twenty-seven universities with 248 nuclear engineering faculty members. Of these faculty,thirteen were female (5.2%), and one was African American (0.4%). There was no Hispanic orNative American faculty reported. Asians could not be distinguished. The credentials of each ofthe fourteen individuals identified to be from under-represented groups were reviewed.Attributes considered included research expertise and its relationship to the emphasis anddirections of our department, publishing record, tenure review status, and professional activities.The initial list was narrowed to eight for additional review. The Faculty Search Committee alsoidentified additional potential under-represented candidates through personal and professionalcontacts around the country.The result is that of the seven new tenure/tenure-track faculty members hired since 2003, one isfemale, one is Asian, and three have foreign citizenship.7.2 Faculty Professional DevelopmentFaculty members have many opportunities to improve their skills as educators and researchers.The programs made available by the University’s Center for Teaching Excellence have alreadybeen described in Sect. 2.5. Department faculty are all very active in their respectiveprofessional societies. In fact, six of the tenure faculty are Fellows in their respective societies,and many have been or are presently national officers and committee members. Facultymembers are encouraged to attend at least one professional society meeting per year, and mostattend several. Most attendance is paid by research contracts in support of presentation ofresearch results. However, if a faculty member does not have such support, the Department willpay for attendance at one professional society meeting per year. In addition, the data in Sect. 5.4illustrate the variety of organizations and peers with whom the Department faculty membershave regular contact thus enhancing their professional development opportunities.76

Department faculty, as well as all University faculty, have the opportunity to take periodicFaculty Development Leaves, generally to gain valuable experience at other educationalinstitutions, national research laboratories, industry or abroad. The most recent example is the1999-2000 leave of Prof. Marlow who used his time to update his knowledge in certain emergentareas of research, was a visitor stationed in the Nuclear Materials Technology Division of LosAlamos National Laboratory, was Wenner Gren Visiting Professor of Solid State Physics atUppsala University in Uppsala, Sweden, and was Japan Society for the Promotion of ScienceFellow in the Chemical Engineering Department of Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.Funding for these leaves is determined on a case-by-case basis since in many situations; the hostinstitution pays part or all of the faculty member’s salary.New faculty are provided significant resources for start-up and development of new experimentalfacilities or computational networks. Start-up funds for each of the seven faculty members hiredsince 2003 averaged about $300K (experimental) and $100K (analytical), respectively. Thesefunds are jointly supported by the Department budget, the COE through TEES, and (in the caseof Faculty Reinvestment Program positions) the TAMU Office of the Vice-President forResearch.Each new faculty member is also assigned a mentor who is a senior tenured faculty member ofthe Department. The mentor provides guidance and support to the new faculty member inpreparing a new research portfolio, planning and preparing course syllabi and teaching materials,developing input to intermediate and final tenure application packages, and making use ofUniversity and College resources, such as the Center for Teaching Excellence.7.3 Facilities ImprovementsThe Department has teaching laboratories in the Zachry Engineering Center (ZEC) and at theNuclear Science Center (NSC). Those in ZEC are maintained, operated, and equipped directlyby the Department through its faculty, staff, and operating budget. The Department has a tenurefaculty member assigned as the Laboratory Manager and a full-time staff member assigned as theFacilities Manager. The facilities in the NSC are under the direction and management of theNSC Director under TEES appointment; the Director is also assigned half-time as a Professor inthe Nuclear Engineering Department. Funding for the NSC is provided by a combination ofincome from commercial research contracts and TEES.Numerous physical facilities improvements have been made since 2003 as described in Sect.2.10. These include: addition and renovation of 6,000 ft 2 of new space in ZEC divided nearlyequally between offices and laboratories, addition of 3,600 ft 2 of new space at the TAMURiverside Campus used to establish the Nuclear Heat Transfer Systems Laboratory, addition of1,800 ft 2 of new space in the University Services Building used to establish the addition of twoTandetron accelerators to the Accelerator Laboratory, and renovation and refurnishing of theDepartment’s large conference room increasing its size by fifty percent. Funding for each ofthese additions and renovations has been provided by TAMU without the necessity to applyDepartment funds.77

Also described in Sect. 2.10 are numerous equipment additions in the Department since 2003.While many of these were funded by development support and through the DOE Matching GrantProgram, several also received significant financial support from COE. These include: plasmatelevisions and plasma monitors for the AGN-201M Nuclear Reactor Laboratory (transfer ofequipment from another department), $90K grant to purchase equipment for the new NeutronCounting Laboratory, $125K grant to transfer two Tandetron accelerators from CornellUniversity and install them at TAMU, and start-up funding to transfer large quantities ofexperimental equipment from Purdue University to the Fuel Cycle and Materials Laboratory andthe Nuclear Heat Transfer Systems Laboratory.The Department currently has submitted a proposal to TAMU (supported by the Dean ofEngineering) for funding for additional laboratory improvements including installation of an 18-foot long glove box in the Fuel Cycle and Materials Laboratory, installation of securitysurveillance monitoring equipment in the AGN-201M Nuclear Reactor Laboratory, expansion ofthe Radiation Detection and Measurement Laboratory, upgrades of the Accelerator Laboratory,and renovation of a laboratory which currently stores a neutron generator (which will be movedto a new laboratory). A decision on this proposal is expected in early 2007.7.4 Staff and ServicesThe Department has the following full-time staff support personnel:Facilities Manager – responsible for maintenance, improvement, and operation of theDepartment teaching laboratories.Computer Manager – responsible for maintenance, improvement, and operation of theDepartment computers and computing network.Outreach Manager – responsible for undergraduate recruiting and former student relations.Academic Business Administrator – responsible for fiscal operations including budgeting,payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and research contracts administration.Two Business Accountants – responsible respectively for payroll and accounts payable.Administrative Assistant – responsible for support of Department Head and GraduateCoordinator and Department business, faculty, and graduate records.Staff Assistant – responsible for office reception, support of the Undergraduate Coordinator,and undergraduate records.In addition, each of these positions employs one or more student workers as needed.The Department, and all COE departments, are provided a significant level of institutionalservices including teaching enhancement assistance, programs to provide awareness ofeducational topics and techniques, research contract administration and accounting, human78

esources development and support services, facilities maintenance and improvement, and spaceplanning for program expansion and improvement. The various offices of the University and theCOE available to the Department are briefly described below.As described in Sect. 2.5 the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) provides resources andservices to faculty-current and future-so that they can thrive as teachers and grow professionally.The CTE engages in and supports the advancement of teaching practices and pedagogicalresearch that will stimulate the development of learning environments in which diverse studentsat Texas A&M can excel.The University Writing Center (URC) is a resource for undergraduate students who wantconsultation at any stage of the writing process and for faculty who want assistance in teachingwriting. The URC service for students features face-to-face and on-line consultations. Forfaculty URC offers a variety of workshops, face-to-face consultations, and information.The Center for Distance Learning Research (CDLR) provides instructional course conversion(the transformation of current course materials to distance education and technologyapplications); development of new technology applications to enhance educational success;technology plan development for grants, contracts, and other opportunities; proof-of-conceptapplications (the development of innovative teaching and delivery techniques), and programevaluation (experienced program evaluators help departments develop evaluation plans andconduct program evaluations for specific projects).The Measurement and Research Services (MARS) office provides testing of students using eithernational or department-developed tests; conducts surveys of students to evaluate teachingeffectiveness and academic satisfaction; provides scanning and scoring of surveys, evaluations,tests or questionnaires; administers and statistically analyses student evaluations of all coursesand instructors; provides consultation to departments and units in the design, implementation andanalysis of student outcomes assessment; and develops training seminars for staff inimplementing, analyzing and using outcomes assessment.The Instructional Technology Services (ITS) office conducts various types of workshops onWebCT (the University intranet system for course delivery), instructional design, and othertechnology tools. These workshops can be customized according to the needs of a department,program, course, or faculty. ITS also collaborates with other entities on and off campus toprovide training in technology integration in the classroom. ITS also has a wide range ofhandouts to help faculty and their students with their online learning and technology needs.The Center for Academic Enhancement (CAE) administers the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) forTexas A&M as well as providing a variety of services through its Independent Study Lab (ISL)designed to develop and improve skills necessary for success in college-level courses. CAEprovides regularly scheduled, out-of-class, study and review sessions for selected corecurriculum courses. Supplemental instruction sessions are open to all students, and attendance isvoluntary.79

The Office of Institutional Studies and Planning (OISP) provides a precise statistical depiction ofthe characteristics and performance of the University by generating timely, accurate, and usefuldata to both internal and external constituencies including all departments. OISP develops andmaintains an on-line student and faculty information web-based management informationsystem, including but not limited to, student demographic characteristics, enrollment levels incourses, faculty demographic characteristics, and faculty workloads. OISP also develops andmaintains a cycle of annual reports and documents designed to support the recurring informationneeds of the institution including an institutional fact book, faculty teaching workloads, studentenrollment profiles, course enrollments, and a number of other standard reports such as studies ofstudent retention and graduation rates, student credit hour production; and comparisons with theUniversity's peer land grant universities.The Engineering Student Services and Academic Programs (ESSAP) handles the day-to-day,academic-related business for the undergraduate, graduate and international programs within theCOE. The ESSAP coordinates recruitment, retention and enrichment programs, undergraduateresearch programs, as well as programs targeted for women, minority and honors students. TheESSAP oversees, assesses, and has academic responsibility for the COE common courses takenin the Freshman and Sophomore years.The Student Information Management System (SIMS) maintains the academic record of allstudents including degree plans, course enrollments, course grades, various statistics such asgrade point averages and grade point deficits, and requirements for graduation. This system isavailable to faculty and staff through the University’s intranet.The Study Abroad Program (SAP) includes faculty-led groups, exchange programs, internships,work-abroad opportunities, and scholarship programs. Faculty-led groups provide students witha culturally relevant application to the host country while also enriching their experiences withtours of historical and cultural sights. Exchange programs mainstream students into a hostuniversity abroad and require a working knowledge of the host country’s language. Internshipsand work-abroad programs provide the student with some practical experience in his/her area ofacademic or career interests. There are numerous scholarships which provide support for each ofthe various program types.The University Library System (ULS) includes the Sterling C. Evans Library, the CushingMemorial Library and Archives, the West Campus Library, the Policy Sciences and EconomicsLibrary, and the Medical Sciences Library. Current ULS holdings include more than 2.9million volumes, 5.3 million microform units, approximately 203,609 maps, over 21,000 linearfeet of archival and manuscript collections, over 100,000 photographs, art collections,numerous artifacts, and material in virtually all forms of audiovisual media. The ULS containsapproximately 42,304 serial titles including some 150 state, national and foreign newspapers.Through the Online Computer Library Center, Inc. national database, ULS users have access tomore than 49 million bibliographic records in more than 43,000 libraries in more than 85countries. The ULS collections are primarily organized according to the Library of Congressclassification system.80

The COE Fiscal Office, TEES, and the Texas A&M Foundation provide fiscal, contract, anddevelopment services to the Department. These services include monthly financial statements,contract administration, reconciliation of accounts, and auditing.81

8. FUTURE DIRECTIONS8.1 Department GoalsThe Department goals stated in Sect. 2.2 relative to the Department’s strategic plan are:• National rank relative to peers UG #1; Grad #2• Undergraduate enrollment level ~200• Graduate enrollment level ~100• Research focus/orientation ↑ nuclear power• Faculty capabilities to be added nuclear engrg.• Target research funding level ↑ 75%*• Target student funding level ↑ 50%*• Support needed from College increase GPB• Schedule to get it all accomplished 2 – 4 years____________________________________*Referenced to FY03 levels.The research focus/orientation goal is supported by the following guiding principles:• Build on Core Competencies• Add Essential Capabilities• Ensure Synergy with Teaching Mission• Seek Alignment with TEES Thrust Areas• Build Mutually Beneficial Partnerships• Participate in High Profile InitiativesThe Department’s core competencies have been recognized by the faculty to be:• Reactor Analysis/Computational Methods• Reactor Engineering• Radiation Biology• Reactor Experiments• Dosimetry• Irradiation Effects on Materials• Materials for Nuclear ApplicationsThe Department ranking goal has not yet been achieved, although progress has been made (seeSect. 2.11). Ranking is not an independent parameter; it is the product of many othercontrollable parameters such as faculty publications, placement of graduates, size and reputationof program, and research results. The Department faculty members and the External AdvisoryCouncil will continue to take actions to improve each of these controllable parameters.The Department enrollment goals have been met. However, the level of undergraduateenrollment will be controlled primarily in response to the demands of the job market. Graduate82

enrollment will be controlled primarily in response to the level of research funding available tosupport graduate students.The research focus/orientation goal is being addressed by following the guiding principles listedabove. The Department will continue to self-assess its core competencies. Faculty additionshave been, and will continue to be, made to build on these core competencies or to add essentialcapabilities. All new tenure/tenure-track faculty have been, and will be, selected based on theirpotential contribution to both the teaching and research missions of the Department. The successof this approach is readily demonstrated examining the spectrum of teaching assignments shownin Table 2.5-2. The Department’s research is appropriately aligned with TEES thrust areas asdemonstrated by the level of support to the Department provided by COE and TEES. TheDepartment will continue to seek beneficial partnerships; evidence of its history in doing so isprovided in Sect. 2.1. The Department will continue to participate in high-profile initiatives asopportunities arise.Faculty capabilities in nuclear engineering have been considerably strengthened since 2003.Currently, the Department has one too few faculty members in the health physics area. Thisshortfall was noted by the ABET review team in 2005. Filling this position is a very highpriority for the Department. One of the currently-vacant Professor positions (see Table 2.5-1)will be applied to hire a faculty member for the health physics area.The level of research funding is currently significantly short of the goal of about $7M per year(75% above approximately $4M in FY03). The level is expected to be improved in FY07 due toaddition of three tenure/tenure-track faculty members in 2006. Addition of two replacementfaculty members (see Table 2.5-1) and filling the last Faculty Reinvestment Program position inFY08 will also improve the level of research. However, in order to reach the goal of $7M, theannual average level of research per faculty member must increase over its present value. Thisobjective is discussed with each faculty member during every annual performance review.The level of funding for graduate students is also significantly short of the goal of about $210Kper year (50% above approximately $140K in FY03). However, achievement of this goal isdirectly dependent on achieving the goal on the level of research funding since indirect return onresearch funding is the primary source of funding for graduate students. Therefore, the actionscited in the previous paragraph are expected to also contribute to meeting this goal.The level of Gold Plate Budget (GPB) funding, i.e., funding from the state of Texas, has riseneach year consistent with faculty additions and has not been reduced with faculty departures orretirements. (The numerical goal shown in Figure 2.2-1 is consistent with the number of facultyadditions that have been authorized for the Department.)The schedule to achieve all goals stated in the strategic plan will be re-evaluated after a newDepartment Head has taken his/her position.83

8.2 University QEPThe Texas A&M University Quality Enhancement Committee prepared the TAMU QualityEnhancement Plan (QEP) in 2002 to be used as part of the Southern Association of Colleges andSchools (SACS) accreditation process. The plan has been ratified to be used to facilitate and tomonitor improved student learning outcomes across the university. The basic components of theQEP are the TAMU strategic planning process and the institutional effectiveness goal-settingprocess. Together these processes are designed to move TAMU toward its long-range goals forexcellence as outlined the Vision 2020: Creating a Culture of Excellence.The University engages in a university-wide strategic planning effort every four years. TheDepartment prepared its strategic plan beginning in late 2002 and has refined it through severalfaculty all-day retreats and meetings of its External Advisory Council (see Sect. 2.2). TheDepartment’s strategic plan includes several high-level goals against which progress iscontinuously monitored. Under the QEP academic units are to identify student learningoutcomes in some degree programs in every planning period.The Department of Nuclear Engineering participated with all other COE departments during theperiod 2001 through 2004 in defining undergraduate Program Educational Objectives andProgram Educational Outcomes in response to the ABET 2000 accreditation guidance. Thisincluded extensive input from all faculty members, students, and members of the Department’sExternal Advisory Council. It also included defining and implementing assessments of currentstudents, program graduates, employers, and graduate schools to which graduates hadmatriculated relative to the achievement of the Program Educational Objectives and ProgramEducational Outcomes. The results of this effort and the plan for continuing assessments andprograms’ improvements are reported in two ABET self-study reports for the NuclearEngineering Program and the Radiological Health Engineering Program published in 2004.The Department’s undergraduate Program Educational Objectives and Program EducationalOutcomes have been input to the QEP process along with those from other COE departments in2005. In addition, a QEP survey of Inquiry-Guided Learning Course Outcomes/Student Abilitiesand a QEP inventory of Inquiry-Guided Learning Attributes for the Department’s two senioryearcapstone design courses were completed in 2006.The Department will participate in a similar COE initiative for its graduate programs when thatinitiative is defined. The first step in the process is expected to be defining graduate programeducational objectives and graduate program educational outcomes in conjunction with otherCOE departments and COE academic leadership. Furthermore, assessment tools to determinethe degree of achievement of these graduate program educational objectives and educationaloutcomes are expected to be defined.8.3 New Degree PlansThe Department continuously evaluates the adequacy of its graduate programs to meet the needsof its students to be appropriately prepared upon graduation to meet expectations of employers.84

The Department’s External Advisory Council plays a significant role in this process by providinga representative input from the employer community. As a result of this process, two revised andtwo new Masters program degree plan options have been implemented during the past threeyears. Both the “Typical Degree Plan for a Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering” and the“Typical Degree Requirements for Master of Science in Health Physics” presented in Section 3.5are refinements of earlier degree plans.The revised Master of Science and Master of Engineering degree plans in Nuclear Engineeringare now referred to as reactor-analysis specializations in our master’s program. These degreeplans involve the reintroduction of NUEN 601 as well as the merging of NUEN 602 and NUEN606 into a new course. Under these degree plans all students take the same classes regardless oftheir background. NUEN 601 serves as a “leveling” course in reactor physics, and NUEN 623serves as a “leveling” course in thermal-hydraulics (if needed). The total number of credit hoursfor a degree was not changed from the previous curriculum.The NUEN 601 class covers fundamental reactor physics concepts at a fairly brisk pace. Thedesign of the course is to move rapidly through elementary material in the first month or so andto bring all students quickly to the same level. Students without a reactor physics backgroundfind this pace very challenging. The second portion of this class covers some information thatwas formerly covered in NUEN 602.NUEN 606 is new class that merges the remaining topics of NUEN 602 not covered in NUEN601 with experiments from the former NUEN 606. This includes benchmark experiments with asubsequent computational analysis, calculations of temperature coefficients of reactivity alongwith an experimental measurement of the same, etc. Students with no previous lab experienceneed and introductory lab course (NUEN 402, NUEN 611, or similar) before taking NUEN 606.The resulting reactor-analysis curriculum is summarized in the table and notes below.DEGREE PLAN REQUIREMENTS: REACTOR-ANALYSIS TRACKMASTER OF SCIENCE OR MASTER OF ENGINEERING(a)(b)Department Course No. HoursNUEN 601 3NUEN 604 3NUEN 623 (a) 3NUEN 606 (b) 4NUEN 624 3NUEN 610 4NUEN 681 2MATH 601/602 (c) 3TOTAL 25With advisor approval, students with sufficient backgroundin heat transfer and fluid flow may substitute an elective.Instrumentation prerequisite for 606 can be met by a 2-hrNUEN 685 or other appropriate course(s).85

(c)MATH course chosen by student’s committee.MASTER OF SCIENCEIn addition to the 25 hours listed above, the Master of Science degree requires another 7 hours,for a total of 32 hours. The additional 7 hours should be a combination of NUEN 691(research) hours and elective courses (possibly including 685’s), as decided by student’scommittee.In addition, the M.S. degree requires completion of a master’s thesis.MASTER OF ENGINEERINGIn addition to the 25 hours listed above, the Master of Engineering degree requires another 11hours, for a total of 36 hours. The additional 11 hours should be elective courses (possiblyincluding 685’s), as decided by the student’s committee.The revision of the Master of Science degree in Health Physics degree plan involved defining acore group of recommended courses with essentially no revisions in course contents. Studentsare encouraged to select elective courses appropriate to a specialty option or to support theirobjectives for entering the Ph.D. program.The Department has introduced two new Masters program degree plan options. One supports a“Nuclear Nonproliferation and International Security” specialization for the Master of ScienceDegree. This degree program is intended to develop new understanding in the area of globalnuclear security through research and creativity with a solid technical focus. Students completingthis degree will be the next generation of leaders in the fight to detect, prevent, and reverse theproliferation of nuclear and radiological weapons. The degree program is designed as a 1½ to 2year program and consists of nine (9) formal courses. Of these formal courses, seven (7) arerequired courses and two (2) courses must be selected from a set of possible electives. Also, thestudents are required to attend a 1 credit hour seminar in nuclear nonproliferation. As a Master ofScience degree the students will also complete research of fundamental interest to the field andwrite a corresponding thesis detailing their research. The outline of the degree program is shownin Table 8.3-1. Note that this degree program requires more coursework than the traditionalMaster of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering degree plan described above and has a numberof courses in common with that degree plan.86

Table 8.3-1 Nonproliferation and International Security Degree CurriculumFallYear 1SpringYear 1FallYear 2Course Designation and TitleCreditHoursNUEN 650 Nuclear Nonproliferation and Arms Control 3NUEN 601 Nuclear Reactor Theory 3NUEN 605 Radiation Detection and Nuclear Materials Measurement* 3NUEN 681 Seminar 1NUEN 685 Independent Study 2NUEN 604 Nuclear Radiation Shielding 3NUEN 606 Nuclear Reactor Analysis and Experimentation 4NUEN 651 Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Nuclear Material Safeguards* 3NUEN 681 Seminar 1NUEN 691 Research 1NUEN 656 Critical Analysis of Nuclear Security Data 4Technical Elective 3Technical Elective 3NUEN 691 Research 2Total 36* Indicates a new course that would require development and possibly faculty to teach.The second new Masters program degree plan option is a specialty in nuclear materialsengineering.DRAFT PLANMASTER OF SCIENCENuclear Engineering MaterialsNuclear engineering is a multidisciplinary field and every type of nuclear application isinfluenced by the behavior, properties and processing of materials. From the fundamental scienceof radiation interactions to the practical application of material performance, there is a strongneed for cross disciplinary education in nuclear engineering and materials science. This uniquecombination will equip students with the skills necessary to participate in the development of allaspects of advanced energy systems and radiological health technologies.The Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering Materials track within the Department of NuclearEngineering graduate program is designed to establish this multidisciplinary competency. Thedesign of this program is to provide a venue for continued growth in understanding of nuclearengineering principles while laying a firm foundation in materials science. This is accomplishedthrough taking the courses listed below along with customized technical electives and a thesis inexperimental materials research.87

NUEN 601MSEN 601NUEN 689-622NUEN 689-623Nuclear Reactor TheoryFundamentals of Materials Science and EngineeringNuclear Fuel Performance (NEW COURSE)Radiation Damage and Ion Beam Interactions (NEW COURSE)88

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FULL-TIME FACULTYMarvin L. Adams, Professor, Associate Vice President of Research, Director of Center forLarge-scale Scientific SimulationsDegreesPh.D. in Nuclear Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1986M.S.E. in Nuclear Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1984B.S. in Nuclear Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, 1981Field of SpecializationComputational Transport Theory; Large-scale Coupled-Physics Simulations; NuclearReactor Analysis and DesignResponsibility in ProgramProfessor50% Nuclear Engineering25% Radiological Health Engineering/Health Physics Program25% Vice President for ResearchFive Recent Significant PublicationsH. Hiruta, D. Y. Anistratov, and M. L. Adams, “Splitting Method For Solving TheCoarse-Mesh Discretized Low-Order Quasidiffusion Equations,” Nucl. Sci. Eng.,149, 162-181 (2005).H. G. Stone and M. L. Adams, “New Spatial Discretization Methods for Transport onUnstructured Grids,” Proc. Conf. Mathematics and Computation, Supercomputing,Reactor Physics and Nuclear and Biological Applications, Avignon, France,September 11-15 (2005). CD-ROM.J. H. Chang and M. L. Adams, “Effectiveness of Various Transport SyntheticAcceleration Methods With and Without GMRES,” Proc. Conf. Mathematics andComputation, Supercomputing, Reactor Physics and Nuclear and BiologicalApplications, Avignon, France, September 11-15 (2005). CD-ROM. invitedK. T. Clarno and M. L. Adams, “Capturing The Effects of Unlike Neighbors in Single-Assembly Calculations,” Nucl. Sci. Eng., 149, 182-196 (2005).J. C. Stone and M. L. Adams, “Adaptive Discrete-Ordinates Algorithms and Strategies,”Proc. Conf. Mathematics and Computation, Supercomputing, Reactor Physics andNuclear and Biological Applications, Avignon, France, September 11-15 (2005). CD-ROM.ConsultingSandia National Laboratory, 2000 - presentLos Alamos National Laboratory, 1998 - presentLawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1992 - presentFREDERICK R. BEST, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR, SPACE POWER CENTERDegreesPh.D. Nuclear Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Jan. 1980S.M. Nuclear Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Jan. 1970B.M.E. Mechanical Engineering Manhattan College, May 1968Field of Specialization91

Zero Gravity Two Phase Flow; Reactor Thermal Hydraulics; Interphase TransportPhenomenaResponsibility in ProgramAssociate ProfessorTEES Division Director, NASA Center for the Commercial Development of Space75% Nuclear Engineering25% Radiological Health Engineering/Health Physics ProgramFive Recent Significant PublicationsF. Finodeyev, C. Kurwitz, and F. Best, “An Algorithm for Two Phase Flow RegimeIdentification from Digital Imagery,” accepted for Proceedings of IMECE, ASMEInternational Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, Florida,November 5-11 2005.M. Ellis, C. Kurwitz, and F. Best, “Development of a Unique, Passive, MicrogravityVortex Separator,” Proceedings of IMECE, ASME International MechanicalEngineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, Florida, November 5-11 2005.R. Oinuma, D.C. Bean, C. Neil, R.C. Kurwitz and F.R. Best, “Two-phase Flow Issues inSpace Nuclear Reactor and Nuclear Propulsion Systems,” Proceedings of the SpaceNuclear Conference 2005, Paper 1135, San Diego, California, June 5-9, 2005.C. Kurwitz, M. Ellis, K. Marsden, and F. Best, “Vortex Separator for Use in MicrogravityNuclear Power Systems,” Proceedings of the ANS Space Nuclear Conference 2005,Paper 1130, San Diego, California, June 5-9, 2005.F. Finodeyev, M. Ghrist, and F. Best, “Development of a Passive Flow CoalescenceDevice for Two-Phase Phase Separation Under Microgravity,” Proceedings of theConference on Applications of Thermophysics in Microgravity and BreakthroughPropulsion Physics, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 2005.ConsultingPower Specialist, NASA Advanced Life Support Science and Technology WorkingGroup, 2001 – presentPanel Chairman, NASA Space Power Proposal Selection Committee 2001Power Specialist, NASA Advanced Life Support, Science and Technology WorkingGroupConsultant to the Department of Energy, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Creare,Foster-Miller Inc. and Houston Lighting and Power Company.Patent pending for Gas-Liquid Phase Separator for Space ApplicationsLESLIE A. BRABY, RESEARCH PROFESSORDegreesPh.D. Radiological Physics, Oregon State University, 1972B.A. Physics, Linfield College, 1963Field of SpecializationRadiation Dosimetry; Microdosimetry, Biological effect of radiation Microbeam Lab andFood irradiationsResponsibility in ProgramResearch Professor25% Nuclear Engineering Program75% Radiological Health Engineering/Health Physics Program92

Five Recent Significant PubliciationsPillai S. D., L. Braby, and J. Maxim, 2006, Technical Challenges and ResearchDirections in Electronic Food Pasteurization, Food Irradiation Research andTechnology edited by C. H. Sommers and X. Fan, Blackwell Publishing Ames, IA.Dauffy, L. S., L. A. Braby, and B. M. Berner, 2005, Dosimetry of the 198Au SourceUsed in Interstitial Brachytherapy, Medical Physics 32, 1579-1588.Braby, LA and JR Ford, 2004, Energy Deposition Patterns and the Bystander Effect,Radiation Research 161, 113-115.Jang, S. Y., C. H. Kin, W. D. Reece, and L. A. Braby. 2004, Filtered Fast NeutronIrradiation System Using Texas A&M University Nuclear Science Center Reactor,Nuclear Instruments and Methods A 530, 493-504.Pillai, S. D., L. A. Braby, and C. B. Levergne, 2004, Electron Beam Technology for FoodIrradiation, International Review of Food Science and Technology, winter 2004/2005.96-101.ConsultingNoneWILLIAM S. CHARLTON, ASSOCIATE PROFESSORDegreesPh.D., Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1999M.S., Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1997B.S., Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1995Field of SpecializationNuclear nonproliferation and international security; reactor physics and fuel cycleanalysis; reactor experimentation and nuclear data developmentResponsibility in ProgramAssociate Professor75% Nuclear Engineering Program25% Radiological Health Engineering/Health Physics ProgramFive Recent Significant PublicationsD.E. Burk, W.S. Charlton, M. Scott, D. Giannangeli, and K. Epresi, “Forward ModelCalculations for Determining Isotopic compositions of Materials Used in a RadiologicalDispersal Device,” JNMM, 34(1), pp. 23-31 (2005).S.R. Biegalski, T.C. Green, G.A. Sayre, W.S. Charlton, D.J. Dorsey, S. Landsberger, “FluxWeighted Efficiency Calibration of The University of Texas at Austin PGAA Facility,”J. Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 265(2), pp. 303-308 (2005).D.J. Dorsey, R. Hebner, and W.S. Charlton, “Application of Prompt Gamma ActivationAnalysis for the Determination of Water Content in Composite Materials,” acceptedto the Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (2005).D.J. Dorsey, R. Hebner, and W.S. Charlton, “Non-Destructive Evaluation of CarbonFiber Composite Reinforcement Content,” Journal of Composite Material, Vol. 38,No. 17, pp. 1505-1529, (2004).D.J. Dorsey and W.S. Charlton, “Recent Developments and Applications for theUniversity of Texas Thermal Neutron Imaging Facility,” J. Applied Radiation andIsotopes, Vol. 61, pp. 525-528 (2004).93

S. O’Kelly, T. Green, and W.S. Charlton, “Reactor Accelerator Coupled Experiment(RACE) at the University of Texas at Austin,” Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 91, pp.445-446(2004).W.S. Charlton, D.G. Ford, R.F. LeBouf, and C. Gariazzo, “Proliferation ResistanceAssessments Methodology for Nuclear Fuel Cycles,” presented at the 44 th AnnualMeeting of the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management, Orlando, Florida, July18-22. (2004).ConsultingConsultant for the Nonproliferation and International Security Division at Los AlamosNational Laboratory (September 2000 – present).Consultant for Entergy Northeast (June 2001).JOHN R. FORD, JR., ASSOCIATE PROFESSORDegreesPh.D. Biomedical Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 1987-1992M.S. Nuclear Engineering, Mississippi State University, 1982-1986B.S. Nuclear Engineering, Mississippi State University, 1978-1982Field of SpecializationIonizing radiation; radiation biologyResponsibility in ProgramAssistant Professor25% Nuclear Engineering Program75% Radiological Health Engineering/Health Physics ProgramFive Recent Significant PublicationsA. S. Pasciak and J. R. Ford, A new high-speed solution for the evaluation of MonteCarlo radiation transport computations. IEEE Nuclear Science 53(2): 491-499, 2006.M.A. Hill, J.R. Ford, P.Clapton, S.J. Marsden, D.L. Stevens, K.M.S. Townsend, and D.T.Goodhead. Bound PCNA in nuclei of primary rat tracheal epithelial cells afterexposure to very low doses of plutonium 238 α-particles, Radiation Research 163 (1):36-44 (2005).J. R. Ford, A. J. Maslowski, R. A. Redd and L. A. Braby, Radiation responses of perfusedtracheal tissue. Radiation Research 163(4 Part 2): 487-492, 2005.N. Medvedeva, J.R. Ford and L.A. Braby, Changes in micronuclei frequency resultingfrom pre-irradiation of cell-culture surfaces. Radiation Research 162(6): 660-666(2004).L.A. Braby and J.R. Ford, Energy deposition patterns and the bystander effect. RadiationResearch 161(1): 113-115 (2004).ConsultingNoneYASSIN A. HASSAN, PROFESSORDegreesPh.D., Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois, 1980Master in Mechanical Engineering, University of Virginia, December 1985M.S., Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois, 1975B.S., Engineering, University of Alexandria, Egypt, 196894

Field of SpecializationComputational and experimental thermal hydraulics; Reactor Safety Fluid Mechanics;Two-phase flow Turbulence and laser velocimetry; Imaging TechniquesResponsibility in ProgramAssociate Department Head and Professor75% Nuclear Engineering Program25% Radiological Health Engineering/Health Physics ProgramFive Recent Significant PublicationsS. Hari, Y.A. Hassan, and A. McFarland, “Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation ofa Rectangular Slit Real Impactor’s Performance,” Nuclear Engineering and DesignJournal, Vol. 235, pp. 1015-1028, 2005.Y.A. Hassan, C.C. Gutierrez-Torres, and J.A. Jimenez-Bernal, “Temporal CorrelationModification by Microbubbles Injection in a Channel Flow,” accepted in 2004 to bepublished in International Communication in Heat and Mass Transfer Journal , 2005Y.A. Hassan, “Drag Reduction by Microbubble Injection,” Invite keynote lecture at the3 rd International Two-Phase Flow Modeling and Experimentation Pisa, Italy,September 22-25, 2004 published in Conference Proceedings, 2004.Y.A. Hassan, “Drag Reduction via Microbubble Injection in Boundary Layer of ChannelFlows,” invite article at the Advances in the Modeling Methodologies of Two-PhaseFlows Meeting (SHF/IAHR), Lyons, France, November 24-26, 2004 published in theconference proceedings, paper: 08, 2004.Y.A. Hassan and H.R. Barsamian, “Tube Bundle Flows with the Large Eddy SimulationTechnique in Curvilinear Coordinates,” International Journal of Heat and MassTransfer, Vol. 47, issues 14-16, pp. 3057-3071, 2004.ConsultingNuclear Regulatory CommissionBrookhaven National laboratoryInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ExpertConsolidated Edison Company, 1998WILLIAM H. MARLOW, PROFESSORDegreesPh.D., Physics, University of Texas at Austin, 1973B.S., Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966Field of SpecializationPhysics of molecular clusters and small particle interactions – aerosols; Applications inmaterials, radioactivity and disperse materials; Environmental and health protectionResponsibility in ProgramProfessor and Undergraduate Program Coordinator50% Nuclear Engineering Program50% Radiological Health Engineering/Health Physics ProgramFive Recent Significant PublicationsCheng, Y.-S., T. D. Holmes, T. G. George, W. H. Marlow.. Size measurement ofplutonium particles from internal sputtering in air. Nuclear Instruments and Methodsin Physics Research B 234, 219-225 (2005).95

Kish, Laszlo B., Y. Li, J. L. Solis, W. H. Marlow, R. Vajtai, C-G. Granqvist, V. Lantto, J.M. Smulko, G. Schmera.,. Detecting harmful gases using fluctuation-enhancedsensing with Taguchi sensors. IEEE Sensors Journal, 5(4), 671-676, (2005).Marlow, William H. Van der waals energies in the formation and interaction ofnanoparticle aggregates. In Gas Phase Nanoparticle Syntheses..Ed.: C.G. Granqvist,L. B. Kish, W. H. Marlow (Kluwer, Dordrecht, 2004).Kish, L. B., P. Chaoguang, J. Edreth, W. H. Marlow, C. G. Granqvist, S. J. Savage.. Insituelectrical transport measurements and self-organization in gold nanoparticle filmsduring and after deposition. Surface and Coatings Technology 142-144, 1088-1093(2001).ConsultingConsultant on radioactive materials dispersal for clean-up at Hanford site. CarterTechnologies, Inc., 2003.Consultant on radon daughter dispersal from uranium mining tailings. Foxfire Scientific,Inc, 2005-2006.SEAN M. MCDEAVITT, ASSISTANT PROFESSORDegreesPh. D., Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, December 1992M.S., Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, May 1990B.S., Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, May 1987Field of SpecializationNuclear Materials Science, Nuclear Fuel Behavior and Processing, Materials Processingin the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, High Temperature Materials ScienceResponsibility in ProgramAssistant Professor, 100% NE ProgramFive Recent Significant PublicationsS.M. McDeavitt, T.J. Downar and A.A. Solomon “Zirconium Matrix Cermet for a MixedUranium-Thorium Oxide Fuel in a SBWR,” accepted for publication in NuclearTechnology. (scheduled for January 2007).S. M. McDeavitt, G. W. Billings, and J. E. Indacochea, “High Temperature InteractionBehavior at Liquid Metal-Ceramic Interfaces,” ASM Journal of MaterialsEngineering and Performance, 11(4): 392-401 (2002).S. M. McDeavitt, G. W. Billings, and J. E. Indacochea, “Interfacial Reactions ofZirconium and Zirconium-Alloy Liquid Metals with Beryllia at ElevatedTemperatures,” Journal of Materials Science, 37: 3765-3776 (2002).D. P. Abraham, J. W. Richardson Jr., and S. M. McDeavitt, “Microscopy and NeutronDiffraction Study of a Zirconium-8 wt% Stainless Alloy,” Journal of MaterialsScience., 36: 5143-5154 (2001).J.J. Laidler, L. Burris, E.D. Collins, J. Duguid, R.N. Henry, J. Hill, E.J. Karell, S.M.McDeavitt, M. Thompson, M.A. Williamson, and J.L. Willit, “Chemical PartitioningTechnologies for an ATW System,” Progress in Nuclear Energy, 38(1-2): 65-79(2001). (June 2005: Web of Science Citations = 4)JIM E. MOREL, PROFESSOR96

DegreesPh.D., Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico, 1979M.S., Nuclear Engineering, Louisiana State University, 1974B.S., Mathematics, Louisiana State University, 1972Field of SpecializationDeveloping both stochastic and deterministic numerical methods for neutron andcharged-particle transport calculations; discretization techniques and associated multilevelsolution techniques for diffusion and transport on unstructured and structuredmeshes with adaptive refinement; solution techniques for multiphysics calculations suchas radiation-hydrodynamics.Responsibility in ProgramProfessor100% NE ProgramFive Recent Significant PublicationsJim E. Morel, B. Todd Adams, Taewan Noh, John M. McGhee, Thomas M. Evans, andTodd J. Urbatsch, “Spatial Discretizations for Self-Adjoint Forms of the RadiativeTransfer Equations,” Journal of Computational Physics, 214, 12-40 (2006).Gordon L. Olson, David S. Miller, Edward W. Larsen, and Jim E. Morel, “Chord LengthDistributions in Binary Stochastic Media in Two and Three Dimensions,” Journal ofQuantative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer}, {101}, 269-283 (2006).Robert C.Ward, Randal S. Baker, Jim E.Morel, “A Diffusion Synthetic AccelerationMethod For Block Adaptive Mesh Refinement,” Nuclear Science and Engineering,152, 164–179 (2005).J.S. Warsa, T.A. Wareing, and J.E. Morel, “Krylov Iteratice Methods and the DegradedEffectiveness of Diffusion Synthetic Acceleration for Multidimensional SnCalculations in Problems with Material Discontinuities,” Nuclear Science andEngineering, 147, 218-248 (2004).J.E. Morel and K.D. Lathrop, “Singular Solutions, Intergral Transport Theory, and the SnMethod,” Nuclear Science and Engineering, 147, 158-166 (2004).J.S. Warsa, T.A. Wareing, and J.E. Morel, J.M. McGhee, and R.B. Lehoucq, “KrylovSubspace Iterations for Deterministic k-Eigenvalue Calculations,” Nuclear Scienceand Engineering 147, 26-42 (2004).ConsultingLos Alamos National LaboratoryKENNETH L. PEDDICORD, VICE CHANCELLOR FOR RESEARCH AND FEDERAL RELATIONS ANDPROFESSOR OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERINGDegreesPh.D. Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois, 1972M.S. Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois, 1967B.S.M.E. Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 1965Field of SpecializationBehavior of nuclear fuels; Reactor systems and design; fissile materials disposition;MOX fuels; generation IV nuclear power systems; nuclear generated hydrogen; hydrogeneconomyResponsibility in ProgramProfessor97

100% Nuclear Engineering ProgramFive Recent Significant PublicationsDavid C. Wade, et al, “STAR-H 2 , A 400 MW th Lead-Cooled, Long Refueling IntervalReactor with Hydrogen Production,” ICONE 11, Tokyo, Japan, April 20-23, 2003.K. L. Peddicord and Yury Kazansky, Benmarking Requirements for Facilities in theNuclear Fuel Cycle, NATO ASI Series, Kluwer Publishing Company, Dordrecht, TheNetherlands (2003).K. L. Peddicord, Yury Kazansky and Paul Govaerts, Decommissioning,Decontamination, Disassembly and Dismantlement of Facilities in the Nuclear FuelCycle, NATO ASI Series, Kluwer Publishing Company, Dordrecht, The Netherlands(2003).G. V. Tsvetkova, K. L. Peddicord. “Utilization of Plutonium and Higher Actinides in theHTGR as Possibility to Maintain Long-Term Operation on One Fuel Loading”, 10thInternational Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE 10), "Nuclear Energy -Engineering Today, the Power for Tomorrow," Arlington, Virginia, USA, Track 6-Next Generation Systems, April 14-18, 2002.S. Reynaud and K. L. Peddicord, “Re-assessment of Nitride Fuel Potential in the CurrentContext of the Nuclear Industry", 10th International Conference on NuclearEngineering (ICONE 10), "Nuclear Energy - Engineering Today, the Power forTomorrow," Arlington, Virginia, USA, April 14-18, 2002.ConsultingLawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1998 to presentNuclear Regulatory Commission, 1999 to 2002U.S, Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office, 2000-2002Argonne National Laboratory, 2002 to presentLos Alamos National Laboratory, 2002 to presentBattelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2002 to presentPaul Scherrer Institute, 2003 to presentJOHN W. POSTON, SR., INTERIM DEPARTMENT HEAD, PROFESSOR, GRADUATE COORDINATORDegreesPh.D., Nuclear Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1971M.S., Nuclear Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1969B.S., Mathematics, Lynchburg College, 1958Field of SpecializationExternal Dosimetry; Internal DosimetryResponsibility in ProgramProfessor and Graduate Program Coordinator50% Nuclear Engineering Program50% Radiological Health Engineering/Health Physics ProgramFive Recent Significant PublicationsN.U. Bhuiyan and J.W. Poston, Sr., “A Revised Model for Electron Dosimetry on theHuman Small Intestine, Health Physics Journal, 88(1): 23-26 2005.J.W. Poston, Sr., “External Dosimetry and Personnel Mentoring,” to be published HealthPhysics Journal, 2005.98

D. Kay, J.W. Poston, Sr., and M.W. Lantz, “Changing the Protective ClothingParadigm,” Rad. Prot. Management, 21 (1), 1-16, 2004.John W. Poston, Sr. and Ian S. Hamilton, “An Overview of NCRP Report No. 138 onTerrorist Activities,” to be published in the Health Physics Society 2004 SummerSchool text, A. Brodsky and R. Johnson, Eds., July 2004.Ian S. Hamilton and John W. Poston, Sr., “An Introduction to Terrorism,” to bepublished in the Health Physics Society 2004 Summer School text, A. Brodsky and R.Johnson, Eds., July 2004.ConsultingSandia National Laboratory, External Advisory Committee, Albuquerque, NMTXU Electric, Operations Review Committee, Dallas, TXU.S. Department of Energy, Scientific Review Group, Office of International HealthPrograms, Washington, DCJEAN RAGUSA, ASSISTANT PROFESSORDegreesPh.D. Nuclear Engineering, National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble France, 2001M.S. Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1996Diploma in Engineering and Physics, National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble France,1996Field of SpecializationNuclear reactor analysis, operations and safety, nuclear engineering design,computational FEM methods, spatial kinetics, and high performance computing,multiphase flows and feedback physicsResponsibility in ProgramAssistant Professor100% Nuclear Engineering ProgramFive Recent Significant PublicationsJean C. Ragusa, Richard Sanchez, Simone Santandrea, “Reflector HomogenizationTechniques,” Proceeding of the ANS Mathematics and Computation InternationalConference, Avignon, France, September 2005.Jean C. Ragusa, “3-D Adaptative Solution of the Multigroup Diffusion Equation onIrregular Structured Grids Using a Non Conforming Finite Element MethodFormulation,” Proceeding of the Physor 2004 International Conference, Chicago,Illinois, April 2004.Jean C. Ragusa, “3-D Block Incomplete Preconditioner for the Primal and Mixed-PrimalFinite Element Solvers of CRONOS-2,” Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., ANS Meeting,Pittsburgh, PA, USA, June 2004.Jean C. Ragusa, “Application of Multithread Computing and Domain Decomposition tothe 3-D Neutronics FEM Code CRONOS,” International Conference onSupercomputing in Nuclear Applications, Paris, France, Sept. 2003.Jean C. Ragusa, “Implemntation of Multithreaded Computing in the Neutronics FEMSolver Minos,” Proceeding of the ANS Mathematics and Computation InternationalConference, Gatlinburg, TN, April 2003.ConsultingNone99

WARREN DANIEL REECE, JR., PROFESSOR, DIRECTOR OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE CENTERDegreesPh.D. Nuclear Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1988M.S. Nuclear Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1980B.S. Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1971Field of SpecializationExternal dosimetry; radiation transport calculations; medical physics; uses of researchreactors.Responsibility in ProgramProfessor and Director of Nuclear Science Center50% Nuclear Engineering Program50% Radiological Health Engineering/Health Physics ProgramFive Recent Significant PublicationsS.W. Lee and W.D. Reece, “Dose Calculations of 142Pr Microspheres as a PotentialTreatment for AVMs,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 50, No.1, pp. 151-166,2005.Cho, S. H., Reece, W. D., and Kim, C.-H. Validity of two simple rescaling methods forelectron/beta dose point kernels in heterogeneous source-target geometry, RadiationPhysics and Chemistry, Vol. 69(4): 265-272, 2004.Kim, C. H., S. Y. Jang and W. D. Reece. “Monte Carlo modeling of the Texas A&MUniversity Research Reactor.” Nucl. Tech. 145(1): 1-10 (Jan. 2004).S.Y. Jang, C.H. Kim, W.D. Reece, and L.A. Braby, “Filtered Fast Neutron IrradiationSystem Using Texas A&M University Nuclear Science Center Reactor,” NuclearInstruments & Methods in Physics Research A, Vol. 530, pp. 493-504, 2004.S.W. Lee, and W.D. Reece, “Dose Backscatter Factors for Selected Beta Sources as aFunction of Source, Calcified Plaque, and Contrast Agent Using Monte CarloCalculations,” Physics in Medicine and Biology Vol. 49, pp. 583-600, 2004.ConsultingNoneLIN SHAO, ASSISTANT PROFESSORDegreesPh. D in Physics, Department of Physics, University of Houston, Texas, USA, 08/2001B. S in Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking (Beijing) University, Beijing, P. R.China, 06/1997Field of SpecializationMaterials science and nanotechnology; radiation effects in nuclear and electronicmaterials; ion beam analysisResponsibility in ProgramAssistant Professor in Nuclear Engineering, 1005Five Recent Significant PublicationsZ. Di, P. K. Chu, M. Zhu, R. K. Fu, S. Luo, L. Shao, M. Nastasi, P. Chen, T. L. Alford, J.W. Mayer, M. Zhang, W. Liu, Z. Song, C. Lin, “Fabrication of silicon-onSiO2/diamondlikecarbon.dual insulator using ion cutting and mitigation of selfheatingeffects”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 88, 142108 (2006).100

L. Shao, Y. Lin, J. G. Swadener, J.K. Lee, Q. X. Jia, Y.Q. Wang, M. Nastasi, P.E.Thompson, N.D. Theodore, T.L. Alford, J.W. Mayer, P.Chen, and S.S. Lau, “HinducedPlatelet and Crack Formation in Hydrogenated Epitaxial Si/Si0.98B0.02/ SiStructures”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 88, 021901 (2006).L. Shao, Y. Lin, J. G. Swadener, J.K. Lee, Q. X. Jia, Y.Q. Wang, M. Nastasi,P.E.Thompson, N.D. Theodore, T.L. Alford, J.W. Mayer, P.Chen, and S.S. Lau, “AStrain-facilitated Process for the Lift-off of a Si Layer of Less Than 20 nmThickness”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 251907 (2005).L. Shao, M. Nastasi, “Methods for the Accurate Analysis of Channeling RutherfordBackscattering Spectrometry”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 064103 (2005).L. Shao, Y.Q. Wang, J.K. Lee, M. Nastasi, P.E. Thompson, N.D. Theodore, and J.W.Mayer, “A New Technique to Study the Lattice Location of Light Elements in Siliconby Channeling Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 131901(2005).ConsultingNonePAVEL V. TSVETKOV, ASSISTANT PROFESSORDegreesPh.D. Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2002M.S. Theoretical and Experimental Reactor Physics, Moscow State Engineering PhysicsInstitute (Technical University), Moscow, Russia, 1995Field of SpecializationIntegrated Modeling of Innovative Energy Systems, Direct Nuclear Energy Conversion,Fuel Cycle, Nuclear Systems Engineering, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Aspects andInformation TechnologiesResponsibility in ProgramAssistant Professor100% Nuclear Engineering ProgramFive Recent Significant PublicationsP. V. Tsvetkov, R. R. Hart, “High Efficiency Magnetic-Nuclear Propulsion/PowerSystem”, Proceedings of the Space Nuclear Conference 2005 (SNC’05), San Diego,California, June 5 – 9, 2005, ANS Embedded Topical Meeting at the 2005 ANSAnnual Meeting, pp. 749 - 754 (2005).P. V. Tsvetkov, R. R. Hart, D. B. King, G. E. Rochau, “Planetary Surface Power andInterstellar Propulsion Using Fission Fragment Magnetic Collimator Reactor”,Proceedings of the Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2006), Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 12 – 16, 2006, AIP Proceedings, Vol.813, pp. 803– 810 (2006).P. V. Tsvetkov, A. B. Alajo, “Potential of Minor Actinides to Enhance VHTRPerformance Characteristics”, Trans. Amer. Nucl. Soc., Vol. 94, pp. 93 - 94, USA(2006).P. V. Tsvetkov, D. E. Ames II, A. B. Alajo, “Configuration Adjustment Potential of theVHTR Prismatic Cores with Advanced Actinide Fuels”, Trans. Amer. Nucl. Soc., Vol.94, pp. 597 - 598, USA (2006).101

P. V. Tsvetkov, M. L. Pritchard, D. E. Ames II, A. B. Alajo, "Analysis of the Pebble-BedVHTR Spectrum Shifting Capabilities for Advanced Fuel Cycles", Trans. Amer. Nucl.Soc., Vol. 94, pp. 403 - 404, USA (2006).ConsultingNoneKAREN VIEROW, ASSOCIATE PROFESSORDegreesB.S.N.E. Purdue University, 1987M.S. University of California, Berkeley, 1990Ph.D. University of Tokyo, 1999Field of SpecializationThermal hydraulics; Two-phase flow phenomenon, specifically condensation heattransfer, Reactor safety, Physics model and analysis code developmentResponsibility in ProgramAssociate Professor in Nuclear Engineering, 100%Five Recent Significant PublicationsLiao, Y., K. Vierow, “A Generalized Diffusion Layer Model for Condensation of Vaporwith Non-condensable Gases”, accepted for publication pending response tocomments, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Mar. 2006.T. Wu, K. Vierow, “Local Heat Transfer Measurements of Steam/Air Mixtures inHorizontal Condenser Tubes”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.49, pp. 2491-2501, 2006.T. Wu, K. Vierow, “A Local Heat Flux Measurement Technique for Inclined HeatExchanger Tubes”, Experimental Heat Transfer, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 1-14, 2006.Y. Liao, K. Vierow, “MELCOR Modeling of Creep Rupture in Steam Generator Tubes”,Nuclear Technology, Vol. 152, No. 3, pp. 302-313, 2005.T. Nagae, M. Murase, T. Wu, K. Vierow, “Analysis of Reflux Condensation HeatTransfer of Steam-Air Mixtures in a Vertical Tube”, Journal of Nuclear Science andTechnology, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 50-57, 2005.ConsultingConsulting: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ACR-700 Severe Accident PIRTPanel. (2003-2004)PART-TIME FACULTYDAVID R. BOYLE, VISITING ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR; DIRECTOR, SPACECRAFT TECHNOLOGYCENTER, TEES; ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, NUCLEAR SECURITY SCIENCE AND POLICY INSTITUTEDegreesPh.D. Nuclear Engineering, Masschusetts Institute of Technology, 1980M.A. National Security and Strategic Studies, U.S. Naval War College, 1990M.S. Nuclear Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1972B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 1971Field of Specialization102

Safety and efficiency of Plutonium storage and disposition approaches; nuclearnonproliferation.Responsibility in ProgramAssociate Director, Nuclear Security Science and Policy InstituteFive Recent Significant PublicationsBoyle, D. R., Mortari, D., Pollock, T., et al, “Use of Star Trackers for Space SituationalAwareness,” 2006 Space Control Conference (Classified), 2-4 May 2006, MITLincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA.Boyle, D. R. and Jacox, M.G., “EXPRESS Pallet as an Engineering Testbed forSpacecraft Technology,” 42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno,Nevada 5-8 January 2004.Wagner, R.C., Boyle, D.R., Decker, K. “Commercialization of Flywheel Energy StorageTechnology on the International Space Station,” International Energy Conversionand Engineering Conference, Washington, D.C., July 2002.Boyle, D. R., “ISS: A Commercial Engineering Testbed for Spacecraft Technology”(Invited, Plenary Session), International Space Station Forum, Berlin, Germany, June2001.Boyle, D.R. and Hartley, R.S., “Plutonium Disposition Research and Related Activities atthe Amarillo National Resource Center for Plutonium,” Safety Issues Associatedwith Plutonium Involvement in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Kluwer Academic Publishers,Netherlands, pp. 35-38, 1999.ConsultingNoneWILLIAM E. BURCHILL, ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT HEAD & HTRI PROFESSOR (RETIRED)DegreesM.S. Management, Hartford Graduate Center of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1986Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois, 1970M.S. Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois, 1965B.S. Metallurgical Engineering, Missouri School of Mines & Metallurgy, 1964Field of SpecializationNuclear safety, risk management, probabilistic risk analysis, reactor regulation, powerreactor operationsResponsibility in Programas Department Head and HTRI Professor50% Nuclear Engineering Program50% Radiological Health Engineering/Health Physics ProgramFive Recent Significant PublicationsKohlhepp, K. D. and W. E. Burchill, “Evaluation of Engineering Judgment Applied toAnalytical Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) Methods,” Proceedings of ANSInternational Topical Meeting on Probabilistic Safety Assessment, September 11-15,2005.W. E. Burchill, et al, “Development of PRA Qualification Guidance and Curriculum,”Proceedings of ANS International Topical Meeting on Probabilistic Safety Assessment,September 11-15, 2005.103

K. L. Kiper, J. A. Julius, and W. E. Burchill, “Issues Related to LPSD RiskAssessments,” Proceedings of ANS International Topical Meeting on ProbabilisticSafety Assessment, September 11-15, 2005.W. E. Burchill, “Nuclear Power Now and In the Future,” Invited presentation, Bulletin ofthe American Physical Society, Series II, Vol. 51, No. 2, p. 221, April, 2006.W. E. Burchill, “Managing Risk During Shutdown Operations,” Invited presentation,TANSAO 94: 29 (2006).ConsultingConstellation Energy, risk management consultingU.S. Department of State Civilian Research and Development Foundation, proposalsreviewerNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, proposed academicprogram reviewerElectric Power Research Institute, risk management training project managerU.S. Department of Energy – Idaho Operations Office, nuclear safety consultingIAN SCOTT HAMILTON, Ph. D., CHP, VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSORDegreesPh. D. (Nuclear Engineering), Texas A&M University, 1995M. S. (Health Physics), Texas A&M University, 1993B. S. (Biology with Nuclear Engineering minor), SUNY − Albany, 1992Field of SpecializationInternal dosimetry; External dosimetry; Radiation Detection; Radon/NORM; RiskAssessmentResponsibility in ProgramAssistant Professor100% Radiological Health Engineering/Health Physics ProgramFive Recent Significant PublicationsI.S. Hamilton, M.G. Arno, J.C. Rock, R.O. Berry, J.W. Poston, Sr., J.R. Cezeaux, J-MPark, “Radiological assessment of petroleum pipe scale and concomitant pipecleaningoperations," submitted to Health Phys., under review.Arno, M.G., Hamilton, I.S., “Radiation streaming and skyshine evaluation for a proposedlow-level radioactive waste assured isolation facility,” in Health Phys. 85(4): 494-503, October 2003.Thompson, J.M., Thompson, E.A., Hamilton, I.S., “An Approach to Evaluating theSocietal Risks and Agricultural Impacts from a Proposed Plutonium ProcessingFacility.” in Health Phys. 77(2): S32-39, August 1999.Hamilton, I.S., Thompson, E.A., Thompson, J.M., “Environmental and agriculturalimpacts of accidents postulated for missions proposed for the USDOE Pantex Plant.”Proceedings of the International Radiological Post-Emergency Response IssuesConference sponsored by EPA, September 1998.Hamilton, I.S., Charbeneau, R.J., Barnes, D.L., “Characterization of the risks associatedwith producing mixed-oxide fuel at Pantex.” Proceedings of the 1998 ANS AnnualMeeting, June 1998.ConsultingConsulting Radiation Safety Officer, NeoServe/Syntier Solutions Inc., 2000-2001104

RON R. HART, PROFESSORDegreesPh.D., Nuclear Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1967B.S., Engineering Physics, University of Oklahoma, 1959Field of SpecializationIon beam interactions; Neutron transmutation doping; Radiation effectsResponsibility in ProgramProfessor50% NE50% RHE/HPFive Recent Significant PublicationsP. V. Tsvetkov, R. R. Hart, T. A. Parish, “Highly Efficient Power System Based onDirect Fission Fragment Energy Conversion Utilizing Magnetic Collimation,”Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (2003).P. V. Tsvetkov, R. R. Hart, T. A. Parish, “Technological Feasibility of Fission FragmentMagnetic Collimator Reactors,” Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 88,582-583 (2003).D. King, G. Rochau, D. Oscar, C. Morrow, P. Tsvetkov, R. Hart, and G. Gallix, “AnOverview of the Direct Energy Conversion Proof of Principle Power ProductionProgram,” Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering(2004).Pavel V. Tsvetkov, Ron R. Hart, Don B. King, Gary E. Rachau, Debby S. Oscar, CharlesW. Morrow, and Remy Gallix, “Experimental Verification of Magnetic Insulation ofDirect Energy Conversion Fission Reactors” ANS Meeting, November 2004,submitted.Pavel V. Tsvetkov, Ron R. Hart, and Don B. King, “Fission Fragment MagneticCollimator Reactor: Current Status of the Experimental Program,” ANS Meeting,November 2004, submitted.ConsultingConsultant, Hughes Research Laboratories Division of Hughes Aircraft Co., 1975-presentWARREN F. MILLER, RESEARCH PROFESSORDegreesPh.D., Engineering Sciences, Northwestern University, 1973M.S., Engineering Sciences, Northwestern University, 1970B.S., Engineering Sciences, U.S. Military Academy, (1964)Field of SpecializationNuclear systems analysis, computational methods for neutron transport, nuclear securityand non-proliferation policies and practices, and energy policy.Responsibility in ProgramResearch Professor100% Nuclear Engineering Program105

Five Recent Significant PublicationsMiller, W. F. Jr., T. Noh and J. E. Morel, “Improved Approximations Applied to the S nEven-Parity Equations,” Trans. Amer. Nucl. Soc.; 69, 214, November 1993.Miller, W. F. Jr., R. P. Bastian, “Improving the Research Funding Process throughProcess Management, Value Analysis, and Linkages to other Processes-LessonsLearned,” Proceedings of the 1994 Management for Quality in Research andDevelopment Symposium, Chicago, IL, 1994.Miller, W. F. Jr., Z. Shayer, J. Hughes, I. Soares, and E. Greenspan, “Modifying SCALE-4.1 for Transmutation Calculations,” Trans. Israeli Nuclear Society, 18, p. VII-27,1994.Miller, W. F. Jr., T. Noh, “Comparison of the P1 and the Simplified P2 SyntheticAcceleration in Transport Solutions”, Proceedings of International Conference onMathematics and Computations, Reactor Physics, and Environmental Analyses, Vol.2, 1342-1351, Portland, Oregon, April 30-May 4, 1995.Miller, W. F. Jr., U. Shin and J. Morel, “Asymptotic Analysis of Several CompetitiveEquations to Solve the Time-Dependent Neutron Transport Equation,” Proceedings ofInternational Conference on Mathematics and Computations, Reactor Physics, andEnvironmental Analyses, Vol. 1, 329-340, Portland Oregon, April 30-May 4, 1995.ConsultingLos Alamos National LaboratoryUniversity of New MexicoPAUL NELSON, PROFESSOR EMERITUSDegreesPh.D. (Mathematics), 1969, University of New MexicoM.S. (Physics), 1962, University of New MexicoB.S. (Engineering Physics), 1958, Auburn UniversityField of SpecializationTransport theory, computational methods, management of nuclear materialsResponsibility in ProgramProfessor Emeritus100% Nuclear EngineeringFive Recent Significant Publications“An Abstract Algorithmic View of Spatial Approximations: Application to ModularCode Design and a Novel Parallel Implementation,” XI ENFIR/IV ENAN JointNuclear Conferences, Poços de Caldas, MG, Brazil, August 1997. (Invited Paper)“Time-optimal Parallel Ray-tracing Sweeps in Plane-parallel Discrete Ordinates: Implementationand Testing on a Hypercube” (with R. D. Jarvis), 15th International Conference on TransportTheory, Göteborg, Sweden, June 1997.“LOCFES-NL: A Tool for Testing Nonlinear Spatial Approximations to Neutron Transport inPlane-parallel Geometry,” Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 78, June 1998(with S. D. Nolen).“The Prigogine-Herman Kinetic Model Predicts Widely Scattered Traffic Flow Data at HighConcentrations” (with A. Sopasakis), Transportation Research B, November 1998.106

“University Contributions to Research in Nuclear Materials Safety,” NATO AdvancedResearch Workshop on Nuclear Materials Safety (II), St. Petersburg, Russia, June1998. (Presented by PN, but numerous co-authors)ConsultingLos Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories-Albuquerque, Universityof Texas at Arlington, Texas Energy and Natural Resources Advisory Council.107

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NUEN601 Nuclear Reactor Theory, Pavel V. Tsvetkov, Fall 2006NUEN 601 – NUCLEAR REACTOR THEORYFall Semester, 2006InstructorSchedule:Dr. Pavel V. Tsvetkov Zachry 122D, (979) 845-7078, tsvetkov@tamu.eduOffice Hours: MW 09 a.m.–11 p.m. & TR 13 p.m.–15 p.m.Welcome to stop by!Tuesday, Thursday, 11:10 a.m. – 12:25 p.m., Zachry Engineering Center, 128ATexas A&M Graduate Catalog DataCredits: NUEN 601 (3-0) Nuclear Reactor Theory. Credit 3.Description: Neutron-nucleus interactions; neutron energy spectra; transport and diffusion theory;multigroup approximation; criticality calculations; cross-section processing; buildupand depletion calculations; modern reactor analysis methods and codes.Prerequisites: Approval of instructorText 1. Notes: Nuclear Reactor Theory, lecture notes (The main information source for coursesubjects is a set of comprehensive course notes written by the instructor anddistributed to the class. The course notes provide complete and consistent coverageof the course topics)2. Textbook: • W. M. Stacey, Nuclear Reactor Physics, John Wiley & Sons, 2001 (ISBN: 0-471-39127-1)• J. R. Lamarsh, Introduction to Nuclear Reactor Theory, Addison-WesleyPub., 1966, (ISBN: 0-894-48040-5)3. References: • J. R. Lamarsh, A. J. Baratta, Introduction to Nuclear Engineering, 3d ed.,Prentice-Hall, 2001 (ISBN: 0-201-82498-1)• J. J. Duderstadt, L. J. Hamilton, Nuclear Reactor Analysis, John Wiley &Sons, 1976 (ISBN: 0-471-22363-8)• K. O. Ott, W. A. Bezella, Introductory Nuclear Reactor Statics, AmericanNuclear Society, Revised edition (1989), 1989 (ISBN: 0-894-48033-2)• K. O. Ott, R. J. Neuhold, Introductory Nuclear Reactor Dynamics, AmericanNuclear Society, 1985 (ISBN: 0-894-48029-4)• D. L. Hetrick, Dynamics of Nuclear Reactors, American Nuclear Society,1993 (ISBN: 0-894-48453-2)• E. E. Lewis, W. F. Miller, Computational Methods of Neutron Transport,American Nuclear Society, 1993 (ISBN: 0-894-48452-4)• J. K. Shultis, R. E. Faw, Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and Engineering,Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2002 (ISBN: 0-824-70834-2)Course ObjectivesNUEN 601 is a 1 st -year-level graduate course. Within the Master of Science degree curriculum, itrelates the fundamental physical principles, concepts and modeling techniques to analysis anddesign of nuclear reactors. It prepares to study nuclear systems including aspects of performance,dynamics and safety and to either develop new designs or to assess existing or proposed designsbased upon fundamental understanding of reactor physics.This course is intended to provide the graduate students with description of the computationalmethods for nuclear engineering applications. By the end of the course, the graduate students willbe able to perform analytical and numerical calculations necessary in nuclear system research anddevelopment starting with processing nuclear data and multigroup cross section librarypreparation up to 3D whole-core calculations including criticality, core composition changes,dynamics and safety. The focus is on the theory behind applied nuclear engineering code systemsand computational technologies currently available for reactor physics, studies.1109

NUEN601 Nuclear Reactor Theory, Pavel V. Tsvetkov, Fall 2006Desirable Background Knowledge by Topic1. Basic nuclear physics2. Systems of linear equations, eigenvalues, eigenvectors3. Ordinary differential equations (ODE)4. Partial differential equations (PDE)Topics Covered1. Fundamentals of nuclear systems2. Mathematical description of physical phenomena: neutron transport, diffusion, and Monte Carlo3. Nuclear data and cross-section processing4. Neutron moderation5. Multigroup method6. Perturbation theory7. Reactor kinetics and dynamics8. Core composition changes during reactor operation9. Modern reactor analysis methods and codes10. Nuclear reactor design principles and applications of the introduced modeling techniquesCourse OutcomesStudents who successfully complete this course should be able to:1. Discuss quantitatively and qualitatively fundamentals of nuclear systems2. Analyze nuclear reactor performance in terms of quantities describing neutron-nuclear reactions3. Process nuclear data and prepare multigroup cross section libraries4. Discuss deterministic and stochastic approaches of nuclear reactor modeling and introduce neutrontransport and diffusion equations as well as Monte Carlo method (define all related terms and discusstheir meaning, discuss areas of applicability and overview advantages and disadvantages of eachmethod, and etc.)5. Derive neutron transport equation6. Derive neutron diffusion equation7. Derive quantities related to Monte Carlo method8. Derive the first-order perturbation theory expression for the change in reactivity due to changes incross sections9. Derive the point reactor kinetics model and inhour equation10. Analyze bare homogeneous reactors and design a system with specified characteristics (analyticalsolutions of 1D, 2D, 3D time-dependent and time-independent problems)11. Develop the one-group diffusion models for multiregion reactors and solve problems within theframework of one-group diffusion theory for multiregion reactors12. Compute neutron distributions and multiplication factors in steady-state heterogeneous reactors usingmultigroup diffusion method13. Analytically and numerically solve simple neutron transport problems14. Compute dynamics and safety characteristics using the point reactor kinetics models (simpleanalytical and numerical solutions)15. Compute effects due to the core composition changes during reactor operation (depletion and fissionproduct buildup)16. Discuss modern reactor analysis methods and codes, nuclear reactor design principles andapplications of the introduced modeling techniques17. Develop models for nuclear reactor analysis and neutronics design18. Design heterogeneous reactors with specified characteristicsComputer UsageThe course assignments require analytical and numerical solutions. Appropriate use of the generalsoftware packages (for example, MATLAB, etc.) is encouraged. Numerical solutions assume use of theexisting nuclear engineering codes and development of algorithms followed by implementation in theform of a computer program. A working knowledge of at least one programming language is expected.2110

NUEN601 Nuclear Reactor Theory, Pavel V. Tsvetkov, Fall 2006Course StructureThis course consists of the academic elements as defined below. The purpose and content of eachacademic element are:1. Lectures and lecture notesLectures and lecture notes will cover the course topics and will be made as self-sufficient asreasonably achievable2. Homework problem (HW) setsHomework problem (HW) sets will be assigned and graded weekly. See the Course Policy,Assignment Submission Guidelines and Grading Policy defined later in this syllabus3. Simplified reactor design problem (RDP)Simplified reactor design problem (RDP) will be assigned in addition to the regular homeworkassignments. The problem is intended to enhance familiarization with the course topics.Depending on the course material covered, it will be given within 4-5 weeks before the finalexamination (after 2 nd midterm examination)4. Short express quizzesShort express quizzes will be given to facilitate and enhance the learning process. Each quiz willconsist of theoretical questions based on the material from the preceding lectures and will bedesigned for approximately 15 min of class time (open book). The short express quizzes will begiven randomly and without any prior notice5. Performance assessment meetingsIndividual performance assessment meetings will be scheduled with each student followingindividual student schedules. The purpose of these meetings is to give a student an opportunity todiscuss his progress with instructor, share concerns and suggestions about the course, as well as toreceive the detailed feedback and performance assessment from instructor. The meeting attendanceis mandatory.6. Two major midterm examinationsTwo mandatory midterm examinations will be given (closed book & notes, no calculators) asfollowing:Exam 1 – Written midterm examination (see the course schedule provided later in thissyllabus);Exam 2 – Oral midterm examination (each student will be assigned a 30 minutes time lot,see the course schedule provided later in this syllabus). The oral exam will beconducted by a committee of several professors from the department chaired bythe course instructor.Both exams will be comprehensive with respect to the corresponding preceding material.Depending on the actual progress, the midterm exams are planned for the beginning/middle ofOctober and November.7. Final examination options:Option 1 Oral Exam Prerequisite – course score: 91%-100% by the last dayof classes. Oral final exam (closed book, closed notes, nocalculators) will be comprehensive with respect to the entirecourse materialOption 2 Written Exam Mandatory written final examination (closed book, closedOptional Oral Exam notes, no calculators) will be comprehensive with respect tothe entire course material. The optional comprehensive oralexam will be offered following the mandatory written examto facilitate fairness of the assessment. The decision oftaking the optional oral exam is entirely up to a student.3111

NUEN601 Nuclear Reactor Theory, Pavel V. Tsvetkov, Fall 2006Course Outline (all dates and topics are subject to change depending on the actual course progress)Week Topic Lecture - Date Task1/151.2.2/15 3.3/154/155/15 4.5.6/15INTRODUCTION1.1. Course overview1.2. Fundamental concepts1.3. Nuclear energetics1.4. Radioactivity1.5. Binary nuclear reactions, neutron-nuclear reactions1.6. Principles of nuclear reactors, nuclear powerFUNDAMENTALS OF NUCLEAR SYSTEMS2.1. Characteristics of the fission reaction, neutron moderation, practical fission fuels2.2. Reactor power, fuel burnup, and fuel consumption2.3. Neutron chain-reacting systems2.4. Homogeneous and heterogeneous cores, reflectors2.5. Reactor kinetics and dynamics, reactivity feedback2.6. Core composition changes during reactor operation, nuclear system lifetimeMATHEMATICAL DESCRIPTION OF PHYSICAL PHENOMENA: NEUTRONTRANSPORT, DIFFUSION AND MONTE CARLO3.1. General considerations about reactor physics, engineering requirements3.2. Description of the neutron distribution: fluxes, currents, and sources3.3. Nuclear data, cross sections, and reaction rates3.4. Basic scheme of nuclear system modeling methods3.5.3.6.Deterministic modeling of nuclear systems3.5.1. Neutron balance (conservation) equations3.5.2. Integro-differential neutron transport equation (Boltzmann equation)3.5.3. Integral transport equation (integral form of the Boltzmann equation)3.5.4. Neutron diffusion equation3.5.5. Interface, boundary and initial conditions3.5.6.3.5.7.Fundamental neutronics problems3.5.6.1. Source-sink problems, distributed and localized sources3.5.6.2. Subcritical reactors with an independent source3.5.6.3. Critical reactors3.5.6.4. Equivalent critical reactors, multiplication factor3.5.6.5. Time-dependent problemsEstimates of criticality3.5.7.1. One group diffusion theory, bare homogeneous reactor3.5.7.2. One-dimensional two-region reactor3.5.7.3. Reflected reactor; reflector savingsStochastic modeling of nuclear systems3.6.1. Probability distribution functions3.6.2. Analog Monte Carlo method, error estimates3.6.3. Non-analog Monte Carlo method3.6.4. Tracking in phase space3.6.5. Monte Carlo criticality eigenvalue calculationsNUCLEAR DATA AND CROSS SECTION PROCESSING4.1. Cross-section data4.2. Evaluated nuclear data files4.3. Introduction to the data formats and procedures of the ENDF-6 system4.4. NJOY nuclear data processing system, multigroup cross section librariesNEUTRON MODERATION5.1. Separation of space and energy dependencies5.2. Scattering processes, resonance absorption: resolved and unresolved resonances5.3. Slowing-down balance equations5.4.5.5.Neutron moderation in infinite homogeneous media5.4.1. Moderation without absorption5.4.2. Moderation with infinitely massive absorber5.4.3. Moderation with real materialsNeutron moderation in finite homogeneous media5.5.1. Continuous slowing down theory5.5.2. Moderation without absorption, fast non-leakage probability5.5.3. Moderation with absorption, resonance-escape probabilityAugust1/26 – 08.29.06 (T) HW #12/26 – 08.31.06 (R) -September3/26 – 09.05.06 (T)HW #1 DueHW #24/26 – 09.07.06 (R) -5/26 – 09.12.06 (T)HW #2 DueHW #36/26 – 09.14.06 (R) -7/26 – 09.19.06 (T)HW #3 DueHW #48/26 – 09.21.06 (R) -9/26 – 09.26.06 (T)HW #4 DueHW #510/26 – 09.28.06 (R) -October11/26 – 10.03.06 (T)HW #5 DueHW #612/26 – 10.05.06 (R) -4112

NUEN601 Nuclear Reactor Theory, Pavel V. Tsvetkov, Fall 2006Week Topic Lecture - Date Task7/158/15 6.9/1510/155.6. Neutron moderation in heterogeneous systems5.7. Temperature-dependent resonance absorption5.8. Resonance cross section processingExam 1 – Written midterm examination (closed book & notes, no calculators)7.8.11/15 9.12/1513/1514/15MULTIGROUP METHOD6.1. Problems posed by the solution of the Boltzmann equation, multigroup method6.2. Multigroup diffusion method6.3. Spectrum calculations and cross section averaging6.4. Numerical solution of the multigroup equations, multigroup iteration methods6.5.Simple applications of the multigroup diffusion model6.5.1. Modified one-group (one-and-one-half-group) diffusion model6.5.2. Two-group diffusion problems6.5.3. Zero-dimensional multigroup diffusion problemPERTURBATION THEORY7.1. Motivations for a perturbation theory7.2. Adjoint problem7.3. First-order perturbation theory7.4. Applications of first-order perturbation theoryREACTOR KINETICS AND DYNAMICS8.1. General considerations about reactor dynamics, classification of time problems8.2. Delayed neutrons8.3. The transport equation with delayed neutrons8.4. Reactor kinetics equations under diffusion approximation8.5. Point reactor kinetics equations8.6. Solution of the point kinetics equations, inhour equation, period-reactivity relations8.7. Spatial effects in reactor kinetics8.8. Temperature coefficients of reactivity8.9. Response of a reactor to reactivity changes, reactivity feedback8.10. Reactivity control, control system feedbackSpecial Meeting #1Special Meeting #2Special Meeting #3CORE COMPOSITION CHANGES DURING REACTOR OPERATION9.1. Core composition changes9.2. Nuclide production-destruction equations, adiabatic fuel depletion modeling9.3. Equilibrium fuel cycle9.4. Solution of the nuclide production-destruction equations9.5. Reactivity effects of fuel composition changes9.6. Core management, reload pattern optimization9.7. Reactor properties over life – estimating core life, nuclear fuel management9.8.Fission product buildup (fission product poisoning)9.8.1. Samarium9.8.2. XenonExam 2 – Oral midterm examination (closed book&notes, no calculators, 30min, schedule TBD)10.15/15 11.MODERN REACTOR ANALYSIS METHODS AND CODES10.1. System for standardized computer analyses for licensing evaluation (SCALE)10.2. ANL code system for fast reactor modeling (MC 2 -II, DIF3D, REBUS)10.3.T H A N K S G I V I N GMonte Carlo n-particle transport code10.3.1. System overview10.3.2. Sources and criticality calculations10.3.3. Tallies and variance reduction10.3.4. ExamplesNUCLEAR REACTOR DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF THEINTRODUCED MODELING TECHNIQUES11.1. Nuclear reactor analysis and design, neutronics and thermohydraulics coupling11.2. Computational analysis capabilities for Generation IV systemsFINAL EXAM (Closed Book, Closed Notes, No Calculators)513/26 – 10.10.06 (T)HW #6 Due10.12.06 (R)14/26 – 10.17.06 (T) HW #715/26 – 10.19.06 (R) -16/26 – 10.24.06 (T)HW #7 Due-HW #817/26 – 10.26.06 (R) -18/26 – 10.31.06 (T)HW #8 DueNovember11.01.06 (W)11.02.06 (R)11.03.06 (F)19/26 – 11.07.06 (T)HW #9 DueHW #9HW #1020/26 – 11.09.06 (R) -21/26 – 11.14.06 (T)HW #10 DueHW #1122/26 – 11.16.06 (R) -11.17.06 (Friday)11.18.06 (Saturday)23/26 – 11.21.06 (T)HW #11 Due11.23.06 (R)24/26 – 11.28.06 (T)HW #12 DueHW #12RDPHW #1325/26 – 11.30.06 (R) -December26/26 – 12.05.06 (T)HW #13 & RDP Due3:00 p.m.– 5:00 p.m.12.08.06 (F)113-

NUEN601 Nuclear Reactor Theory, Pavel V. Tsvetkov, Fall 2006Course Policy, Assignment Submission Guidelines and Grading Policy1. Academic Integrity Statement: “An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those who do.”For additional information please visit http://www.tamu.edu/aggiehonor2. Professional Behavior: An important attribute of your professional development is that you act andspeak in a manner that will not offend others giving particular care to diversity issues.3. Assignments (HW solution sets and RDP report):• Preparation:Each HW solution set: (1) give assignment number and attach assignment as a cover, (2) useonly front side of each page, (3) provide brief problem statements, (4) be neat and legibleand present work logically to allow easy follow-up, (5) if asked for a numerical result, giveformula and number with units, (6) staple your setRDP report and materials: (1) up to 5 pages (no handwriting) including contents, lists offigures and tables, introduction, problem description, model development, results,conclusions, etc., (2) if you created auxiliary materials – list them in the Appendix and E-mail actual materials, (3) provide the list of references at the end of your report• Submission of the HW solution sets and the RDP reports and materials:HW solution sets, RDP report and materials: Work together is encouraged. The participatingclassmates must be listed on the first page. However, the final submitted assignments mustbe individual work efforts. If blatant copying is detected, the score will be 0 for allstudents involvedALL assignments are due at the start of class on the due date!NO late assignments accepted without creditable excuse/explanation for delay!NO assignments will be accepted after the last day of classes! (see the course scheduleprovided in this syllabus)LATE SUBMISSION (1 WEEK TO EXPLAIN AND ASK FOR A NEW DUE DATE):If a student cannot submit his work by the due date, he has 1 week after the due dateto explain the reasons for the delay and ask for a new due date.Depending on the provided explanation and the assignment submission history of astudent, the new due date will be assigned or denied (the delayed work will not beaccepted in this case).NO GRADE PENALTY.If the student fails to contact instructor within 1 week after the due date, the delayedwork will not be accepted. No exceptions!• Re-submission of HW sets and RDP reports and materials:If you re-do your assignment, you can increase your grade by at least 10% of the original worth(up to 100% depending on the originality).ONLY ONE RESUBMISSION OF EACH ASSIGNMENT IS PERMITTED.6114

NUEN601 Nuclear Reactor Theory, Pavel V. Tsvetkov, Fall 20064. Structure of final course score:Course ElementElement ScoreClass meeting attendance and participation 3%Homework Problem Sets25%35%Simplified Reactor Design Problem10%Short Express Quizzes 10%Exam 1 (Written Midterm Examination)20%30%Exam 2 (Oral Midterm Examination)10%Final Exam 22%TOTAL Final Course Score 100%38%62%5. Final course grade ranges:Final Course ScoreFinal Course Grade90% and above A80 - 89.5% B70 - 79.5% C60 - 69.5% DPrepared by: Dr. Pavel V. Tsvetkov. Date: August 28, 2006Scholastic Dishonesty and the Aggie Honor Code: "An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate thosewho do." The Code forbids the following:• Cheating: Attempting to use unauthorized materials, information, notes, study aids or other devices ormaterials in any academic exercise.• Fabrication: Making up data or results; submitting fabricated documents.• Falsification: Manipulating results such that research is not accurately represented in the research record.• Multiple Submissions: Submitting substantial portions of the same work (including oral reports) for creditmore than once without authorization from instructors.• Plagiarism: Using another person’s ideas, work, processes, results, writings, words, etc. without givingappropriate credit.• Complicity: Intentionally or knowingly helping, or attempting to help, another to commit an act ofacademic dishonesty.If you have questions regarding scholastic dishonesty and the Aggie Honor Code, please visithttp://www.tamu.edu/aggiehonor for the Honor Council Rules and Procedures, and http://studentrules.tamu.edufor the Texas A&M University Student Rules.Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federalantidiscrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities.Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learningenvironment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have adisability requiring an accommodation, please tell your instructor or contact the Department of Student Life,Services for Students with Disabilities, in Cain Hall, or call 845-1637.Religious Holidays: If you are a member of a religious faith that has one or more holidays which require youto be absent from any class listed above, please tell your instructor at least two weeks in advance of yourabsence and make arrangements to make-up the class.Copyrights: The handouts used in this course are copyrighted. By "handouts" we mean all materials generatedfor this class, which include but are not limited to syllabi, lab problems, in-class materials, review sheets, andadditional problem sets. Because these materials are copyrighted, you do not have the right to copy thehandouts, unless the author expressly grants permission.7115

NUEN 604 Fall 2005RADIATION INTERACTIONS AND SHIELDINGRon R. Hart, Professor of Nuclear EngineeringOffice Hours: TR 10-11, MW 3-4 and by appointment.rhart@tamu.edu, 845-4157ViJay Mahadevan, Graduate Assistant, Zachry 19BOffice Hours: TR 2-4, and by appointment.vijaysm@tamu.edu, 847-8791Taeho Woo, Graduate Assistant, Zachry 4Office Hours: WF 2-4, and by appointmentthw1@neo.tamu.edu, 845-4109Prerequisites:MATH 308, NUEN 202 or equivalent,B.S. in Engineering or Physical SciencesPrerequisites by topic:1. Partial differential equations2. Nuclear and atomic physics at the level of Nuclear Physics, Kaplan; Modern Physicsfor Engineers, Oldenberg and Rasmussen; Nuclear Concepts for Engineers, Mayo.3. Vector analysis4. Computer programmingText: Radiation Shielding, Shultis and Faw, 2000.Supplementary Booklet:Chart of the Nuclides, 16 th Edition, 2002. Available at MSC Bookstore or from LockheedMartin at http://www.chartofthenuclides.com/default.html for $15 with student discount.Primary References:Radiation Shielding and Dosimetry, ProfioThe Atomic Nucleus, EvansAnd other books, which include the ones listed above in item 2 that are on reserve in theEvans Library.Objectives:To understand the basic principles of radiation interactions and transport through matter.To be able to apply these principles to the design of radiation shields.Topics:No. of Classes1. Radiation sources, nuclear reactions 72. Angular flux, reaction rates 33. Radiation transport in absorbing media 54. Integral method, single scattering 55. Photon interactions 56. Monte Carlo calculations 57. Dosimetry 48. Buildup factors 49. Fast neutron shielding 310. Exams 243Grades: Two 1-hour quizzes (25% each) 50%116

Final Exam 30%Homework 20%Notes: No late homework accepted.Homework due at first of class on due date.A major homework set will involve the development of a Monte Carlo code.Tentative quiz dates: Sept. 30 and November 2.117

The Aggie Honor CodeAGGIE HONOR CODE: "An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those who do." The Code forbidsthe following:- Cheating: Attempting to use unauthorized materials, information, notes, study aids or other devices ormaterials in any academic exercise.- Fabrication: Making up data or results; submitting fabricated documents.- Falsification: Manipulating results such that research is not accurately represented in the research record.- Multiple Submission: Submitting substantial portions of the same work (including oral reports) for creditmore than once without authorization from instructors.- Plagiarism: Using another person's ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit.- Complicity: Intentionally or knowingly helping, or attempting to help, another to commit an act of academicdishonesty.For additional information see: http://www.tamu.edu/aggiehonor/definitions.php.Scholastic DishonestyAs commonly defined, plagiarism consists of passing off as one's own the ideas, work, writings, etc., thatbelong to another. In accordance with this definition, you are committing plagiarism if you copy the work ofanother person and turn it in as your own, even if you have the permission of that person. Plagiarism is one ofthe worst academic sins, for the plagiarist destroys the trust among colleagues without which research cannot besafely communicated. If you have questions regarding plagiarism, please consult the latest issue of the TexasA&M University Student Rules [http://student-rules.tamu.edu/], under the section "Scholastic Dishonesty."Professional BehaviorAn important attribute of your professional development is that you act and speak in a manner that will notoffend others, giving particular care to diversity issues.Americans with Disabilities ActThe Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal antidiscrimination statute that provides comprehensivecivil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that allstudents with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation oftheir disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact theDepartment of Student Life, Services for Students with Disabilities in Room 126 of the Koldus Building, orcall 845-1637.CopyrightsThe handouts used in this course are copyrighted. By "handouts" we mean all materials generated for this class,which include but are not limited to syllabi, in-class materials and lecture notes, review sheets, and problemsets. Because these materials are copyrighted, you do not have the right to copy these materials, unless theauthor expressly grants permission.Religious HolidaysIf you are a member of a religious faith that has one or more holidays which require you to be absent from anyclass, please tell your instructor at least two weeks in advance of your absence and make arrangements to makeupthe class.118

NUEN 604-600RADIATION INTERACTIONS AND SHIELDINGSpring 2007 Course SyllabusCOURSE DESCRIPTIONThis course will cover the interactions of radiation with matter and the transport of radiationthrough matter. Both neutral particles such as neutrons and gamma rays will be consideredtogether with charged particles such as protons, electrons, and alpha particles.PREREQUISITESThe prerequisites for this course are MATH 308 and NUEN302 or equivalent. In addition,students must have knowledge of nuclear and atomic physics (at the level of Nuclear Physics,Kaplan; Modern Physics for Engineers, Oldenberg and Rasmussen; Nuclear Concepts forEngineers, Mayo), partial differential equations, vector analysis, and computer programming(Matlab, C++, C, or Fortran).COURSE OBJECTIVESThe primary goal of this course is to teach students the basic principles of radiation interactionsand transport, and enable them to apply these principles to radiation shield design.COURSE TOPICS1. Basic radiation transport concepts and functions.2. 1-D transport solutions in purely absorbing media..3. The integral transport equation and the point-kernel formulation4. 3-D transport solutions in voids and pure absorbers.5. Radioactive decay.6. Radiation fields and sources.7. Neutron and photon and charged-particle interactions.8. Monte Carlo calculations9. Response functions and dosimetry10. Buildup factors.CLASS TIME AND LOCATIONThis is a three-hour course, and we will meet three days per week according to the followingschedule:Time: MWF 9:10AM–10:00AM.Place: Zach 127A1119

INSTRUCTORJim E. Morel, Ph.D.Professor3133 TAMUCollege Station, TX 77843-3133Office Address: ZACH 121BPhone: (979) 845-6072Fax: (979) 845-6075Email: morel@tamu.eduOffice Hours: By AppointmentTEXTBOOKThe textbook for this course is J. Kenneth Shultis and Richard E. Faw, Radiation Shielding,American Nuclear Society, Inc., Lagrange Park, IL, 2000. Available at MSC Bookstore.SUPPLEMENTARY BOOKLETChart of the Nuclides, 16’th Edition, 2002. Available at MSC Bookstore, or from LockheedMartin at http://www.chartofthenuclides.com/default.html for $15 with student discount.METHOD OF EVALUATIONStudents will be graded on homework and exams. Homework will be assigned throughout thesemester (normally you will be assigned one homework set every other week). There will be twoexams: a mid-term exam and a final exam. The student's final grade will be determinedaccording to the following percentages:20% - Homework50% - Two Exams30% - Final Exam.The grades will be determined on the following scale:A - 90.00-100.00B - 75.00-89.99C - 60.00-74.99F - 0.00-59.99ONLINE COURSE MATERIALMuch material for this course will be maintained on the University’s WebCT Vista system. Thisincludes an electronic copy of this syllabus, the course schedule, all lecture notes, supplementalreadings, and homework assignments. The instructor will use the WebCT Vista email system anddiscussion board to communicate important messages to the students. Students should checktheir email often to keep updated on current messages. Also, the student’s grades will be posted2120

on the WebCT Vista system, and the students can use this system to check their grades at anytime.The WebCT system can be accessed through webct.tamu.edu. If you are unfamiliar with thissystem, instruction will be provided.ATTENDENCEIn general, attendance at class is highly encouraged, but not required. If a student misses anexamination or an examination deadline due to illness or a religious holiday, a reasonableaccommodation will be made upon request. In all such cases, a student will be expected tosubmit a “Texas A&M University Explanatory Statement for Absence from Class” form available athttp://attendance.tamu.edu ADA STATEMENTThe Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that providescomprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, thislegislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment thatprovides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disabilityrequiring an accommodation, please contact the Department of Student Life, Services forStudents with Disabilities in Room 126 of the Koldus Building. The phone number is 845-1637.COPYRIGHTSThe handouts used in this course are copyrighted. By "handouts" we mean all materialsgenerated for this class, which include but are not limited to syllabi, lab problems, in-classmaterials, review sheets, and additional problem sets. Because these materials are copyrighted,you do not have the right to copy the handouts, unless the author expressly grants permission.SCHOLASTIC DISHONESTYAs commonly defined, plagiarism consists of passing off as one's own the ideas, work, writings,etc., that belong to another. In accordance with this definition, you are committing plagiarism ifyou copy the work of another person and turn it in as your own, even if you have the permissionof that person. Plagiarism is one of the worst academic sins, for the plagiarist destroys the trustamong colleagues without which research cannot be safely communicated. If you have questionsregarding plagiarism, please consult the latest issue of the Texas A&M University Student Rules[http://student-rules.tamu.edu/], under the section "Scholastic Dishonesty."3121

NUEN 606-600 Spring 2007NUEN 606 – Nuclear Reactor Analysis and ExperimentationSpring 2007Course SyllabusCATALOG DESCRIPTIONPerturbation theory; delayed neutrons and reactor kinetics; lattice physics calculations; full corecalculations; analysis and measurement of reactivity coefficients; analysis and measurement offlux distribution; analysis and measurement of rod worths; critical and subcritical experiments.Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.CLASS TIME AND LOCATIONThis course will meet four days per week. The course consists of three hours of in-class lectureand three hours of laboratory. The lectures will be held in the Zachry Engineering Center Room104D. The laboratories will be held at the TAMU Nuclear Science Center or in the ZachryEngineering Center Room 2B. Attendance to all classes and scheduled laboratories is mandatory.Only University approved excuses will be accepted.Lecture: MWF 12:40 P.M. - 1:30 P.M. ZACH 104DLaboratory: R 2:20 P.M. - 5:20 P.M. ZACH 135INSTRUCTORSA professor and a graduate assistant are available to provide instruction in this course.Professor:William S. Charlton, Ph.D.Associate ProfessorNuclear Engineering DepartmentTexas A&M UniversityCollege Station, TX 77843-3133Office: ZACH 122FOffice Hours: MW 9:00-11:00 or byappointmentPhone: 979-845-7092Fax: 979-845-6443Email: wcharlton@tamu.eduGraduate Assistant:D. Grant FordOffice: ZACH 58FOffice Hours: by appointment onlyEmail: forddg@tamu.eduYou are welcome to stop by at any time we are available, but office hour times are rather limited.Thus, it is suggested that you use email as the primary means of contact for both the professorand graduate assistant in this class. This will provide for a record of the communication andallow for scheduling of a more specific time to meet discussing any issues you have in class.1122

NUEN 606-600 Spring 2007COURSE DESCRIPTIONThis course is focused on the theoretical analysis, numerical simulation, and experimentalmeasurement of fundamental nuclear engineering parameters and concepts. The course willrequire the student to synthesize information from theoretical, computational, and experimentalresults to assess physical quantities (such as criticality, scalar flux, reactivity, prompt neutronlifetime, and reactivity feedback). The student will learn advanced techniques for analyzing thebehavior of nuclear reactors, conducting reactor experiments, and predicting and understandingthe outcomes of those experiments. Topics addressed in the course include:1. criticality,2. delayed neutrons and reactor kinetics which will help to analyze reactor behavior duringtransients,3. theory and application of perturbation theory,4. lattice physics calculations used to generate detailed neutron distributions in local regionsof a reactor and how the results of those calculations feed into full-core calculations,5. experimental measurement of reactions rates and fluxes, and6. reactivity coefficients and control rod worths.Students will be expected to already have a working knowledge of many of the theoreticalconcepts employed in this class (for instance, students should be familiar with buildup and decayproblems, criticality of nuclear systems, the definitions of scalar fluxes and cross sections,neutron slowing down, monoenergetic and multi-group diffusion theory, definition of reactivity,the Point Reactor Kinetics Equations, coefficients of reactivity, the Monte Carlo method, andperturbation theory). Students should also have a working knowledge of detection systems priorto taking this class (specifically, the operating characteristics of ion chambers, fission chambers,and HPGe detectors).Students will be required to present their results in written format. Students should have somecompetence in technical writingCOURSE OBJECTIVESIn completion of this course, the student should develop experimental expertise in the use ofnuclear reactors and nuclear radiation as well as analytical and computational capabilities inmodeling reactor-based experiments. This course will aid in increasing the student’sunderstanding of the physics of nuclear reactors and nuclear data. The student will also gainexperience in writing technical reports and in producing summaries of technical information.Lastly, the student will develop their skill in critical analysis of technical information.The student will acquire practical experience in the safe operation of nuclear reactors using aresearch reactor and this experience will be applicable to larger power reactors, experimentalreactors, space reactors, and other nuclear systems. The student will develop an understanding ofhow instrumentation is used in the control and operation of nuclear reactors and how and whyvarious materials are chosen for the design of different nuclear systems. The student will learn(both theoretically and practically) the fundamental measurements performed to test the physicsof nuclear systems following a core reload.2123

NUEN 606-600 Spring 2007TEXTBOOK AND REFERENCESLecture NotesThe primary reference for this course is a set of lecture notes which will be provided inelectronic format to the students via the university’s WebCT system. The students should printthese notes and bring them to class for each lecture session. The lecture notes provided to thestudents will include blank spaces which will need to be filled in by the students during thelecture.Required TextThe required text for this class is:1. W.M. Stacey, “Nuclear Reactor Physics,” ISBN 0471391271, John Wiley & Sons, NewYork (2001).Reading assignments will be provided for most lecture session. The students should read theseassignments prior to the lecture.Laboratory ProceduresFor each laboratory session, a set of laboratory procedures will be provided in electronic formatto the students via the university’s WebCT system. The students should print these proceduresand study them prior to each laboratory session.Supplemental (or Optional) TextsDue to the vast amount of information covered in this class, the student may find it useful toobtain some of the following texts as supplemental information:1. J.R. Lamarsh and A. Barratta, “Introduction to Nuclear Engineering, 3 rd Edition,”Addison-Welsey Publishing Company, Reading, PA (2001).2. J.J. Duderstandt and L.J. Hamilton, “Nuclear Reactor Analysis,” John Wiley & Sons,New York (1976).3. K.O. Ott and W.A. Bezella, “Nuclear Reactor Statics,” American Nuclear Society, LaGrange Park, IL (1989).4. K.O. Ott and R.J. Neuhold, “Nuclear Reactor Dynamics,” American Nuclear Society,” LaGrange Park, IL (1985).Specific reading assignments from these texts will not be provided; however, reading from thesetexts will prove useful if the student does not fully comprehend the information provide inlecture or in the required text (Stacey).3124

NUEN 606-600 Spring 2007METHOD OF EVALUATIONThe student’s final grade will be determined based on the following percentages:Homework: 20%Laboratory Reports: 20%Editorial Correcting: 10%Executive Summaries: 20%Mid-Term Examination: 10%Oral Examination: 10%Final Examination: 10%HomeworkHomework assignments will consist of short problem sets (generally 3-4 problems eachassignment). These assignments are intended to exercise the student’s understanding of bothlecture and reading material. Homework will be assigned approximately every other week andwill be due according to the schedule at the end of this syllabus.Each homework submitted should (1) give the assignment number, (2) use only the front side ofeach page, (3) provide a brief problem statement, (4) be neat and legible and present worklogically to allow the reader to follow the solution progression, (5) provide units for solutionswhere applicable, and (6) be stapled together.Laboratory ReportsThe results and analysis for each laboratory will be submitted for credit via a laboratory report.Laboratory reports will be less than twenty pages in length (not counting appendixes). Thesereports will include detailed theory, procedures, and results sections and provide the reader withsufficient information to repeat the laboratory themselves and acquire the same results as thestudent. The reports should be typed. The student should view these reports as if they weretechnical manuscripts submitted to a technical journal for publication. The purpose in thesereports is to allow for assessment of the student’s understanding of the laboratory technicalmaterial and to exercise the student’s technical writing skills.The student must submit the laboratory report by the due date shown in the schedule at the end ofthis syllabus (each report must be submitted on time, no exceptions). Each report will then besubmitted by the instructor to a different student in class for editing by that student (this willinclude both grammar and writing style editing as well as editing for technical content). Theedited versions must be returned to the instructor by the due date shown in the schedule at theend of this syllabus. The instructor will then return the edited version of the report to the originalstudent who submitted the report. The student will then complete the suggested edits andproduce a final report. The corrected final report will be due to the instructor on the due dateshown in the schedule at the end of the syllabus.The student’s grade on laboratory reports will be based 5% on format, 60% on technical content,and 25% on grammar and writing style. The remaining 10% will be assessed on completeness ofthe initially submitted report.4125

NUEN 606-600 Spring 2007A guideline for writing laboratory reports including an example of the proper report format willbe provided to the student via WebCT. Laboratory reports must be completed individually.Editorial Correcting of Laboratory ReportsFor each laboratory report the student will be required to perform technical editing of anotherstudent’s lab report. The purpose in this editorial correcting of the laboratory reports is to helpboth the student doing the editing as well as the author of the report in exercising their technicalwriting skills. A secondary purpose of this editing is to help improve the technical content of thereport and to exercise the student’s skills in critical analysis of technical work. Each student willbe assessed a grade on their technical editing of each lab report. That grade will be based 70% ongrammar and writing and 30% on technical evaluation of the report.Executive SummariesThe students will submit 1-page executive summaries for each laboratory performed. Thesesummaries must be submitted via the schedule shown at the end of this syllabus. For a few of thelaboratories, laboratory reports will not be required and only the executive summaries will beused to evaluate student performance in the lab. The purpose in these executive summaries is toboth provide assessment of the laboratory results and analysis as well as to exercise the student’sskill at distilling detailed technical information into a concise format. An example of anexecutive summary will be provided to the student via WebCT. The student’s grade on executivesummaries will be based on 5% format, 65% technical content, and 30% grammar and writingstyle. Executive summaries must be completed individually.Mid-Term ExaminationA written mid-term examination will be conducted according to the schedule below. This examwill be an in-class, closed-book, closed-notes exam and will cover all matter covered up to thedate of the exam.Oral ExaminationAn oral examination of each student will be conducted on Saturday, April 14, 2007. Each studentshould keep this date available for the oral exams. Each student will be assigned a 30 minutetime slot on that day for their exam. The oral exam will be conducted by a committee of severalprofessors from the department.Final ExaminationA final examination for the class will be scheduled according to the approved University FinalExamination Schedule. This exam will be comprehensive and cover all information discussed inlectures, laboratory sessions, laboratory reports, and homework. A review sheet will be providedto the student to aid in studying for this exam.LATENESS POLICYNo credit will be given for any lab reports not submitted by the due date shown on the scheduleat the end of this syllabus. Late summaries and homeworks may be submitted late but will bededucted 10% per day after the due date.5126

NUEN 606-600 Spring 2007ONLINE COURSE MATERIALAn electronic copy of this syllabus, the course schedule, all lecture notes, all laboratoryprocedures, data tables, supplemental readings, example lab reports, and example summaries willbe available to the student through the University’s WebCT system.The instructor will use the WebCT email system and discussion boards to communicateimportant messages to the students. Students should check their email often to keep updated oncurrent messages. Also, the student’s grades will be posted on the WebCT system, and thestudents can use this system to check their grades at any time.The WebCT system can be accessed through elearning.tamu.edu. If you are unfamiliar with thissystem, please ask the instructor for help or consult the Information Technology Services staff byemailing them at its@tamu.edu.ADA STATEMENTThe Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that providescomprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, thislegislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment thatprovides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disabilityrequiring an accommodation, please contact the Department of Student Life, Services forStudents with Disabilities in Room B118 of Cain Hall. The phone number is 845-1637.COPYRIGHTSThe handouts used in this course are copyrighted. By "handouts" we mean all materialsgenerated for this class, which include but are not limited to syllabi, lab problems, in-classmaterials, review sheets, and additional problem sets. Because these materials are copyrighted,you do not have the right to copy the handouts, unless the author expressly grants permission.SCHOLASTIC DISHONESTYAs commonly defined, plagiarism consists of passing off as one's own the ideas, work, writings,etc., that belong to another. In accordance with this definition, you are committing plagiarism ifyou copy the work of another person and turn it in as your own, even if you have the permissionof that person. Plagiarism is one of the worst academic sins, for the plagiarist destroys the trustamong colleagues without which research cannot be safely communicated. If you have questionsregarding plagiarism, please consult the latest issue of the Texas A&M University Student Rules[http://student-rules.tamu.edu/], under the section "Scholastic Dishonesty."RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYSIf you are a member of a religious faith that has one or more holidays which require you to beabsent from any class listed above, please tell your instructor at least two weeks in advance ofyour absence and make arrangements to make-up the class.6127

NUEN 606-600 Spring 2007UNIVERSITY WRITING CENTERThe University Writing Center (UWC), located in Evans Library 1.214 (second floor), offershelp to writers at any stage of the writing process including brainstorming, researching, drafting,documenting, revising, and more; no writing concern is too big or too small. These sessions arehighly recommended but are not required and will not directly affect your final grade. While theUWC consultants will not proofread or edit your papers, they will help you improve your ownproofreading and editing skills. If you visit the UWC, take a copy of your writing assignment.To find out more about UWC services or to schedule an appointment, call 458-1455, browse theweb page at uwc.tamu.edu, or stop by the center.7128

NUEN 606-600 Spring 2007Course Outline and ScheduleWeek Session Individual Topics Covered Readings Assignment Due Date1 1 Syllabus, Overview of Reactor Criticality 1.1-1.6 Wed, Jan 17, 20072 No Lab Thur, Jan 18, 20073 MCNP Sources and Criticality 2.1, 2.2 Fri, Jan 19, 20072 4 MCNP Tallies and Variance Reduction 9.12 Mon, Jan 22, 20075 Subcritical Multiplication and the 1/M Method 2.3 Homework 1 Wed, Jan 24, 20076 Lab 1a: MCNP Simulations Predicting Critical Rod Heights Thur, Jan 25, 20077 One-Speed Neutron Diffusion Applied to the NSCR 3.1-3.7 Fri, Jan 26, 20073 8 Time-Dependent Diffusion without Delayed Neutrons 3.8-3.10 Mon, Jan 29, 20079 Reactor Instrumentation Homework 2 Wed, Jan 31, 200710 Lab 1b: Approach to Critical Laboratory Thur, Feb 1, 200711 Neutron Energy Distributions and Slowing Down 4.1-4.2, 10.1-10.2 Fri, Feb 2, 20074 12 Lethargy-Dependent Diffusion Theory 10.3 Mon, Feb 5, 200713 Continuous Slowing Down Theory 10.4 Wed, Feb 7, 200714 Lab 2a: MCNP Simulation for Predicting φ(E) Lab 1 Report Thur, Feb 8, 200715 Resonance Absorption 4.3, 11.1-11.6 Fri, Feb 9, 20075 16 Neutron Thermalization 12.1-12.6 Lab 1 Report Edits Mon, Feb 12, 200717 Foil Activation and Neutron Spectrum Unfolding Homework 3 Wed, Feb 14, 200718 Lab 2b: Foil Activation and Unfolding for φ(E) Thur, Feb 15, 200719 Neutron Spectrum Unfolding with SAND-II Final Lab 1 Report Fri, Feb 16, 20076 20 Perturbation Theory Reactivity Estimates 13.1 Lab 1 Summary Mon, Feb 19, 200721 Adjoint Operators and Importance Functions 13.2 Wed, Feb 21, 200722 Lab 3a: MCNP Rod Worth Simulation Lab 2 Report Thur, Feb 22, 200723 Variational/Generalize Perturbation Theory Estimates 13.3-13.5 Fri, Feb 23, 20077 24 Variational Theory 13.6 Lab 2 Report Edits Mon, Feb 26, 200725 Positive Period and Rod Drop Methods 5.1-5.6 Homework 4 Wed, Feb 28, 200726 Lab 3b: Rod Worth Measurements at the NSCR Thur, Mar 1, 200727 Review for Mid-Term Exam Final Lab 2 Report Fri, Mar 2, 20078 28 Mid-Term Examination Lab 2 Summary Mon, Mar 5, 200729 Reactivity Feedback 5.7-5.10 Wed, Mar 7, 200730 Lab 4a: MCNP Simulation for α T , Λ, and β eff Lab 3 Report Thur, Mar 8, 200731 Reactor Transients 5.11-5.12 Fri, Mar 9, 20078129

NUEN 606-600 Spring 2007Week Session Individual Topics Covered Readings Assignment Due Date9 32 Spring Break – No Class Mon, Mar 12, 200733 Spring Break – No Class Wed, Mar 14, 200734 Spring Break – No Class Thur, Mar 15, 200735 Spring Break – No Class Fri, Mar 16, 200710 36 Fuchs-Hansen Model Lab 3 Report Edits Mon, Mar 19, 200737 Numerical Simulation of a Pulse 5.13 Homework 5 Wed, Mar 21, 200738 Lab 4b: Pulsing Laboratory Measurement for α T and Λ Thur, Mar 22, 200739 Integral Transport Theory 9.1, 9.2 Final Lab 3 Report Fri, Mar 23, 200711 40 Collision Probabilities Methods 9.3 Lab 3 Summary Mon, Mar 26, 200741 NSCR Fuel Technical Specifications Wed, Mar 28, 200742 Lab 5a: TransLAT Simulation of NSCR Fuel Lab 4 Report Thur, Mar 29, 200743 Method of Characteristics Fri, Mar 30, 200712 44 Fuel Burnup 6.1-6.4 Lab 4 Edits Mon, Apr 2, 200745 Fuel Lumping and Self-Shielding 7.1-7.10 Homework 6 Wed, Apr 4, 200746 Lab 5b: TransLAT Simulation of NSCR Fuel Burnup Thur, Apr 5, 200747 Reading Day – No Class Final Lab 4 Report Fri, Apr 6, 200713 48 Chemical Shims and Burnable Absorbers 14.1-14.3 Lab 4 Summary Mon, Apr 9, 200749 Fuel Assembly Transport calculations 14.4 Wed, Apr 11, 200750 Lab 6: Reactor Physics Benchmark with TransLAT Lab 5 Report Thur, Apr 12, 200751 Introduction to Homogenization 14.5 Fri, Apr 13, 200752 Oral Examinations Sat, Apr 14, 200714 53 Homogenization Theory 14.6-14.7 Lab 5 Edits Mon, Apr 16, 200754 Flux Reconstruction 14.8 Wed, Apr 18, 200755 Lab 7: Fuel Assembly Homogenization with TransLAT Lab 6 Summary Thur, Apr 19, 200756 Nodal Methods 15.1-15.2 Final Lab 5 Report Fri, Apr 20, 200715 57 Nodal Diffusion Theory Method 15.3 Lab 5 Summary Mon, Apr 23, 200758 Full-Core Analysis Wed, Apr 25, 200759 No Lab Lab 7 Summary Thur, Apr 26, 200760 Review of Laboratory Results Fri, Apr 27, 200716 61 Summary and Review for Final Exam Mon, Apr 30, 200717 62 Final Examination (10:30 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.) Mon, May 7, 20079130

NUEN 609Nuclear SafetyFall Semester 2005 William E. BurchillZachry, Room 119AZachry, Room 129ETuesday, Thursday 12:45 am – 2:00 pm 845-1670burchill@tamu.eduLearning Objectives: 1. Comprehend the philosophic approach to nuclear safety in design,construction, licensing, operation, and maintenance of NPPs.2. Recall design features of LWRs, ALWRs, and Generation IV nuclearreactors which are important to providing nuclear safety.3. Comprehend the functions of nuclear reactor regulation, and recallspecific current regulations and regulatory guidance.4. Recall the important aspects of several current NPP safety issues.5. Apply fundamental conservation equations to model NSSS neutronicand thermal-hydraulic phenomena during transient and accidentconditions.6. Apply simplified models to represent NSSS response to transient andaccident conditions.7. Analyze NPP response to transient and accident conditions reported byapplication of state-of-the-art models.8. Recall the major characteristics and lessons learned from the ThreeMile Island and Chernobyl accidents.9. Recognize the capabilities and limitations of current state-of-the-artsafety analysis computer codes.10. Comprehend the risk metrics and limits and the technical elementsused in current PRAs.11. Recall the significant features of several current risk-informedapplications.Textbook: There is no required textbook for this course. A reference list, excerpts from severalsources, and numerous reading handouts will be provided during the course.CLASSDATETOPICSREQUIREDREADING 1HOMEWORK1 8/30/05 Course OverviewObjectives, Homework, Tests, Projects, GradingNuclear Safety PhilosophyDefense in Depth, Safety Functions, Risk, Safety CultureHistory of EventsBP 1-12, 126-1471 EL: Nuclear Power Reactor Safety, E. E. Lewis, John Wiley & Sons (1977)BP: Light Water Reactor Safety, B. Pershagen, Pergamon Press (1989)All homework answer keys are required reading.1131

CLASSDATETOPICSREQUIREDREADINGHOMEWORK2 9/1/05 Safety ControlsBP 148-163 1Barriers, Safety Systems, Operating Limits, Active vsPassive Safety, TestingEvent ClassificationsFunctional, Frequency, ConsequenceAcceptance Criteria3 9/6/05 Nuclear Reactor RegulationBP 174-176History, Regulations, Regulatory Guidance, TechnicalSpecifications, Operating Events Response, Inspection,Enforcement, Safety Goals, Design Certification, COL,ESP, Risk-Informed Regulation, Generic Issues, Research4 9/8/05 LWR and ALWR Safety CharacteristicsRadioactivity Inventory, Operating Parameters, PhysicalConfiguration, Protection, Event Consequences5 9/13/05 No Class – prepare reports on current NPP safety issues 2 BP 379-391, 398-4366 9/15/05 No Class – prepare reports on current NPP safety issues7 9/20/05 Present Reports on Current NPP Safety Issues 28 9/22/05 Traditional Safety AnalysisOverview of Objectives, Methods, Computer CodesLWR Nuclear Characteristics9 9/27/05 LWR Power Kinetics AnalysisPoint Kinetics Model, Response to Reactivity Insertions,Space-time Effects10 9/29/05 LWR Core Heat Transfer AnalysisFuel Temperature, Clad Surface Heat Transfer, LumpedParameter Model, Coolant Channel Model, Fuel FailureBP 28-42EL 175-186, 194-203EL 129-154, 207-245 3BP 46-58EL 265-30911 10/4/05 LWR Core Heat Transfer Analysis (cont’d.) 412 10/6/05 NSSS AnalysisNSSS Features, Conservation Equations, Stream TubeModel, Node-Flow Path Model, Model Implementation,PWR Characteristics, BWR Characteristics, Nodal MapsEL 312-36513 10/11/05 NSSS Analysis (cont’d.)14 10/13/05 Mid-Term ExamNSSS Analysis (cont’d.)15 10/18/05 NSSS Analysis (cont’d.)16 10/20/05 Containment AnalysisDesign Bases, Containment Features, Safety Systems,Failure Modes, Radioactivity Releases17 10/25/05 Safety AnalysisOverview, ANS Standards, Classifications, DeterministicRequirements, Initial Conditions, Licensing Assumptions,Sequence of Events Diagrams18 10/27/05 LWR Chapter 15 EventsPhysical Parameters: Reactivity, Power, Coolant Flow,RCS Pressure, Coolant Inventory, Secondary Inventory,EL 434-448, 453-458,517-544BP 291-304EL 407-4315672 Each student will prepare/present a 10-minute report using ppt slides on one current NPP safety issue selected froma list of issues to be provided by the instructor or approved by the instructor.2132

CLASSDATETOPICSREQUIREDREADINGHOMEWORKSecondary Pressure, Containment Response,Radioactivity Release; Setpoints, Safety Systems’Responses19 11/1/05 LWR Chapter 15 Events (cont’d.)20 11/3/05 Severe Accident PhenomenaFuel Failure Modes, Fuel-Coolant Interaction, Fuel-Vessel Interaction, Fuel-Concrete Interaction,Containment Failure21 11/8/05 Three Mile Island AccidentPrecursors, Sequence of Events, Thermal-HydraulicConditions, Human Errors, Core Damage, RadiologicalReleases, Lessons Learned, Cost22 11/10/05 Chernobyl AccidentCulture, RBMK Design, Sequence of Events, CoreDisruption, Human Errors, Plant Damage, RadiologicalRelease, Dose Consequences, Lessons Learned, Cost23 11/15/05 Current Safety Analysis Computer CodesRELAP, CONTAIN, SCDAP, MELCOR, VIPRE,CORETRAN, RETRAN, GOTHIC, MAAP, COBRA,TRAC, etc.24 11/17/05 Probabilistic Risk AnalysisHistory, Risk Metrics, Risk Limits, Event Trees, FaultTrees, Boolean Algebra, Initiating Events, AccidentSequences, Systems Analysis, Data, Success Criteria,Human Reliability, Quantification, Internal Flooding,External Events, LERF, Level 2, Level 3, LPSD,BP 257-263, 267-283,286-287, 290EL 485-491BP 350-359BP 364-378BP 209-227, 247-256,309-315, 324-333EL 493-502, 505-506Computer Codes25 11/22/05 PRA (cont’d.)26 11/29/05 PRA (cont’d.) 1027 12/1/05 Risk-Informed ApplicationsHistory, IPEs, IPEEEs, On-line Maintenance, SSC RiskRanking, RI-Decisions, LARs, NOEDs, Event Response,RI-ISI, RI-IST, Power Uprates, Life-Extension SAMAs28 12/6/05 Present Reports on Generation IV Safety Characteristics 329 12/9/05 Final ExamGrade Basis: Class Participation 5% Grading: To be on relative merit.Homework 50%NPP Safety Issues Report 5%Generation IV Report 15%Mid-term Exam 10%Final Exam 15%893 Each student will prepare/present a short paper and a 10-minute report using ppt slides on the safety characteristicsof one Generation IV reactor design.3133

PLEASE NOTE:1. AGGIE HONOR CODE: “An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those who do.” For additional informationplease visit: www.tamu.edu/aggiehonor/2. PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR: An important attribute of your professional development is that you act and speak in amanner that will not offend others giving particular care to diversity issues.3. DISABILITY ACCOMMODATION: If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please tell yourinstructor or contact the Department of Student Life, Services for Students with Disabilities, in Cain Hall or call 845-1637.4. RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS: If you are a member of a religious faith that has one or more holidays which require you to beabsent from any class listed above, please tell your instructor at least two weeks in advance of your absence and makearrangements to make-up the class.4134

Catalog Description:NUEN 612Radiological Safety and Hazards EvaluationState and federal regulations concerning radioactive materials; radiation safety as appliedto accelerators, nuclear reactors, and radioactive byproducts; rigorous methods ofanalysis applied to computation of biological radiation dose and dose rates from varioussources and geometries; radiation effects on physical systems. Prerequisites: NUEN 613;Math 308.Introduction:In this course, we will discuss two general topics. The first topic will be the federalregulations in current use in the United States. We will begin our discussion by trying tounderstand the way federal regulations are promulgated in this country – which meanslooking at some history. We may take a retrospective look at the “old regulations” andtheir basis to try to recognize the changes in radiation protection philosophy that haveoccurred over the years. Then, we will consider the foundation for these regulations –specifically, the recommendations on the International Commission on RadiologicalProtection (ICRP). Also, we will consider recommendations of the National Council onRadiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) as these relate to the federal regulations.Following this, we will take a brief, prospective look at the newer recommendations ofthe ICRP and NCRP. The ICRP recommendations have been accepted and implementedin many other countries, especially in Europe. However, at this time it does not appearthat the federal regulations in this country will be changed to conform to the ICRP andNCRP recommendations in the foreseeable future.The second topic will be a discussion of the selected aspects of a radiation protectionprogram necessary to meet the federal requirements. This discussion will includesubjects such as general radiation protection program, training, ALARA, personnelmonitoring, external exposure control, internal dose assessment, internal exposurecontrol, respiratory protection, evaluation and reporting of exposures, and other aspectsof an effective radiation protection program. The basis for this discussion will be NCRPReport No. 127 on Operational Radiation Safety.In addition, you will be required to read a number of scientific papers and commentariesduring the course. For most of these, you will be asked to write a short critique of eachpaper you read and to turn these into the professor. I am interested in your opinionsabout the scientific validity of the paper, the soundness of the arguments made, etc. Theseassignments will be copied for everyone (without names) and various views will bediscussed in class. In addition, these reading assignments will be included in the materialto be included in each quiz.1135

The approaches to teaching will include several methods. Discussion of the regulations,etc. in the first topic will take the Socratic approach to learning. You will be expected toread selected documents and discuss these with the professor in class. The discussionwill be conducted through the use of a series of questions regarding the assigned material.Thus, preparation for the class and participation in the class is very important. Inaddition, you may be asked to read and critically evaluate papers on selected topicsrelevant to the course. In some cases, these papers and the written critiques will form thebasis for classroom discussions. You are expected to be prepared and to participate fullyin these discussions by expressing your opinions and your views.Later in the course, the method will be the more traditional lecture style but there willstill be a need for the students to be prepared to participate in the classroom activities.Term Project:There will be a term project assigned at the beginning of the course. The project willhave both a written and oral component. Specific details, deadlines, format, etc. will besupplied by the instructor.Outside Assignments:All outside assignments and/or homework are due at the start of the class period (the duedate on each assignment will be clearly indicated). Work turned in late will be acceptedat the discretion of the instructor. Be neat. If the instructor can’t read it, he won’t giveyou any credit for the assignment. The assignment should represent your own work, nota team effort.Tests:The subjects to be covered on the test will be given to you. Questions may involveconcepts presented in the lectures as well as discussions similar to those given ashomework. If you miss a test, you must have a University-approved excuse to allowmake-up of the test.Absences:If you are ill, stay home and get well. BUT, e-mail or call me to let me know why youmissed class. This is very important for tests and examinations. It is also important that,if possible, you contact me prior to missing class rather than after missing class.2136

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NUEN 612Radiological Safety and Hazards EvaluationSpring Semester 2007John W. Poston, Sr.Zachry 104D ProfessorTR 8:00-9:15 AMZachry, Room 129Gj-poston@tamu.edu 845-4161TEXT: Handout material provided by instructorDATEJan. 16Jan. 18Jan. 23Jan. 25ASSIGNMENT OR ACTIVITYCourse objectives, reading assignments, general discussionsNO CLASS – Reading AssignmentsRecommendations on radiation safety, the ICRP, NCRPDiscuss HPJ papers and the “old 10CFR20”Jan. 30 Begin discussions of ICRP Publications 26 and 27Feb. 1NO CLASS – Reading AssignmentsFeb. 6 Continue discussions of ICRP Publications 26 and 27Feb. 8NO CLASS – Reading AssignmentsFeb. 13 Continue discussions of ICRP Publications 26 and 27Feb. 15 ********** QUIZ NO. 1 **********Feb. 20Feb. 22Feb. 27Mar. 1Begin discussion of 10CFR20Continue discussion of 10CFR20Continue discussion of 10CFR20Review of USNRC Regulatory GuidesMar. 6 Discussion of ICRP Publication 60 and NCRP Report No. 116Mar. 8 ********** QUIZ NO. 2 **********Mar. 13Spring Break – NO CLASS - Soak up that radiation!!!4138

Mar. 15Spring Break – NO CLASS - Soak up that radiation!!!Mar. 20 Discussion of NCRP Report No. 127Mar. 22Mar. 27Mar. 29April 3April 5April 10April 12April 17Radiation protection at a nuclear utility – an exampleRadiation protection training requirements, ALARA programs andactivitiesPersonnel Monitoring requirements and approachesPersonnel Monitoring requirements and approachesRadiation survey instruments and area monitorsInternal dose assessment requirements and approachesIntroduction to bioassay programsProtective clothing and respiratory protectionApril 19 ********** QUIZ NO. 3 **********April 21 (Sat.)April 24April 26May 1May 3May 7 (Monday)Meeting of South Texas Chapter – Health Physics SocietyOral PresentationsOral PresentationsOral PresentationsReading Day – NO CLASSESFINAL EXAMINATION (1-3 PM) – if necessaryAnticipated Grading:Each quiz 20% A 90+Term Project 20% B 80-89Outside assignments 10% C 70-79Final examination 10% D 60-69Total 100% F 50-595139

NUEN 613 - PRINCIPLES OF RADIOLOGICAL SAFETYDescription: NUEN 613. Principles of Radiological Safety, (3-0) Credit 3. This courseis designed to give the student a working knowledge of radiationdosimetry for external sources. Topics include radiation physics,dosimetry fundamentals, calculational techniques, and the physicalprocesses which make it possible to measure dose. NUEN 409 orequivalent.Textbooks:Instructor:Frank H. Attix, Introduction to Radiological Physics and RadiationDosimetry, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1986.Dr. L. A. Braby, 58 R Zachry, 362-1798 e-mail labraby@tamu.eduOffice hours: openLecture Topics:IntroductionBrief history of dosimetryObjectives of dosimetryDefinitions of dose and kermaRadiation PhysicsCharged particle interactionsCollisions, nuclear and electronicStopping powerRangeStragglingElectrons and heavy ionsPhoton interactionsAttenuationSecondary particles and radiationsNeutron interactionsAlpha EmissionBeta EmissionRadioactive decayStochastic process gives half lifeDecay chainsDaughter activities and equilibriumDosimetryCharged particle and radiation equilibriumExternal sourcesBuildupAttenuation140

BackscatterPredicting dose from simple sourceInternal sourcesPoint kernelsHot particlesRadiation EnvironmentsX-ray sources and shieldingNeutron sources and shieldingThe basis of dose measurementCavity theory - Fano theoremGradingHomework 35%Tests 35%Final Exam 30%141

Philosophy and ObjectivesI find radiation dosimetry to be an extremely interesting and rewarding field in partbecause it is inherently interdisciplinary. It is based primarily on physics, but you haveto understand a significant amount of biology and appreciate issues of public policy inorder to truly understand dosimetry. Unfortunately, this also makes it a relatively largeand complex field to cover in one semester. To further complicate your task, radiationdosimetry is not a static field; new approaches and new definitions are being developedas our mathematical tools (and computers) are improved, new types of detectors areinvented, and our understanding of the biological consequences of irradiation (theprimary reason for dosimetry) advances.Dosimetry is fundamentally an applied science. We will not study the interactionsbetween photons and electrons because of the inherent beauty of the process, or becauseof what it can tell us about quantum mechanics, but because we need to know some ofthe characteristics of that interaction in order to predict damage in biological systemsexposed to high energy photons. However, just knowing the interactions between thephotons and electrons will not solve the problem of the biological effect. We also need toknow how electrons loose their energy, how they are scattered by atoms in the mediumthey traverse, how they produce additional photons, and how the energy spectrum ofelectrons changes with depth in a target. This means that there is no inherent order inwhich to study the components of this field. We will have to cover a wide variety offundamentals before we can start to bring them together to make a coherent picture.The relative importance of different aspects of radiation dosimetry depends on the kind ofdosimetry you are doing. That is, it depends of the type of radiation and the amount ofradiation, which in turn is related to the source or use of the radiation. Medicalapplications are generally limited to a few types of radiation and relatively high doses.Radiation protection deals with all kinds of radiation and is concerned primarily withsmall doses. Our emphasis is on radiation protection. Unfortunately, there is no reallygood text with this emphasis, so we will have to work with a book that was intended formedical applications. This means that we will have to emphasize some things notcovered in the text, and will neglect some things that are in it.Finally, it is expected that when you have completed this course you will be prepared tohelp the rest of us solve some of those dosimetry problems that have not come up yet, aswell as some of the well known problems which still lack good solutions. Consequently,I expect you to learn how to chose the appropriate information from a variety of subjectsand apply it to reach a solution to a problem that you have not seen before. In theresponse to radiological accidents the ability to solve such problems quickly can makethe difference between a trivial exposure and a major accident. Many test questions willbe designed to require this quick selection of the relevant information to reach aconclusion. I think you will find that the solutions are generally simple, bothconceptually and mathematically, but it is a challenge to find a successful path to thesolution. I realize that this is different than what you have generally been expected to doin your previous classes, but it is as close to what you will have to do in the future as I142

have been able to devise. Homework problems will be more traditional in nature,primarily because there will also be situations in your future where you have to work outthe numbers and get an exact answer. I also know that it is important to develop afamiliarity with the concepts and the vocabulary of the field, so the final exam willemphasize that kind of information. It will probably be in the form of groups of multiplechoice questions; that is, about ten statements and about 12 potential answers to fill in theblanks. I should warn you that some answers may be used more than once, andobviously some answers will not be used at all. Hopefully, by weighting these threetypes of challenge about equally, I will not unduly penalize anyone due to a specificlearning style.Americans with Disabilities ActThe Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal antidiscrimination statute thatprovides comprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Amongother things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed alearning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. Ifyou believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact theDepartment of Student Life, Services for Students with Disabilities in Room 126 of theKoldus Building, or call 845-1637.CopyrightsThe handouts used in this course are copyrighted. By "handouts" we mean all materialsgenerated for this class, which include but are not limited to syllabi, lab problems, inclassmaterials, review sheets, and additional problem sets. Because thes materials arecopyrighted, you do not have the right to copy the handouts, unless the author expresslygrants permission.Scholastic DishonestyAs commonly defined, plagiarism consists of passing off as one's own the ideas, work,writings, etc., that belong to another. In accordance with this definition, ou arecommitting plagiarism if you copy the work of another person and turn it in as your own,even if you have the permission of that person. Plagiarism is one of the worst academicsins, for the plagiarist destroys the trust among colleagues without which research cannotbe safely communicated. If you have questions regarding plagiarism, please consult thelatest issue of the Texas A&M University Student Rules [http://student-rules.tamu.edu/],under the section "Scholastic Dishonesty."143

NUEN 615 MicrodosimetryObjective: The objective of this class is to acquire a working understanding of thephysical and stochastic nature of radiation exposure at low doses, an appreciation for thesignificance of these properties as they influence the response of physical and biologicalsystems to low dose and dose rate exposures, and an understanding of the methods usedfor evaluating energy deposition at low doses. The approach is through the stochasticnature of energy deposition in subcellular volumes, and is independent of dosimetricapproaches developed for high level exposures. We will cover the processes involved inenergy deposition, the definitions of microdosimetric quantities, mathematicalsimulation, measurement methods and instrumentation, data analysis, and applicationsincluding radiation protection and risk estimation.Course Outline by Major Topics and time Assigned to Each:HoursTrack structure characteristics of radiation 4Stochastic nature of interactions at atomic and molecular levelDirectly and indirectly ionizing radiationIonization and excitationDelta raysProducts of inelastic collisionsEnergy deposited by radiationMolecular changesClustered molecular changesDistribution of distances between molecular changesEffects of particle range and dE/dxEffects of dose rate4Options for summarizing characteristics of an irradiationTime and distance distributionsProximity functionDistributions of multiply damaged sitesDistributions of energy in fixed size site3Definitions and units 5Basic quantities, ε, y, zFrequency distributions, f(y), f(z)Averages, frequency mean, dose meanDose distributions, d(y), d(z)144

Characteristics of different radiationsConventions for data presentation, yf(y)Characteristics of x and gamma raysCharacteristics of neutronsCharacteristics of high energy heavy particlesCalculation of f(ε)Approximation based on dE/dx and lErrors due to stragglingErrors due to short tracksErrors due to delta ray escapeMonte Carlo calculationsFull track simulationCross sectionsCondensed track simulationMeasurement of f(ε)Simulation of small sitesProportional counter characteristicsWalled and wall-less sitesArtifacts created by wallsDetector designElectronic requirementsMeasurements of unknown radiation fieldsEvaluating doseEvaluating dose equivalentRelationship to traditional dosimetryRelationship of D to zRelationship of L to y453653Text: Microdosimetry and Its Applications, H. H. Rossi and M ZaiderApproach: There will be a limited number of homework problems which are intended tolead you through specific applications of the material that we cover. There will be twotests through the semester, plus the final examination. These tests will presentmeasurement and data analysis problems which will require creative application of theconcepts and definitions that we have discussed. Test questions may require “back of theenvelope” calculations, but we are far more interested in your approach to the problemthan in the precision of the numerical solution.Grading: Homework 30%, tests 40%, final 30%.145

Americans with Disabilities ActThe Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal antidiscrimination statute thatprovides comprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Amongother things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed alearning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. Ifyou believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact theDepartment of Student Life, Services for Students with Disabilities in Room 126 of theKoldus Building, or call 845-1637.CopyrightsThe handouts used in this course are copyrighted. By "handouts" we mean all materialsgenerated for this class, which include but are not limited to syllabi, lab problems, inclassmaterials, review sheets, and additional problem sets. Because these materials arecopyrighted, you do not have the right to copy the handouts, unless the author expresslygrants permission.Scholastic DishonestyAs commonly defined, plagiarism consists of passing off as one's own the ideas, work,writings, etc., that belong to another. In accordance with this definition, ou arecommitting plagiarism if you copy the work of another person and turn it in as your own,even if you have the permission of that person. Plagiarism is one of the worst academicsins, for the plagiarist destroys the trust among colleagues without which research cannotbe safely communicated. If you have questions regarding plagiarism, please consult thelatest issue of the Texas A&M University Student Rules [http://student-rules.tamu.edu/],under the section "Scholastic Dishonesty."146

NUEN 623Nuclear Engineering Heat Transfer and Fluid FlowFall 2006Instructor:Time:Yassin A. HassanTR: 9:35 – 10:50 a.m.Place: Zachry 322Office:129 Zachry Engineering CenterTelephone Number:845 -7090 Office690 - 7122 HomeEmail: y-hassan@tamu.eduOffice Hours:Come in any timeGrader: Andrew Goldmann Room: Zachry 4 Phone: 845 4109Text:Transport Phenomena, R. B. Bird; W. E. Stewart and E. D. Lightfoot, JohnWiley & Sons, Inc., 2 nd edition, 2002.The following books are highly recommended:N. E. Todreas and M. S. Kazimi, Nuclear Systems I Thermal HydraulicFundamentals, Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, 1990.John G. Collier and John R. Thome, Convective Boiling andCondensation, Third Edition, Oxford Science Publication, 1994.Any other books of heat transfer and fluid mechanics would be helpful inunderstanding the course material.Credit: 3 hrs147

The following is the course outline:I. Introduction, Examples of transfer processes, governing equationsII.Fluid Flow and Momentum TransportA. laminar and Turbulent Flows1. Mechanism of momentum transport2. Momentum transfer in laminar flow3. Momentum transfer in turbulent flow4. Experimental techniques and resultsB. Pressure drop calculationsC. Applications of conservation relationsIII.Heat Transfer and Energy TransportA. Types of heat transfer – Qualitative description of conduction, convectionand radiationB. Quantitative calculations1. Conduction2. Convection3. RadiationC. Nuclear ApplicationsIV.Turbulence Transport Concepts and Mixing with Nuclear Applications (liquidand gas reactors, environmental and waste storage, PTS, mixing in collectorsand accumulators, etc.)V. Mass TransportDiffusivity and mechanisms of mass transportVI.VII.VIII.Macroscopic Balances for Large SystemsThermodynamicsA. State PrincipleB. First Law of thermodynamicsC. C. Second law of thermodynamicsD. Power plant component analysisE. ApplicationsBrief introduction to computational fluid mechanics148

NUEN 624Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics and Stress Analysis(TWO-PHASE FLOW AND PHASE TRANSITION)Spring 2007Instructor:Time:Place:Office:Yassin A. HassanTR: 9:35 – 10:50 a.m.Room 127 A, Zachry Engineering Center129 Zachry Engineering CenterTelephone Number:845 -7090 Office690 - 7122 HomeEmail: y-hassan@tamu.eduOffice Hours:Come in any timeText:No thorough and complete text in two-phase flow has yet appeared. Goodtopics can be found in several books and journals. The instructor may mentionappropriate reference books for each topic in class.John G. Collier and John R. Thome, Convective Boiling andCondensation, Third Edition, Oxford Science Publications, 1996.Van P. Carey, Liquid-Vapor Phase-Change Phenomena: An Introductionto Thermophysics of Vaporization and Condensation Processes in Heat TransferEquipment, Taylor & Francis, 1992.(recommended)Recommended Books:N. E. Todreas and M. S. Kazimi, Nuclear Systems I Thermal HydraulicFundamentals, Taylor & Francis, 1990.R. T. Lahey, Jr. & F.J. Moody, The Thermal-Hydraulics of a BoilingWater Nuclear Reactors, second edition, American Nuclear Society, 1993.149

TopicChapter• Two- Phase Flow (1-3)Introduction 1VariablesFlow patternsHomogeneous flow model 2Conservation equationsPressure gradientVelocity of soundTwo-phase friction factor, ∆pSeparated flow model 2Pressure gradientMaximum flow rate, choked flow∆p—Martinelli & other correlationsCritical Flow -Drift flux model 3Flooding, flow reversalSpecial applications 3Bubbly flowSlug flowAnnular flow∆p for special geometries• Phase Transition (4-12)Boiling 4Basic processesNucleationBubble growthPool boilingConvective boilingSubcooled boilingOnset, mechanisms, correlations 5Void fraction and ∆p 6Saturated boiling 7Critical heat flux 8,9CondensationBasic Processes 10Nucleation, growthKinetic Theory, non-condensiblesFilm condensationDrop wise condensation• Two-phase instability• Industrial Computer Codes150

NUEN 625NEUTRON TRANSPORT THEORYSpring 2006 Course SyllabusCourse DescriptionThe purpose of this course is to introduce the student to neutron transport theory. Basic computationalmethods for neutron transport will also be introduced and numerical calculations performed to ensurethat students develop a practical facility with transport theory. Analytic solution techniques are toodifficult and restrictive for this purpose. Perhaps the most versatile deterministic numerical methodfor solving the neutron transport equation is the S n method. Our approach in this course will be toprimarily teach the S n method. Methods other than the S n method for solving the transport equationwill be discussed, but only to give the student a basic awareness of them. An important requirementfor each student in this course will be to develop a 1-D slab-geometry monoenergetic transport codewith anisotropic scattering and diffusion-synthetic acceleration.Class Time And LocationThis course will meet two days per week. The course consists of three hours and twenty minutes ofin-class lecture according to the following schedule:Time: TR 3:55 P.M. - 5:10 P.M. and W 5:00pm – 5:50pmPlace: Zachry 127AInstructorJim E. Morel, Ph.D.Professor3133 TAMUCollege Station, TX 77843-3133Office Address: ZACH 121BPhone: (979) 845-6092Fax: (979) 845-6443Email: morel@tamu.eduOffice Hours: MWF 10:00-11:001151

The primary textbook will be E.E. Lewis and W.F. Miller, Jr., Computational Methods of NeutronTransport, American Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, Illinois (1993). Complete lecture notes inLaTeX format, excerpts from various textbooks, and many relevant journal articles will be placed ona WebCT site for access by students.GradingSixty percent of each student’s grade will come from two exams during the semester and a final exam.All exams are take-home. Some of the problems will involve the use of computer codes written byeach student. Forty percent of a student’s grade will come from homework. Credit is given whether ornot the homework is correct, provided that a student makes an honest effort to complete each problem.The homework represents preparation for the tests, which tend to be very conceptual. No concept willappear on a test that has not appeared on the homework.Course ContentThe following is representative of all topics that may be covered in the course. The actual materialcovered will depend upon the backgrounds and abilities of the students.1. Fundamental Concepts of Transport Theory(a) Phase Space(b) Phase-Space Density(c) Angular Flux and Intensity(d) Scalar Flux and Intensity(e) Current/Flux(f) Cross Section(g) Differential Cross Section(h) Reaction Rate(i) Sources(j) Momentum Tranfer(k) Stopping power2. Fundamental Forms of the Integro-Differential Transport Equation(a) The Boltzmann Equation for Neutronsi. Source calculationsii. k-eigenvalue calculationsiii. α-eigenvalue calculations2152

iv. Parameter search calculations3. Properties of the Boltzmann Scattering Operator(a) Addition Theorem for the Spherical Harmonic Functions(b) Eigenvalues and Eigenfunctions4. The Adjoint Transport Equation5. Self-Adjoint Forms of the Transport Equation(a) Even-Parity and Odd-Parity Angular Fluxes(b) The Even-Parity Transport Equation(c) The Odd-Parity Transport Equation(d) The Self-Adjoint Angular Flux Equation6. The Integral Form of the Neutral-Particle Transport Equation(a) The integral angular flux equation(b) The integral scalar flux equation7. Elementary Solutions of the Neutral-Particle Transport Equation(a) Vacuum and Pure Absorber Solutions(b) The Asymptotic Modes(c) A Glimpse of the Singular Eigenfunction Solution8. Asymptotic Transport Approximations(a) The Neutron Diffusion Limit(b) The Fokker-Planck Continuous-Scattering Limit(c) The Fokker-Planck Continuous-Slowing-Down Limit9. Approximation Methods(a) Least-squares methods(b) Galerkin and Petrov-Galerkin Methods10. Discretization of the Diffusion Equation(a) Finite Difference Methods(b) Finite-Element Methods(c) Mixed Hybrid Methods3153

11. Hybrid Transport-Diffusion Methods(a) The First-Scattered Distributed Source Technique(b) The N’th-Scattered Distributed Source Technique12. Angular Discretization Techniques for the Integro-Differential Transport Equation(a) The Spherical-Harmonics or P n Method(b) The Discrete-Ordinates S N Method(c) Finite-Element Methods13. Analytic S n Solutions14. Asymptotic Behavior of Numerical Transport Schemes(a) Order of Convergence(b) Positivity(c) Diffusion-Limit Behavior15. Spatial Discretization Schemes for the S n Equations(a) Step Differencing(b) Diamond Differencing(c) Discontinuous Finite-Element Methods(d) Corner Balance and Multiple Balance Methods16. Solution of the Slab-Geometry S n Equations(a) The Source Iteration Method(b) Fourier Analysis of the Source Iteration Method(c) Diffusion-Synthetic Acceleration(d) Fourier Analysis of the Diffusion-Synthetic Acceleration Method(e) Krylov Solution Techniques(f) Diffusion-Synthetic Acceleration Recast as a Preconditioner17. Energy Discretization for the Transport Equation(a) The Classic Multigroup Method(b) The Multigroup/Galerkin Method(c) Multigroup Source Iteration18. Time Discretization for the Transport Equation4154

(a) Backward-Euler Differencing(b) Crank-Nicholson Differencing(c) Discontinuous Finite-Element Methods(d) Predictor-Corrector MethodsOn-Line Course MaterialAll of the material for this course will be maintained on the Universitys WebCT Vista system. Thisincludes an electronic copy of this syllabus, the course schedule, all lecture notes, supplemental readings,and homework assignments. The instructor will use the WebCT Vista email system and discussionboard to communicate important messages to the students. Students should check their emailoften to keep updated on current messages. Also, the students grades will be posted on the WebCTVista system, and the students can use this system to check their grades at any time. The WebCTsystem can be accessed through webct.tamu.edu. If you are unfamiliar with this system, instructionwill be provided.ADA StatementThe Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensivecivil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislationrequires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides forreasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation,please contact the Department of Student Life, Services for Students with Disabilitiesin Room 126 of the Koldus Building. The phone number is 845-1637.CopyrightsThe handouts used in this course are copyrighted. By ”handouts” we mean all materials generated forthis class, which include but are not limited to syllabi, lab problems, in-class materials, review sheets,and additional problem sets. Because these materials are copyrighted, you do not have the right tocopy the handouts, unless the author expressly grants permission.Scholastic DishonestyAs commonly defined, plagiarism consists of passing off as one’s own the ideas, work, writings,etc., that belong to another. In accordance with this definition, you are committing plagiarism ifyou copy the work of another person and turn it in as your own, even if you have the permission ofthat person. Plagiarism is one of the worst academic sins, for the plagiarist destroys the trust amongcolleagues without which research cannot be safely communicated. If you have questions regardingplagiarism, please consult the latest issue of the Texas A&M University Student Rules http://studentrules.tamu.edu/,under the section ”Scholastic Dishonesty.”5155

NUEN 630COMPUTATIONAL METHODS FOR PARTICLE TRANSPORT PROBLEMSFall 2005 Course SyllabusCourse DescriptionThe purpose of this course is to introduce the student to neutron transport theory with a focus on computationaltechniques for solving the discrete-ordinates or S n equations. Perhaps the most versatiledeterministic numerical method for solving the neutron transport equation is the S n method. Our approachin this course will be to primarily teach the S n method. Methods other than the S n method forsolving the transport equation will be discussed, but only to give the student a basic awareness of them.An important requirement for each student in this course will be to develop a 1-D spherical-geometrymonoenergetic transport code with anisotropic scattering and diffusion-synthetic acceleration.Class Time And LocationThis course will meet two days per week. The course consists of three hours and twenty minutes ofin-class lecture according to the following schedule:Time: TR 5:00 P.M. - 6:20 P.M.Place: Zachry 119CInstructorJim E. Morel, Ph.D.Professor3133 TAMUCollege Station, TX 77843-3133Office Address: ZACH 121BPhone: (979) 845-6092Fax: (979) 845-6443Email: morel@tamu.eduOffice Hours: MWF 10:00-11:001156

The primary textbook will be E.E. Lewis and W.F. Miller, Jr., Computational Methods of NeutronTransport, American Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, Illinois (1993). Complete lecture notes inLaTeX format, excerpts from various textbooks, and many relevant journal articles will be placed ona WebCT site for access by students.GradingSixty percent of each student’s grade will come from two exams during the semester and a final exam.All exams are take-home. Some of the problems will involve the use of computer codes written byeach student. Forty percent of a student’s grade will come from homework. Credit is given whether ornot the homework is correct, provided that a student makes an honest effort to complete each problem.The homework represents preparation for the tests, which tend to be very conceptual. No concept willappear on a test that has not appeared on the homework.Course ContentThe following is representative of all topics that may be covered in the course. The actual materialcovered will depend upon the backgrounds and abilities of the students.1. Fundamental Concepts of Transport Theory(a) Phase Space(b) Phase-Space Density(c) Angular Flux and Intensity(d) Scalar Flux and Intensity(e) Current/Flux(f) Cross Section(g) Differential Cross Section(h) Reaction Rate(i) Sources(j) Momentum Tranfer(k) Stopping power2. Fundamental Forms of the Integro-Differential Transport Equation(a) The Boltzmann Equation for Neutronsi. Source calculationsii. k-eigenvalue calculationsiii. α-eigenvalue calculations2157

iv. Parameter search calculations3. Properties of the Boltzmann Scattering Operator(a) Addition Theorem for the Spherical Harmonic Functions(b) Eigenvalues and Eigenfunctions4. The Integral Form of the Neutral-Particle Transport Equation(a) The integral angular flux equation(b) The integral scalar flux equation5. Elementary Solutions of the Neutral-Particle Transport Equation(a) Vacuum and Pure Absorber Solutions6. Asymptotic Transport Approximations(a) The Neutron Diffusion Limit7. Approximation Methods(a) Least-squares methods(b) Galerkin and Petrov-Galerkin Methods8. Discretization of the Diffusion Equation(a) Finite Difference Methods(b) Finite-Element Methods9. Hybrid Transport-Diffusion Methods(a) The First-Scattered Distributed Source Technique10. Angular Discretization Techniques for the Integro-Differential Transport Equation(a) The Spherical-Harmonics or P n Method(b) The Discrete-Ordinates S N Method(c) Finite-Element Methods11. Asymptotic Behavior of Numerical Transport Schemes(a) Order of Convergence(b) Positivity(c) Diffusion-Limit Behavior3158

12. Spatial Discretization Schemes for the S n Equations in Slab Geometry(a) Step Differencing(b) Diamond Differencing(c) Discontinuous Finite-Element Methods13. Solution of the Slab-Geometry S n Equations(a) The Source Iteration Method(b) Fourier Analysis of the Source Iteration Method(c) Diffusion-Synthetic Acceleration(d) Fourier Analysis of the Diffusion-Synthetic Acceleration Method14. Spatial Discretization and Solution of the S n Equations in Spherical Geometry(a) Diamond-Differencing in Space(b) Weighted-Diamond Differencing in Angle(c) Starting Direction Equations(d) Diffusion-Synthetic AccelerationOn-Line Course MaterialAll of the material for this course will be maintained on the Universitys WebCT Vista system. Thisincludes an electronic copy of this syllabus, the course schedule, all lecture notes, supplemental readings,and homework assignments. The instructor will use the WebCT Vista email system and discussionboard to communicate important messages to the students. Students should check their emailoften to keep updated on current messages. Also, the students grades will be posted on the WebCTVista system, and the students can use this system to check their grades at any time. The WebCTsystem can be accessed through webct.tamu.edu. If you are unfamiliar with this system, instructionwill be provided.ADA StatementThe Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensivecivil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislationrequires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides forreasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation,please contact the Department of Student Life, Services for Students with Disabilitiesin Room 126 of the Koldus Building. The phone number is 845-1637.4159

CopyrightsThe handouts used in this course are copyrighted. By ”handouts” we mean all materials generated forthis class, which include but are not limited to syllabi, lab problems, in-class materials, review sheets,and additional problem sets. Because these materials are copyrighted, you do not have the right tocopy the handouts, unless the author expressly grants permission.Scholastic DishonestyAs commonly defined, plagiarism consists of passing off as one’s own the ideas, work, writings,etc., that belong to another. In accordance with this definition, you are committing plagiarism ifyou copy the work of another person and turn it in as your own, even if you have the permission ofthat person. Plagiarism is one of the worst academic sins, for the plagiarist destroys the trust amongcolleagues without which research cannot be safely communicated. If you have questions regardingplagiarism, please consult the latest issue of the Texas A&M University Student Rules http://studentrules.tamu.edu/,under the section ”Scholastic Dishonesty.”5160

NUEN 633Radiological measurements and calibrationsHours: Theory 3, Practice 0, Total 3, Credit 3.Prerequisites: NUEN 613 or equivalent.Description of Course:This course applies the principles of radiological safety to the complex problems ofmeasurement of radiation dose and radiation protection quantities in real radiation fields.Radiation generating machines, and the specific characteristics of the radiation theyproduce, will be discussed in the context of accurate measurement and radiationprotection. Examples will be drawn from a wide range of radiation environments, fromthose encountered in space exploration to typical residential settings, and will illustrateradiation detection requirements for medical, industrial, and research sources.Textbook: Frank H. Attix, Introduction to Radiological Physics and RadiationDosimetry, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1986Reference Material: G. F. Knoll, Radiation Detection and Measurement 3 rd edition,John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1999Course Outline by Major Topics and time Assigned to Each:Physical basis of measuring doseReview of cavity theory and Fano theoremCalorimetry and other measurementsIonization - Mean energy per ion pairEnergy fluence and spectrumHours3Characteristics of radiation sources 4.5Radiation generating machinesacceleratorsx-ray machinesreactorsplasmasincidental radiation production in high voltage and other equipmentRadioactive sourcesneutronphotoncharged particleInstruments for measuring fluence 9Electron multipliersScintillatorsSolid state detectorsGas avalanche detectors161

Signal enhancement techniquescoincidence and anticoincidencetime of flightparticle telescopesInstruments for measuring doseCalorimetersFree air ion chamberCavity chambersPortable instrumentsPersonnel DosimetersCalibration proceduresMeasurement approaches for complex radiation environmentsNeutron and gamma fieldsNeutrons and charged particlesPulsed sourcesEvaluating radiation protection quantitiesDose equivalent and Equivalent doseEffective dose equivalentAmbient dose equivalent and related quantities3127.56Total Hours45Evaluation:Students will be evaluated on the basis of performance on homework, 35%, tests, 40%,and final examination, 25%.Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Policy StatementThe Americans with Disabilities Act is a federal anti-discrimination statute that providescomprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things,this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learningenvironment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If youbelieve you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the Departmentof Student Life, Services for Students with Disabilities in Room 126 of the KoldusBuilding or call 845-1637Dr. L. A. Braby58R ZachryTN: 979 862-1798 FN 979 845-6443EM labraby@tamu.edu162

NUEN/BMEN 673Radiation BiologyInstructor: Dr. John Ford Email: ford@ne.tamu.eduOffice: 58A Zachry Phone: 845-6271Lab: Nuclear Science Center Phone: 862-3660Office hours: 9-10 a.m. MWF or by appointment.PrerequisitesGraduate classification or approval of the instructor.ObjectiveThis course will provide an understanding of the molecular, cellular, and tissue responsesof organisms exposed to ionizing radiation. Conditions that can modify these responses will bediscussed. Emphasis will be placed on the most current areas of research and the moleculartechniques being exploited to investigate current research questions.Required TextRadiobiology for the Radiologist, Sixth Edition, Hall, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006.ISBN: 0-7817-4151-3Suggested TextsAn Introduction to Radiobiology, Second Edition, Nias, John Wiley & Sons, 1998.Genes VI, Lewin, Oxford University Press, 1997.Molecular Biology of the Cell, Third Edition, Alberts, Bray, Lewis, Raff, Roberts andWatson, Garland Publications, 1994.Radiation Biophysics, Second Edition, Alpen, Academic Press, 1998.Assignments and GradesPaper Review 10%Literature review 20%Tests 60%Presentation 10%Grades are awarded on 10 point scale.163

Tentative Class CalendarDATE TOPIC ASSIGNMENTAug. 28 – Sept. 1 Introduction PubMedSept. 4 - 8DNA, chromatin, and radiation damageSept. 11 - 15 DNA repairSept. 18 - 22 Cell-cycle checkpoints Test 1Sept. 25 - 29 Apoptosis AbstractOct. 2 - 6 Chromosome aberrationsOct. 9 - 13 In vitro transformation Draft ReviewOct. 16 - 20 Non-targeted effectsOct. 23 - 27 Tissue specific effectsOct. 30 – Nov. 3 Fetal Exposures Peer reviewNov. 6 – 10 TBA Test 2Nov. 13 – 17 TBANov. 20 – 22 Review and DiscussionNov. 27 – Dec. 1 PresentationsDec. 4 DEAD DAY -Last Class Review DueDec. 6 - 7READING DAYS NO FINAL EXAM164

AssignmentsPaper ReviewA paper will be provided with the appropriate forms and instructions to perform a peerreview of the article.Literature ReviewSelect a topic based on a survey of reviews published in the years 2005 and 2006.Write a review of the current literature from the date of the last review to the presentusing the style and format of Radiation Research.TestsTests will consist primarily of short discussion with an occasional essay question.PresentationPick a recent interesting radiobiology journal article from an appropriate journal.“Recent” means published within the last six months (preferably in the last 3 months).Appropriate journals include but are not limited to the following:Radiation ResearchHealth PhysicsInternational Journal of Radiation BiologyCancer ResearchCellMutation ResearchNatureSciencePresent some background information and the data from the article.The presentation should be approximately 20 minutes.Answer any audience questions.165

Americans with Disabilities ActThe Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal antidiscrimination statute that providescomprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislationrequires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides forreasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring anaccommodation, please contact the Department of Student Life, Services for Students with Disabilities inRoom 126 of the Koldus Building, or call 845-1637.CopyrightsThe handouts used in this course are copyrighted. By "handouts" we mean all materials generated for thisclass, which include but are not limited to syllabi, lab problems, in-class materials, review sheets, andadditional problem sets. Because these materials are copyrighted, you do not have the right to copy thehandouts, unless the author expressly grants permission.Scholastic DishonestyAs commonly defined, plagiarism consists of passing off as one's own the ideas, work, writings, etc., thatbelong to another. In accordance with this definition, you are committing plagiarism if you copy thework of another person and turn it in as your own, even if you have the permission of that person.Plagiarism is one of the worst academic sins, for the plagiarist destroys the trust among colleagueswithout which research cannot be safely communicated. If you have questions regarding plagiarism,please consult the latest issue of the Texas A&M University Student Rules [http://studentrules.tamu.edu/],under the section "Scholastic Dishonesty."PLEASE NOTE:1. AGGIE HONOR CODE: “An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those who do.” Foradditional information please visit: www.tamu.edu/aggiehonor/2. PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR: An important attribute of your professional development is that youact and speak in a manner that will not offend others giving particular care to diversity issues.3. DISABILITY ACCOMMODATION: If you believe you have a disability requiring anaccommodation, please tell your instructor or contact the Department of Student Life, Services forStudents with Disabilities, in Cain Hall or call 845-1637.4. RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS: If you are a member of a religious faith that has one or more holidayswhich require you to be absent from any class listed above, please tell your instructor at least twoweeks in advance of your absence and make arrangements to make-up the class.Scholastic Dishonesty and the Aggie Honor CodeAGGIE HONOR CODE: "An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those who do." The Codeforbids the following:- Cheating: Attempting to use unauthorized materials, information, notes, study aids or other devices ormaterials in any academic exercise.- Fabrication: Making up data or results; submitting fabricated documents.- Falsification: Manipulating results such that research is not accurately represented in the researchrecord.- Multiple Submissions: Submitting substantial portions of the same work (including oral reports) forcredit more than once without authorization from instructors.- Plagiarism: Using another person's ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit.- Complicity: Intentionally or knowingly helping, or attempting to help, another to commit an act ofacademic dishonesty.For additional information see http://www.tamu.edu/aggiehonor/definitions.php.166

NUEN 674Radiation CarcinogenesisSpring Semester 2007Instructor: Dr. John Ford Email: ford@ne.tamu.eduOffice: 58A Zachry Phone: 845-6271Lab: Nuclear Science Center Phone: 862-3660Office hours: 9:00 - 10:00 MWF or by appointment.PrerequisitesGraduate classification or the approval of the instructor.ObjectiveThis course examines the experimental models and mathematicalsimulations for the investigation of radiation-induced cancer. Students will becomefamiliar with the current scientic literature concerning the intersection of riskanalysis and interpretation of disparate data from varied biological systems.Required TextCancer Biology, 3 rd , Ruddon, Oxford University Press, 1995.Suggested TextsGenes VI, Lewin, Oxford University Press, 1997.Radiobiology for the Radiologist, 6 th , Hall&Giaccia, Lippincott,Williams&Wilkins, 2006.Molecular Biology of the Cell, 4 th , Alberts, Johnson, Lewis, Raff, Roberts and Walter,Garland Publications, 2002.Cancer Modelling&Simulation, Preziosi (Ed.), Chapman&Hall/CRC, 2003.167

Class Calendar Fall 2005 (Tentative)DATE TOPIC Lecture HoursWeek 1 Introduction 3Week 2&3 Current Ideas in Radiation Carcinogenesis 6Week 4 Cancer Biology 3Week 5 Simple Conceptual Cancer Models 3Week 6&7 Animal Model Systems 6Week 8 Risk Projection Animals to Humans 3Week 9 In vitro Radiation Transformation Models 3Week 10 Non-targeted Radiation Effects and Risk 3Week 11 Models of Specific Tissues 3Week 12&13 Genetic Susceptibility to Radiation 6Week 14 Multi-scale computer models 3Week 15 General Review and Discussion 3168

AssignmentsPaper Review/SynopsisA reference or two will be provided and the student will be expected to writebetween 350-500 words addressing a specific topic or in response to aparticular query. The assignment will be made at the end of class onWednesdays and will be due the following week at the beginning of class.The required format is: one-inch margins, left justified text with properindentation, 12 point New Times Roman Font with 1.5x spacing between thelines of text. The students name should appear in the header with the date.The paper or papers should be properly referenced according the Instructionsto Authors for Radiation Research (these can be found on the journal’swebsite). In addition the final version should be emailed to me in .pdfformat. A printed copy should be turned in on the date it is due with thesignatures of two proofreaders who will vouch for the grammar, spelling andcontent of the short synopsis.TestsTests will most likely take the form of exams composed of long discussionof one or two topics with pertinent references.GradesGrades will be on the normal 10 pt scale.Homework 50 %Tests 40 %Project 10 %169

Americans with Disabilities ActThe Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal antidiscrimination statute that providescomprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislationrequires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides forreasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring anaccommodation, please contact the Department of Student Life, Services for Students with Disabilities inRoom 126 of the Koldus Building, or call 845-1637.CopyrightsThe handouts used in this course are copyrighted. By "handouts" we mean all materials generated for thisclass, which include but are not limited to syllabi, lab problems, in-class materials, review sheets, andadditional problem sets. Because these materials are copyrighted, you do not have the right to copy thehandouts, unless the author expressly grants permission.Scholastic DishonestyAs commonly defined, plagiarism consists of passing off as one's own the ideas, work, writings, etc., thatbelong to another. In accordance with this definition, you are committing plagiarism if you copy thework of another person and turn it in as your own, even if you have the permission of that person.Plagiarism is one of the worst academic sins, for the plagiarist destroys the trust among colleagueswithout which research cannot be safely communicated. If you have questions regarding plagiarism,please consult the latest issue of the Texas A&M University Student Rules [http://studentrules.tamu.edu/],under the section "Scholastic Dishonesty."PLEASE NOTE:1. AGGIE HONOR CODE: “An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those who do.” Foradditional information please visit: www.tamu.edu/aggiehonor/2. PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR: An important attribute of your professional development is that youact and speak in a manner that will not offend others giving particular care to diversity issues.3. DISABILITY ACCOMMODATION: If you believe you have a disability requiring anaccommodation, please tell your instructor or contact the Department of Student Life, Services forStudents with Disabilities, in Cain Hall or call 845-1637.4. RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS: If you are a member of a religious faith that has one or more holidayswhich require you to be absent from any class listed above, please tell your instructor at least twoweeks in advance of your absence and make arrangements to make-up the class.Scholastic Dishonesty and the Aggie Honor CodeAGGIE HONOR CODE: "An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those who do." The Codeforbids the following:- Cheating: Attempting to use unauthorized materials, information, notes, study aids or other devices ormaterials in any academic exercise.- Fabrication: Making up data or results; submitting fabricated documents.- Falsification: Manipulating results such that research is not accurately represented in the researchrecord.- Multiple Submissions: Submitting substantial portions of the same work (including oral reports) forcredit more than once without authorization from instructors.- Plagiarism: Using another person's ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit.- Complicity: Intentionally or knowingly helping, or attempting to help, another to commit an act ofacademic dishonesty.For additional information see http://www.tamu.edu/aggiehonor/definitions.php.170

Internal Dose TechniquesSpring Semester 2007NUEN 6758 - 8:50 AM MWFZachry 104DInstructor: John Ford Email: ford@ne.tamu.eduOffice: 58A Zachry Phone: 845-6271Lab: Nuclear Science Center Phone: 862-3660Office hours: 9-10 AM MWF or by appointment.ObjectivesThe class will cover the current and proposed techniques for assessing the absorbed dosedue to internally deposited radionuclides. This includes the techniques recommended byinternational and national bodies as well as those used in nuclear medicine. Students willbecome familiar with some of the currently available software used for internal dose assessment.Selected references from the recent scientific literature will be discussed.Useful TextsInternal Radiation Dosimetry, Raabe (Ed.), Medical Physics Publishing, 1994.Atoms, Radiation and Radiation Protection, Second Edition, Turner, Wiley, 1995.Radiological Assessment: Sources and Doses, Faw&Shultis, ANS, 1999.Radioactive Waste Management, Second Edition, Saling&Fentiman, Taylor&Francis, 2002.Medical Imaging Physics, Fourth Edition, Hendee&Ritenour, Wiley-Liss, 2002.Practical Applications of Internal Dosimetry, Bolch (Ed.), Medical Physics Publishing, 2002.Assignments and Percent of Final Grade (tentative)Homework 40%Oral Exams 40%Project 20%171

Tentative Class ScheduleDATE TOPICJan. 17 – 19IntroductionJan. 22 – 26ICRP 2, 6, 10 & 10AJan. 29 – Feb. 2ICRP 23- Reference ManFeb. 5 – 9 ICRP 26 & 30Feb. 12 – 16ICRP 30- Gastrointestinal ModelFeb. 19 – 23ICRP 30- Bone ModelFeb. 26 – Mar. 2ICRP 30- Respiratory ModelMar. 5 – 9 Exam 1Mar. 12 – 16SPRING BREAK - NO CLASSMar. 19 – 23 NUREG 8.9 /8.34Mar. 26 – 30MIRDApr. 2 – 5MATLAB Project & Fetal WorkbookApr. 6READING DAY – NO CLASSApr. 9 – 13Fetal Exposures & EPAApr. 16 – 20 Exam 2Apr. 23 – 27 ICRP 60 & 66April 30 DEAD DAYMay 1 REDEFINED DAY-Last ClassMay 4-9NO FINAL EXAM172

Americans with Disabilities ActThe Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal antidiscrimination statute that providescomprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislationrequires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides forreasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring anaccommodation, please contact the Department of Student Life, Services for Students with Disabilities inRoom 126 of the Koldus Building, or call 845-1637.CopyrightsThe handouts used in this course are copyrighted. By "handouts" we mean all materials generated for thisclass, which include but are not limited to syllabi, lab problems, in-class materials, review sheets, andadditional problem sets. Because these materials are copyrighted, you do not have the right to copy thehandouts, unless the author expressly grants permission.Scholastic DishonestyAs commonly defined, plagiarism consists of passing off as one's own the ideas, work, writings, etc., thatbelong to another. In accordance with this definition, you are committing plagiarism if you copy thework of another person and turn it in as your own, even if you have the permission of that person.Plagiarism is one of the worst academic sins, for the plagiarist destroys the trust among colleagueswithout which research cannot be safely communicated. If you have questions regarding plagiarism,please consult the latest issue of the Texas A&M University Student Rules [http://studentrules.tamu.edu/],under the section "Scholastic Dishonesty."PLEASE NOTE:1. AGGIE HONOR CODE: “An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those who do.” Foradditional information please visit: www.tamu.edu/aggiehonor/2. PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR: An important attribute of your professional development is that youact and speak in a manner that will not offend others giving particular care to diversity issues.3. DISABILITY ACCOMMODATION: If you believe you have a disability requiring anaccommodation, please tell your instructor or contact the Department of Student Life, Services forStudents with Disabilities, in Cain Hall or call 845-1637.4. RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS: If you are a member of a religious faith that has one or more holidayswhich require you to be absent from any class listed above, please tell your instructor at least twoweeks in advance of your absence and make arrangements to make-up the class.Scholastic Dishonesty and the Aggie Honor CodeAGGIE HONOR CODE: "An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those who do." The Codeforbids the following:- Cheating: Attempting to use unauthorized materials, information, notes, study aids or other devices ormaterials in any academic exercise.- Fabrication: Making up data or results; submitting fabricated documents.- Falsification: Manipulating results such that research is not accurately represented in the researchrecord.- Multiple Submissions: Submitting substantial portions of the same work (including oral reports) forcredit more than once without authorization from instructors.- Plagiarism: Using another person's ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit.- Complicity: Intentionally or knowingly helping, or attempting to help, another to commit an act ofacademic dishonesty.For additional information see http://www.tamu.edu/aggiehonor/definitions.php.173

MEEN 677/NUEN 677: AEROSOL SCIENCESpring Semester 2007MW 5:45–7:00, Zachry 127AInstructor: W. H. Marlow, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Zachry 129, Phone 845-2271, w-marlow@tamu.eduPrerequisites: Graduate standing in Engineering or Science or consent of instructorTOPIC SUBJECTS LECTS.(11/2 hr)GasTransportTheory• Review of continuity equation. Introduction to the Boltzmann equation and the calculation of physical quantitiesusing it. The problem of transport regimes: continuum, transition, and free-molecular• Transport processes to and from single particle in lowest order of approximation; empirical formula 3SingleParticle• Single Particle Gas Dynamics - Stokes' law, Millikan oil drop experiment and Cunningham correction; freemolecular drag; impactor measurement methodologyTransport • Diffusion equations, diffusion coefficient, Brownian motion, mean free path; diffusive deposition to inside of 3circular duct in laminar flow (Gormley-Kennedy equation); the diffusion battery for ultrafine particle measurementDynamics • Aerosol size distribution evolution via Brownian coagulation: derivation of thermal collision rate densities incontinuum, free-molecular limits and Fuchs' interpolation; nature and roles of long-range forces in coagulation;coagulation equation; self-preserving size distribution4ThermodynamicsElectricalBehaviorLightScatteringOther• Microparticle thermodynamics: Raoult's law, Clausius-Clapyron equation and Kelvin effect;• Microparticle formation: homogeneous nucleation; mass accretion by deposition o vapor;• The condensation nucleus counter• Production and characterization of air ions• Models for particle charging in continuum and free-molecular regimes; aerosol charging; field charging; Debyescreening• Measurement methods based on charging• Principles of light scattering and absorption by particles and aerosols; optical particle counters, opacity andobscuration• Phoretic effects; fractal dimension in aerosol science; other topics according to interests and organization of classand as time allowsTEXT: Lecture notes to be distributed; Reference–Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics by Seinfeld and Pandis (John Wiley & Sons, 2006)GRADING: Homework sets plus term paper on subject of interest to student. In addition to submission of written term paper, students willmake 35+ minute oral presentations of papers to class. Topics for papers selected by Spring Break in consultation with instructor.Americans with Disabilities Act4434174

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal antidiscrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights protection forpersons with disabilities. Among other things, thislegislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation oftheir disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the Department of Student Life, Servicesfor Students with Disabilities in Room 126 of the Koldus Building, or call 845-1637.CopyrightsThe handouts used in this course are copyrighted. By "handouts" we mean all materials generated for this class, which include but are notlimited to syllabi, lab problems, in-class materials, review sheets, and additional problem sets. Because these materials are copyrighted, youdo not have the right to copy the handouts, unless the author expressly grants permission.Scholastic DishonestyAs commonly defined, plagiarism consists of passing off as one's own the ideas, work, writings, etc., that belong to another. In accordancewith this definition, you are committing plagiarism if you copy the work of another person and turn it in as your own, even if you have thepermission of that person. Plagiarism is one of the worst academic sins, for the plagiarist destroys the trust among colleagues without whichresearch cannot be safely communicated. If you have questions regarding plagiarism, please consult the latest issue of the Texas A&MUniversity Student Rules [http://student-rules.tamu.edu/], under the section "Scholastic Dishonesty."175

Texas A&M UniversityNUEN 678: Waste Management in the Nuclear IndustryDepartment of Nuclear Engineering Fall Semester 2006Instructor:Course Description:Prerequisites:Text:Course Web Page:Sean M. McDeavittOffice: ZACH 122CEmail: mcdeavitt@tamu.eduThis course will familiarize students with the management of radioactive,hazardous and mixed waste generated by all segments of the nuclear fuel cycleand users of radioisotopes. This includes treatment, storage and disposaltechnologies and their related political and socioeconomic issues.Graduate classification or consent of instructor.J.H. Saling and A.W. Fentiman, “Radioactive Waste Management,” SecondEdition, (Taylor & Francis, NY • London) 2002.Multiple other sources will be used.WebCT (Lectures, HW information, selected readings and grades posted here)(Site still under construction)Schedule: Lecture MWF 3:00-3:50, ZACH 105DOffice Hours: open door policy and by appointmentTopics to be covered (DRAFT):1. Overview of radwaste issues2. Low Level Waste3. LLW treatment methods4. Transportation issues5. Simulation exercise for radwaste disposal6. Transuranic waste7. Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)8. Hanford waste tanks9. Spent nuclear fuel10. SNF processing methods11. Reprocessing policy discussion12. Processing chemistrya. Chemical thermodynamics reviewb. Bismuth phosphate processc. PUREXd. Pyrochemical processing13. High level waste formsa. Borosilicate glassb. SYNROCc. Others (e.g., phosphate glass, composites, etc.)d. Pyroprocessing waste forms14. High level waste testing methods15. STUDENT LECTURES176

Texas A&M UniversityNUEN 678: Waste Management in the Nuclear IndustryDepartment of Nuclear Engineering Fall Semester 2006Course Policies:Grading:Homework:Exams:Term Paper/Lecture:Friday Forums:The course grade will be based upon homework, one mid-term exam, a finalexam, a term paper, a topical lecture, and class participation:Homework 10 %Mid Term Exam 20 %Final Exam 20 %Term Paper 20 %Topical Lecture 20 %Participation (in Friday forums and student lectures) 10 %Grading will be on a straight 90/80/70/60 scale.Homework will be assigned in-class with a 1-week turnaround time. The contentwill include small projects or research surveys for selected topical areas. (HWwill not be assigned to be due less than 3 days before a Friday Forum.)The exams will consist of true/false and multiple choice questions, short answerproblems, problem solving calculations, and essays. If you have a legitimateconflict, please contact the instructor prior to the exam.Each student will prepare a research paper on a subject relevant to the class andmake a 30 minute oral presentation on this material. The intent is to provide thestudent an opportunity to learn to write in a technically correct style and toproperly prepare and present an oral scientific paper. Both the paper and the oralpresentation will be judged on scientific and technical merit, as well as on thewriting and speaking quality. A list of previous topics is attached; topic selectionshould be complete by Oct. 1, 2006. The student lectures will be given during thelast 2 weeks of the semester and attendance at these lectures represents 5% of thecourse grade.Paper Due Date = November 20, 2006Lecture Dates = November 20 through December 1, 2006Five times throughout the semester, the instructor will assign a topic fordiscussion related to recent lectures. Students will be required to gatherinformation and participate in a guided discussion on the topic. Preparation ofpresentation materials (1 or two overheads) is strongly encouraged. Participationrepresents 5% of the course grade.Scholastic Dishonesty and the Aggie Honor Code: "An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate thosewho do." The Code forbids the following:• Cheating: Attempting to use unauthorized materials, information, notes, study aids or other devicesor materials in any academic exercise.• Fabrication: Making up data or results; submitting fabricated documents.• Falsification: Manipulating results such that research is not accurately represented in the researchrecord.• Multiple Submissions: Submitting substantial portions of the same work (including oral reports) forcredit more than once without authorization from instructors.• Plagiarism: Using another person’s ideas, work, processes, results, writings, words, etc. withoutgiving appropriate credit.• Complicity: Intentionally or knowingly helping, or attempting to help, another to commit an act ofacademic dishonesty.177

Texas A&M UniversityNUEN 678: Waste Management in the Nuclear IndustryDepartment of Nuclear Engineering Fall Semester 2006If you have questions regarding scholastic dishonesty and the Aggie Honor Code, please visithttp://www.tamu.edu/aggiehonor for the Honor Council Rules and Procedures, and http://studentrules.tamu.edufor the Texas A&M University Student Rules.Violation of the Aggie Honor Code may result in a 0 for the assignment or exam, failure of the course,and reports Aggie Honor System Office.Professional Behavior: An important attribute of your professional development is that you act and speakin a manner that will not offend others giving particular care to diversity issues.Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federalantidiscrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities.Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learningenvironment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have adisability requiring an accommodation, please tell your instructor or contact the Department of StudentLife, Services for Students with Disabilities, in Cain Hall, or call 845-1637.Religious Holidays: If you are a member of a religious faith that has one or more holidays which requireyou to be absent from any class listed above, please tell your instructor at least two weeks in advance ofyour absence and make arrangements to make-up the class.Copyrights: The handouts used in this course are copyrighted. "Handouts," refers to all materialsgenerated for this class, which include but are not limited to syllabi, problems, in-class materials, reviewsheets, and additional problem sets. Because these materials are copyrighted, you do not have the right tocopy the handouts, unless the author expressly grants permission.178

Texas A&M UniversityNUEN 678: Waste Management in the Nuclear IndustryDepartment of Nuclear Engineering Fall Semester 2006Previous Student Project Topics• Transportation of Radioactive Waste• The Geology of Yucca Mountain• Legal Issues Regarding Yucca Mountain• High Level Waste Testing and Evaluation• Spent Nuclear Fuel Pool Management• Fission Product Storage Forms for Cesium and Strontium• Borosilicate Glass for High Level Nuclear Waste Disposal• Phosphate Glass for High Level Nuclear Waste Disposal• Synroc for High Level Nuclear Waste Disposal• Zeolite Waste Forms for High Level Nuclear Waste Disposal• Metal Waste Forms for High Level Nuclear Waste Disposal• The TRUEX Process• European Reprocessing• Radwaste Management in Canada• Advanced Fuels & Pyroprocessing• Plutonium Disposition Issues• TRU Burning Reactors• Radioactive Iodine Therapy for Humans and Cats• Decommissioning Waste from Nuclear Facilities• The Hanford Waste Tanks• Cleanup of Defense-Related Nuclear Waste• Issues from the Use of DU Weapons• What do the Anti-Nukes Say about Radwaste• Sources/Disposal of Medical Radwaste• Navy Reactors – Radwaste Management• Chernobyl - Waste Management Issues• Radiolysis in Radwaste Tanks• Emergency hazmat during transport in the US• Transportation of SNF in Europe• ISFSI and Dry Storage• MARSSIM: Multi-Agency Radiation Site Survey and Investigation Manual• Spent Fuel Pool – consolidation, shipping, & other SFP projectsAdditional Notes:• The lecture content should go beyond previous class notes from the instructor or topical lecturesfrom previous years.• This is a teaching exercise, not just a presentation. Spend time with details, work out examples,and make sure the “students” come away with new knowledge and capability.• The 30 min time slot should allow time for questions.• The paper should be used as a form for presenting detailed descriptions, data analysis, and/orscholarly discussion of subject matter.• Bring handouts and a copy of the paper for everyone.• Attendance is required . . . 1% lost from course grade for each unexcused absence (up to 5%).(Reasonable excuses will be evaluated before an absence. Only serious and documented excuseswill be accepted if class is missed without making arrangements beforehand.)179

NUEN689 Special Topics in Fast Spectrum Systems and Applications, Pavel V. Tsvetkov, Spring 2007NUEN 689 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN FAST SPECTRUM SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONSSpring Semester, 2007Instructor: Dr. Pavel V. Tsvetkov Zachry 122D, (979) 845-7078, tsvetkov@tamu.eduOffice Hours: TR 2pm–5pm, Welcome to stop by!Schedule:Tuesday, Thursday, 11:10 a.m.–12:25 p.m., Zachry Engineering Center, 104DTexas A&M Graduate Course DataElective course : for students enrolled in the M.S. and Ph.D. degree programs in nuclear engineeringCredits: NUEN 689 (3-0) Special Topics in Fast Spectrum Systems and Applications. Credit 3Description: design and analysis of nuclear systems and nuclear fuel cycles; data, methods andtools for advanced nuclear system modeling; systems analysis – integrated modelapplication; sustainable development of nuclear energy and fast spectrum systems;partitioning & transmutation science and engineering in radioactive wastemanagement; fast reactors and hybrid systems; Advanced Fuel Cycle program;Generation IV fast reactors, and Global Nuclear Energy Partnership program; designaspects of Advanced Burner Reactors – neutronics and heat removal, safety, materials,and systems.Prerequisites: Graduate enrollment.Text 1. Notes: Fast Spectrum Systems and Applications, lecture notes (The main informationsource for course subjects is a set of comprehensive course notes written by theinstructor and distributed to the class.)2. References: • W. M. Stacey, Nuclear Reactor Physics, John Wiley & Sons, 2001 (ISBN: 0-471-39127-1)• R. G. Cochran, N. Tsoulfanidis, The Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Analysis andManagement, 2 nd ed., American Nuclear Society, 1999 (ISBN: 0-89448-451-6)• M. M. El-Wakil, Nuclear Heat Transport, American Nuclear Society, Revisededition, 1978, 1993 (ISBN: 0-89448-014-6)• Y. S. Tang, R. D. Coffield, Jr., R. A. Markley, Thermal Analysis of LiquidMetal Fast Breeder Reactors, American Nuclear Society, 1978 (ISBN: 0-89448-011-1)• D. L. Smith, Probability, Statistics, and Data Uncertainties in NuclearScience and Technology, OECD NEA Nuclear Data Committee Series “Neutron Physics and Nuclear Data in Science and Technology, Vol. 4,American Nuclear Society, 1991 (ISBN: 0-89448-036-7)• K. Wirtz, Lectures on Fast Reactors, American Nuclear Society, 1978, 1982• A. E. Waltar, A. B. Reynolds, Fast Breeder Reactors, Pergamon Press, 1981(ISBN: 0-08-025983-9)• M. M. El-Wakil, Nuclear Energy Conversion, American Nuclear Society,Revised edition, 1982, 1992 (ISBN: 0-89448-015-4)• J. J. Duderstadt, L. J. Hamilton, Nuclear Reactor Analysis, John Wiley &Sons, 1976 (ISBN: 0-471-22363-8)• Fast Reactors Database, http://www-frdb.iaea.org/index.htmlCourse ObjectiveNUEN 689 is a 3-hour graduate course. It is intended to provide the graduate students withdescription of the nuclear fuel cycle concepts, partitioning & transmutation in radioactive wastemanagement, fast reactors and hybrid systems, Advanced Fuel Cycle program, Generation IV fastreactors, and Global Nuclear Energy Partnership program. The data, methods and tools foradvanced nuclear system modeling are discussed. The focus is on the design and analysis of fastspectrum systems and their fuel cycles including design aspects of Advanced Burner Reactors –neutronics and heat removal, safety, materials, and systems.1180

NUEN689 Special Topics in Fast Spectrum Systems and Applications, Pavel V. Tsvetkov, Spring 2007Prerequisites by Topic1. Nuclear physics as applied to nuclear engineering, cross-section data, evaluated nuclear data files2. Reactor physics analysis principles and reactor design3. Systems of linear equations, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, partial differential equations4. Nuclear engineering systems and designTopics Covered1. Fundamentals of nuclear systems,, mathematical description of physical phenomena2. Nuclear data and cross section processing3. Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis4. Sustainable development of nuclear energy, nuclear systems and nuclear fuel cycles5. Design and analysis of nuclear systems and fuel cycles6. Advanced nuclear system modeling: data, methods, tools7. Systems analysis – integrated model application8. Sustainable development and fast spectrum systems9. Partitioning and transmutation science and engineering in radioactive waste management10. Fast reactors and hybrid systems11. Advanced Fuel Cycle (AFC) program, Generation IV nuclear energy systems and fuel cycles12. Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP), design aspects of Advanced Burner Reactors (ABR)Course OutcomesStudents who successfully complete this course should be able to:1. Describe and discuss issues associated with nuclear fuel cycles including the radioactive wastemanagement options and strategies.2. Describe and discuss perspectives of sustainable development of nuclear energy and fast spectrumsystems, partitioning & transmutation science and engineering in radioactive waste management.3. Analyze nuclear fuel cycles in terms of quantities describing the radioactive waste managementincluding partitioning and transmutation technologies.4. Describe material issues and potential of various systems for the radioactive waste management.5. Describe Advanced Fuel Cycle program; Generation IV fast reactors, and Global Nuclear EnergyPartnership program.6. Develop system models and methodologies for nuclear fuel cycle studies including fast reactors andhybrid systems.7. Design and analyze nuclear systems and nuclear fuel cycles.8. Perform system analysis and design Advanced Burner Reactors accounting for neutronics, heatremoval, safety, materials, and systems.Computer UsageAppropriate use of engineering software and compilers will be encouraged. Justified use of relevantnuclear engineering codes will also be supported.Course Structure1. Lectures and lecture notes will cover the course topics and will be made as self-sufficient asreasonably achievable2. Homework problem (HW) sets will be assigned and graded weekly.3. Two midterm examinations will be administered in a take-home format. The time allocation tocomplete each examination is 2 weeks.4. Fast spectrum system design project (FSSDP) will be assigned in addition to the regular homeworkassignments. The project will facilitate familiarization with the course topics. Project reports andoral presentations/defense of the developed designs will serve as the course final examination.The project presentations will be administered in a conference format. In addition, the bestproject/presentation will be selected (research originality, quality and level of the performedstudies, etc.) and recommended for presentation at the ANS conference (full financial support ofattendance will be offered).2181

NUEN689 Special Topics in Fast Spectrum Systems and Applications, Pavel V. Tsvetkov, Spring 2007Detailed Course Outline (all dates are subject to change depending on the course progress)1. INTRODUCTION1.1. Course overview1.2. Principles of nuclear reactors, nuclear power2. FUNDAMENTALS OF NUCLEAR SYSTEMSTopic Lecture - Date Task2.1. Characteristics of the fission reaction, neutron moderation, practical fuels2.2. Reactor power, fuel burnup, and fuel consumption2.3. Neutron chain-reacting systems2.4. Homogeneous and heterogeneous cores, reflectors2.5. Reactor kinetics and dynamics, reactivity feedback2.6. Core composition changes during reactor operation, nuclear system lifetime3. MATHEMATICAL DESCRIPTION OF PHYSICAL PHENOMENA3.1. General considerations about reactor physics, engineering requirements3.2. Description of the neutron distribution3.3. Nuclear data, cross sections, and reaction rates3.4. Basic scheme of nuclear system modeling methods3.5. Deterministic modeling of nuclear systems3.6. Stochastic modeling of nuclear systems4. NUCLEAR DATA AND CROSS SECTION PROCESSING4.1. Cross-section data4.2. Evaluated nuclear data files4.3. Nuclear data needs for future nuclear systems and technologies5. SENSITIVITY AND UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS5.1. Views of uncertainty, uncertainty analysis – determination of uncertainties5.2. Statistics and analysis of uncertainty5.3. Sensitivity analysis5.4. Uncertainties and error propagation5.5. Optimizing advanced power system designs under uncertainty6. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR ENERGY6.1. Nuclear energy6.2. Nuclear fuel cycle, reprocessing, partitioning & transmutation6.3. Radioactive waste management, motivation for partitioning & transmutation6.4. Modern analysis methods and codes, nuclear fuel cycle modeling7. NUCLEAR SYSTEMS AND NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLES7.1. Once through (open) and closed fuel cycles – comparison of nuclear fuelcycle schemes7.2. Nuclear fuel cycle problems and challenges7.3. Principal actinide transmutation strategies7.4. Fission product transmutation7.5. Plutonium recycling - light water reactor MOX, fast reactor MOX7.6. Plutonium and minor actinide recycling (light water reactors, fast reactors,and accelerator driven systems)7.7. Closed fuel cycle - consequences for geologic disposal7.8. Nuclear data uncertainties and transmutation7.9. Sensitivity, uncertainty and target accuracy for future nuclear systemsJanuary01/23– 01.16.07 (T) -02/23 – 01.18.07 (TR) -03/23 – 01.23.07 (T) HW #1-04/23 – 01.25.07 (TR) -05/23 – 01.30.07 (T) -February06/23 – 02.01.07 (TR)HW #1 Due DateHW #2-07/23 – 02.06.07 (T) -3182

NUEN689 Special Topics in Fast Spectrum Systems and Applications, Pavel V. Tsvetkov, Spring 2007Topic Lecture - Date Task8. DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF NUCLEAR SYSTEMS AND FUEL CYCLES8.1. Core composition changes8.2. Nuclide production-destruction equations, adiabatic fuel depletion modeling8.3. Equilibrium fuel cycle8.4. Reactivity effects of fuel composition changes, core management8.5. Reactor properties over life8.6. Neutronics and thermal-hydraulics coupling8.7. Fuel cycle optimization: linear and non-linear reactivity models, optimumequilibrium cycles8.8. Partitioning and transmutation modeling9. ADVANCED NUCLEAR SYSTEM MODELING: DATA, METHODS, TOOLS9.1. Current trends in modeling and simulation9.2. Basic data needs9.3. Perturbation method for pointwise depletion modeling9.4. Parallelized higher-order generalized depletion perturbation theory9.5. Modeling of subcritical systems with external sources9.6. Evolutionary multi-criteria optimization9.7. Codes for sensitivity-uncertainty studies10. SYSTEMS ANALYSIS – INTEGRATED MODEL APPLICATION10.1. System codes for nuclear fuel cycle studies10.2. Uncertainty analysis of advanced fuel cycles10.3. Analysis of innovative nuclear systems and fuel cycles08/23 – 02.08.07 (TR) -09/23 – 02.13.07 (T) -10/23 – 02.15.07 (TR)HW #2 Due DateFAST SPECTRUM SYSTEM DESIGN PROJECT – PRESENTATIONS, SERIES 1 02.20.07 (T) FSSDP1-11. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND FAST SPECTRUM SYSTEMS11.1. Spent fuel - light water reactor, light water reactor MOX, fast reactor MOX11.2. Radiotoxicity of fission products11.3 Advanced conditioning of minor actinides11.4. Transmutation of minor actinides12. PARTITIONING AND TRANSMUTATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERINGIN RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT12.1. Aqueous and pyrochemical reprocessing technologies and recycling oftransuranic elements and fission products12.2. Partitioning of minor actinides from aqueous reprocessing streams12.3. Pyrochemical reprocessing12.4. Separation of long lived fission and activation products12.5. Conditioning of separated minor actinides12.6. Dual purpose conditioning for transmutation and disposal - inert matrix fuels12.7. Global status of reprocessing13. TRANSMUTATION13.1. Physics of transmutation, transmutation efficiency13.2. Transmutation strategies13.3. Homogeneous recycling13.4. Heterogeneous recycling and its potential limitations13.5. Transmutation issues of long-lived fission products13.6. Fuel concepts for transmutation13.7. Transmutation potential of various nuclear systems including dedicated cores13.8. Transmutation systems and safety411/23 – 02.22.07 (TR) Exam 112/23 – 02.27.07 (T) -March13/23 – 03.01.07 (TR) -183

NUEN689 Special Topics in Fast Spectrum Systems and Applications, Pavel V. Tsvetkov, Spring 200714. FAST REACTORSTopic Lecture - Date Task14.1. Fast reactor principles14.2. Design considerations: materials, neutronics, heat transfer, and systems14.3. Fast reactors for actinide transmutation14.4. Safety of fast reactors14.5. Fast reactor fuels14.6. Fast reactor structural materials14.7. Commercialization of fast reactors14.8. Fast reactor database14.9. Code systems for fast reactor studies15. HYBRID SYSTEMS15.1. Hybrid system principles15.2. Size of hybrid systems15.3. Practical systems15.4. Evaluation of hybrid systems15.5 Accelerator driven systems – international trends in research anddevelopment15.6. Fusion-driven systems14/23 – 03.06.07 (T) -15/23 – 03.08.07 (TR)Exam 1 Due DateHW #3Spring Break03.13.07 (T)03.15.07 (TR)FAST SPECTRUM SYSTEM DESIGN PROJECT – PRESENTATIONS, SERIES 2 03.20.07 (T) FSSDP216. ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT TRANSMUTATION CONCEPTS16.1. Nuclear fuel cycle strategies16.2. Partitioning and transmutation16.3 Consequences of transmutation on the fuel cylce16.4. International approach to transmutation16.5. Comparison of technologies17. ADVANCED FUEL CYCLE (AFC) PROGRAM17.1. Program background, goals and objectives17.2. Advanced nuclear fuel cycles17.3. Advanced Fuel Cycle (AFC) integrated program17.4. Separation (partitioning) technologies17.5. Fuel development17.6. Materials models and simulations in support of nuclear fuels development17.7. Transmutation science and engineering17.8. Systems analysis – integrated model application17.9. Status of the Advanced Fuel Cycle (AFC) research & development activities,18. GENERATION IV NUCLEAR ENERGY SYSTEMS AND FUEL CYCLES,GENERATION IV FAST REACTORS18.1. Generation IV technology18.2. Potential Generation IV fuel cycles18.3. Concept-independent front-end links in the fuel cycle18.4. Concept-specific fuel technologies18.5. Generation IV nuclear energy systems, transmutation impacts18.6. Concept-specific recycle technologies including partitioning & transmutation18.7. Concept-independent back-end links in the fuel cycle18.8. Status of Generation IV research – integrated model application516/23 – 03.22.07 (TR) -17/23 – 03.27.07 (T)HW #3 Due DateHW #4-18/23 – 03.29.07 (TR) -184

NUEN689 Special Topics in Fast Spectrum Systems and Applications, Pavel V. Tsvetkov, Spring 200718.9. Generation IV fast reactors19. GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP (GNEP) PROGRAMTopic Lecture - Date Task19.1. National energy policy and nuclear power19.2. Impact of partitioning and transmutation on nuclear non-proliferation19.3. Proliferation resistant partitioning and transmutation19.4. Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) program19.5. AFC program approach to spent fuel management19.6. U.S. Generation IV implementation19.7. AFC programs and funding levels19.8. AFC comparison report19.9. Status of the partitioning and transmutation program20. DESIGN ASPECTS OF ADVANCED BURNER REACTORS (ABR) –NEUTRONICS & HEAT REMOVAL, SAFETY, MATERIALS, AND SYSTEMS20.1. Actinide burner reactors, Advanced Liquid Metal Reactor (ALMR)20.2. Advanced Burner Reactor (ABR) design approach20.3. Influence of design parameters on actinide burning20.4. Metallic- and oxide-fueled ABR designs20.5. Transuranic element processing20.6. Fission product processing20.7. Improved reprocessing, waste management and disposal20.8. Environment, transportation, reprocessing safety20.9. Economics21. STATUS OF THE FAST REACTOR TECHNOLOGY WORLDWIDE21.1. Fast spectrum research reactors21.2. Commercial fast reactors and prototypes of commercial reactors21.3. ABTR-to-ABR development strategy21.4. GNEP political viability21.5. GNEP deployment impact22. 2008 DECISION TECHNICAL CRITERIA22.1. Purpose of the 2008 decision22.2. Options22.3. Criteria22.4. GNEP objectives and strategy22.5. Question hierarchy – technology, cost, business plan23. INTRINSICALLY PROTECTED NUCLEAR POWER23.1. Concerns23.2. Protection by design23.3. Development stage23.4. Maturity and termination stage23.5. Intrinsically protected nuclear powerApril19/23 – 04.03.07 (T)HW #4 Due DateExam 220/23 – 04.05.07 (TR) -21/23 – 04.10.07 (T) -22/23 – 04.12.07 (TR) -23/23 – 04.17.07 (T)Exam 2 Due Date-FAST SPECTRUM SYSTEM DESIGN PROJECT – PRESENTATIONS, SERIES 3(DAY 1)FAST SPECTRUM SYSTEM DESIGN PROJECT – PRESENTATIONS, SERIES 3(DAY 2)04.19.07 (TR)04.24.07 (T)6185

NUEN689 Special Topics in Fast Spectrum Systems and Applications, Pavel V. Tsvetkov, Spring 2007Topic Lecture - Date TaskFAST SPECTRUM SYSTEM DESIGN PROJECT – PRESENTATIONS, SERIES 3(DAY 3)04.26.07 (TR)7186

NUEN689 Special Topics in Fast Spectrum Systems and Applications, Pavel V. Tsvetkov, Spring 2007Course Policy, Assignment Submission Guidelines and Grading Policy1. Academic Integrity Statement: “An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those who do.”For additional information please visit http://www.tamu.edu/aggiehonor2. Professional Behavior: An important attribute of your professional development is that you act andspeak in a manner that will not offend others giving particular care to diversity issues.3. Assignments (HW solution sets and FSSDP report):• Preparation (grade penalty up to a full assignment worth for not following the guidelines):Each HW solution set: (1) give assignment number and attach assignment as a cover, (2) useonly front side of each page, (3) provide brief problem statements, (4) be neat and legibleand present work logically to allow easy follow-up, (5) if asked for a numerical result, giveformula and number with units, (6) staple your setFSSDP report and materials: (1) up to 50 pages (no handwriting) including contents, lists offigures and tables, introduction, problem description, model development, results,conclusions, references, etc., (2) if you created auxiliary materials – list them in theAppendix and E-mail actual materials (including your project presentations), (3) providethe list of references at the end of your report• Submission of the HW solution sets and the FSSDP reports and materials:HW solution sets, FSSDP report and materials: Work together is encouraged. The participatingclassmates must be listed on the first page. However, the final submitted assignments mustbe individual work efforts. If blatant copying is detected, the score will be 0 for allstudents involvedALL assignments are due at the start of class on the due date!NO late assignments accepted without creditable excuse/explanation for delay!NO assignments will be accepted after the last day of classes! (see the course scheduleprovided in this syllabus)LATE SUBMISSION (1 WEEK TO EXPLAIN AND ASK FOR A NEW DUE DATE):If a student cannot submit his work by the due date, he has 1 week after the due dateto explain the reasons for the delay and ask for a new due date.Depending on the provided explanation and the assignment submission history of astudent, the new due date will be assigned or denied (the delayed work will not beaccepted in this case).NO GRADE PENALTY.If the student fails to contact instructor within 1 week after the due date, the delayedwork will not be accepted. No exceptions!• Re-submission of HW sets:If you re-do your assignment, you can increase your grade by at least 10% of the original worth(up to 100% depending on the originality).ONLY ONE RESUBMISSION OF EACH ASSIGNMENT IS PERMITTED.8187

NUEN689 Special Topics in Fast Spectrum Systems and Applications, Pavel V. Tsvetkov, Spring 20074. Structure of final course score:Course ElementElement ScoreHomework Problem Sets 30%Midterm Examination 115%Midterm Examination 215%30%Fast Spectrum System Design Project – Presentation, Series 1 (Initial)Fast Spectrum System Design Project – Presentation, Series 2 (Progress)55 40%Fast Spectrum System Design Project – Presentation, Series 3 (Final)Fast Spectrum System Design Project – Final Technical Report1020TOTAL Final Course Score 100%5. Final course grade ranges:Final Course ScoreFinal Course Grade90% and above A80 - 89.5% B70 - 79.5% C60 - 69.5% DPrepared by: Dr. Pavel V. Tsvetkov. Date: January 14, 2007Scholastic Dishonesty and the Aggie Honor Code: "An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate thosewho do." The Code forbids the following:• Cheating: Attempting to use unauthorized materials, information, notes, study aids or other devices ormaterials in any academic exercise.• Fabrication: Making up data or results; submitting fabricated documents.• Falsification: Manipulating results such that research is not accurately represented in the research record.• Multiple Submissions: Submitting substantial portions of the same work (including oral reports) for creditmore than once without authorization from instructors.• Plagiarism: Using another person’s ideas, work, processes, results, writings, words, etc. without givingappropriate credit.• Complicity: Intentionally or knowingly helping, or attempting to help, another to commit an act ofacademic dishonesty.If you have questions regarding scholastic dishonesty and the Aggie Honor Code, please visithttp://www.tamu.edu/aggiehonor for the Honor Council Rules and Procedures, and http://studentrules.tamu.edufor the Texas A&M University Student Rules.Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federalantidiscrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities.Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learningenvironment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have adisability requiring an accommodation, please tell your instructor or contact the Department of Student Life,Services for Students with Disabilities, in Cain Hall, or call 845-1637.Religious Holidays: If you are a member of a religious faith that has one or more holidays which require youto be absent from any class listed above, please tell your instructor at least two weeks in advance of yourabsence and make arrangements to make-up the class.Copyrights: The handouts used in this course are copyrighted. By "handouts" we mean all materials generatedfor this class, which include but are not limited to syllabi, lab problems, in-class materials, review sheets, andadditional problem sets. Because these materials are copyrighted, you do not have the right to copy thehandouts, unless the author expressly grants permission.9188

NUEN 689 – Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Nuclear MaterialSafeguardsSpring 2007Course SyllabusCOURSE DESCRIPTIONA description of the civilian and military nuclear fuel cycles is given including the physics of thefundamental components of the fuel cycle (including enrichment, fuel fabrication, reactors, andreprocessing). The student learns methods for analysis of these cycles. Topics include the nuclearfuel resources, mining, and metallurgy; enrichment and conversion; reactor fuel design andfabrication; in-core fuel management; reprocessing and recycling; fuel cycle economics andanalysis; heavy water and tritium production; and high level waste management. The course alsodetails the fundamentals of nuclear material safeguards. This includes material protection,control, and accounting practices and the IAEA system of safeguards. The course also coversstatistics applied to safeguards; the additional protocol; strengthened and integrated safeguards;environmental sampling; remote monitoring; application of NDA and DA to safeguards; andapplication of measurement techniques to reactors, fuel fabrication facilities, reprocessing plants,enrichment plants, and critical assemblies.COURSE OBJECTIVESThe primary goal of this course is to educate the student in the fundamentals of nuclear fuelcycles and nuclear material safeguards and how to design and analyze these. After completingthis course, the student will be able to:1. Describe all of the steps in military and civilian nuclear fuel cycles.2. Perform engineering calculations to assess major elements of a fuel cycle.3. Describe the fundamentals of how nuclear material safeguards are implemented to securenuclear material from theft and diversion.4. Perform an analysis of foreign nuclear fuel cycles.5. Assess the effectiveness of safeguards systems.6. Design a safeguards system for implementation in a fuel cycle facility.7. Use quantitative and qualitative assessment techniques to provide estimates of datareliability.CLASS TIME AND LOCATIONThis course will meet three days per week. The course consists of three hours of in-class lectureaccording to the following schedule:Time: MWF 3:00 P.M. - 3:50 P.M.Place: ZACH 104D1189

INSTRUCTORTwo instructors will be available for this class:1. William S. Charlton, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Nuclear Engineering DepartmentTexas A&M UniversityCollege Station, TX 77843-3133Office: ZACH 122FOffice Hours: MW 9:00-11:00 or by appointmentPhone: 979-845-7092Fax: 979-845-6443Email: wcharlton@tamu.edu2. David R. Boyle, Ph.D.Associate Director, Nuclear Security Science and Policy InstituteTexas A&M UniversityCollege Station, TX 77843-3133Office: ZACH 122EOffice Hours: MW 10:00-12:00 or by appointmentPhone: 979-862-8037Fax: 979-845-6443Email: dboyle@tamu.eduYou are welcome to stop by at any time we are available, but office hour times are rather limited.Thus, it is suggested that you use email as the primary means of contact for both professors inthis class. This will provide for a record of the communication and allow for scheduling of amore specific time to meet and discuss any issues you have in class.TEXTBOOKSLecture NotesThe primary reference for this course is a set of lecture notes which will be provided inelectronic format to the students via the university’s WebCT system. The students should printthese notes and bring them to class for each lecture session. The lecture notes provided to thestudents will include blank spaces which will need to be filled in by the students during thelecture.Required TextThe following textbook is required for this class:1. R.G. Cochran and N. Tsoulfanidis, The Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Analysis and Management,2nd Edition, ISBN: 0894484516, American Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, IL, 1999.This text is available for purchase online at http://www.ans.org/store/vi-350015. Readings for thelectures will be assigned from this text as well as selected problem sets.2190

Electronic DocumentsSeveral electronic resources will also be used for course readings. The majority of these can befound on the open web and will be provided via download from WebCT. The followingelectronic documents will be provided to the student:1. The IAEA Safeguards Glossary: 2001 Edition, IAEA/NVS/3/CD, International AtomicEnergy Agency, Vienna, Austria, 2002. http://wwwpub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/nvs-3-cd/PDF/NVS3_prn.pdf.2. Safeguards Techniques and Equipment: 2003 Edition, IAEA/NVS/1, InternationalAtomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, 2003. http://wwwpub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/NVS1-2003_web.pdf.3. Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, United Nations. Text available athttp://disarmament.un.org/wmd/npt/index.html.4. The Structure and Content of Agreements Between the Agency and the States Required inConnection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of nuclear Weapons, INFCIRC/153,International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, June 1972.http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Documents/Infcircs/Others/infcirc153.pdf.5. Model Protocol Additional to the Agreement(s) Between the State(s) and theInternational Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards, INFCIRC/540,International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, 1997.http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Documents/Infcircs/1998/infcirc540corrected.pdf.6. ITV7. Design Measures to Facilitate Implementation of Safeguards at Future Water CooledNuclear Power Plants, STI/DOC/010/392, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna,Austria, 1998. http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/TRS392_scr.pdf.8. The Evolution of IAEA Safeguards, IAEA/NVS/2, International Atomic Energy Agency,Vienna, Austria, 1998. http://wwwpub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/NVS2_web.pdf.9. A.S. Goldman, R.R. Picard, and J.P. Shipley, “Statistical Methods for Nuclear MaterialsSafeguards: An Overview,” Technometrics, 24(4), 267-275 (1982).10. H. Ainger et al., “International Target Values 2000 for Measurement Uncertainties inSafeguarding Nuclear Materials,” JNMM, 30(2), pp. 1-49 (2000).METHOD OF EVALUATIONThe student’s grade will be determined based on the following percentages:40% - Homework30% - Mid-Term Exam30% - Final ExamThe grades will be determined on the following scale:A - 90.00-100.00B - 80.00-89.99C - 70.00-79.99D - 60.00-69.99F - 0.00-59.993191

HomeworkHomework assignments will consist of short problem sets (generally 4-6 problems eachassignment). These assignments are intended to exercise the student’s understanding of bothlecture and reading material. Homework will be assigned approximately every week and will bedue according to the schedule at the end of this syllabus.Each Homework submitted should (1) give the assignment number, (2) use only the front side ofeach page, (3) provide a brief problem statement, (4) be neat and legible and present worklogically to allow the reader to follow the solution progression, (5) provide units for solutionswhere applicable, and (6) be stapled together.Mid-Term ExaminationA written mid-term examination will be conducted according to the schedule below. This examwill be an in-class, closed-book, closed-notes exam and will cover all matter covered up to thedate of the exam.Final ExaminationA final examination for the class will be scheduled according to the approved University FinalExamination Schedule. This exam will be comprehensive and cover all information discussed inlectures, readings, and homework. A review sheet will be provided to the student to aid instudying for this exam.LATENESS POLICYLate homeworks may be submitted late but will be deducted 10% per day after the due date.ONLINE COURSE MATERIALAn electronic copy of this syllabus, the course schedule, all lecture notes, data tables,supplemental readings, and homework assignments will be available to the student through theUniversity’s WebCT system.The instructor will use the WebCT email system and discussion boards to communicateimportant messages to the students. Students should check their email often to keep updated oncurrent messages. Also, the student’s grades will be posted on the WebCT system, and thestudents can use this system to check their grades at any time.The WebCT system can be accessed through elearning.tamu.edu. If you are unfamiliar with thissystem, please ask the instructor for help or consult the Information Technology Services staff byemailing them at its@tamu.edu.ADA STATEMENTThe Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that providescomprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, thislegislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that4192

provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disabilityrequiring an accommodation, please contact the Department of Student Life, Services forStudents with Disabilities in Room B118 of Cain Hall. The phone number is 845-1637.COPYRIGHTSThe handouts used in this course are copyrighted. By "handouts" we mean all materialsgenerated for this class, which include but are not limited to syllabi, lab problems, in-classmaterials, review sheets, and additional problem sets. Because these materials are copyrighted,you do not have the right to copy the handouts, unless the author expressly grants permission.SCHOLASTIC DISHONESTYAs commonly defined, plagiarism consists of passing off as one's own the ideas, work, writings,etc., that belong to another. In accordance with this definition, you are committing plagiarism ifyou copy the work of another person and turn it in as your own, even if you have the permissionof that person. Plagiarism is one of the worst academic sins, for the plagiarist destroys the trustamong colleagues without which research cannot be safely communicated. If you have questionsregarding plagiarism, please consult the latest issue of the Texas A&M University Student Rules[http://student-rules.tamu.edu/], under the section “Scholastic Dishonesty.”RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYSIf you are a member of a religious faith that has one or more holidays which require you to beabsent from any class listed above, please tell your instructor at least two weeks in advance ofyour absence and make arrangements to make-up the class.5193

Spring 2007 ScheduleModule Session Subject Due Readings Instructor DateIntroduction 1 Introduction to Fuel Cycles and Safeguards Cochran 1.1-1.7IAEA/NVS/2 pp. 1-38Boyle 17-Jan-07Overview ofIAEA2 The International Safeguards System IAEA/NVS/3/CD pp. 1-36INFCIRC 153Charlton 19-Jan-07Safeguards 3 Nuclear Material Accountancy IAEA/NVS/3/CD pp. 37-47IAEA/NVS/2 pp. 39-58Charlton 22-Jan-074 Nuclear Material Measurement Techniques andEquipmentIAEA/NVS/3/CD pp. 48-53IAEA/NVS/1 pp. 1-35Charlton 24-Jan-075 Containment, Surveillance, and Monitoring Homework 01 IAEA/NVS/3/CD pp. 54-58IAEA/NVS/1 pp. 36-53Charlton 26-Jan-076 Statistical Concepts and Techniques for NuclearMaterial VerificationIAEA/NVS/3/CD pp. 62-68Goldman et al. pp. 267-275Charlton 29-Jan-077 Environmental Sampling IAEA/NVS/3/CD pp. 59-61IAEA/NVS/1 pp. 75-82Charlton 31-Jan-078 Physical Protection Homework 02 INFCIRC 540 Charlton 2-Feb-079 Inspections and Reports IAEA/NVS/3/CD p. 69-84 Charlton 5-Feb-07IAEA/NVS/2 pp. 59-69Front-End 10 Mining/Milling and Uranium Conversion Cochran 2.1-2.11, 3.1-3.3 Boyle 7-Feb-07Front-EndSafeguardsMeasures11121314151617Uranium Enrichment: Gaseous Diffusion and Homework 03 Cochran 3.4-3.5 Boyle 9-Feb-07CentrifugeUranium Enrichment: Laser and ElectromagneticCochran 3.6-3.9 Boyle 12-Feb-07SeparationFuel Fabrication Cochran 4.1-4.7 Boyle 14-Feb-07Bulk Measurement Methods (Weight, Volume, and Homework 04 Ainger et al. pp. 1-49 Charlton 16-Feb-07Flow)Chemical Assay Methods (Separation Methods) Charlton 19-Feb-07Chemical Assay Methods (SIMS, TIMS, and IDMS) Charlton 21-Feb-07Passive Nondestructive Assay Methods Homework 05 Charlton 23-Feb-0718Case Study: Safeguards Approach for SmallEnrichment PlantCharlton26-Feb-076194

Module Session Subject Due Readings Instructor DateTransmuter 19 Fuel Irradiation in a Nuclear Reactor Cochran 5.1-5.4 Charlton 28-Feb-0720 In-core Fuel Management Homework 06 Cochran 6.1-6.5 Charlton 2-Mar-07Transmuter 21 Remote and Unattended Monitoring IAEA/NVS/1 pp. 54-64 Charlton 5-Mar-07SafeguardsMeasures 22 Case Study: Safeguards Approach for a CANDUSTI/DOC/010/392 pp. 1-56 Charlton 7-Mar-07ReactorMid-Term 23 Mid-Term Exam Mid-Term Exam None 9-Mar-07Holiday Spring Break None 12-Mar-07Spring Break None 14-Mar-07Spring Break None 16-Mar-07Back-End 24 Spent Fuel Storage Cochran 9.5 Boyle 19-Mar-0725 Spent Fuel Reprocessing (PUREX) Cochran 7.1-7.4 Boyle 21-Mar-0726 Spent Fuel Reprocessing (AIROX) Homework 07 Boyle 23-Mar-0727 Spent Fuel Reprocessing (BUTEX) Boyle 26-Mar-0728 Spent Fuel Reprocessing (Pyroprocessing and other) Boyle 28-Mar-0729 MOX Fuel Fabrication and Irradiation Homework 08 Cochran 7.5, 7.6, 4.5.2 Boyle 30-Mar-0730 Heavy Water and Tritium Production Boyle 2-Apr-0731 Waste Treatment, Management, and Disposal Cochran 9.1-9.7, 10.1-10.5 Boyle 4-Apr-07Holiday Reading Day, Easter None 6-Apr-07Back-End 32 Chemical Assay Methods (Sample Dissolution andCharlton 9-Apr-07SafeguardsMeasures 33Separation)Chemical Assay Methods (Calorimetry and AlphaCharlton 11-Apr-07Counting)34 Passive Nondestructive Assay Methods Homework 09 Charlton 13-Apr-0735 Case Study: Safeguards Approach for LargeReprocessing PlantCharlton16-Apr-077195

Module Session Subject Due Readings Instructor DateFuel CycleAssessments36 Material Flowsheet Assessments Charlton 18-Apr-0737 Economic Assessments Homework 10 Cochran 8.1-8.6 Charlton 20-Apr-0738 Fuel Cycle Optimizations Charlton 23-Apr-07SafeguardSystemsAssessment39 Integrated Safeguards Analysis Charlton 25-Apr-0740 Data Verification Homework 11 IAEA/NVS/1 pp. 65-74 Charlton 27-Apr-0741 Game-Theoretical Analysis Charlton 30-Apr-0742 Case Study: Analysis of the Indian Fuel Cycle Charlton 1-May-07Final Exam 43 Final Exam Final Exam None 8-May-078196

NUEN 689Nuclear Nonproliferation and Arms ControlFall 2006Course SyllabusCOURSE DESCRIPTIONThis course will study the political and technological issues associated with nuclearnonproliferation and arms control. Topics studied will include the history of arms control,descriptions and effects of weapons of mass destruction, the technology of nuclear weapons,details of various arms control treaties and efforts, proliferation pathways in the nuclear fuelcycle, international and domestic safeguards, proliferation resistance in the nuclear fuel cycle,nonproliferation strategies, treaty verification regimes, nuclear terrorism, verifying theelimination of weapons programs, safeguards measurement techniques for material accountancyprograms, containment and surveillance, and physical protection mechanisms.COURSE OBJECTIVESThe primary goal of this course is to educate the student in the political, historical, and technicalissues associated with battling the proliferation of nuclear weapons. The student will gainexpertise in the following topic areas:1. History of nuclear weapons development2. Technologies used by the proliferator3. Known and suspected weapons programs around the world4. Arms control treaties and treaty verification5. Technologies and techniques for securing nuclear materials6. Technologies for monitoring for proliferation activities and verifying the elimination ofweapons programs7. Proliferation within the commercial nuclear fuel cycle8. Nuclear terrorismAfter completing this course, the student will be able to:1. Describe the history of nuclear weapons including a description of the weapons programsof the U.S., U.K., U.S.S.R., China, France, India, Pakistan, South Africa, Iran, Iraq,North Korea, Libya, and Israel.2. List and describe the skills, capabilities, and materials needed by a proliferator to producea nuclear weapon.3. Calculate HEU and Pu production quantities for various nuclear facilities.4. Identify proliferation risks in a nuclear fuel cycle or in a collection of facilities within acountry.5. Determine methods for safeguarding nuclear material at declared facilities and describethe technology used to measure bulk nuclear materials.6. Describe methods for identifying covert nuclear activities and how they can be applied totreaty verification.1197

7. Understand the need for future developments in nonproliferation policy and technology.8. Assess the interaction between technology and policy in the nonproliferation arenaCLASS TIME AND LOCATIONMandatory Meeting Times and LocationsThis course will meet three days per week. The course consists of three hours of in-class lectureaccording to the following schedule:Time: MWF 11:30 A.M. - 12:20 P.M.Place: Zach 104AOptional Meeting Times and LocationsOnce per week a voluntary study session will meet in the ZACH 121 Conference Room on T5:00 P.M.–7:00 P.M. Attendance to these sessions are optional. No lecture material or newmaterial will be presented. The instructor will answer questions and be available to help solveproblems (including homeworks).INSTRUCTORWilliam S. Charlton, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Nuclear Engineering DepartmentDirector, Nuclear Security science and Policy InstituteOffice Address: ZACH 122FPhone: (979) 845-7092 Fax: (979) 845-6443Email: wcharlton@tamu.eduOffice Hours: MWF 13:30-15:00TEXTBOOKSThe principle source of information for this course is a set of electronic notes which will beprovided to the student in MS PowerPoint form. The following text is required as a supplementfor these notes:1. Robert F. Mozley, “The Politics and Technology of Nuclear Proliferation,” TheUniversity of Washington Press, Seattle, Washington (1998).The following texts are not required; however, the student may find them to be valuableresources for additional information:1. Robert Serber, “The Los Alamos Primer: The First Lectures on How to Build an AtomicBomb,” University of California Press (1992). *2. Richard Kokoski, “Technology and the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,” OxfordUniversity Press, New York (1995).* An electronic copy of “The Los Alamos Primer” (a Los Alamos Unclassified Report) will be provided to thestudent; however, the hardcover text referred to here includes a series of annotations and notes by Richard Rhodeswhich provide excellent insight into the book’s material. These notes are not available in the electronic versionwhich will be provided by the instructor.2198

3. Randall Forsberg, “Nonproliferation Primer: Preventing the Spread of Nuclear, Chemical,and Biological Weapons,” MIT Press, Cambridge (1995).4. Paul L. Leventhal, Sharon Tanzer, and Steven Dolley, “Nuclear Power and the Spread ofNuclear Weapons,” Brassey's, Inc., Washington, D.C. (2002).Various additional texts will be provided in electronic format to the student and will be used forthe class readings.METHOD OF EVALUATIONStudents will be graded on homework and simulation exercises. Homework will be assignedthroughout the semester (normally you will be assigned one homework set every other week).Four simulation exercises will be held throughout the semester. Prior to each exercise thestudents will submit pre-simulation materials in small groups. The student will be graded on boththe pre-simulation materials and the performance in the exercise.The student’s final grade will be determined according to the following percentages:40% - Homework35% - Pre-Simulation Exercise Material25% - Simulation Exercise ParticipationThe grades will be determined on the following scale:A - 90.00-100.00B - 80.00-89.99C - 70.00-79.99D - 60.00-69.99F - 0.00-59.99Late homework will be deducted 10% per day after the due date.A schedule of all assignment due dates is shown at the end of this syllabus.ONLINE COURSE MATERIALAll of the material for this course will be maintained on the University’s WebCT Vista system.This includes an electronic copy of this syllabus, the course schedule, all lecture notes,supplemental readings, and homework assignments. The instructor will use the WebCT Vistaemail system and discussion board to communicate important messages to the students. Studentsshould check their email often to keep updated on current messages. Also, the student’s gradeswill be posted on the WebCT Vista system, and the students can use this system to check theirgrades at any time.The WebCT system can be accessed through elearning.tamu.edu. If you are unfamiliar with thissystem, instruction will be provided.3199

ADA STATEMENTThe Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that providescomprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, thislegislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment thatprovides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disabilityrequiring an accommodation, please contact the Department of Student Life, Services forStudents with Disabilities in Room B118 of Cain Hall. The phone number is 845-1637.COPYRIGHTSThe handouts used in this course are copyrighted. By "handouts" we mean all materialsgenerated for this class, which include but are not limited to syllabi, lab problems, in-classmaterials, review sheets, and additional problem sets. Because these materials are copyrighted,you do not have the right to copy the handouts, unless the author expressly grants permission.SCHOLASTIC DISHONESTYAs commonly defined, plagiarism consists of passing off as one's own the ideas, work, writings,etc., that belong to another. In accordance with this definition, you are committing plagiarism ifyou copy the work of another person and turn it in as your own, even if you have the permissionof that person. Plagiarism is one of the worst academic sins, for the plagiarist destroys the trustamong colleagues without which research cannot be safely communicated. If you have questionsregarding plagiarism, please consult the latest issue of the Texas A&M University Student Rules[http://student-rules.tamu.edu/], under the section "Scholastic Dishonesty."4200

NUEN 689 Fall 2006 Course ScheduleModule Session Date SubjectOverviewNuclear Weapons1228-Aug30-AugIntroduction to Nonproliferation and Arms ControlScientific FoundationsDevelopment and 3 1-Sep Developments Prior to WWIIthe Technology of4 4-Sep Foundations of the Manhattan ProjectProliferation5 6-Sep The Early Stages of the Manhattan ProjectKnown and67891011128-Sep11-Sep13-Sep15-Sep18-Sep20-Sep22-SepThe Manhattan ProjectTo the End of WWIIThe Cold WarThe Breakup of the Soviet UnionMaterial Production Calculations with ORIGENSimulation: Ukraine Nuclear Weapons ExerciseU.S., U.S.S.R., U.K., France, and ChinaSuspected Nuclear 13 25-Sep India and PakistanWeapons Programs14 27-Sep Argentina and BrazilTechnologies and1516171819202129-Sep2-Oct4-Oct6-Oct9-Oct11-Oct13-OctSouth AfricaIsraelIranNorth KoreaIraq and LibyaSimulation: Negotiations with IranNuclear Safeguards and the Security of Nuclear MaterialProcesses for the 22 16-Oct Nuclear Materials MeasurementsProtection, Control,23 18-Oct Physical Protectionand Accounting of24Nuclear Materials20-Oct Containment and Surveillance Technologies25 23-Oct Process HoldupDetecting26272825-Oct27-Oct30-OctFuel Cycle AssessmentsProliferation Resistance for Commercial Fuel CyclesAnalyzing the Technological Capabilities of CountriesUndeclared29 1-Nov Open Source Analysis and Commercial Satellite ImageryNuclear Activities30 3-Nov Facility and Test Emission Monitoringand Verifying the31Elimination of6-Nov Environmental SamplingNuclear Weapons 32 8-Nov Nuclear Weapons Testing Treaties and Test DetectionProgramsPreventing Nuclear33343510-Nov13-Nov15-NovVerifying the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons ProgramsSimulation: Proliferation Interdiction ExerciseIllicit Trafficking of Nuclear MaterialsTerrorism and 36 17-Nov Improvised Nuclear DevicesIllicit Nuclear37 20-Nov Radiological DevicesTrade38 22-Nov Field Detection of Nuclear MaterialsConclusions394041424324-Nov27-Nov29-Nov1-Dec4-DecThanksgiving HolidayEvent Response and AttributionExport ControlsSimulation: Terrorist Attack Research Reactor to Acquire HEUNuclear Security Challenges for the Future5201

NUEN 689 Fall 2006 Assignment ScheduleModule Session Date Assignment DueOverviewNuclear Weapons1228-Aug30-AugDevelopment and 3 1-Septhe Technology of4 4-SepProliferation5 6-Sep Homework #1 Due678910118-Sep11-Sep13-Sep Homework #2 DueKnown and12 22-SepSuspected Nuclear 13 25-SepWeapons Programs14 27-Sep Homework #3 Due15161718192029-Sep2-Oct4-Oct Homework #4 DueTechnologies and 21 13-OctProcesses for the 22 16-OctProtection, Control,23 18-Oct Homework #5 Dueand Accounting of24Nuclear Materials20-Oct25 23-Oct262725-Oct27-OctHomework #6 DueDetecting28 30-OctUndeclared29 1-Nov Homework #7 DueNuclear Activities30and Verifying the31Elimination ofNuclear Weapons 32Programs33Preventing Nuclear3435 15-NovTerrorism and 36 17-NovIllicit Nuclear37 20-NovTrade38 22-Nov Homework #8 Due39404142Conclusions43 4-Dec15-Sep18-Sep Complete Pre-Simulation Material #120-Sep Complete Simulation Exercise #16-Oct9-Oct Complete Pre-simulation Material #211-Oct Complete Simulation Exercise #23-Nov6-Nov8-Nov10-Nov Complete Pre-Simulation Material #313-Nov Complete Simulation Exercise #324-Nov27-Nov29-Nov Complete Pre-Simulation Material #41-Dec Complete Simulation Exercise #46202

NUEN 689-602 – RADIATION-HYDRODYNAMICSFall 2006Course SyllabusCOURSE DESCRIPTIONThis course will study the physics and numerical characteristics of the radiation-hydrodynamicsequations. These equations basically consist of the Euler equations of compressible fluiddynamics and the thermal radiation transport equation coupled via the exchange of energy andmomentum. The radiation-hydrodynamics equations play a major role in many hightemperature astrophysical phenomena as well as high-temperature terrestrial phenomenacharacterized by stellar-like temperatures. Inertial confinement fusion is an example of aterrestrial application in which radiation-hydrodynamics is of fundamental importance. From anumerical point of view, the radiation-hydrodynamics equations exhibit multiphysics/multiscalebehavior in that the time and length scales associated with these equations can vary greatly fromthose associated with either the hydrodynamics equations themselves or the thermal radiationtransport equation itself. The prerequisite for this course is NUEN 625 or 630 or equivalent.COURSE OBJECTIVESThe primary goal of this course is to educate the student in the basic physics and numerics of theradiation-hydrodynamics equations. The student will gain expertise in the following topic areas:1. The Euler equations.2. The equations of thermal radiation transport with a fixed transport medium.3. The asymptotic equilibrium-diffusion limit with a fixed transport medium.4. The grey radiation diffusion approximation.5. Simplified non-relativistic radiation-hydrodynamics equations in the laboratory framewith grey radiation diffusion.6. The Lagrangian picture and the Euler equations in Lagrangian form.7. Numerical techniques for linear advection.8. Time-integration techniques for non-linear systems.9. Lagrangian discretization techniques for the radiation-hydrodynamics equations withgrey radiation diffusion.10. The Galilean transformation.11. The Lorentz transformation.12. The thermal radiation transport equation cast in the laboratory frame.13. The thermal radiation transport equation cast in the co-moving frame.14. The non-relativistic P1 and diffusion approximations in the laboratory frame.15. The non-relativistic P1 and diffusion approximations in the co-moving frame.16. Simplified material-motion models for thermal radiation transport with non-relativisticflows.17. Hydrodynamics shock waves.18. Radiation-hydrodynamic shock waves.After completing this course, the student will be able to:1203

1. Derive the non-relativistic radiation-hydrodynamics equations and their associatedasymptotic limits.2. Understand the fundamental impact of material-motion on radiation transport.3. Understand both the laboratory and co-moving reference frames used to describeradiation transport.4. Write a computer program to solve the 1-D radiation-hydrodynamics equations using agrey diffusion approximation, and verify that program via elementary radiationhydrodynamicssolutions.CLASS TIME AND LOCATIONThis course will meet three days per week. The course consists of three hours of in-class lectureaccording to the following schedule:Time: MW 4:10 P.M. – 5:25 P.M.Place: Zach 105CINSTRUCTORJim E. Morel, Ph.D.Professor3133 TAMUCollege Station, TX 77843-3133Office Address: ZACH 121BPhone: (979) 845-6072Fax: (979) 845-6075Email: morel@tamu.eduOffice Hours: By AppointmentTEXTBOOKSThe principle source of information for this course is a set of electronic notes which will beprovided to the student in PDF form. The following text is suggested as a supplement for thesenotes: John I. Castor, “Radiation-Hydrodynamics,” Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,UK; New York (2004).METHOD OF EVALUATIONStudents will be graded on homework and exams. Homework will be assigned throughout thesemester (normally you will be assigned one homework set every other week). There will be twoexams: a mid-term exam and a final exam.The student's final grade will be determined according to the following percentages:40% - Homework30% - Two Exams30% - Final Exam2204

The homework will represent a conceptual preview of the exams. Full credit will be given for allhomework submitted on time assuming the student makes an honest effort to do each problem.All exams will be of the take-home type and will be designed to be conceptual rather thancalculationally intensive. No concept will appear on an exam unless it has also appeared in thehomework. The final exam will require use of a radiation-hydrodynamics code written by eachstudent.The grades will be determined on the following scale:A - 90.00-100.00B - 75.00-89.99C - 60.00-74.99F - 0.00-59.99ONLINE COURSE MATERIALAll of the material for this course will be maintained on the University’s WebCT Vista system.This includes an electronic copy of this syllabus, the course schedule, all lecture notes,supplemental readings, and homework assignments. The instructor will use the WebCT Vistaemail system and discussion board to communicate important messages to the students. Studentsshould check their email often to keep updated on current messages. Also, the student’s gradeswill be posted on the WebCT Vista system, and the students can use this system to check theirgrades at any time.The WebCT system can be accessed through webct.tamu.edu. If you are unfamiliar with thissystem, instruction will be provided.ATTENDENCEIn general, attendance at class is highly encouraged, but not required. If a student misses anexamination or an examination deadline due to illness or a religious holiday, a reasonableaccommodation will be made upon request. In all such cases, a student will be expected tosubmit a Texas A&M University Explanatory Statement for Absence from Class form available athttp://attendance.tamu.edu ADA STATEMENTThe Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that providescomprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, thislegislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment thatprovides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disabilityrequiring an accommodation, please contact the Department of Student Life, Services forStudents with Disabilities in Room 126 of the Koldus Building. The phone number is 845-1637.COPYRIGHTSThe handouts used in this course are copyrighted. By "handouts" we mean all materialsgenerated for this class, which include but are not limited to syllabi, lab problems, in-class3205

materials, review sheets, and additional problem sets. Because these materials are copyrighted,you do not have the right to copy the handouts, unless the author expressly grants permission.SCHOLASTIC DISHONESTYAs commonly defined, plagiarism consists of passing off as one's own the ideas, work, writings,etc., that belong to another. In accordance with this definition, you are committing plagiarism ifyou copy the work of another person and turn it in as your own, even if you have the permissionof that person. Plagiarism is one of the worst academic sins, for the plagiarist destroys the trustamong colleagues without which research cannot be safely communicated. If you have questionsregarding plagiarism, please consult the latest issue of the Texas A&M University Student Rules[http://student-rules.tamu.edu/], under the section "Scholastic Dishonesty."4206

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TABLE D.1MASTER’S DEGREE IN NUCLEAR ENGINEERINGSTUDENT NAME YEAR TITLE /THESIS ADVISORAmes, David E. II 2006 “Configuration adjustment potential Pavel Tsvetkovof the very high temperature reactorprismatic cores with advanced actinide fuels”Anderson, Nolan A. 2006 “Coupling RELAP5-3D and fluent Yassin Hassanto analyze a very high temperaturereactor (VHTR) outlet plenum”Bailey, Teresa S. 2006 “A piecewise linear finite element Marvin Adamsdiscretization of the diffusion equation”Candalino, Robert 2006 “Engineering analysis of low enriched William Charltonuranium fuel using improved zirconiumhydride cross sections”Carter, Jesse James 2006 “Analysis of a direct energy conversion Ron Hartsystem using medium energy helium ions”Johansen, Norman A. III 2006 “An active system for the detection of Ron Hartspecial fissile material in small watercraft”Moore, Eugene J. T. 2006 “RELAP 5-3d model validation and benchmark Yassin Hassanexercises for advanced gas cooled reactorapplication”Burk, David Edward 2005 “Forward model calculations for determining William Charltonisotopic compositions of materials used in aradiological dispersal device”Kohlhepp, Katherine 2005 “Evaluation of the use of engineering William Burchilljudgments applied to analytical humanreliability analysis methods (HRA)”Scott, Mark Robert 2005 “Nuclear forensics: attributing the source of William Charltonspent fuel used in an RDD event”Taraknath, Woodi, V. K. 2005 “Reactor accelerator coupling experiments: William Charltona feasibility study.Bingham, Avery 2004 Investigation into direct conversion with Ron Hartmedium energy He-ion beamsBraisted, Jonathan 2004 “Drift flux analysis of two phase flow Frederick Bestin microgravity”Cocheme, Francois Guilhem 2004 “Assessment of passive decay heat removal Kenneth Peddicordin the general atomics modular heliumreactor”Dominguez, Elvis Efren 2004 “Wall-pressure and PIV analysis for Yassin Hassanmicrobubble drag reduction investigation”Erugina, Vera 2004 “Safety assured financial evaluation Paul Nelsonof maintenance”214

STUDENT NAME YEAR TITLE /THESIS ADVISOREstrada, Carlos Eduardo 2004 “Analysis, comparison and modification of Yassin Hassanvarious particle image velocimetry (PIV)algorithms”Hardy, Richard Lee 2004 “The plasma focus as a thruster” Bruce FreemanScipolo, Vittorio 2004 “Scattered neutron tomography based on a Marvin Adamsneutron transport problem”Szakaly, Frank 2004 “Assessment of uranium-free nitride fuels Kenneth Peddicordfor spent fuel transmutation in fast reactorsystems”Valota, Luca 2004 “Microgravity flow pattern identification Fred Bestusing void fraction signals”Zhen, Ling 2004 “Wavelet analysis study of microbubble drag Yassin Hassanreduction in a boundary channel flow”Alexseev, Alexandre Viktorovich 2003 “Micro loop heat pipe evaporator Frederick Bestcoherent pore structures”Hawkins, William Daryl 2003 “Transport synthetic acceleration methods Marvin Adamsfor one-dimensional deterministic transportproblems”Phinney, Lucas Carter 2003 “Production of high voltage by Ron Hartion bombardment”Pratt, Preston Persley III 2003 “A three dimensional simulation of a thermal Yassin Hassanexperiment conducted on an accelerator drivensystem target model concept”Vasudevamurthy, Gokul 2003 “Optimized profile extraction and three Yassin Hassandimensional reconstruction techniquesapplied to bubble shapes”Yesilyurt, Gokhan 2003 “Numerical simulation of flow distribution Yassin Hassanfor pebble bed high temperature gascooled reactors”Furukawa, Toru 2002 “The dimensional reconstruction of bubble Yassin Hassandistribution in two-phase bubbly flowswith the dynamic programming method”Helton, Donald McLean Jr. 2002 “Calculation of unsteady turbulent Yassin Hassanflow around obstacles using the largeeddy simulation turbulence model”Reynaud, Sylvie Marie 2002 “Nitride fuel performance” Kenneth PeddicordReza, S.M. Mohsin 2002 “Simulation of subcooled boiling at low Yassin Hassanpressure conditions with RELAP5-3Dcomputer program”Rezvyi, Aleksey Victor 2002 “Flow instabilities in the core and coolant Yassin Hassan andcircuit of advanced low-boiling light water William Marlowreactor: classification of causes anddevelopment of simulator for future analysis”215

STUDENT NAME YEAR TITLE /THESIS ADVISORStone, Hiromi 2002 “Discontinuous finite element methods Marvin Adamsfor particle transport problem”Valette, Nicolas Dominique 2002 “Discretisation and solution of Marvin Adamsquasi-diffusion equations”Watson, Aaron 2002 “TAMCN: A tool for aggregate modeling Paul Nelsonof civil nuclear materials”Yilmaz, Fatma 2002 “Reactor materials study of EBR-II and Yassin HassanBN 350”TABLE D.2DOCTORAL DEGREE WITH NUCLEAR ENGINEERING FOCUSSTUDENT NAME YEAR TITLE /DISSERTATION ADVISORLansrud Brian David 2005 “A spatial multgrid iterative method for Marvin Adamstwo dimensional discrete-ordinatestransport problems”Nie, Chu 2005 “Water adsorption on aggregates of William Marlowspherical aerosol nano particles”Watson, Aaron Michael 2005 “The WN adaptive method for numerical Paul Nelsonsolution of particle transport problems”Chang, Jae Ho 2004 “Efficient algorithms for discrete-ordinates Marvin Adamstransport interations in massivelyparallel computers”Clarno, Kevin Taylor 2004 “An advanced nuclear reactor analysis Marvin Adamsmethodology for heterogeneous cores”Medvedev, Pavel 2004 “Development of dual phase magnesia-zirconia Kenneth Peddicordceramics for light water reactor inert matrix fuel”Oinuma, Ryoji 2004 “Fundamental study of evaporation Frederick Bestmodel in micron pore”Moisseytsev, Anton 2003 “Passive load follow analysis of the Kenneth PeddicordSTAR-LM and STAR-H2 systems”Tsvetkova, Galina 2003 “An autonomous long-term fast reactor Kenneth Peddicordsystem and the principal designlimitations of the concept”Tsvetkov, Pavel Valeryevich 2002 “Direct fission fragment energy Ron Hart andconversion utilizing magnetic collimation” Theodore Parish216

TABLE D.3MASTER’S DEGREE IN HEALTH PHYSICSStudent Name Year Title Thesis AdvisorLazarine, Alexis D. 2006 “Medical physics calculations with MCNP: John Forda primer”Handley, Stephen 2005 “Dental dose and image quality Ian Hamiltonsurveys using optically stimulatedluminescence”Rayadurgam, Sripriy 2005 “Design of a wall-less proportional W. Dan Reececounter for microdosimetry in nanometerdimensions”Taplin, Temeka 2005 “Design and construction of a compact Leslie Brabymulti-chamber tissue equivalentproportional counter”Cezeaux, Jason Roderick 2004 “Determination of petroleum pipe scale Ian Hamiltonsolubility in simulated lung fluid”Fruchtnicht, Enrich 2004 “Radon (Rn-222) and thoron (Rn-220) Ian Hamiltonemanation fractions from three separateformations of oil field pipe scale”Partouche, Julien 2004 “Stochastic modeling of the cell killing John Fordeffect for low and high-LET radiation”Redd, Alex Randall 2004 “Radiation dosimetry and medical John Fordphysics calculations using MCNP5”Usgaonker, Susrut Rajanikant 2004 “MCNP modeling of prostate Leslie Brabybrachytherepy and organ dosimetry”Khattri, Sanjay Kumar 2003 “Models for liquid droplet dynamics” James RockOlivia, Segio Eduardo 2003 “Method for the assessment of airborne James Rockoff-target pesticide spray concentrationsdue to aircraft wing tip vortex”Pavlenko, Illia 2003 “Design, improvement, and testing of a John Ford and Michael Schullerthermal-electrical analysis application of amultiple beta-tube AMTEC converter”Reynolds, Marissa Dawn 2003 “Radiation induced strand breakage analyzed John Fordby tunel technique”Gautier, Vincent Charles 2002 “Development of nuclear reactor remote W. Dan Reecemonitoring software (NRM) for the STARproject”Jiltchenkov, Dmitri 2002 “The development of a remote monitoring W. Dan Reecesystem for the nuclear science center reactor”McAffrey, Veronica Lynn 2002 “Neutralization of chemical and biological Ian Hamiltonweapons of mass destruction using nuclearmethods”217

STUDENT NAME YEAR TITLE THESIS ADVISORPahlka, Raymond Benton 2002 “Gap junction intercellular communication: John Forda micorinjection investigaion of fibroblastand epithelial cell lines”Park, Ju-Myon 2002 “Dynamic leakage from laboratory James Rock-safety hoods”TABLE D.4DOCTORAL DEGREE WITH HEALTH PHYSICS FOCUSSTUDENT NAME YEAR TITLE DISSERTATION ADVISORBosko, Andrei 2005 “General electric PETrace cyclotron W. Dan Reeceas a neutron source for boron neutroncapture therepy”Glagolenko, Anna Anatolievna 2005 “Effect of HZE radiation and diets rich in John Fordfiber and n-3 poly unsaturated fatty acids(n-3 PUFA) on colon cancer in rats”Ostrovskaya, Natela Grigoryevna 2005 “Development of a combined model of John Fordtissue kinetics and radiation response ofhuman bronchiolar epithelium withsingle cell resolution”Jang, Si 2004 “Advanced neutron irradiation system W. Dan Reeceusing Texas A&M University nuclearscience center reactor”Medvedev, Dmitry Gennadievich 2004 “Design, optimization and selectivity of John Ford and Abrahaminorganic ion-exchangers for radioactive Clearfieldwaste remediation”Medvedeva, Natalia Gennadievna 2004 “Influence of cell environment of John Fordmicronucleation in Chinese hamsterovary cells”Bhuiyan, Md. Nasir 2003 “A revised model for radiation dosimetry in John Poston, Sr.the human gastrointestinal tract”Dauffy, Lucile S 2003 “Dosimetric characteristics and a standard for Leslie Brabythe 198 Au seed used in interstitialbrachytherapy”Lee, Sung-Woo 2003 “Beta dose calculation in human arteries for W. Dan Reecevarious brachytherapy seed types”Arno, Matthew Gordon 2002 “Probabilistic dose assessment of normal Ian Hamiltonoperations and accident conditions for anassured isolation facility in Texas”Hsu, Wen-Hsing 2002 “Detectors and electronics for real time W. Dan Reecemeasurement of radiation dose and qualityusing the variance method”Vasudevan, Latha 2002 “Charged particle equilibrium corrections W. Dan Reece andfor photon sources from 400 keV to 1.4 MeV” John Poston, Sr.218

APPENDIX ERECENT RESEARCH PROJECTS219

Project Title Sponsor PI(s) Start Date End Date TotalMultiphase Flow Studiesthrough Packed BedsNASA - GlennResearch Center -Lewis Field(Cleveland, OH)Hassan, Yassin 23-JUL-04 31-MAR-08 $148,000Experimental Investigation ofSimultaneous Temperatureand Velocity Fields in WaterbasedNanofluids for WaterCooled Reactors - (NEER)Nuclear EngineeringEducation Research ProgramDOE / Industry MatchingGrants ProgramUS DOE - IdahoOperations OfficeUS DOE - IdahoOperations OfficeHassan, Yassin 01-JUL-05 30-JUN-08 $300,000Reece, Warren 15-AUG-02 14-AUG-07 $69,000Historical Approach to ModelVerification/Data ValidationUniv. of California -Lawrence LivermoreNat'l. Lab - USDOEBest, FrederickLongnecker,Michael22-DEC-03 30-SEP-04 $23,801Water Separator forDevelopment of PEM FCNASA - JohnsonSpace Center(Houston, TX)Best, Frederick 02-AUG-04 16-OCT-04 $50,000Lightweight Carbon ThermalManagement SystemThe Boeing Co. - USAir ForceBest, Frederick 13-MAY-04 31-MAY-06 $150,000Support of NASA JSCReduced Gravity AircraftFlight InitiativeNASA - JohnsonSpace Center(Houston, TX)Best, Frederick 11-MAY-05 30-APR-06 $150,000The Center for Space PowerNASA - GlennResearch Center -Lewis Field(Cleveland, OH)Best, Frederick 01-NOV-00 03-NOV-02 ($42,500)220

Project Title Sponsor PI(s) Start Date End Date TotalTwo-Phase PackageRefurbishment for Testing ofCreare Void Fraction SensorsCreare - NASA Best, Frederick 01-OCT-00 31-DEC-01 $10,592Center for Space Power -Continuation of Project 59920NASA - MarshallSpace Flight Center(Huntsville, AL)Best, FrederickLittle, FrankSchuller, Michael01-NOV-01 31-OCT-04 $1,114,943Center for Space PowerNASA - MarshallSpace Flight Center(Huntsville, AL)Best, FrederickLittle, FrankSchuller, Michael01-NOV-01 31-OCT-07 $1,189,661Vapor CompressionDistillation / KC-135 FlightTestingNASA - MarshallSpace Flight Center(Huntsville, AL)Best, FrederickLittle, Frank01-NOV-01 31-OCT-02 $50,000Multichip Module CoolingUsing Integrated EvaporatorNASA - MarshallSpace Flight Center(Huntsville, AL)Best, Frederick 01-FEB-02 31-OCT-03 $160,000KC-135 Flight Testing forAdvanced Life SupportExperimentsNASA - MarshallSpace Flight Center(Huntsville, AL)Best, Frederick 01-NOV-02 31-OCT-04 $275,000Knowledge MappingNASA - MarshallSpace Flight Center(Huntsville, AL)Best, FrederickLittle, FrankAskew, Raymond01-FEB-03 31-OCT-03 $294,000Phase Separation Technologyfor NASA Advanced LifeSupport SystemsNASA - MarshallSpace Flight Center(Huntsville, AL)Best, Frederick 01-JUL-04 31-OCT-05 $150,000Integration and Testing ofTexas EngineeringExperiment Station VortexPhase Separator in PEM FuelCell System UnderWeightless ConditionsNASA - MarshallSpace Flight Center(Huntsville, AL)Best, Frederick 01-MAY-03 31-OCT-04 $30,000221

Project Title Sponsor PI(s) Start Date End Date TotalEvaluation of CoalescenceDevices For Two-Phase FlowUnder Weightless ConditionsNASA - MarshallSpace Flight Center(Huntsville, AL)Best, Frederick 01-APR-03 31-OCT-03 $40,000Proposal for DevelopingCollective RPC Teaming withSpace Tourism IndustryNASA - MarshallSpace Flight Center(Huntsville, AL)Askew, RaymondBest, FrederickBoyle, David07-JUL-05 31-OCT-05 $190,000KC-135 Reduced GravityFlywheel Bearing ControlExperimentNASA - MarshallSpace Flight Center(Huntsville, AL)Best, FrederickLittle, Frank01-JUN-03 31-OCT-05 $400,000Center for Space PowerNASA - MarshallSpace Flight Center(Huntsville, AL)Best, Frederick 01-NOV-01 31-OCT-06 $51,000Advanced Concepts FlightTests (ACFT) ProgramMicro-Gravity ConceptDemonstration TestITT Industries Best, Frederick 01-JUN-02 30-SEP-02 $100,000Technical Support fromTEES - Development of aMethod for AnalyzingSignatures From aRadiological DispersalDeviceUniv. of California -Los Alamos Nat'l.Lab - USDOECharlton, William 14-OCT-03 31-MAY-07 $214,512Critique Assembly ofPrototype Test Assembly;Task Order 16Bechtel Nevada -USDOEFreeman, Bruce 01-JAN-04 27-FEB-04 $5,776RACE Program of theAdvance Fuel Cycle InitiativeIdaho State Univ. -USDOECharlton, William 01-JAN-04 26-MAR-2006 $339,787Critique Assembly ofPrototype Test Assembly;Task Order 17Bechtel Nevada Freeman, Bruce 10-MAR-04 12-APR-04 $5,776Proliferation Resistance WorkBattelle MemorialInstitute - PacificNorthwest Nat'l LabCharlton, William 29-MAR-04 15-MAY-04 $8771222

Project Title Sponsor PI(s) Start Date End Date TotalCritique Assembly ofPrototype Test Assembly;Task Order 18Bechtel Nevada Freeman, Bruce 31-MAR-04 30-SEP-04 $29,279Vortex DehumidificationSystemNASA - JohnsonSpace Center(Houston, TX)Best, Frederick 01-JUN-04 31-DEC-05 $148,329Task Order 19, ZNS SourcePreparation andCharacterizationBechtel Nevada Freeman, Bruce 18-JUN-04 30-SEP-04 $10,000Scat Modifications; TaskOrder 20Bechtel NevadaFreeman, BruceRock, James18-JUN-04 30-SEP-2004 $10,000Scattered NeutronTomography Based on aNeutron Transport InverseProblemUS DOE - IdahoOperations OfficeCharlton, William 17-SEP-04 16-SEP-06 $193,480A Novel Convective FlowPCR ThermocyclerNational Institutes ofHealth(DHHS/PHS/NIH)Ugas, VictorHassan, Yassin18-AUG-04 31-JUL-07 $202,604SmartApps: Middle-ware forAdaptive Applications onReconfigurable PlatformsUS DOE - ChicagoOperations OfficeAdams, Marvin 15-SEP-04 14-SEP-07 $40,497MAAP 4 RELAPComparisonElectric PowerResearch InstituteHassan, Yassin 09-SEP-04 30-DEC-06 $56,000High Temperature UraniumDioxide Fuel (UO2) Databasefor Space Reactor ApplicationPacific NorthwestNat'l Lab - USDOEPeddicord,Kenneth20-OCT-04 30-JUN-05 $26,000Delivery of Small DPF, LeakDetector and ZnS Pieces;Task Order 21Bechtel Nevada Freeman, Bruce 04-DEC-04 12-DEC-04 $5,362Technical Support/ORIGENCode MethodsUT-Battelle LLC Nelson, Paul 01-FEB-05 30-SEP-05 $19,255223

Project Title Sponsor PI(s) Start Date End Date TotalEvaluation of EngineeringJudgment Applied toAnalytical Human ReliabilityAnalysis (HRA) MethodsElectric PowerResearch InstituteBurchill, William 20-JAN-05 31-DEC-05 $9,641Evaluation of EngineeringJudgment Applied toAnalytical Human ReliabilityAnalysis (HRA) MethodsSTP NuclearOperating CompanyBurchill, William 01-JAN-05 31-AUG-05 $9,640Evaluation of EngineeringJudgment Applied toAnalytical Human ReliabilityAnalysis (HRA) MethodsScientech Inc. Burchill, William 10-OCT-05 30-NOV-05 $9,640Utilization of MinorActinides as a FuelComponent for Ultra-LongLife VHTR Configurations:Designs, Advantages andLimitationsUS DOE - IdahoOperations OfficeTsvetkov, Pavel 14-MAR-05 13-MAR-08 $255,042Repair of Radiation Detector;Task Order 22Bechtel Nevada Freeman, Bruce 01-MAR-05 30-JUN-05 $7,814Application of Entry-timeProcesses in AssetManagement for NuclearPower PlantsUS DOE - IdahoOperations OfficeNelson, Paul 01-JUL-05 30-JUN-06 $103,581University ReactorInfrastructure and EducationSupport, Upgrade TexasA&M's (TEES) TrainingReactorUS DOE - IdahoOperations OfficeReece, Warren 01-JUN-05 31-MAY-06 $103,775Capsaicin Project ResearchSupport & 2-D NeutronTransportLos Alamos NationalSecurity, LLC -USDOEMorel, Jim 18-JUL-05 31-DEC-07 $154,128Russian Academic Programin Nuclear Nonproliferationand International SecurityWest Texas A&MUniv. - USDOECharlton, WilliamMiller, Warren01-JUN-05 31-DEC-06 $117,300224

Project Title Sponsor PI(s) Start Date End Date TotalTask Order 23: TAMUDense Plasma Focus MachineMoveBechtel Nevada Freeman, Bruce 27-SEP-05 31-DEC-05 $18,174Development and Applicationof Quantitative ProliferationResistance Methodologies forReprocessing ScenariosSandia Nat'l Labs -USDOECharlton, William 01-JAN-06 24-SEP-07 $39,817Application of Neutrons fromAdvanced Fusion Systems:Review Calculations of theInduced Criticality ofPostulated DesignsSandia NationalLaboratoriesTsvetkov, Pavel 15-FEB-06 14-FEB-07 $9,999Assessment of SystemPerformance Characteristicsfor a Complete UltimateIncineration of Transuranics(TRU) Nuclide Vector as aWhole with MinimumRecycling RequiredSandia NationalLaboratories -USDOETsvetkov, Pavel 09-MAY-06 21-SEP-06 $34,725Enhancement of the ResearchReactor Data Base (RRDB) inSupport of the DOE NA-23Integrated Research ReactorSafety Enhancement Program(IRRSEP)University ofChicago - ArgonneNational Laboratory- West - USDOENelson, Paul 11-MAR-03 30-SEP-03 $19,070Directed Energy Weapons(DEW)Naval Air WarfareCenter - WeaponsDivisionFreeman, Bruce 23-MAR-03 30-SEP-03 $23,556Task Order 12 Bechtel Nevada -USDOEFreeman, Bruce 23-APR-03 31-JUL-03 $20,000Areal Explosive InitiationSystem DevelopmentUS Air ForceResearch LaboratoryFreeman, BruceRock, James03-JUN-03 02-DEC-04 $1,050,000225

Project Title Sponsor PI(s) Start Date End Date TotalTwo-Phase Flow Modeling inReduced GravityEnvironmentsNASA - MarshallSpace Flight Center(Huntsville, AL)Best, Frederick 01-JUL-03 30-JUN-06 $24,000Technical Support Balance ofPlant Model DevelopmentSTP NuclearOperating CompanyNelson, Paul 01-SEP-03 31-DEC-05 $68,315Technical Support Balance ofPlant Model DevelopmentSTP NuclearOperating CompanyNelson, Paul 01-SEP-03 31-DEC-05 $20,100Technical Support Balance ofPlant Model DevelopmentSTP NuclearOperating CompanyNelson, Paul 01-SEP-03 31-DEC-05 $19,000Technical Support Balance ofPlant Model DevelopmentSTP NuclearOperating CompanyNelson, Paul 01-SEP-03 30-JAN-07 $13,999Shock Tube Experiments toMeasure Electrical Propertiesof Sulfur Hexifluoride UnderConditions Similar toExplosive GeneratorEnvironmentsTexas TechUniversity - US AirForceFreeman, Bruce 01-SEP-98 30-SEP-03 $148,851MAAP to RELAP DeckConversion and BMIAnalysisSTP NuclearOperating CompanyHassan, Yassin 01-JUN-03 30-SEP-03 $9685Demonstration of RemoteReactor Core MonitoringCapability - "STAR" ProjectUniv. of Chicago -Argonne Nat'l. Lab -USDOEReece, Warren 19-NOV-99 18-NOV-02 $100,000Novel Transmitters ProgramProposalLockheedAeronautical SystemsCompanyFreeman, Bruce 05-AUG-03 30-OCT-03 $80,000Dense Plasma FocusAssembly and DesignCritique; Task Order 13Bechtel Nevada Freeman, Bruce 18-AUG-03 15-SEP-03 $10,834226

Project Title Sponsor PI(s) Start Date End Date TotalDesign Review of PrototypeTest Stand for the DensePlasma Focus Development;Task Order 14Bechtel Nevada Freeman, Bruce 22-SEP-03 15-NOV-03 $24,283NERI Collaboration Univ. of Chicago -Argonne Nat'l. Lab -USDOEPeddicord,KennethHassan, Yassin01-OCT-01 23-NOV-03 $150,900ITR / NGS: A SoftwareInfrastructure forComputational Biology andPhysicsNational ScienceFoundationRauchwerger,LawrenceAmato, NancyStroustrup, BjarneAdams, Marvin01-NOV-03 31-OCT-05 $82,061Critique Assembly ofPrototype Test Assembly;Task Order 15Bechtel Nevada Freeman, Bruce 08-OCT-03 22-JAN-04 $11,856A Collaborative LinkageGrant to Advance D&DCapabilitiesNorth Atlantic TreatyOrganizationPeddicord,Kenneth01-FEB-01 31-MAR-04 $15,085Experimental Studies of DragReduction Using ParticleImage VelocimetryUS DOD - DefenseAdvanced ResearchProjects AgencyHassan, Yassin 19-MAR-01 17-JUN-03 $133,684Novel Approaches toAdaptive AngularApproximations inComputational TransportUS DOE - IdahoOperations OfficeAdams, MarvinNelson, PaulCarron, Igor01-JUN-01 31-MAY-04 $296,132Benchmarking Requirementsto Support D&D Strategiesand Decision Making-NATOAdvanced ResearchWorkshopNorth Atlantic TreatyOrganizationPeddicord,Kenneth01-APR-01 31-MAR-02 $2,868IMMWPS Separator KC-135Flight Diagnostic TestingNASA - JohnsonSpace Center(Houston, TX)Best, Frederick 01-AUG-01 01-AUG-02 $35,360Technical Support Services inSupport of Dense PlasmaFocus AcceleratorDevelopment Task Order No.01Bechtel Nevada -USDOEFreeman, BruceRock, James09-AUG-01 15-NOV-01 $10,000227

Project Title Sponsor PI(s) Start Date End Date TotalReview and Assessment ofEBR-II/BN-350 ReactorMaterials DataUniv. of Chicago -Argonne Nat'l Lab -West - USDOEHassan, Yassin 01-SEP-01 31-AUG-02 $99,153Review and Assessment ofEBR-II/BN-350 ReactorMaterials Data - Off CampusLiving ExpensesUniv. of Chicago -Argonne Nat'l Lab -West - USDOEHassan, Yassin 01-SEP-01 31-AUG-02 $11,000Advanced Fast ReactorAdvanced AcceleratorApplication Program FuelPerformance ModelingUniversity ofChicago - ArgonneNat'l. LabUniversity ofChicago - ArgonneNational Laboratory- WestNelson, Paul 15-NOV-01 14-NOV-02 $10,028Peddicord,Kenneth01-JUN-02 30-NOV-04 $133,710RF Weapon TestingResearch Services with VeraErguine, Texas A&MUniversity, Department ofNuclear EngineeringScience ApplicationsInternational Corp. -USDOEUniversity ofChicago - ArgonneNat'l. Lab -USDOEFreeman, Bruce 12-SEP-01 31-DEC-01 $10,000Nelson, Paul 30-OCT-01 10-MAY-02 $12,657Study to Evaluate and AssessGlobal Collection Efficiencyof IMS Air Sampling SystemsLovelace RespiratoryResearch InstituteHassan, YassinPhares, DenisMcFarland,Andrew10-DEC-01 31-DEC-02 $63,101Task Order 2 Exhibit E Bechtel Nevada Freeman, BruceRock, James06-MAR-02 01-MAY-02 $10,000ASCI Spatial DiscretizationTechniques for Neutral-Particle TransportCalculationsUniversity ofCalifornia - LosAlamos Nat'l. LabsAdams, MarvinLazarov, Raytcho06-MAY-02 30-SEP-02 $107,000Efficient Massively ParallelAdaptive Algorithms forTime-Dependent Transporton Arbitrary Spatial GridsUniversity ofCalifornia -Lawrence LivermoreNat'l. LabAdams, MarvinAmato, NancyNelson, PaulRauchwerger,Lawrence06-MAY-02 30-APR-06 $659,007228

Project Title Sponsor PI(s) Start Date End Date TotalDesign Review of PrototypeTest Stand for the DensePlasma Focus Developmentfor UNICORNBechtel Nevada -USDOEFreeman, BruceRock, James13-MAY-02 08-JUL-02 $10,000Novel Transmitters ProjectLockheedAeronautical SystemsCompanyFreeman, Bruce 01-JUL-02 20-DEC-02 $50,000Review of the Global NuclearFutures ModelSandia Nat'l Labs -USDOENelson, Paul 24-JUL-02 30-SEP-02 $22,500Directed Energy HPM, PP, &PPS R&D EffortsScience ApplicationsInternational Corp -US Air ForceFreeman, Bruce 12-AUG-02 01-OCT-02 $12,000Operation of Plasma FocusMachineBechtel NevadaFreeman, BruceLuginbill, Alvin01-AUG-02 30-OCT-02 $15,000DOE / Industry MatchingGrantsUS DOE - IdahoOperations OfficeAdams, Marvin 01-AUG-02 30-JUN-06 $171,000The Texas PartnershipSouth Carolina StateUniversity - USDOEFord, JohnBurchill, WilliamPeddicord,KennethAdams, Marvin01-SEP-02 31-AUG-05 $375,000SCAT Code Routines forPlasma Focus Rundown andCollapse Modeling - TaskOrder No. 5Bechtel Nevada -USDOEFreeman, Bruce 01-AUG-02 30-DEC-02 $15,000Small FCG SystemDevelopmentUS Air ForceResearch LaboratoryFreeman, Bruce 26-AUG-02 27-JUN-03 $50,000Innovations in NuclearInfrastructure and EducationUS DOE(Washington, DC)Reece, WarrenAdams, Marvin27-SEP-02 26-SEP-07 $4,290,000229

Project Title Sponsor PI(s) Start Date End Date TotalPurchase of Conical ShapedExplosive-Driven FluxCompression Generators(EFCG's) from the TexasEngineering ExperimentStationUS Navy-Naval AirWarfare Center-Aircraft DivisionFreeman, Bruce 04-SEP-02 25-SEP-02 $40,000Select Cables from DielectricSciences Catalog to be Usedfor Dense Plasma FocusAccelerators - Task Order No.6Bechtel Nevada Freeman, Bruce 01-SEP-02 31-OCT-02 $3,000Assist in the Design of aSyllac Type Rail Gap Switch- Task Order No. 7Bechtel Nevada Freeman, Bruce 01-SEP-02 30-DEC-02 $8,000Zero Gravity Ullage TestingNASA GlennResearch CenterBest, Frederick 13-SEP-02 30-JUN-04 $63,500Provide Expertise in theDesign of a MagneticCollimator TestSandia Nat'l Labs -USDOEHart, Ron 04-OCT-02 30-SEP-03 $285,474Provide Expertise in theDesign of a MagneticCollimator TestSandia Nat'l Labs -USDOEHart, Ron 04-OCT-02 30-OCT-05 $325,826Provide Expertise in theDesign of a MagneticCollimator TestSandia Nat'l Labs -USDOEHart, Ron 04-OCT-02 30-OCT-05 $180,750Plasma Focus For Calibrationof Neutron DiagnosticsSandia Nat'l Labs -USDOEFreeman, Bruce 25-OCT-02 31-DEC-02 $9,000Hydrogen Production PlantUsing the Modular HeliumReactorGeneral AtomicsTech - USDOEPeddicord,Kenneth01-DEC-02 14-DEC-05 $130,000The Efficiency of ChargingWater VaporHighlands InterestBraby, LeslieHoltzapple, Mark15-NOV-02 14-NOV-03 $17,480230

Project Title Sponsor PI(s) Start Date End Date TotalTask Order No. 9 Bechtel Nevada - Freeman, Bruce 15-JAN-03 15-JUN-03 $12,000USDOETask Order No. 11 Bechtel Nevada -USDOEFreeman, Bruce 15-JAN-03 30-JAN-03 $5,000Task Order No. 10 Bechtel Nevada -USDOEFreeman, Bruce 15-JAN-03 01-APR-03 $18,0002006 ARP - NanofluidTechnology for AdvancedHigh-Efficiency IndustrialApplications and BioassayDevelopmentTexas HigherEducationCoordinating BoardHassan, YassinUgaz, Victor15-MAY-06 14-MAY-08 $38,529Aerosol Science Support forthe Savannah River SiteGeorgia Institute ofTechnology-USDOEMcFarland,AndrewHassan, Yassin17-APR-03 16-OCT-04 $30,200Bioaerosol Sampling andCollectionUS Army -EdgewoodResearch,Development &Engineering CenterHassan, Yassin 01-AUG-03 30-SEP-05 $68,270Delayed Neutron (andGamma) Emission Rate (andSpectra) Task StatementSandia NationalLaboratories -USDOEReece, Warren 24-MAY-04 30-SEP-04 $72,150Methods for Real TimeMeasurement of Dose andCharged Particle SpectrumNASA - JohnsonSpace Center(Houston, TX)Braby, Leslie 15-MAY-04 01-JUN-07 $475,516Repair and Refurbishment ofthe Tissue EquivalentProportional Counter (TEPC)Lockheed-MartinSpace OperationsBraby, Leslie 03-NOV-04 29-JAN-05 $3,348Tissue EquivalentProportional Counters -Technical and EngineeringSupportNASA - JohnsonSpace Center(Houston, TX)Braby, Leslie 03-FEB-05 30-SEP-05 $4,999231

Project Title Sponsor PI(s) Start Date End Date TotalStatement of Work forCalibration of the TissueEquivalent ProportionalCounter (TEPC)Jacobs Sverdrup Braby, Leslie 23-DEC-05 31-JAN-06 $8,187US Department of Energy'sHistorically Black Collegesand Universities and OtherMinority EducationalInstitutions (HBCU/MEI)Nuclear Engineering ProgramSouth Carolina StateUniversity -USDOEFord, JohnMarlow, WilliamBurchill, WilliamRagusa, JeanCharlton, William01-OCT-05 30-SEP-06 $125,000Evaluating the Effect ofRadiation and Storage Timeon Nutrient Content of SpaceFoodUniversities SpaceResearch Association- NASABraby, Leslie 01-FEB-06 30-SEP-06 $12,436NSBRI - NutritionalCountermeasures toRadiation-Enhanced ColonCancerBaylor College ofMedicine - NASABraby, LeslieLupton, JoanneTurner, Nancy01-OCT-04 30-SEP-05 $13,982NSBRI - NutritionalCountermeasures toRadiation-Enhanced ColonCancerBaylor College ofMedicine -NASABraby, Leslie 01-OCT-04 30-SEP-05 $3,436Recommendation ofRadiation DosimetryMethodologySandia Nat'l Labs -USDOEPoston, John 25-APR-03 30-SEP-03 $100,539The Role of the Number andSpacing of Electron Trackson the Consequences of LowDose IrradiationUS DOE - OaklandField OfficeBraby, LeslieFord, John01-SEP-99 31-MAY-03 $254,250Development of Real-timeMeasurement of EffectiveDose for High Dose RateNeutron FieldsUS DOE - IdahoOperations OfficeBraby, LeslieReece, Warren01-JUN-01 31-MAY-03 $77,000Mechanistic Modeling ofBystander Effects: AnIntegrated Theoretical andExperimental ApproachUS DOE - OaklandField OfficeBraby, LeslieFord, John01-NOV-01 31-OCT-04 $470,951232

Project Title Sponsor PI(s) Start Date End Date TotalA Combined Tissue Kineticsand Dosimetric Model ofRespiratory Tissue Exposedto RadiationUS DOE - IdahoOperations OfficeFord, John 01-JUN-02 31-MAY-05 $289,261A Revised Model forDosimetry in the HumanSmall IntestineUS DOE - IdahoOperations OfficePoston, John 01-JUN-02 31-MAY-04 $193,848Low Dose Response ofRespiratory Cells in IntactTissues and ReconstitutedTissue ConstructsUS DOE - ChicagoOperations OfficeFord, JohnBraby, Leslie01-SEP-02 31-JAN-06 $1,050,000Measurements of ParticlesSpontaneously Produced byPlutoniumLovelace RespiratoryRes. Inst. - USDOEMarlow, William 01-AUG-02 31-JUL-03 $30,000Sampling, Transport andCollection of BioaerosolsUS Army -EdgewoodResearch,Development &Engineering CenterMcFarland,AndrewO'Neal, DennisHassan, Yassin23-SEP-02 07-SEP-05 $131,584NORM Issues Associatedwith Commercial Cleaning ofOil Production TubularsAdams and ReeseLLPHamilton, IanRock, JamesPoston, John01-JUL-02 15-JAN-06 $941,741233