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Nuclear reactor physics

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Reactor Technology: Reactivity Variations and Control

Explores reactivity variations, control mechanisms, and the impact of the Doppler effect on reactor temperature.

Reactor Kinetics: Point Kinetics Equations

Covers reactor kinetics, point kinetics equations, delayed neutrons, and decay heat in nuclear reactors.

Reactor Technology: Reactivity Variations and Control

Explores reactivity variations in reactor technology, covering short-term, medium-term, and long-term effects, means of control, and consequences.

Neutron Kinetics: Reactor Kinetics and Point Kinetics Equations

Explores reactor kinetics, reactivity equations, and point kinetics for neutron population dynamics in nuclear reactors.

Reactor Kinetics: Neutron Behavior and Lattice Effects

Explores neutron behavior in reactors, emphasizing heterogeneous lattices and group constant determination.

Magnetic Fusion Reactor Design MOOC: Plasma Physics: Applications

Explores the design parameters of a magnetic fusion reactor, emphasizing cost minimization and reactor optimization.

Reactor Technology: Reactivity Variations

Explores reactivity variations in reactor technology, covering short-term, medium-term, and long-term changes, as well as means of control and important coefficients.

Neutron chain-reacting systems

Explores practical fission fuels, chain reactions, and multiplication factors in nuclear reactors.

Introduction and Review of Nuclear Physics

Covers the basics of nuclear physics, including reactor physics, neutron interactions, fission, fusion, and radioactivity.

Modified One Group Theory: Media Containing Fuel

Explores the modified one group theory for thermal reactors, focusing on media containing fuel and resonance treatment.

The Diffusion of Neutrons

Covers the transport of neutrons, scalar neutron flux, neutron currents, and more, along with fuel cycles and types of nuclear reactors.

Nuclear Reactors: Multigroup Theory

Covers the basics of nuclear reactors, including nuclear fission, neutron diffusion, and multigroup theory.

Advanced LWR Technology

Explores burnup algorithms, time-step discretization, LWR fuel evolution, spent fuel composition, refueling techniques, and boric acid control in PWRs.

Multigroup theory: Two-group method and group structures

Explains the two-group method, group structures, and multi-group constants.

Neutron chain-reacting systems

Explores chain reactions, multiplication factor, fuel cycles, reactor design, and types of nuclear reactors, ending with a summary of key concepts.

Momentum and Collisions

Explores momentum conservation in collisions and its applications in nuclear physics and chain reactions.

Multiplying media: Analytical Solutions and Non-leakage Probability

Covers media containing fuel, analytical solutions, and non-leakage probability for thermal and fast neutrons.

Neutron Physics: Reactor Overview

Covers neutron interactions, fission products, energy release, and reactor design considerations.

Introduction to Nuclear Physics

Introduces nuclear reactor physics, covering nucleus composition, binding energy, and radioactivity.

Neutron moderation with absorption

Explores neutron moderation with absorption, resonances, and Fermi age theory in the context of neutron slowing down.