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Nuclear Engineering Education

Mikhail Yu. Ternovykh

MYTernovykh@mephi.ru

National Research Nuclear University «MEPhI» Moscow, Russian Federation

NRNU-MEPhI

IV Semana de Engenharia Nuclear

2014, August, 11-15

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

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History

MEPhI was founded during World War II in 1942 initially as Moscow Mechanical Institute of Ammunition by Stalin’s personal order.

The main goal of its foundation was to collect brilliant minds together, train them and urgently start research in creation of nuclear weapon.

Since the end of 50-th the main goal of Moscow Engineering Physics Institute is the people ware for developing of nuclear industry (research, engineering, technologies)

Outstanding Soviet physicists and the USSR Atom Project leaders participated

in MEPhI development; 6 Nobel prize winners were among its staff

UNIVERSITY HISTORY

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I.V. Kurchatov

A.D.Sakharov N.N.Semenov I.E.Tamm P.A.Cherenkov I.M.Frank N.G. Basov

S.I. Kislyak

Ambassador of the

Russian Federation to the

U.S.

S.V.Avdeev Cosmonaut

Hero of Russia

N.N. Rukavishnikov Cosmonaut

Hero of the Soviet Union

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Moscow Engineering

Physics Institute

Obninsk Institute for

Nuclear Power

Engineering

Seversk Institute of

Technology

•Snezhinsk Institute of Physics and

Technology

• Ozersk Institute of Technology

•Lesnoy Institute of Technology

•Trekhgornyi Institute of

Technology

Sarov Institute of Physics and

Technology

Ural region

Siberia region

European region

Structure of National Research Nuclear University ”MEPhI”

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Characteristics of the NRNU - MEPhI

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The number of students:

more than 31 000

Staff:

professors – 485

associate professors – 1135

Total – 2380

Postgraduate students (PhD):

more than 1000

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Educational-research centers

• Nuclear center

• Superconductivity

• Heterostructural electronics

• Carbon fiber and carbon-composite materials

• Radiation accelerator center

• Radiation material science and radiation protection

• Physical protection, control and accounting of nuclear materials

• Nanosystems, nanomaterials and nanotechnologies

• Laser technological center

• Neutrino laboratory and others

• Training & Retraining of foreign students and specialists in the field of nuclear engineering and hi-tech (more than 300 people in 2009, Turkey, Vietnam, Argentina, Jordan, Egypt: 2010 - ~50 students, 2011 – ~150 students, 2012-2014 - ~ 300 students per year).

• Cooperation with nuclear educational networks (MEPhI has agreement with ENEN and ANENT).

• Cooperation with the foreign nuclear universities for development common master of research programs, postgraduate training, curricula analysis and enhanced (MEPhI has agreement with more than 15 universities from USA and Europe).

• Participation at the IAEA activity and representation of the Russian Federation at the World Nuclear University.

• Coordination of Russian and International Innovation Nuclear Consortiums activity.

MEPhI is Russian center for international cooperation in nuclear education

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NUCLEAR ENGINEERING

AT MEPHI

MEPhI is Russian Nuclear Education Center (more than 40 programs)

Nuclear reactors and power installations

Nuclear power plants

Radiation safety of human and the environment

Security and non-proliferation of nuclear materials

Physical protection, control and accounting of nuclear

materials

Material science and technology of new materials

Nuclear and particle physics

Theoretical physics

Plasma physics

Physics of kinetic phenomena

Applied mathematics

Medical physics

Electronics and automation in physical facilities

Device and methods of for quality control and

diagnostics

Ecology and others

More than 150 modern laboratories and educational-research centers, research

nuclear reactor and 5 subcritical assemblies are used for education and training.

Over 1500 professors and associated professors give the classes. 9

The Curriculum Nuclear Education Program

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The curriculum includes the following main components:

training in physics and mathematics, study of experimental

methodologies; mastering of engineering sciences.

Specific features of the educational process:

a) Basic education in humanitarian disciplines, maths, natural

sciences and engineering disciplines during the first two years. Full

scale laboratory practice and internship.

b) Basic special disciplines of the graduating Department :“Nuclear

physics”, “Experimental reactor physics”, “Dynamics and safety of

nuclear power installations”, “Engineering computations and energy

equipment of nuclear power installations”, “ Thermalphysical

processes and nuclear engineering”.

c) The fourth-year education course under the Bachelor Graduate

Program and further education under the Master Graduate

Program includes deepening of professional competencies,

scientific studies in NRNU MEPhI laboratories, in nuclear research

and training centers.

The key fields of study required to prepare

a nuclear engineer for employment in a NPP

General training

2 academic years

Degree of Engineer

Nuclear reactors and materials,

Isotopes separation and nuclear fuel,

Nuclear stations: design, operation

and engineering

3.5 years

Bachelor

Nuclear physics and

technologies,

Nuclear power and thermal

physics

2 years

Master

Nuclear physics and technologies,

Nuclear power and thermal physics

2 years

THE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION at the MEPhI

THE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION at the MEPhI General training. 2 years

Modules ECTS

Humanitarian 40

Math 32

Natural Sciences: 26

physics and practical work 20

others 6

Engineering 22

Total 120

THE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION at the MEPhI Nuclear physics and technologies

Modules ECTS

Humanitarian 18

Math 10

Natural Sciences 13

Engineering 79

Total 120

Modules ECTS

Humanitarian 12

Math 8

Engineering 70

Master thesis 30

Total 120

Master 2 years Bachelor 2 years

THE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION at the MEPhI Nuclear reactors and materials

Degree of Engineer 3.5 years

Modules ECTS

Humanitarian 25

Math 20

Natural Sciences 15

Engineering 120

Diploma thesis 30

Total 210

Sites of Student Internship Activity

• ROSATOM

• NRC “Kurchatov Institute”.

• IPPE, Obninsk.

• OKB “GIDROPRESS”, Podolsk.

• JSC NIKIET.

• JSC “TVEL”.

• The Scientific Research Institute of

Inorganic Materials.

• The Russian Academy of Sciences.

• JSC “RosEnergoAtom”. • Russians Federal Nuclear Centers

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION «Nuclear Сenter» of MEPhI

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Design of a Clinical Neutron Capture Therapy Channel with Use of

Thermal and Epithermal Neutrons

Research directions at the IRT MEPhI : • Neutron studies of matter; • Nuclear physics; • Radiation physics; • Radiation materials science; • Solid state physics; • Reactor physics and engineering; • Applied spectrometry; • Radiobiology; • Thermal physics

Basic scientific research, applied research and developments and specialists training in the sphere of heterostructure nanoelectronics, extremal and power electronics, solid-state super- high frequency electronics and optical electronics in the related sciences and science of materials.

Embodied technologies:

• Nanolithograh and

electronic microscopy

Scanning probe

microscopy,

nanocharacterization

and nanometrology

•Contact

photolithograph and

laser lithograph

•metalization 18

Electron-beam

lithograph

Raith 150-Two Kurt Lesker PVD 75 and PVD 250 devices

СЗМ

Omicron XMS Complex

Photolithorgaph

installation

Suss MJB4

Laser imagery

gereratorHeidelberg

DWL66FS

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Research Center «Nanocenter»

Experiments ATLAS

and ALICE on Large

Hadron Collider

(CERN)

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EXPERIMENTS IN

SYNCHRONOUS

CENTER DESY

(GERMANY)

EXPERIMENTS STAR AND PHENIX IN BROOKHAVEN

NATIONAL LABORATORIES (USA)

EXPERIMENTS PAMELA AND ARINA (THE

RUSSIAN-ITALIAN PROJECT)

EXPERIMENTS THE - CORONAS-

PHOTON (THE RUSSIAN-

EUROPEAN PROJECT)

The winners of competition on realization of the Governmental order of the Russian Federation from April, 9th, 2010 № 220 on attraction of leading scientists in the Russian high schools

Atomic engineering and nuclear technologies

Efremenko Jury Full Professor, University of Tennessee/ Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

Materials Science Olevsky Evgenie Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director, Powder Technology Laboratory, San Diego State University, USA

Nanotechnology Nabiev Igor Professor, Director of nanotechnology laboratory, University of Rheims, France

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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION RESEARCH PROJECTS

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VIRTUAL LABS

ON UNIQUE EXPERIMENTAL EQUIPMENT

vlr.mephi.ru

contacts:

GVTikhomirov@mephi.ru

Department:

“Theoretical and

Experimental Nuclear

Reactor Physics”

(was founded in 1945)

PHYSOR 2014–The Role of Reactor Physics Toward a Sustainable Future

The Westin Miyako, Kyoto, Japan, September 28 – October 3, 2014, on CD-ROM (2014)

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VIRTUAL LABS

ON UNIQUE EXPERIMENTAL EQUIPMENT Lab "Determination of the material parameters

of the uranium-graphite assemblies"

vlr.mephi.ru contacts: GVTikhomirov@mephi.ru

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No dia 22 de janeiro de 2014

o presidente da Rússia Vladimir Putin em NRNU MEPhI

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No dia 22 de janeiro de 2014

o presidente da Rússia

Vladimir Putin em NRNU MEPhI

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Visita do primeiro ministro da Rússia

Dmitry Medvedev em NRNU MEPhI

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