637-0810/01 – Materials for Nuclear Engineering (MJT)
| Gurantor department | Department of Non-ferrous Metals, Refining and Recycling | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Miroslav Kursa, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Miroslav Kursa, CSc. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2003/2004 | Year of cancellation | 2019/2020 |
| Intended for the faculties | FMT | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Student after passing the exam from this subject will be able to:
- explain fundamentals of nuclear reactions leading to processes of nuclear fission
- evaluate possibilities of development of power from individual sources, including their assessment and comparison
- evaluate, or predict physical, mechanical and nuclear properties of materials for individual components of nuclear reactor
- design and optimise production processes for individual groups of materials for nuclear reactor
- evaluate materials requirements for specific applications and modify them by alloying, or by thermal-mechanical treatment
- evaluate and assess influence of nuclear radiation on properties of materials for nuclear reactors
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Experimental work in labs
Project work
Summary
Students get acquainted with basic requirements to materials used in nuclear engineering. These are particularly individual materials used at construction of nuclear reactors. Discussion is aimed at importance of nuclear purity and methods of its assurance in individual types of materials, particularly in coating and fissile materials.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Journal of Nuclear Materials
Murray R.L.: Nuclear Energy (Fifth Edition). Elsevier. 2001. ISBN: 978-0-7506-7136-1
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
test
E-learning
no
Other requirements
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Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
· Fundamental physics of nuclear reactor operation
· Nuclear reaction, fission reaction, mechanism, products of fission reaction.
· Nuclear reactor and its components, classification of reactors, fuel, cooling agents, moderators, reflectors, absorption and shielding materials, materials for pressure vessels of nuclear reactors.
· Uranium, alloys, compounds, metallurgical fundamentals of production of chemically pure uranium compounds, production of metallic uranium and UO2, enrichment of uranium.
· Properties and metallurgical fundamentals of production of Th and Pu, re-processing of the spent fuel.
· Coating materials (Al, Mg, Zr, Be), general requirements and characteristic properties of individual types of materials.
· Moderators, reflectors, absorption materials – material solution, characteristic properties.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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