INTRODUCTION TO NUCLEAR POWER(15EE551) CBCS SCHEME AND SYLLABUS,NOTES

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:

·         The question paper will have ten questions.

·         Each full question is for 16 marks.

·         There will be 2full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions in one full question) from each module.

·         Each full question with sub questions will cover the contents under a module.

·         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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