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Terminated in academic year 2019/2020

Materials for Nuclear Engineering

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 637-0810/01
Abbreviation MJT
Course title Materials for Nuclear Engineering
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Non-ferrous Metals, Refining and Recycling
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Miroslav Kursa, CSc.

Subject syllabus

· Fundamental physics of nuclear reactor operation
· Nuclear reaction, fission reaction, mechanism, products of fission reaction.
· Nuclear reactor and its components, classification of reactors, fuel, cooling agents, moderators, reflectors, absorption and shielding materials, materials for pressure vessels of nuclear reactors.
· Uranium, alloys, compounds, metallurgical fundamentals of production of chemically pure uranium compounds, production of metallic uranium and UO2, enrichment of uranium.
· Properties and metallurgical fundamentals of production of Th and Pu, re-processing of the spent fuel.
· Coating materials (Al, Mg, Zr, Be), general requirements and characteristic properties of individual types of materials.
· Moderators, reflectors, absorption materials – material solution, characteristic properties.

E-learning

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Literature

Cardarelli, F.: Materials handbook : a concise desktop reference. 2nd ed., 2008 Springer-Verlag London Limited. pp. 1277. ISBN 978-1-84628-668-1 
ASM Handbook. Vol.2, Properties and Selection: Nonferrous Alloys and Special-Purpose Material. 10th edition, ASM International, 2000, 1328 p. ISBN 0-87170-378-5

Advised literature

Journal of Nuclear Materials
Murray R.L.: Nuclear Energy (Fifth Edition). Elsevier. 2001. ISBN: 978-0-7506-7136-1