Course Descriptions
Description
MCEG6503: Reactor Physics
Prerequisites: PHYS 3213, MCEG 3503, MATH 5243.
A study of the fundamental physical principles in the operation and design of nuclear reactors. Includes neutron-nucleus interations, neutron entergy spectra and energy dependent cross sections, neutron transport and diffusion theory, multi-group approximations, criticality calculations, and reactor analysis and design mehtods.