PHYS-443: Physics of nuclear reactors

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Lectures in this course (89)

Molten Salt Reactors: Concepts and Safety Aspects

Explores Molten Salt Reactors design, operation, safety aspects, and reactor physics.

Molten Salt Reactor

Covers the features of pebble bed reactors, modular HTGR design, HTR-PM unit, fuel handling, safety aspects, and RBMK reactor deficiencies.

Resonance Escape Probability Derivation

Explains the derivation of resonance escape probability for neutrons slowing down without being captured.

Molten Salt Reactors: Advantages, Disadvantages, and Fuel Options

Explores the advantages and disadvantages of molten salt reactors, fuel options, technological advantages, safety aspects, and the thorium cycle.

Reactor Kinetics: Point Kinetics Equations

Covers reactor kinetics, point kinetics equations, numerical solutions, and heterogeneous lattice effects.

Uranium Solution Transfer and Precipitation Process

Explores the transfer of a uranium solution and the precipitation process.

Reactor Technology: Reactivity Variations

Explores reactivity variations in reactor technology, covering short-term, medium-term, and long-term changes, as well as means of control and important coefficients.

Stable Period and Reactivity Relationship

Covers the relationship between stable period and reactivity in nuclear reactors.

Reactor Technology: Reactivity Variations and Control

Explores reactivity variations in reactor technology, covering short-term, medium-term, and long-term effects, means of control, and consequences.

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