MEC 483

About Course:

Course Code: MEC 483

Course Name: NUCLEAR ENGINEERING

Credit Hour: 3

World energy resources; importance of fission energy; atomic structure; nuclear energy and nuclear forces; nuclear fission and fusion processes; nuclear fission reactors; reactor controls; reactor coolants; process waste disposal; nuclear power reactor systems.

Course Outcomes (COs):

1. Know the units and nomenclature of nuclear engineering including radiation, radioactivity, particles and their interactions, radioactive decay

2. Describe nuclear fissions and calculate binding energy, the fission process and energy release and actinide yields

3. Describe reactor physics and calculate fundamental parameters: the harnessing of energy, the roles of the moderator and the coolant, reactor dynamics, neutron life cycle, criticality and reactor transients

4. Describe basic reactor engineering concepts and designs

5. Describe and compare the fundamental fuel cycles and fuel fabrication methods

6. Define and classify nuclear waste and associated storage mechanisms

7. Describe safety management and risk at nuclear sites ; Understand, analyze the issues that led to past reactor accidents

Targeted Program Outcomes (POs): PO1, PO2