Graduate Catalog

NUCE 704 The Reactor Core Design Analysis for light water reactors

This course is aimed to provide the students with an in-depth description of the fuel system design, nuclear design and the thermal-hydraulic design concepts for the pressurized water reactors. In particular, the design features of the APR1400 are discussed in this course. Furthermore, the computational tools used for such a design analysis with the associated capabilities and limitations are described.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Graduate level courses on Thermal Hydraulics in Nuclear Systems and Nuclear Reactor Theory (or equivalent).

Offered

Fall Spring