Engineering of Nuclear Systems
As taught in: Fall 2010
Animated Diagram of a Pressurized Water Reactor. (Image courtesy of wikipedia.org)
Instructors:
Prof. Jacopo Buongiorno
MIT Course Number:
22.06
Level:
Undergraduate
Course Features
Course Description
This course is intended to understand the engineering design of nuclear power plants using the basic principles of reactor physics, thermodynamics, fluid flow and heat transfer.
This course includes the following: Reactor designs, Thermal analysis of nuclear fuel, Reactor coolant flow and heat transfer, Power conversion cycles, Nuclear safety and Reactor dynamic behavior.
