The "GEN IV" (Generation IV) design is a next generation nuclear power plant that produces electricity and hydrogen without greenhouse gas emissions. (Image courtesy of U.S. DOE.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. George Apostolakis
Prof. Neil Todreas
Prof. Ronald Ballinger
Prof. Andrew Kadak
MIT Course Number
22.39
As Taught In
Fall 2006
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
- Selected lecture notes
- Assignments: problem sets (no solutions)
- Assignments: written (no examples)
- Exams (no solutions)
Course Description
This course integrates studies of engineering sciences, reactor physics and safety assessment into nuclear power plant design. Topics include materials issues in plant design and operations, aspects of thermal design, fuel depletion and fission-product poisoning, and temperature effects on reactivity, safety considerations in regulations and operations, such as the evolution of the regulatory process, the concept of defense in depth, General Design Criteria, accident analysis, probabilistic risk assessment, and risk-informed regulations.
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