Nuclear React Theory/Analysis

Catalog description

Prerequisites: NE 3210 and ME 3001. Nuclear fission, chain reactions, elastic scattering, neutron cross sections, neutron moderation (slowing down), neutron energy spectrum, nuclear data; multiplication factor and reactivity; neutron transport equation; one-speed neutron diffusion model; point reactor kinetics equations and spatial effects in reactor kinetics; reactivity feedback effects; light water reactors and sodium fast reactors; multi-group diffusion theory; calculation of core power distribution.