| Type: | Open University
Language: English |
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Previous course: C4001
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No credit points with: C4001
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Prerequisite: C1201/C1202/10100. C0130/01030/C0131/01031/ C0122/01032/C8812/01034/C8814/36260
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Recommended semester: 4th -7th semester
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Scope and form: Lectures and problem solving
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Examination: Written exam (13-scale)
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| Contact person: | Peter B. Fynbo, Forskningscenter Risų, tlf. 4677 4924, E-mail: peter.fynbo@risoe.dk |
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Department: Department of Physics
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Aim: To give the student an understanding of the nuclear physics of nuclear reactors, to enable him/her to perform simplified reactor design calculations and to give him/her the necessary basis for further studies in nuclear technology.
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Contents: The principle of nuclear reactors and their design are discussed. Next a short review of the part of nuclear physics which is of particular relevance for reactors, including the fission process, is made. Mathematical models for the transport of neutrons in reactors are derived. The condition that a self-sustained chain reaction can be maintained in a reactor is established. Formulas for the necessary reactor constants are developed. Finally the effect of the change with time of the composition of the fuel is considered. Key words for Reactor Physics: Reactor principle and design; nuclear physics; Maxwell distribution of neutrons; reaction rate; fission; thermal neutron diffusion; the diffusion equation; diffusion length; slowing-down of fast neutrons; slowing-down power; migration length; criticality equation for the bare reactors; reflected reactors in modified one-group theory; reactor physics constants for reactor cores; burn-up of fuel elements; plutonium production and uranium depletion; fission product poisoning; initial conversion ratio.
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