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Nuclear Power Eguipment

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 361-0536/07
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

1. Physical foundations of nuclear energy.
2. Radioactive transformations, neutron nuclear reactions.
3. Neutron balance in nuclear reactor. Basics of dosimetry.
4. Physical calculation of nuclear reactor, diffusion of neutrons.
5. Critical equation of nuclear reactor, neutron flux.
6. Kinetics of fission chain reaction. Operation and transition modes.
7. Development and dissipation of heat in nuclear reactor, distribution of heat flow, course of temperature field in fuel element and active zone.
8. Nuclear reactor operation and control, reactivity compensation, reactor poisoning, iodine pit, reactor shearing, supercritical dynamics,
9. Equipment for power compensation and regulation. Primary circuit coolant compensation. Volume compensators. Mathematical model of KO, transition and operational processes. Thermal and hydraulic calculation of KO VVER 440 and 1000.
10. Basic types of nuclear power reactors, light water, heavy water.
11. High temperature, fast and gas cooled. Nuclear reactor structural components. Fuel Exchange Equipment.
12. Operation of nuclear power plants. Nuclear energy cycle, fuels and fuel cells, nuclear waste production, storage and disposal.
13. Nuclear reactor core materials. Physical-technical aspects of nuclear reactor safety, nuclear safety.
14. Reactors with increased inherent and passive safety III + and IV generation. 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.

Advised literature

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