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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Spring Summer Fall
(Session 1) (Session 2)
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
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
2011
2010
Nuclear Fuel Management (3c)
  • Sastry Ramachandra Sreepada
Seats Taken: 18/39
2009
2008
2007