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