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Nuclear Power Plant Dynamics and Control Nuclear Power Plant Dynamics and Control John Bernard Tue Jan 13, Thu Jan 15, Tue Jan 20, Thu Jan 22, Tue Jan 27, 01-02:30pm, NW12-222 Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class. Listeners allowed, space permitting Prereq: Level: G 3 units Standard A - F Grading Introduction to reactor dynamics, including subcritical multiplication, critical operation in absence of thermal feedback effects and effects of xenon, fuel and moderator temperature, etc. Derivation of point kinetics and dynamic period equations. Techniques for reactor control including signal validation, supervisory algorithms, model-based trajectory tracking, and rule-based control. Overview of light-water reactor start-up. Lectures and demonstrations with use of the MIT Research Reactor. Open to undergraduates with permission of instructor. Co-sponsor: Nuclear Reactor Laboratory Undergraduates welcome. Contact: Kathleen O'Connell, NW12-208, 253-4220, katieo@mit.edu |
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Special Subject in Nuclear Science and Engineering DIY Geiger-Muller Radiation Detectors Michael Short Mon Jan 5 thru Fri Jan 9, 01-05:00pm, NW14-1310 Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class. Limited to 10 participants. No listeners Prereq: Permission of instructor Level: H 3 units Standard A - F Grading Can be repeated for credit Seminar or lecture on a topic in nuclear science and engineering that is not covered in the regular curriculum. 22.S905 is graded P/D/F. Learn about radiation detection, measurement, and statistics in a week-long, entirely hands-on workshop. In the first two days, build, debug, calibrate, and test your own Geiger counters, a type of radiation detector. You get to keep them at the end of the course! Next, students will use the Geiger counters to experimentally derive fundamental laws of radiation shielding and dose, including differentiating between types of radiation, particle energy, distance vs. dose relationships, and logarithmic shielding attenuation. Long timescale experiments to count background levels will be undertaken, to demonstrate using the Geiger counters with low throughput data and statistics. Finally, you will apply your knowledge of Geiger counters and radiation to building a radiation-based random number generator, and investigate the maximum throughput of these devices based on detector and circuit recovery times (dead time). Limited to 10 MIT students (graduate or undergraduate) Contact: Michael Short, 24-204, 347-7763, hereiam@mit.edu |
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Special Subject in Nuclear Science and Engineering Nuclear Data: Evaluation Process for Experiment to Radiation Transport Calculations Benoit Forget, Vladimir Sobes Mon Jan 26 thru Fri Jan 30, 09am-12:00pm, 24-307 Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class. Limited to 10 participants. Listeners allowed, space permitting Prereq: Permission of instructor or 22.11 Level: H 6 units Standard A - F Grading Seminar or lecture on a topic in nuclear science and engineering that is not covered in the regular curriculum. 22.S905 is graded P/D/F. Nuclear data is the foundation of all nuclear transport calculations. Nuclear data research is where raw experimental data meets state-of-the-art physical models and gets folded into a single nuclear data evaluation that is released to the end-user community. Nuclear data users include fission and fusion research, medical research, nuclear astrophysics and many others. Course covers techniques currently applied in nuclear data evaluation. The R-Matrix theory of nuclear reactions is introduced as the founding model for the evaluation process. Practical implementation of the physics of the R-Matrix model is discussed while the student learns how multiple experimental data sets are combined in a single evaluation through Bayesian updating and experimental complications, such as non-zero temperatures, are taken into account in the evaluation process. Basic programming skills are required for "for credit" students. Recitation: MTWR 3:00-4:00pm, room 24-307 Contact: Benoit Forget, 24-214, 253-1655, bforget@mit.edu |