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Reactor design (MaNuEn)

  • Number of hours

    • Lectures 8
    • Projects 8
    • Tutorials 4

Goal(s)

Assimilate the essential concepts and methods used in the process of Nuclear Reactor Design

Content(s)

  1. Historical summary, nuclear reactor general design principles, classification attempt
  2. water-cooled reactors (PWR, BWR, CANDU, ...)
  3. graphite-moderated reactors (RBMK, GTR, HTR, ...)
  4. fast reactors (GFR, SFR) and exotic systems (ADSR, MSR, ...)

Test

Project : presentations and questions about a R&D article (Nuclear Engineering conference or journal)

Additional Information

Apogee code : 5PMHCLA0

Bibliography

Gauthron, Introduction au Génie Nucléaire (tome 2)