Term l - 2011/2012

Instructor: Dr. Benjamin Rouben, JHE-216, roubenb@mcmaster.ca  

LECTURES

Review of Reactor-Physics Concepts

What’s Nuclear Fuel Management

Neutron Diffusion in 2 Energy Groups

Exit Burnup from Lattice Calculations

Averaging Cross Sections

Fuel Depletion

Power Shapes

Time-Average Model

DIFC6 Computer Program

PWR Fuel Management

Interferences in Fuel Management

Advance Fuel Cycles

ASSIGNMENTS

There will be a number of weekly assignments (due 1 week after posting)

PROJECTS

There will be at least 3 major projects on fuel-management calculations, to be performed with the DIFC6 computer program. 

EVALUATION SCHEME

Assignments:           20%

Projects:                 25%, 25%, 30% respectively 

Total:                     100%

COURSE MATERIAL & TEXTBOOK

Instructor’s lecture material "The Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Analysis and Management", by Robert G. Cochran & Nicholas Tsoulfanidis, 2nd Edition, ISBN: 0-89448-451-6.