Description: (Lecture, 3 credits) Energy production from nuclear reactions, cross sections, number density, and binding energy. Fission process, neutron life cycle, criticality, neutron diffusion, reactor design, reactor kinetics and control, reactivity feedback, nuclear system design. (Lec. 3)

Pre-requisite: MTH 244 and MCE 341 or CHE 313, or permission of instructor

Instructor:  Professor Hamouda Ghonem, Office: Engineering Building Rm 212, Phone: 874-2909, Email: ghonem@uri.edu

Text: Introduction to Nuclear Engineering (4th Edition), by J. Lamarsh and A. Baratta, ISBN-13: 978-0134570051

Course Topics:

1.   Atomic and Nuclear Physics

2.   Interaction of Radiation and Matter

3.   Nuclear Reactors & Power

4.   Nuclear Fuel Enrichment

5.   Neutron Diffusion and Moderation

6.   Nuclear Reactor Theory

7.   Time-dependent Reactor