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Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Nuclear Power Eguipment

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 361-0536/06
Abbreviation JEZ
Course title Nuclear Power Eguipment
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Power Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Stanislav Honus, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1st Physical principles of nuclear energy,
2nd Radioactive decay, neutron nuclear reactions
3rd Balance of neutrons in a nuclear reactor. Fundamentals of dosimetry.
4th Physical calculation of nuclear reactor diffusion neutron
5th The critical equation of a nuclear reactor neutron flux.
6th The kinetics of nuclear fission. Operating and transient regimes.
7th Development and dissipation of heat in a nuclear reactor, the distribution of heat flow, temperature field in the course of the fuel element and core.
8th Operation and management of a nuclear reactor, the reactivity compensation, poisoning of the reactor, iodine pit zestruskování reactor dynamics in the supercritical state,
9th Compensation devices and power control. Compensation in the primary circuit coolant. Volume compensators. KO mathematical model, transition and operational processes. Thermal and hydraulic calculation KO VVER 440 and 1000
10th Basic types of nuclear power reactors, light-water, heavy water,
11th High, fast, and gas-cooled. Components of the nuclear reactor. Equipment for fueling.
12th Nuclear power plants. Nuclear energy cycle, fuel and fuel cell production, storage and disposal of nuclear waste.
13th Core of nuclear materials reaktorů.Aspects of nuclear reactor safety, nuclear safety.
14th Reactors with higher inherent and passive safety and III + IV.generace.
Thermonuclear reactors and power plants.

Literature

Nuclear Energy, Published June 1999, ISBN 0 85403 526 5 ,1999 The Royal Society,1999 The Royal Academy of Engineering,Printed by Holbrooks Printers Ltd, Norway Road Hilsea Portsmouth Hants PO3
MURRAY, Raymond. Nuclear Energy: An Introduction to the Concepts, Systems, and Applications of Nuclear Processes. Elsevier Science & Technology, 2014. ISBN 0124166547 .
BODANSKY, David. Nuclear energy: principles, practices, and prospects. 2nd ed. New York: Springer, 2004. ISBN 0-387-20778-3.

Doporučená literatura

HORE-LACY, Ian. Nuclear Energy in the 21st Century: World Nuclear University Primer. 3rd ed. World Nuclear University Press, 2012. ISBN 0955078458 .