| Course Unit Code | 637-3006/03 |
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| Number of ECTS Credits Allocated | 5 ECTS credits |
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| Type of Course Unit * | Choice-compulsory type B |
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| Level of Course Unit * | Second Cycle |
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| Year of Study * | First Year |
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| Semester when the Course Unit is delivered | Winter Semester |
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face |
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| Language of Instruction | Czech |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Requisites | There are no prerequisites or co-requisites for this course unit |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) | Personal ID | Name |
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| KUR30 | prof. Ing. Miroslav Kursa, CSc. |
| SZU02 | doc. Ing. Ivo Szurman, Ph.D. |
| Summary |
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- Students will learn the basic requirements for materials applied in nuclear technology. It concerns in particular individual materials applied at building of nuclear reactors.
- Importance of nuclear purity will be discussed, as well as methods of its securing for each type of material, especially for coating and fissile materials. |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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Student will be after completion of the course able to:
- Explain the principles of nuclear reactions leading to processes of fission of atoms.
- Evaluate possibilities of generation of power from individual sources, including their assessment and comparison.
- Assess or predict physical, mechanical and nuclear properties of materials for individual components of nuclear reactor.
- Propose and optimise processes for production of individual groups of materials for nuclear reactor.
- Assess material requirements to concrete applications and make their modifications by alloying, or by thermal-mechanical treatment.
- Assess and evaluate influence of nuclear irradiation on properties of material for nuclear reactors. |
| Course Contents |
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1. Physical principles of operation of nuclear reactor.
2. Nuclear reactions, fission reaction, nuclear fusion, mechanisms, products of fission reaction.
3. Nuclear reactor and its components.
4. Classification of nuclear reactors (PWE, BWR, PHWR, LGWR, GCR, AGR, HTGR, FBR), principles.
5. Fuels, coolants, moderators, reflectors.
6. Absorption and shielding materials, materials for pressure vessels of nuclear reactors.
7. Uranium, alloys, compounds, metallurgical bases for production of chemically clean uranium compounds.
8. Production of metallic uranium and UO2, enrichment of uranium.
9. Properties and metallurgical bases for production of Th and Pu.
10. Re-processing of spent fuel.
11. Coating materials (Al, Mg, Zr, Be), general requirements and characteristic properties of individual types of materials.
12. Moderators, reflectors, absorption materials – material solutions, characteristic properties. Influence of irradiation on properties of materials for nuclear reactors. |
| Recommended or Required Reading |
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| Required Reading: |
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Construction technologies for nuclear power plants. Vienna: International atomic energy agency, 2011. ISBN 978-92-0-119510-4.
Dostupné z: https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/P1526_Web.pdf.
Nuclear Power Reactors in the World. Vienna: International atomic energy agency, 2012. ISBN 978–92–0–119510–4.
Dostupné z: https://www-pub.iaea.org/books/iaeabooks/8954/Nuclear-Power-Reactors-in-the-World.
Journal of nuclear materials. Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1959-. ISSN 0022-3115.
Nuclear energy: an introduction to the concepts, systems, and applications of nuclear process. 5th ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2007. ISBN 978-0-7506-7136-1.
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https://www.fmmi.vsb.cz/modin/cs/studijni-opory/resitelsky-tym-3-materialove-izenyrstvi/materialy-pro-jadernou-techniku/index.html.
KURSA, M. a L. KUCHAŘ. Kovy jaderných reaktorů. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská, 1984.
DUŽÍ, P. a L. KUCHAŘ. Základy jaderné metalurgie. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská, 1985.
CAHN, R.W., P. HAASEN, E.J. KRAMER a B. R. T. FROST, et al. Materials science and technology: a comprehensive treatment. Volume 10a/10b, Nuclear materials. Classic softcover ed. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 2005. ISBN 3-527-31395-8. |
| Recommended Reading: |
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| Fast reactor database. Vienna: International atomic energy agency, 2006. ISBN 92–0–114206–4. Dostupné z: https://www-pub.iaea.org/books/iaeabooks/7581/fast-reactor-database-2006-update. |
MAJER, V. Základy jaderné chemie. 2., přeprac. vyd. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1981.
BEČVÁŘ, J. Jaderné elektrárny. 2. opr. vyd. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1981.
BROMOVÁ, E., D. VARGONČÍK a M. SOVADINA. Jaderná energie a energetika. Tábor: Simopt, 2013. ISBN 978-80-87851-01-2. Dostupné z: http://www.vuje.sk/sk/ekniha-jadrova-energia.
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| Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Lectures, Individual consultations, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs, Project work |
| Assesment methods and criteria |
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| Task Title | Task Type | Maximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks) | Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing |
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| Credit and Examination | Credit and Examination | 100 (100) | 51 |
| Credit | Credit | 40 | 20 |
| Examination | Examination | 60 | 21 |