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2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

ME 763 - Nuclear Reactor Analysis


Credits 3

Development of the neutron diffusion equation with application to the design of steady state nuclear reactors. Derivation of critical core dimensions for single energy and multienergy neutron groups. Determination of group constants for thermal and fast neutrons. Unsteady reactor dynamics and criticality control. Introduction to Monte Carlo techniques.



Prerequisites
ME 455 or ME 655