# Nuclear Fuel Management

## MANE-4450

Sources of nuclear fuel. Mining, milling, and purification. Principles of isotope enrichment; specific methods with emphasis on gaseous diffusion. Fuel fabrication. Transport and reprocessing of spent fuel. In-core fuel management. Linear reactivity, batch, nodal, and pincell methods. Power shape and control management. Partial core reloading. Fuel depletion. Poison management and Haling strategy. Breeding and fast reactors. Economics of the fuel cycle. Computation of fuel cycle costs.

3 credits
Prereqs:
none

# Past Term Data
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2017

Nuclear Fuel Management (3c)

- Sastry Ramachandra Sreepada

Seats Taken: 8/32

2016

Nuclear Fuel Management (3c)

- Sastry Ramachandra Sreepada

Seats Taken: 28/32

2015

Nuclear Fuel Management (3c)

- Sastry Ramachandra Sreepada

Seats Taken: 20/32

2014

Nuclear Fuel Management (3c)

- Sastry Ramachandra Sreepada

Seats Taken: 16/32

2013

Nuclear Fuel Management (3c)

- Sastry Ramachandra Sreepada

Seats Taken: 16/32

2012

Nuclear Fuel Management (3c)

- Sastry Ramachandra Sreepada

Seats Taken: 22/32

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2010

Nuclear Fuel Management (3c)

- Sastry Ramachandra Sreepada

Seats Taken: 18/39

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