Complete Nuclear Engineering

Physics fundamentals of Nuclear Energy and Ionizing Radiation
• Nuclear Energy Worldwide. Overall view of a Nuclear Power plant
• Nuclear structure
• Radioactivity and Radioactive processes
• Nuclear Reactions
• Fission chain reaction
• Interaction of Ionizing radiation with matter

Nuclear Power Plants and Nuclear Safety

• Working principles of nuclear reactors
• Pressurized Water Reactor. Core and main systems
• Pressurized Water Reactor. Operation and controls
• Nuclear Safety. General aspects
• Nuclear Safety. Accident analysis
• Advanced Nuclear Reactors

Fuel cycle
• Define fuel burn-up.
• Enumerate and describe the steps of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
• Environmental impact of nuclear facilities
• Nuclear and radiological waste management

Nuclear Radiation Detection
• General characteristics of radiation detectors
• Counting statistics and error propagation
• Gas-filled detectors
• Scintillation detectors
• Semiconductor detectors
• Neutron detection
• Spectroscopy
• Miscellaneous radiation detectors

Nuclear Reactor Physics

Radiation Physics
• Special theory of relativity
• Wave particle duality
• Atomic structure and atomic radiation
• The nucleus and nuclear radiations
• Nuclear models and nuclear energetics
• Characteristics of radioactive decay
• Radiation cross sections
• Neutron interactions with matter, fission, criticality
• Interaction of heavy charged particles with matter
• Interaction of electrons with matter
• Interaction of photons with matter
Radiation Protection Engineering
• Particle Interactions of Importance to Radiation Protection
• Review of Serial Radioactive Decay
• Radiation Fields and Sources
• Dose Quantities
• Computation and Measurement of Dose
• Radiation Protection Criteria, Exposure Limits, Risk, and Regulation
• Biological Effects of Radiation
• Radiation Shielding
• Point Kernel Methods and Buildup Factors for Gamma-Rays Shielding
• Introduction to Monte Carlo Simulation
• External Radiation Protection
• Internal Radiation Protection
• Natural and Man-Made Sources of Radiation Exposure
Radiation Physics Laboratory
• Power Plant Descriptions/Thermal Design Principles
• Reactor Heat Generation
• Thermal Analysis of Fuel Elements
• Single Phase Fluid Mechanics/Pressure drop in rod bundles
• Single Phase Heat Transfer
• Two-Phase Flow
• Boiling Heat Transfer
• Reactor Thermal Hydraulic Design/ Uncertainty Analysis

Nuclear Radiological Engineering Design

• Appropriate to the specific design project
• design of primary system of a nuclear reactor
• The associated fuel cycle;
• Determination of relevant safety parameters.

Nuclear Criticality Safety Engineering
Light Water Reactor Technology
Radiation Sources and Applications

Radiological Assessment and Waste Management

Regulation and Siting of Waste Management Facilities
• Case Studies
• Public Health, Environmental and Safety Aspects of Waste Management Practices
• Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management
• Transportation of Waste
• Radioactive Waste Storage and Disposal
• Remediation and Stabilization of Contaminated Sites
• Decontamination and Decommissioning
Introduction to Plasma Physics and Fusion Engineering
Nuclear Chemical Engineering
• Nuclear Reactions
• Fuel cycles
• Solvent extraction of metals
• Properties of actinides
• Properties of other irradiated fuel materials
• Fuel reprocessing
• Radioactive waste management