ME428 NUCLEAR REACTOR ENGINEERING
| Course Code: | 5690428 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Mechanical Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. AHMET ORHAN YEŞİN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Course Content
Fundamentals of nuclear reactors and nuclear power plants. Transient behavior of nuclear reactors. Reactivity. Reactor poisoning. Fission to thermal power conversion. Temperature distribution in the reactor core, hot-spot factors; coolant-channel orificing, radiation and thermal shielding. Technological aspects of reactors.