Introduces nuclear engineering, covering reactor types, components, and thermodynamics, including pressurized water reactors and boiling water reactors.
Introduces Generation IV nuclear reactors, focusing on fast-spectrum reactors and their sustainability, breeding of fissile fuel, properties of coolants, historical development, advantages, disadvantages, and key challenges.
Explores solar energy conversion into fuels, reactor concepts, stringent material requirements, proposed devices, efficiency considerations, and net value per energy.