Entry requirements

120 credits in science/engineering, including 30 credits in physics and 5 credits programming. Nuclear Physics or Modern Physics is recommended. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• solve relevant problems with Python and other appropriate computational tools in the field of nuclear physics and reactor physics and report these solutions in writing in the form of well-commented code and reports
• with numerical tools simulate reactor physical processes and schematically design nuclear systems and justify the assumptions and choices made
• explain nuclear and reactor physical processes of relevance to reactor applications

Content

Nuclear physics: Radioactive decay, neutron cross-section, neutron-induced nuclear reactions, kinematics, reaction rate, fission, transmutation, neutron spectrum

Reactor physics: neutron cycle, four-factor formula, criticality, reactivity, reactor design, reactor dynamics including reactivity feedback, kinetics, prompt and delayed neutrons, moderation, transients, breeding, neutron transport, neutron diffusion, reactor poisons, burn-up

Numerical tools: Python, Jupyter Notebook, OpenMC, Monte Carlo, and Deterministic codes

Instruction

Lectures, supervision of hand-in exercises.

Assessment

Home assignments. Oral exam.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the assessment method indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.