[EEL] = Lewis, Elmer E. Fundamentals of Nuclear Reactor Physics. Burlington, MA: Academic Press, 2008. ISBN: 9780123706317.
Selected lecture notes are provided below.
| LECTURE | TOPICS | LECTURE SLIDES/NOTES/REFERENCES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reactor Fundamentals / Nomenclature / Nuclear Reactions / Nuclear Stability |
Chapter 1 [EEL] (PDF) |
| 2 | Neutron Sources / Binding Energy / Fission Process / Chart of Nuclides | Chapter 1 [EEL] (cont.) |
| 3 | Radioactive Decay / Cross-Sections |
Chapters 2 and 3 [EEL] (PDF) (cont.) |
| 4 | Compound Nucleus / Resonances / Neutron Scattering | Chapters 2 and 3 [EEL] (cont.) |
| 5 | Neutron Slowing Down / Neutron Flux / Moderators / Energy Condensation | Chapter 2 and 3 [EEL] (cont.) |
| 6 | Power Reactors I (LWRs / Neutron Life Cycle) |
Chapter 4 [EEL] (PDF) |
| 7 | Power Reactors II (CANDU / Advanced LWRs, Gas Reactors, …) | Chapter 4 [EEL] (cont.) |
| 10 | Transport Equation | Notes (PDF) |
| 11 | Criticality / Flux / Current / BCs | Notes (PDF) |
| 12 | Kinetics Approximation |
Notes (PDF) Chapter 5 [EEL] (PDF) |
| 13 | Delayed Neutrons / Photoneutrons / Inhour | Chapter 5 [EEL] (cont.) |
| 14 | Prompt Jump Approximation | Chapter 5 [EEL] (cont.) |
| 16 | Diffusion Equation – One Group | Chapter 6 [EEL] |
| 17 | Non-Multiplying Systems / Multiplying Systems | Chapter 6 [EEL] (cont.) |
| 18 | Diffusion – Two Groups | Notes (PDF - 1.9MB) |
| 19 | Bare reactors / Reflectors | Chapter 7 [EEL] |
| 20 | Control Rods / Burnable Poisons | Chapter 7 [EEL] (cont.) |
| 22 | Energy Transport |
Chapter 8 [EEL] (PDF) |
| 23 | Reactivity Feedback / Transients |
Chapter 9 [EEL] (PDF) |
| 24 | Reactor Control / Xenon / Samarium | Chapter 10 [EEL] |
| 25 | Depletion / MA | Chapter 10 [EEL] (cont.) |
