Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
3 credits
Q2
Language
English
Prerequisites
The following BNEN course is a prerequisite
- Nuclear Reactor Theory
Main themes
Theoretical part
Laboratory session and exercises
- Reactor codes and adjoint theory -4h
- Reactor Physics for fast reactors -4h
- GEN IV reactor technologies -6h
- ADS reactor physics and technology- 6h
- GEN IV and the closed fuel cycle - 4h
Laboratory session and exercises
- Lab session - GUINEVERE - 4h
- Exercise session on reactor codes - 4h
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Evaluation methods
Written examination on theory and exercises (open book)
Other information
This course is part of the Advanced Master programme in nuclear engineering organized by the Belgian Nuclear Higher Education Network (BNEN). BNEN is organised through a consortium of six Belgian universities and the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, SCK-CEN and takes place at the SCK-CEN in Mol.
Prof. Hamid Aït Abderrahim ' Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve
Prof. Hamid Aït Abderrahim ' Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve
Online resources
Bibliography
The PowerPoint presentations of the lectures are available on the BNEN website.
Faculty or entity
EPL
Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)
Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Advanced Master in Nuclear Engineering
