The control room at a U.S. nuclear power plant. (Image courtesy of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.)
With a background gas, reactor cavity gas dynamics, the reactor gas. Heavy ion beam (HIB) driver accelerators have a high driver energy efficiency of 30. COURSE INTRODUCTION This Training Manual assumes prior knowledge of Nuclear Theory. It extends this information into a discussion of Reactor Physics, particularly as it relates to CANDU reactors.
Instructor(s)
Dr. John A. Bernard
MIT Course Number
22.921
As Taught In
January IAP 2006
Level
Graduate
Some Description
Instructor(s)
Prof.
As Taught In
Spring 2002
Course Number
2.24
Level
Undergraduate/Graduate
Features
Lecture Notes, Student Work
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Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This short course provides an introduction to reactor dynamics including subcritical multiplication, critical operation in absence of thermal feedback effects and effects of Xenon, fuel and moderator temperature, etc. Topics include the derivation of point kinetics and dynamic period equations; techniques for reactor control including signal validation, supervisory algorithms, model-based trajectory tracking, and rule-based control; and an overview of light-water reactor startup. Lectures and demonstrations employ computer simulation and the use of the MIT Research Reactor.
This course is offered during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week term at MIT that runs from the first week of January until the end of the month.