Nuclear Power Engineering

Lecture 1

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Objectives
❑ 1 NUCLEAR ENGINEERING

❑ 2 ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS

❑ 2.1 Fundamental Particles
❑ 2.2 Atomic and Nuclear Structure
❑ 2.3 Atomic and Molecular Weight
❑ 2.4 Atomic and Nuclear Radii
❑ 2.5 Mass and Energy
❑ 2.6 Particle Wavelengths
❑ 2.7 Excited States and Radiation
❑ 2.8 Nuclear Stability and Radioactive Decay
❑ 2.9 Radioactivity Calculations
❑ 2.10 Nuclear Reactions
❑ 2.11 Binding Energy
❑ 2.12 Nuclear Models
❑ 2.13 Gases, Liquids, and Solids
❑ 2.14 Atom Density

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❑ 3 INTERACTION OF RA DIATION WITH MATTER
❑ 3.1 Neutron Interactions
❑ 3.2 Cross-Sections
❑ 3.3 Neutron Attenuation
❑ 3.4 Neutron Flux
❑ 3.5 Neutron Cross-Section Data
❑ 3.6 Energy Loss in Scattering Collisions
❑ 3.7 Fission
❑ 3.8 y-Ray Interactions with Matter
❑ 3.9 Charged Particles
❑ 4 NUCLEAR REACTORS AND NUCLEAR POWER
❑ 4.1 The Fission Chain Reaction
❑ 4.2 Nuclear Reactor Fuels
❑ 4.3 Non-Nuclear Components of Nuclear Power Plants
❑ 4.4 Components of Nuclear Reactors
❑ 4.5 Power Reactors and Nuclear Steam Supply Systems
❑ 4.6 Nuclear Cycles
❑ 4.7 Isotope Separation
❑ 4.8 Fuel Reprocessing
❑ 4.9 Radioactive Waste Disposal

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❑ 5 NEUTRON DIFFUSION AND MODERATION
❑ 5.1 Neutron Flux
❑ 5.2 Fick's Law
❑ 5.3 The Equation of Continuity
❑ 5.4 The Diffusion Equation
❑ 5.5 Boundary Conditions
❑ 5.6 Solutions of the Diffusion Equation
❑ 5.7 The Diffusion Length
❑ 5.8 The Group-Diffusion Method
❑ 5.9 Thennal Neutron Diffusion
❑ 5.10 Two-Group Calculation of Neutron Moderation
❑ 6 NUCLEAR REACTOR THEORY
❑ 6.1 One-Group Reactor Equation
❑ 6.2 The Slab Reactor
❑ 6.3 Other Reactor Shapes
❑ 6.4 The One-Group Critical Equation
❑ 6.5 Thennal Reactors
❑ 6.6 Reflected Reactors
❑ 6.7 Multigroup Calculations
❑ 6.8 Heterogeneous Reactors

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Textbook

1. Introduction to Nuclear Engineering (3rd Edition)

Author(s): John R. Lamarsh and Anthony J. Baratta

2. Nuclear Reactor Analysis

Author(s): James J. Duderstadt and Louis J. Hamilton
3. Design and Construction of Nuclear Power Plants
Author(s): Dr.-Ing. habil. Rüdiger Meiswinkel, Dr.-Ing. Julian Meyer, Prof. Dr.-
Ing. Jürgen Schnell

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Evaluation
• At least 80% class attendance is necessary to sit for the exam. If
there is any assignment given to the students, they have to submit it
before the deadline decided by the course teacher.
• Marking system (Midterm and Final term):
Quiz: 20%
Assignments / Report: 20%
Attendance & class performance: 10%
Lab Reports 20%
Midterm/Final term exam: 20%
Viva 10%
Total: 100%
• Final Grade/ Grand Total:
Midterm: 40%
Final Term: 60%

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NUCLEAR PHYSICS
❑ To describes nuclear properties and radiation:
❑ Structure and characteristics of nuclei
❑ Radiation sources and interaction with matter

❑ To understand nuclear structure and radiation we study:

❑ nuclei, nucleons and electrons
❑ microscopic processes

❑ To understand we need modern physics

❑ Quantum mechanics
❑ (Special Relativity)

❑ IT’S AN EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE !!!

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The scope of nuclear physics

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The scope of nuclear physics

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The scope of nuclear physics

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Nuclear Energy
❑ Nuclear reactions release energy when the
total mass of the products is less than the
sum of the masses of the initial nuclei.
❑ The “lost mass” appears as kinetic energy of
the products (E=mc2).
❑ In fission, a massive nucleus splits into two
major fragments that usually eject one or
more neutrons.
❑ In fusion, low mass nuclei nucleus plus one
more ejected particles – neutrons, protons,
photons, or alpha particles.
❑ In the stages of stellar evolution of our sun and other
stars fuses to form helium, releasing energy in the
form of photons (light) and neutrons. During the later
stages of stellar evolution, more massive nuclei up to
and beyond uranium are synthesized by fusion. By
measuring the number of neutrons that come from
the sun, scientists recently have demonstrated that
neutrons must have a mass greater than zero.
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Uses Of Nuclear Radiation

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