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

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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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