This course is an advanced version of the Nuclear Engineering Core Sequence course NE 350. This course focuses on nuclear reactor systems, the release of nuclear energy in the reactor core, and its removal as heat for producing electric power. Specific topics emphasize reactor kinetics, heterogeneous reactors, control rods and shim, reactor poisons, heat transfer, control and design of the reactor core, and the economic factors associated with nuclear power production. Design projects apply the concepts presented to practical problems.
