Nuclear Science (NS)
3000
NS 3411 Fundamentals of Nuclear Radiation Science (3 credits)
F,S Prereq.: one sem. of MATH 1021 or equivalent and one sem. of chemistry or physics; 2 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Nuclear structure, transmutations, decay, interactions of radiation with matter; radiation detection and measurement.
4000
NS 4141 [Not Offered] Radioecology (3 credits)
F Prereq.: NS 4101 or equivalent. 2 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Also offered as ENVS 4141. Radio tracers, stable tracers, and radiation effects in both natural and laboratory-contained communities of organisms.
NS 4352 [Not Offered] Environmental Radiological Evaluation and Remediation (2 credits)
S Prereq.: NS 3411 or permission of instructor. Methods of surveying and sampling to determine radiological concentrations; federal and state regulations governing remediation criteria; models and computer codes used to estimate dose; remediation planning and implementation.
NS 4353 [Not Offered] Environmental Radiological Evaluation and Remediation Laboratory (1 credits)
S Prereq.: credit for or concurrent enrollment in NS 4352. Laboratory supplement to NS 4352. Sampling and analytical techniques used to measure radionuclides in the environment.
NS 4527 Nuclear Reactor Theory and Design (3 credits)
F,S Prereq.: two semesters of physics and an introductory course in computer programming. Characteristics of radioactive materials, neutron interactions, the fission process; static criticality, time-dependent behavior of cores, and design of nuclear power reactors.
NS 4566 [Not Offered] Nuclear Reactor Systems (3 credits)
F Prereq.: NS 4527 or equivalent. Engineering aspects of reactor systems; nuclear fuel cycles, isotope separation, mechanical and thermal design, selection of materials, and environmental impact of nuclear facilities.
NS 4570 Nuclear Facility Safety (3 credits)
S Prereq.: PHYS 2102 or equivalent. Safety analysis of facilities that utilize radiation sources including hospitals and industrial sites; accident sequences; dispersal of radionuclides; estimation of dose and dose commitments; and engineered safeguards.
7000
NS 7115 [Not Offered] N-15 Stable Tracer Methodology for Biological Sciences (2 credits)
S-E Prereq.: consent of instructor. 1 hr. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Quantitative N-15 tracer applications and methodology in biological nitrogen systems, combining N-15 procedures with mass spectrometer techniques.
NS 7520 [Not Offered] Nuclear Reactor Materials (3 credits)
V Principles governing structure and properties of materials used in nuclear reactors; radiation effects, problems in selection, fabrication, and use of these materials.
NS 7525 [Not Offered] Nuclear Engineering Laboratory (2 credits)
S Prereq.: credit or registration in NS 7527. 6 hrs. lab. Operation of nuclear counting and spectroscopy systems; measurements of neutron behavior in multiplying and non-multiplying media; development of design parameters from empirical data.
NS 7527 [Not Offered] Reactor Engineering (3 credits)
F,S Prereq.: consent of department. NS 7527 is prerequisite for 7528. Basic concepts of reactor physics; slowing-down theory, homogeneous and heterogeneous reactors; diffusion and transport theories for neutron flux calculations; criticality calculations: one-group, two-group, and multigroup methods; core burn up analysis.
NS 7528 [Not Offered] Reactor Engineering (3 credits)
F,S Prereq.: consent of department. NS 7527 is prerequisite for 7528. Basic concepts of reactor physics; slowing-down theory, homogeneous and heterogeneous reactors; diffusion and transport theories for neutron flux calculations; criticality calculations: one-group, two-group, and multigroup methods; core burn up analysis.
NS 7529 [Not Offered] Nuclear Reactor Dynamics (3 credits)
S Prereq.: NS 7527 and credit for or registration in NS 7528. Transient reactor analysis; analytical and numerical point kinetics calculations; perturbation theory expressions for reactivity; feedback effects; reactor transfer functions and stability; coupled neutronics and thermal hydraulic transients; spacetime kinetics.
NS 7555 [Not Offered] Nuclear Reactor Analysis (3 credits)
S Prereq.: MATH 4038 or 4340 and NS 7527; or equivalent. Numerical methods and solutions to multigroup neutron diffusion and transport equations; lattice physics methods; nodal techniques; applications to fuel management and light water reactor core physics analysis; calculation of temperature coefficients; advanced reactor systems.
NS 7566 [Not Offered] Advanced Nuclear Reactor Systems (3 credits)
F,S Prereq.: NS 4527 or equivalent. Engineering aspects of fission reactor systems, including fuel behavior, energy removal, materials selection, and core interface with the balance of the plant.
NS 7567 [Not Offered] Advanced Nuclear Reactor Systems (3 credits)
F,S Prereq.: NS 4527 or equivalent. Engineering aspects of fission reactor systems, including fuel behavior, energy removal, materials selection, and core interface with the balance of the plant.
NS 7575 [Not Offered] Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer (3 credits)
Prereq.: ME 4433 or equivalent. Modeling and analysis of liquid-vapor flow systems and applications in nuclear reactor design and safety; nucleation phenomena; boiling heat transfer, burnout, condensation; flow instabilities, critical flow, loss of coolant accidents.
