NUCE 430Design Principles of Reactor Systems
Nuclear power cycles; heat removal problems; kinetic behavior of nuclear systems; material and structural design problems. NUC E 430 Design Principles of Reactor Systems (3) This course is designed to provide students in Nuclear Engineering with sufficient background to (a) understand the design of nuclear power reactors, how they work and why, (b) understand and apply design criteria which determine the power level and system efficiency in power reactor cores, (c) become familiar with and understand appropriate power reactor terminology and use, (d) learn how to perform thermal/hydraulic analysis for various reactor operation conditions, (e) learn the different accident classifications and reactor operating limits, and (f) become familiar with basic concepts on the analysis of two-phase flow.
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “NUCE 302 Enforced Concurrent at Enrollment: ME 410”
Where it sits in degree plans
Suggested plans most often put it in Year 4 · Fall (1 program).
Required in (1)
- Nuclear Engineering, B.S.
One of the options in (1)
- Environmental Engineering, Minor
Courses that list NUCE 430 as a prerequisite (1)
- NUCE 431W Nuclear Reactor Core Design Synthesis