Flow diagram showing how a nuclear power plant reactor processes waste and filters clean water to the reactor cooling system. (Photo courtesy of U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Mujid S. Kazimi
Dr. Edward E. Pilat
MIT Course Number
22.251
As Taught In
Fall 2009
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course provides an in-depth technical and policy analysis of various options for the nuclear fuel cycle. Topics include uranium supply, enrichment fuel fabrication, in-core physics and fuel management of uranium, thorium and other fuel types, reprocessing and waste disposal. Also covered are the principles of fuel cycle economics and the applied reactor physics of both contemporary and proposed thermal and fast reactors. Nonproliferation aspects, disposal of excess weapons plutonium, and transmutation of actinides and selected fission products in spent fuel are examined. Several state-of-the-art computer programs are provided for student use in problem sets and term papers.
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