Complete Nuclear Engineering

Simple & clean notes to learn complete nuclear & radiological engineering.

Simple & clean notes to learn complete nuclear & radiological engineering.It contain almost all important topics which are give below chapter wise.

Physics fundamentals of Nuclear Energy and Ionizing Radiation

• Nuclear Energy Worldwide. Overall view of a Nuclear Power plant

• Nuclear structure

• Radioactivity and Radioactive processes

• Nuclear Reactions

• Fission chain reaction

• Interaction of Ionizing radiation with matter

Nuclear Power Plants and Nuclear Safety

• Working principles of nuclear reactors

• Pressurized Water Reactor. Core and main systems

• Pressurized Water Reactor. Operation and controls

• Nuclear Safety. General aspects

• Nuclear Safety. Accident analysis

• Advanced Nuclear Reactors

Fuel cycle

• Define fuel burn-up.

• Enumerate and describe the steps of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle

• Environmental impact of nuclear facilities

• Nuclear and radiological waste management

Nuclear Radiation Detection

• General characteristics of radiation detectors

• Counting statistics and error propagation

• Gas-filled detectors

• Scintillation detectors

• Semiconductor detectors

• Neutron detection

• Spectroscopy

• Miscellaneous radiation detectors

Nuclear Reactor Physics

Radiation Physics

• Special theory of relativity

• Wave particle duality

• Atomic structure and atomic radiation

• The nucleus and nuclear radiations

• Nuclear models and nuclear energetics

• Characteristics of radioactive decay

• Radiation cross sections

• Neutron interactions with matter, fission, criticality

• Interaction of heavy charged particles with matter

• Interaction of electrons with matter

• Interaction of photons with matter

Radiation Protection Engineering

• Particle Interactions of Importance to Radiation Protection

• Review of Serial Radioactive Decay

• Radiation Fields and Sources

• Dose Quantities

• Computation and Measurement of Dose

• Radiation Protection Criteria, Exposure Limits, Risk, and Regulation

• Biological Effects of Radiation

• Radiation Shielding

• Point Kernel Methods and Buildup Factors for Gamma-Rays Shielding

• Introduction to Monte Carlo Simulation

• External Radiation Protection

• Internal Radiation Protection

• Natural and Man-Made Sources of Radiation Exposure

Radiation Physics Laboratory

• Power Plant Descriptions/Thermal Design Principles

• Reactor Heat Generation

• Thermal Analysis of Fuel Elements

• Single Phase Fluid Mechanics/Pressure drop in rod bundles

• Single Phase Heat Transfer

• Two-Phase Flow

• Boiling Heat Transfer

• Reactor Thermal Hydraulic Design/ Uncertainty Analysis

Nuclear Radiological Engineering Design

• Appropriate to the specific design project

• design of primary system of a nuclear reactor

• The associated fuel cycle;

• Determination of relevant safety parameters.

Nuclear Criticality Safety Engineering

Light Water Reactor Technology

Radiation Sources and Applications

Radiological Assessment and Waste Management

Regulation and Siting of Waste Management Facilities

• Case Studies

• Public Health, Environmental and Safety Aspects of Waste Management Practices

• Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management

• Transportation of Waste

• Radioactive Waste Storage and Disposal

• Remediation and Stabilization of Contaminated Sites

• Decontamination and Decommissioning

Introduction to Plasma Physics and Fusion Engineering

Nuclear Chemical Engineering

• Nuclear Reactions

• Fuel cycles

• Solvent extraction of metals

• Properties of actinides

• Properties of other irradiated fuel materials

• Fuel reprocessing

• Radioactive waste management