2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Department of Materials Science and Engineering Graduate major in Nuclear Engineering
Special Lecture on Accelerator and Fusion Reactor Technology I
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Nuclear Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Tatsuya Katabuchi / Hiroshi Akatsuka / Hiroaki Tsutsui / Jun Hasegawa / Noriyosu Hayashizaki / Nagayasu Oshima / Naoki Kawachi
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 7-8 Fri (North 2-571)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- NCL.A601
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Oct 3, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
The course will provide the lectures mainly for doctoral degree program students on accelerator and fusion reactor engineering, students deeply understand the detail of accelerator and fusion reactor technology.
Course description and aims
Students can explain the details of accelerator and fusion reactor engineering based on the deep understanding of this scientific field.
Keywords
accelerator, fusion reactor, fusion reaction, Rarefied supersonic plasma flow, arc jet, thrusters, magnetic confinement fusion, numerical analysis, equilibrium, stability, transport, inertial fusion, heavy-ion accelerator, reactor system, inertial electrostatic confinement fusion, compact neutron source, quantum beam optics
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Lectures will be delivered by the lecturers in various fields in accelerator and fusion reactor engineering
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) Fusion |
Explain the principle of inertial electrostatic confinement fusion and its applications. |
| Class 2 | Generation and analysis of supersonic plasma flow, experimental and numerical methods |
Explain the basis of supersonic plasma flow. |
| Class 3 | Numerical Analysis in Magnetic Confinement Fusion |
Explain a part of numerical analysis in magnetic confinement fusion. |
| Class 4 | Nuclear physics of nuclear fusion reactions |
Explain nuclear physics of nuclear fusion reactions. |
| Class 5 | Development of radioisotope (RI) imaging methods and medical application research |
Explain radioisotope (RI) imaging methods and medical application research. |
| Class 6 | Introduction to quantum beam optics |
Explain quantum beam optics. |
| Class 7 | Applications of particle accelerators |
Explain applications of particle accelerators. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None
Reference books, course materials, etc.
None
Evaluation methods and criteria
The understanding and knowledge on accelerator and fusion reactor technologies are evaluated through a small quiz or assignments of each lecture.
Related courses
- NCL.A401 ： Laser and Particle‐Beam Technology and Its Medical Applications
- NCL.A402 ： Nuclear Fusion Reactor Engineering
Prerequisites
General fundamental knowledge of accelerator and fusion reactor engineering
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
Assoc. Prof. Tatsuya Katabuchi buchi[at]zc.iir.isct.ac.jp
Office hours
Prior appointment is needed