Innovative Nuclear Systems Design Special Project

Academic unit or major

Graduate major in Nuclear Engineering

Instructor(s)

Toru Obara

Class Format

Exercise (Face-to-face)

Media-enhanced courses

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Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

5-6 Fri

Class

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Course Code

NCL.N609

Number of credits

020

Course offered

2024

Offered quarter

3-4Q

Syllabus updated

Mar 17, 2025

Language

English

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

To assist the education of design project of nuclear reactors for graduate students. Students deepen the understanding of neutronic analysis and thermal-hydraulic analysis and how to explain the usefulness of the reactor by supporting master`s program students design work of nuclear reactor.

Course description and aims

Students have the ability of assisting the following education for graduate students:
(1) Set the purpose to introduce the nuclear reactor by themselves and explain it.
(2) Perform fundamental neurotic analysis to design the reactor.
(3) Perform fundamental thermal-hydraulic analysis to design the reactor.
(4) Explain the usefulness of the designed reactor.

Keywords

Innovative nuclear reactor systems, nuclear reactor design, neurotic analysis, thermal-hydraulic analysis

Competencies

• Specialist skills
• Intercultural skills
• Communication skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Attending of the class " Innovative Nuclear Systems Design Project" and assist the design analysis of master's program students.

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

Students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes before the class and another 100 minutes after the class for the design work support.

Textbook(s)

None

Reference books, course materials, etc.

John R. Lamarsh, “Introduction to Nuclear Reactor Theory”, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. (1965).
James J. Duderstadt, Louis J. Hamilton, “Nuclear Reactor Analysis”, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (1976).
George I. Bell, Samuel Glasstone, “Nuclear Reactor Theory”, Robert E. Krieger Publishing Co., Inc. (1970).
Samuel Glasstone, Alexander Sesonske, "Nuclear Reactor Engineering", Chapman & Hall, Inc. (1994).
Weston M. Stacey, “Nuclear Reactor Physics”, WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA (2004).
Raymond L. Murray and Keith E. Holbert, "Nuclear Energy: An Introduction to The Concepts, Systems and Application of Nuclear Processes Seventh Edition", Elsevier Ltd. (2013).
E.E. Lewis, “Fundamentals of Nuclear Reactor Physics”, Academic Press (2008).
Neil E. Todreas, Mujid S. Kazimi, "Nuclear Systems I Second Edition", CRC Press (2011).
Neil E. Todreas, Mujid S. Kazimi, "Nuclear Systems II", Routledge (1990).

Evaluation methods and criteria

Report about the assisting of design project (100%)

Related courses

• NCL.N402 ： Nuclear Reactor Theory I
• NCL.N406 ： Nuclear Reactor Theory II
• NCL.N411 ： Innovative Nuclear Systems Design Project
• NCL.N401 ： Basic Nuclear Physics
• NCL.N403 ： Nuclear Materials and Structures
• NCL.N405 ： Nuclear Reactor Thermal-hydraulics
• NCL.N409 ： Nuclear Energy Systems
• NCL.N407 ： Nuclear Safety Engineering

Prerequisites

Only students who have taken "NCL.N411 Innovative Nuclear Energy System Design Project" in their master's program or are doing doctoral research on neutornic and thermal-hydraulic analysis of nuclear reactors can take this course.

Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).

tobara[at]zc.iir.titech.ac.jp (Prof. Obara)

Office hours

Prior appointment by e-mail is necessary.