Advanced Nuclear Reactor Physics and Technology (Centre d'étude nucléaire-Mol)

Langue
d'enseignement

Anglais

Thèmes abordés

Theoretical part

• 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

Acquis
d'apprentissage

A la fin de cette unité d’enseignement, l’étudiant est capable de :
1	Describe the 6 GEN IV designs accepted by the GIF Compare GEN IV with GEN II and GEN III reactors. Give an overview of international networks and research infrastructures for GEN IV systems

Modes d'évaluation
des acquis des étudiants

En raison de la crise du COVID-19, les informations de cette rubrique sont particulièrement susceptibles d’être modifiées.

Written examination on theory and exercises (open book)    

Autres infos

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

Ressources
en ligne

https://www.sckcen.be/fbnen

Bibliographie

The PowerPoint presentations of the lectures are available on the BNEN website.

Faculté ou entité
en charge

EPL