NUCL 5100 - Reactor Physics

This course will provide students with the overview of cross sections and fission process (in condensed manner) based on NUCL3100 to build the comprehensive understanding of reactor physics and its application to reactor design. The course will mainly focus on the theory of the reactor steady-state (normal) operation. Methods of neutron transport modeling will be explained: diffusion, method of characteristics, finite difference method, Sn, Pn. Some aspects of the reactor kinetics will be also introduced. Students will learn about modern methods in reactor physics and will be able to use modern technologies to simulate, visualize and estimate the neutron behavior in the reactor cores.