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Syllabus



Syllabus



Description


This course provides an in-depth technical and policy analysis of various options for the nuclear fuel cycle. Topics include uranium supply, enrichment fuel fabrication, in-core physics and fuel management of uranium, thorium and other fuel types, reprocessing and waste disposal. Also covered are the principles of fuel cycle economics and the applied reactor physics of both contemporary and proposed thermal and fast reactors. Nonproliferation aspects, disposal of excess weapons plutonium, and transmutation of actinides and selected fission products in spent fuel are examined. Several state-of-the-art computer programs are provided for student use in problem sets and term papers.



Grading Policy



ACTIVITIESPERCENTAGES
Homework30%
Laboratory20%
Mid-Term Presentation10%
Term Paper30%
End of Term Presentation10%



Calendar



LEC #TOPICSLECTURERSKEY DATES
1Noteworthy Aspects and Issues Related to the Nuclear Fuel CycleKazimi
2The Back End of the Nuclear Fuel CycleKazimi
3Thermal Considerations in Fuel Cycle ManagementKazimiHomework 1 due
4Design Criteria PhysicsPilat
5Objectives (Output) of Reactor Analysis CALCSPilat

Homework 2 due

Lab 1 due one day after Lec #5

6Reactivity and Burnable PoisonPilat
7

Fuel Cost Calculations

How Fuel Cost Raises

PilatHomework 3 due
8Fuel Cycle and Operations EconomicsPilat
9An Overview of the ACR DesignPilat

Homework 4 due

Lab 2 due one day after Lec #9

10Fast Reactor Physics and Fuel ManagementM. J. DriscollHomework 5 due
11HTGRPilat
12High Level Wastes of the Nuclear Fuel CycleKazimiLab 3 due one day after Lec #12
13High Level Waste 2KazimiHomework 6 due
Initial Project PresentationsKazimi, Pilat
Initial Project Presentations (cont.)Kazimi, PilatHomework 7 due
14Early Graphite Reactors and the Windscale and Chernobyl AccidentsPilatLab 4 due three days after Lec #14
15Modeling Fuel BehaviorARHomework 8 due
16Nuclear Non-proliferationKazimi
17Non-proliferation, Safeguards, and Export ControlsM. Bunn
18Thorium as a Nuclear FuelPilatLab 5 due one day after Lec #18
19Pu Recycle in LWRsKazimi
20Proliferation-resistance (and Terror-resistance) of Nuclear Energy SystemsM. Bunn
21Nuclear Fuel Design and ManufacturingG. Dooley

Lab 6 due one day after Lec #21

Term paper

22Transmutation of Spent Nuclear FuelKazimi
Term Paper PresentationsKazimi, Pilat
Term Paper Presentations (cont.)Kazimi, Pilat

 








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