Nuclear Systems Design Project

As taught in: Fall 2002

The yellow and green pellets used to model the path of granular flow through a Pebble-Bed Reactor, part of the Fall 2002 Nuclear Systems Design Project. (Image by Andrew Kadak.)

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Undergraduate / Graduate

Instructors:

Prof. Andrew Kadak

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Group design project involving integration of nuclear physics, particle transport, control, heat transfer, safety, instrumentation, materials, environmental impact, and economic optimization. Provides students with opportunity to synthesize knowledge acquired in nuclear and non-nuclear subjects and apply this knowledge to practical problems of current interest in nuclear applications design. Past projects have included using a fusion reactor for transmutation of nuclear waste, design and development of a nuclear reactor for the manned mission to Mars. Meets with graduate subject 22.33.

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1. http://web.mit.edu/nse/index.html
2. http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/nuclear-engineering/

Introduction to Applied Nuclear Physics

As taught in: Spring 2003

The Rutherford-Bohr model of the atom. (Courtesy of EPA.)

Level:

Undergraduate

Instructors:

Prof. Kim Molvig

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This course concentrates on the basic concepts of nuclear physics with emphasis on nuclear structure and radiation interactions with matter. Included: elementary quantum theory; nuclear forces; shell structure of the nucleus; alpha, beta, and gamma radioactive decays; interactions of nuclear radiations (charged particles, gammas, and neutrons) with matter; nuclear reactions; and fission and fusion.

The course is divided into three main sections:

1. Quantum Mechanics Fundamentals
2. Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Decays
3. Interactions in Nuclear Matter and Nuclear Reactions

Sources:
1. http://web.mit.edu/nse/index.html
2. http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/nuclear-engineering/

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RESEARCH NUCLEAR SYSTEMS Fission Fusion Nuclear Security SCIENTIFIC COMMONS Radiation Sources, Detection & Measurement Modeling & Simulation Materials in Extreme Environments     Senior Design Class (22.033) uses fusion energy for hydrogen fuel production   Abstract. Seniors design economically attractive steady-state large-scale fusion plants for hydrogen fuel production. Fusion energy holds the possibility of a nearly limitless energy supply for the future. Most fusion research and design studies have looked at fusion to produce electricity for the grid; however this constraint holds the total size of the plant down to 1 GigaWatt electrical. This is a challenge because the standard fusion approach using strong magnetic fields most easily occurs in hot, and therefore large, devices.  The NSE senior design class, taught by Assoc. Prof. Dennis Whyte, examined the possibility of a fusion power plant used to make hydrogen fuel instead of electricity, freeing the fusion plant from small size limitations. Their study showed that not only did the H fuel become more competitive economically at larger size (8-30 GigaWatts) but that the core fusion design was inherently far from operational limits, yet steady-state with readily controlled heat exhaust; thus solving some of the most vexing problems for the standard tokamak configuration fusion design.  Final presentation (pdf) >> Final report (pdf) >>

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The program was one of the first of its kind in the country, and civilians and military personnel flocked to the Institute to learn about nuclear weapons and propulsion. Today the department focuses on creating a broad range of nuclear engineering applications that improve human and environmental health. MIT researchers conducted one of the first studies on nuclear reactors for large-scale electricity generation in 1953. Today we are working to make nuclear power the safest, most economical, and most environmentally friendly way of generating electricity.

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