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Lecture 52 of 70Week 10
Advanced Light Water Reactors
Prof. Sreenivas Jayanti · IIT Madras
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- Essential Nuclear physics: Basic atom and Nuclear Physics
- Nuclear forces, Binding energy, Radio-activity
- Radioactive Decay of isotopes, Decay chain of 238-U
- Interaction of Neutrons with Atomic Nuclei
- Nuclear fission and Fission vs Fusion
- Radiation Hazard and Health Effects
- Measures of Exposure to Radiation
- Neutron-Nucleus Interatcions: Scattering, Interaction, Radiative capture
- Radiative capture (continuation), Nuclear fission, Fissile and fertile nuclei
- Fissile and fertile nuclei (continuation)
- Neutron interaction rates and cross-sections, Absorption cross-section of Boron and Gadalonium
- Cross-sections and neutron interation rates of Uranium
- Sustaining a chain reaction in nuclear reactor, cross-sections for uranium, conditions for criticality
- Microscopic cross-sections of U-238 and U-235, Thermalizing neutrons
- Cross-sections of Plutonium and Uranium Isotopes
- Components of Nuclear Reactor, Types of Nuclear Power Plant
- Fast Neutron Reactors and Breeder Reactors
- Reactor Core Physics: Neutron Life in Thermal Neutron Reactor, Homogeneous Nuclear Reactor
- Neutron Multiplication Factor
- Thermal neutron life cycle and the multiplication factor concept
- Neutron Multiplication Factor in a Finite Reactor, Mono-energetic Neutron Diffusion Theory,
- Non-leakage probability, Calculation of Critical Core Size,
- Power Generation from Nuclear Reactors
- Critical Heat Flux and thermal hydraulics
- Pressure drop fundamentals
- Heat transfer fundamentals
- Thermal hydraulics calculations for a nuclear power plant
- Rankine Cycle Based Power Generation
- Rankine Cycle Based Power Generation in PWRs and BWRs
- Brayton Cycle and Combined Cycle
- Rankine Cycle for HTGRs
- Rankine Cycle for BWRs and PWRs
- Role of Delayed Neutrons in Reactor Control
- Point Kinetics of Nuclear Reactor
- Reactivity Feedback Effects in a Nuclear Reactor
- Response of nuclear reactor to reactivity changes
- Agents of Long-term Reactivity Changes
- Load-following Characteristics of Nuclear Power Plants
- Reactor Safety and Radiation Hazards
- Desiging for Reactor Safety
- Defense in Depth Philosphy of Reactor Design
- Redundancy Philosophy in Engineered Safety Sytems
- Safety Assessment Analysis
- Scenarios for Safety Analyses
- Core melt accident scenario
- The Three Mile Island Reactor Accident
- The Chernobyl Reactor Accident
- Chernobyl Reactor Accident (continous)
- Fukushima reactor structure and accident
- Aftermath of Fukushima accident
- Generation I, II, III+ and IV reactors
- Advanced Light Water Reactors
- India's three-stage nuclear energy programme
- Generation IV Reactors
- Fast Neutron Reactors 1
- Fast Neutron Reactors 2
- Small Modular Reactors
- Fueling Options for Nuclear Reactors
- Uranium mining and purification
- Uranium enrichment and fuel preparation
- Fuel Fabrication, TRISO Fuelled Reactors
- Fuel Reprocessing, PUREX process
- Nuclear Proliferation and Fuel Reprocessing
- The thorium fuel cycle
- Thorium based nuclear power plants
- Economics of Nuclear Power Generation
- Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plant
- The radiaoactive waste disposal problem
- Radioactive waste disposal options
- On the nuclear energy option