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Nuclear Reactor Theory
Classroom Presentations

This page gives an overall outline/stucture for the topics treated in the Reactor Theory course and it contains links to the available slides used in the classroom presentations during Fall 2016.

The Neutron Balance Equation
Lesson Topic
Lesson #
Review of Some Key Concepts from Fundamentals of NSE
The Flux Spectrum in Thermal Systems
The Multigroup Neutron Balance Equation

Steady-State Reactor Theory
Lesson Topic
Lesson #
Neutron Diffusion in Moderating Media I
Cross Sections for Preliminary Calculations
Neutron Diffusion in Moderating Media II
The Critical Reactor I -- Overview and 1-Group 1-D Applications
The Critical Reactor II -- The Bare Critical Finite Cylindrical Reactor
The Critical Reactor III -- 2-Group Diffusion Theory for Critical Systems
The Critical Reactor IV -- Additional Modeling and Analysis Considerations...

The Time-Dependent Reactor
Lesson Topic
Lesson #
The Time Dependent Reactor I -- Overview and Treatment of Point Kinetics
The Time Dependent Reactor II -- Reactivity Coefficients and Reactor Control Considerations
The Time Dependent Reactor III -- Fission Product Poisoning and Fuel Depletion Effects

Last updated by Prof. John R. White (February 2020)

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