Course:

Fundamentals of Nuclear

Reactor Operation  

Modular course two weeks  

 

 

Prof. PhD. Javier Dies

Professor Chair in Nuclear Engineering

 

 

Nuclear Engineering Research Group (NERG)

School of Engineering of Barcelona (ETSEIB)

Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) 

 

 

 

 

 

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FUNDAMENTALS OF NUCLEAR REACTOR OPERATION.

OBJECTIVES.

To provide the basic elements for the understanding of the production process and fission energy profit, which are mainly related to the nuclear reactor.

To introduce the technological aspects associated to the reactor core. To give the basic foundations of calculation and evaluation. To present the basic nuclear fuel cycle elements.

EXTENSION.

The extension of the course is two weeks, six hours every day. From 8h30 to

14h30.

CONTENTS

Course presentation. Introduction to the Nuclear Energy. Nuclear reactor operation

principle. Historical introduction and current situation of the fission nuclear energy profit.

Neutron interaction. Reactions types. Cross sections according to the energy. Neutron scattering. Moderation power and reason. Westcott factors.

Fission process in a nuclear reactor. Fission reaction. Conversion and reproduction. Fission energy. Nuclear reactor power. Fuel consumption, fission products.

Neutron multiplication in a nuclear reactor. The multiplication factor. The four and six factors formula. Critical mass.

Reactor kinetics. Delayed and non delayed neutrons. Reactivity equation for six delayed neutron groups. Small reactivities. Flux evolution.

Control rod effect. Control-rod Worth. Differential and integral value. Soluble poisons. Reactivity effect calculation. Burnable poisons. Location. Reactivity effect calculation. Reactivity temperature effects. Feedback coefficients. Stability. Fuel

temperature coefficient. Moderator temperature coefficient.

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Fission products poisoning. Dead Time. Xenon space oscillations. Samarium effects.

Neutron Sources. Intrinsic and external sources. Sub critical multiplication. Bending curves.

METHODOLOGY

Theory and exercises.

The contents of the different lessons that constitute the program are exhibited in the classroom. There are insertions of exercises for the accomplishment of fixing and quantifying the presented concepts. To improve the operation of these sessions the professor usually uses the multimedia on Nuclear Reactor Physics with video-projector. This multimedia allows the main ideas about the exhibition graph enrichment. With sufficient anticipation, a copy is distributed to the students in paper or in cd. This copy makes easier to focus the attention on the explanations, without having to take excessive annotation.

NUCLEAR REACTOR PHYSICS MULTIMEDIA.

It has been carried out the Multimedia of Nuclear Reactor Physics at UPC. The Multimedia objective is to integrate the new technologies to enrich and to give impulse to the teaching in the subjects. This multimedia will help the students deepen in the matter with greater easiness, as well as increase their motivation. The multimedia is in English, Spanish, French and Russian.

The multimedia has been distributed to 126 institutions from 53 countries.

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Asia-Pacific

LatinAmerica

Europe

Africa

Multimedia on Nuclear Reactor Physic

North

America

454 CDs distributed to 52 Member States for 3800 students for education and training

Bangladesh, China, India,Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Japan,Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia,Pakistan, Palestine, thePhilippines, Saudi Arabia,Syria, Thailand, UAE, Vietnam

Argentine, Brazil, Chile,Mexico, Peru, USA

Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium,Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech, Finland,France, Germany, Hungary, Italy,Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Netherlands,Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia,Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK, Ukraine

Algeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa

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Samples of Nuclear Reactor Physics Multimedia (language: English):

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SCHEDULE:

The course will be developed in two weeks. From 8h30 to 14h30.

Week 1 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

8:30-10:00

10:00-10:15 Pause Pause Pause Pause Pause

10:15-11:45

11:45-12:00 Pause Pause Pause Pause Pause

12:00-13:30

13:30-13:45 Pause Pause Pause Pause Pause

13:45-14:30

Week 2 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

8:30-10:00

10:00-10:15 Pause Pause Pause Pause Pause

10:15-11:45

11:45-12:00 Pause Pause Pause Pause Pause

12:00-13:30

13:30-13:45 Pause Pause Pause Pause Pause

13:45-14:30

Lectures  

Evaluation  

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TAILORED COURSE:

This course can be developed tailored to the company that demand the course.

Can be developed:

On the job training.

o Training center.

o Nuclear Power Plants.

o Stakeholder.

at Technical University of Catalonia, School of Engineering of

Barcelona. Avda. Diagonal 647, 08028 Barcelona.

RESOURCES:

Main Bibliography.

1. DIES, J.; PUIG, F.; PEREIRA, C.; “Nuclear Reactor Physics Multimedia” (languages: Spanish, English, French and Rusian) “, cd-rom, v. 4.2, 785 laminas, Barcelona, 2011. http://www.iaea.org/inisnkm/nkm/e_learning/2010/Multimedia_NRP_announcement.htm http://www.xinexus.ch/mnrp-book

2. DIES, J.; PUIG, F.; PEREIRA, C.; “Nuclear Reactor Physics Multimedia “, (language: English) v. 4.2, pag. 418, Barcelona, 2010.

3. DIES, J.; TAPIA, C.; PUIG, F.; VILLAR, D.; “Experiences program in nuclear engineering area. SIREP 1300 nuclear power plant conceptual simulator (DFEN-ETSEIB-UPC), (language: English), E-prints UPC, http://hdl.handle.net/2117/17190 , pág. 206, Barcelona, 2012.

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Reviews:

1. Nuclear Technology. 2. Nuclear Engineering International. 3. Nuclear Engineering and Design 4. Nuclear Safety 5. Nuclear España 6. Seguridad Nuclear.

COORDINATOR PROFESSOR:

Prof. PhD. Javier Dies Doctor Engineer Professor Chair in Nuclear Engineering Javier.Dies@upc.edu Tel. 34-934017144

EVALUATION PROCEDURE:

The evaluation will de developed, one at the midel of the course and the second

at the end. The evaluation will be in test format.

Internet links:

DGTREN - UE Dirección General de Energía y Transportes de la Comisión Europea http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/energy_transport/index_es.html

ENEN European Nuclear Education Network http://www.enen-assoc.org FORATOM European Atomic Forum www.foratom.org foratom@skynet.be

IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency www.iaea.org info@iaea.org

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NEA - AEN (OECD) Nuclear Energy Agency www.nea.fr nea@nea.fr NEI Nuclear Energy Institute www.nei.org overview@nei.org NRC United States Nuclear Regulatory Comission www.nrc.gov opa@nrc.gov NUCNET The World's Nuclear Energy Agency www.worldnuclear.org info@worldnuclear.org WANO World Association of Nuclear Operators www.wano.org.uk WEC World Energy Council www.worldenergy.org/wec-geis info@worldenergy.org

WIN Women in Nuclear http://213.130.43.103/win-global win@world-nuclear.org WNA World Nuclear Association www.world-nuclear.org wna@world-nuclear.org