Course Description
Engineering principles of nuclear reactors, emphasizing power reactors. Topics include power plant thermodynamics, reactor heat generation and removal (single-phase as well as two-phase coolant flow and heat transfer), structural mechanics, and engineering considerations in reactor design.
Course Info
Learning Resource Types
grading
Exams with Solutions
assignment
Problem Sets
![Photo of nuclear power plant on ocean shore, with two containment domes and a low rectangular building out front.](/courses/22-312-engineering-of-nuclear-reactors-fall-2015/c44a93b7289721d920ea7d7be5f44db2_22-312f15.jpg)
The Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. Note the containment buildings for Units 1 and 2, the turbine building and the cooling water discharge. (Public domain photo by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.)