Durée
40h Th, 32h Pr
Nombre de crédits
| Master de spécialisation en génie nucléaire | 6 crédits |
Enseignant
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Langue(s) de l'unité d'enseignement
Langue anglaise
Organisation et évaluation
Enseignement au deuxième quadrimestre
Horaire
Unités d'enseignement prérequises et corequises
Les unités prérequises ou corequises sont présentées au sein de chaque programme
Contenus de l'unité d'enseignement
- Physics of nuclear reactors
- Transport and diffusion
- Spatial dependence
- Slowing down theory
- Resonance integrals
- Cell calculations
- Neutron thermalisation
- Multigroup equations
- Reactivity and control
- Reactor dynamics
- Reactor codes
- Neutron sources and detectors
- Basic measurements: source strength, neutron flux (activation analysis, neutron counting), neutron spectrum (time of flight methods, unfolding methods), reaction rates
- Activity, dose and cross-section measurement
- Measurement of neutron transport parameters: stationary methods, pulsed neutron experiments
- Measurement of reactivities (and reactivity coefficients): survey, static methods, dynamic measurements, inverse kineticsStatistical fluctuation method: reactor noise, mathematical
analysis, applications (Rossi-alpha, sign correlations, zero crossings)
Acquis d'apprentissage (objectifs d'apprentissage) de l'unité d'enseignement
- To understand the physical processes involved in a nuclear reactor
- To understand and be able to write down and solve the basic equations
- To be able to simulate a reactor/source configuration as appropriate depending on:
- number of dimensions;
- steady state or transient;
- number of groups;
- delayed neutron precursors;
- space dependent properties and grid spacing. - To learn how to measure neutron distributions and parameters relevant for nuclear reactors, in particular reactivity and reactivity coefficients
Savoirs et compétences prérequis
Mathematics as discussed in the list of background books by W. D'haeseleer (differential equations, taylor expansions, fourier expansions, bessel functions)
REFERENCE BOOKS ON PREREQUISITE
See website www.sckcen.be/bnen, Brochures and Info, Background books W., D'haeseleer (mathematics)
A further good book is : Advanced Calculus for Applications, F.B. Hildebrand, Prentice Hall
Activités d'apprentissage prévues et méthodes d'enseignement
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Mode d'enseignement (présentiel ; enseignement à distance)
- 2.5 t.m. , 45 hours lectures, 45 hours lab. sessions, 15 hours independent study
- SCK*CEN guidance: use of codes: 1 day
- Use of a critical assembly at SCK*CEN
Lectures recommandées ou obligatoires et notes de cours
- J.J. Duderstadt and L.J. Hamilton, "Nuclear Reactor Analysis", 1976 (Wiley & Sons)
- Lamarsh, J.R., "Introduction to Nuclear Reactor Theory", Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass.,
1966 - Profio, A.E., Experimental Reactor Physics, J. Wiley, 1976
Modalités d'évaluation et critères
Open book, written examination
Stage(s)
Remarques organisationnelles
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Contacts
Peter Baeten: peter.baeten@sckcen.be
Gert Van den Eynde: gert.van.den.eynde@sckcen.be