NRE 7203 - Advanced Reactor Physics
Offered as Required

Credit Hours: 3-0-3
Prerequisite: NRE 6102 or equivalent, or with the consent of the instructor
Catalog Description: Advanced topics in reactor physics and transport theory.
Textbook: James J. Duderstadt and William R. Martin, Transport Theory; John Wiley, 1979.
Instructor: Farzad Rahnema

References:
 
Stamm'ler and Abbate, Methods of Steady-State Reactor Physics in Nuclear Design.
Bell and Glasstone, Nuclear Reactor Theory.
E. E. Lewis and W. F. Miller, Jr., Computational Methods in Neutron Transport.
Goals:
 
To familiarize the student with the advanced and modern topics in reactor physics and transport theory.
Prerequisites by Topic: Graduate reactor physics course
Topics: Approximate Methods in Transport Theory
Asymptotic Methods
Advanced Homogenization Methods
Nodal Methods for Homogenization and 3-D Reactor Calculations
Group Constants in the Resonance Region
Nodal and Finite-Element Transport Theory Methods
Integral Transport Theory
New (current) Solution Methods in Transport and Diffusion Theory

Prepared by: F. Rahnema
Date: 3/18/97

 

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Revised July 2004