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Nuclear Reactor Theory
Homework/Extra Credit Assignments and Exams

The student homeworks/projects and exams were the main evaluation tools in this course, since a large part of the learning of the course material was associated with the student's effort on the HW and Extra Credit (EC) assignments, and the exams gave the instructor a reasonable snapshot of the individual student's overall understanding. The material covered in these evaluation instruments hit upon all the major topics that the students really needed to master, so I have also included a copy of these assessment tools from Fall 2016 here so that future students can also benefit from these exercises. Thus, the links to the Fall 2016 student assignments, along with (some rather poorly) scanned versions of the instructor's solutions, are given below. In addition, I have also included the exams given during the Fall 2016 semester without solutions -- since I want you to attempt these on your own as self-assessment exercises to evaluate your understanding of the material. Good Luck...

Assignment Title/Description
HW Assignment
Instructor's Solutions
Review of Some Key Concepts from Fundamentals of NSE
Neutron Density, Flux, Current, Leakage and the Multigroup Balance Equation
Neutron Diffusion in a Moderating Medium
Neutron Diffusion in a Moderating Medium -- 1-D 2-Region Slab with an Exponentially-Varying Distributed Source
Data for Design Calculations
Fall 2016 Exam #1
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1-Group 1-D Critical Reactors
Modified 1-Group Theory for Bare and Reflected Cores: Critical Size and Composition Calculations
2-Group Theory Computations for the UMLRR with WPI Fuel
Fall 2016 Exam #2
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Reactor Kinetics
Reactivity Worth Considerations
Final Exam Fall 2016
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Last updated by Prof. John R. White (February 2020)

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