INTRODUCTION TO NUCLEAR POWER( Professional Elective )
AS PER CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM (CBCS)
SEMESTER –V
Subject Code 15EE551
IA Marks 20
Number of Lecture Hours/Week 03
Exam Hours 03
Total Number of Lecture Hours 40
Exam Marks 80
Credits – 03
Course objectives:
- To explain the fission process in nuclear materials and how the nuclear reactors work and the basic components of nuclear reactors and their types.
- Explanation about cooling of reactors, features of coolant, different types of coolants used in the reactors and the losses of cooling.
- Discussion on loss of cooling accidents in different reactors.
- Discussion on postulated severe accidents in water cooled reactors and other reactors and cooling of reactor during removal and processing.
- Discussion on cooling and disposing the nuclear waste and prospect of fusion energy in the future.
Module-1
The Earth and Nuclear Power: Sources and Resources:
Introduction, Earth’s Internal Heat Generation, The Earth’s Energy Flow, The
Fission Process, Thermal Energy Resources. How Reactors
Work:
Introduction, The Fission Process, Basic Components of a Nuclear Reactor,
Thermal Reactors, Fast Reactors. 08 HOURS
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Level
L1 – Remembering, L2 – Understanding, L3 – Applying.
Module-2
Cooling Reactors: Introduction, General Features of a Reactor
Coolant, Principles of Heat Transfer, Gaseous Coolants, Liquid Coolants,
Boiling Coolants.
Loss of Cooling: Introduction, The Electric Kettle,
Pressurized-Water Reactor, Boiling-Water Reactor, CANDU Reactor, Gas-Cooled
Reactors, Sodium- Cooled Fast Reactor. 08 HOURS
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Level
L1 – Remembering, L2 – Understanding, L3 – Applying, L4 – Analysing.
Module-3
Loss-of-Cooling Accidents: Introduction, Incidents in light
Water-Cooled Reactors, Heavy Water- Moderated Reactors, Gas-Cooled Reactors,
Liquid Metal-Cooled Fast Reactors.08 HOURS
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Level
L1 – Remembering, L2 – Understanding, L3 – Applying, L4 – Analysing.
Module-4
Postulated Severe Accidents Introduction: Introduction,
Postulated Severe Accidents in Water- Cooled Reactors, Specific Phenomena
relating to Severe Accidents, Severe Accidents in other Reactor Types, Fission
Product Dispersion following Containment Failure.
Cooling during Fuel Removal and Processing:
Introduction, Refuelling, Spent Fuel Storage and Transport, Reprocessing Plant.
08 HOURS
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Level
L1 – Remembering, L2 – Understanding, L3 – Applying, L4 – Analysing.
Module-5
Cooling and Disposing of the Waste: Introduction,
Classification of Waste Products, Fission Products and Their Biological
Significance, Options for Nuclear Waste Disposal, Long-Term Storage and
Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel, Storage and Disposal of Fission Products from
Reprocessing Plants, Disposal of other Materials.
Fusion Energy -Prospect for the Future: Introduction, The
Fusion Process, Confinement, Current Technical Position, Conclusions. 08 HOURS
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Level
L1 – Remembering, L2 – Understanding, L3 – Applying.
Course outcomes:
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
- Explain the fission process in nuclear materials, basic components of nuclear reactors, types of nuclear reactors and their working.
- Discuss different types of coolants, their features, and cooling of reactors,
- Discuss loss of cooling accidents in different reactors.
- Discuss postulated severe accidents in reactors and cooling of reactor during removal of spent fuel.
- Discuss cooling and disposing the nuclear waste and prospect of fusion energy in the future.
Graduate Attributes (As per NBA)
Engineering Knowledge, Design/ Development of Solutions, The Engineer and Society, Environment and Sustainability, Ethics, Project Management and Finance.
Question paper pattern:
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The question paper will have ten questions.
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Each full question is for 16 marks.
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There will be 2full questions (with a maximum of
four sub questions in one full question) from each module.
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Each full question with sub questions will cover
the contents under a module.
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Students will have to answer 5 full questions,
selecting one full question from each module.
Textbook
1 Introduction to Nuclear Power Geoffrey F. Hewitt Taylor &
Francis 1st Edition, 2000
Reference Books
1 Nuclear Reactor Engineering G.Vaidyanathan S.Chand 1st Edition, 2013
2 Introduction to NuclearEngineering John R Lamarsh Anthony J Baratta
Pearson 3rd Edition, 2016
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