UNENE Physics Refresher

Introduction –  for UNENE course UN802 Nuclear Reactor Physics 
 

Details

Date:
August 29 & 30, 2020 – weekend  both Saturday and Sunday
Start:
9:00 am
Format:
Two day compressed workshop containing lectures and hands-on sessions
Location:
Planned for online delivery via WebEx due to COVID-19 pandemic circumstances
Instructor
Dr. Eleodor Nichita             –  Saturday   
Dr. Benjamin Rouben         –  Sunday

UNENE Program Presentation

THIS PHYSICS REFRESHER IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED PREPARATION FOR UN0802 Nuclear Reactor Physics

UNENE students come from a wide variety of backgrounds and may or may not have taken the undergraduate courses that are expected in all the areas covered by the UNENE graduate courses. To ensure you are prepared for UN0802, it is strongly recommended that you review and learn this material at the beginning of the course.
Your professor will assume you have done so.

Administration

  • Format: Two day compressed workshop containing lectures and hands-on sessions. Saturday & Sunday August 29 & 30, 2020
  • Prerequisite: Undergraduate degree in engineering or science.
  • During the current COVID-19 pandemic situation, it is planned that this course will be offered as a live distance education course via WebEx. You will need a high speed internet connection outside corporate firewalls, an inexpensive headset with microphone and, optionally, a webcam.

ABOUT THE PHYSICS REFRESHER

The UNENE Physics Refresher is a review of the fundamentals of nuclear and reactor physics. The course is a fast-paced review of physics subject matter that students should be familiar with in preparation for the Nuclear Reactor Analysis (UN 0802) course. Topics include atomic and nuclear structure, nuclear reactions and radioactive decay, interaction of radiation with matter, neutron interactions, introduction to nuclear power production, linear algebra and vector calculus.

Course textbook: Introduction to Nuclear Engineering (third edition), J.R. Lamarsh & A.J. Baratta, Prentice-Hall, 2001, ISBN: 0-201-82498-1

Lecturers: E. Nichita eleodor.nichita@uoit.ca, B. Rouben Benjamin.rouben@sympatico.ca

COURSE MATERIAL

Students are strongly encouraged to read the material (overhead + textbook chapters) before class.

Problems