A Designers View of Nuclear Energy - Department of Materials ...
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Core ScopeReactor PhysicsCore TopicReactor Engineering & HeatTransferFuel Cycle, Waste &DecommissioningFuel & Reactor <strong>Materials</strong>Safety & Advanced Systems<strong>Nuclear</strong> Technology PolicyScopeCore physics & shielding – steady state power & shapes,depletion control elements & use <strong>of</strong> poisons, core kinetics& system control.Coolant types, thermal cycles, heat transfer, thermal limits– reactor systems, their optimisation and operatingcharacteristics including normal operation & how toaddress main types <strong>of</strong> fault condition.Whole fuel cycle: mining to waste & how waste ismanaged, decommissioning principles.Fuel and reactor materials – including selection, safety andlife issues – radiation behaviour & damage, structuralintegrity & fracture mechanics, EAC.Safety philosophies, impact on design, justificationapproaches, control & reliability, advanced systemsincluding Gen IV, Thorium & Fusion<strong>Energy</strong> studies & climate change, economics <strong>of</strong> energy,nuclear politics, proliferation & physical security.24
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