95/03647 The nuclear engineering world nuclear industry handbook

1995 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 264
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Industry ◽  
Nuclear Engineering

A Comparison of Different Communication Tools for Distance Learning in Nuclear Education

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn Harvel ◽  
Wendy Hardman
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Training Model ◽  
Nuclear Industry ◽  
Nuclear Engineering ◽  
The Past ◽  
Lecture Method ◽  
Complex Models ◽  
Education Model ◽  
In Transit

Nuclear Engineering Education has seen a recent surge in activity in the past 10 years in Canada due in part to a Nuclear Renaissance. The Nuclear Industry workforce is also aging significantly and requires a significant turnover of staff due to the expected retirements in the next few years. The end result is that more students need to be prepared for work in all aspects of the Nuclear Industry. The traditional training model used for nuclear engineering education has been an option in an existing undergraduate program such as Chemical Engineering, Engineering Physics, or Mechanical Engineering with advanced training in graduate school. The education model was mostly lecture style with a small number of experimental laboratories due to the small number of research reactors that could be used for experimentation. While the traditional education model has worked well in the past, there are significantly more advanced technologies available today that can be used to enhance learning in the classroom. Most of the advancement in nuclear education learning has been through the use of computers and simulation related tasks. These have included use of industry codes, or simpler tools for analysis of the complex models used in the Nuclear Industry. While effective, these tools address the analytical portion of the program and do not address many of the other skills needed for nuclear engineers. In this work, a set of tools are examined that can be used to augment or replace the traditional lecture method. These tools are Mediasite, Adobe Connect, Elluminate, and Camtasia. All four tools have recording capabilities that allow the students to experience the exchange of information in different ways. The students now have more options in how they obtain and share information. Students can receive information in class, review it later at home or while in transit, or view/participate it live at a remote location. These different options allow for more flexibility in delivery of material. The purpose of this paper is to compare recent experiences with each of these tools in providing Nuclear Engineering Education and to determine the various constraints and impacts on delivery.

scholarly journals The application of supercritical CO2 in nuclear engineering: A review

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 149-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Houbo Qi ◽  
Nan Gui ◽  
Xingtuan Yang ◽  
Jiyuan Tu ◽  
Shengyao Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Supercritical Fluids ◽  
Supercritical Co2 ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Reactor Core ◽  
Temperature Stability ◽  
Nuclear Industry ◽  
Brayton Cycle ◽  
Nuclear Engineering ◽  
Rapid Progress ◽  
Recompression Cycle

Due to its advantages of low critical pressure and temperature, stability, non-toxic, abundant reserves and low cost, supercritical CO2 becomes one of the most common supercritical fluids in modern researches and industries. This paper presents an overview focusing on the researches of supercritical CO2 in nuclear engineering and prospects its applications in the field of nuclear industry. This review includes the recent progresses of supercritical CO2 research as: (1) energy conversion material in both recompression cycle and Brayton cycle and its applicability in Generation IV reactors; (2) reactor core coolant in the Echogen power system and reactors at MIT, Kaist and Japan, and other applications, e.g. hydrogen production. Based on the rapid progress of research, the supercritical CO2 is considered to be the most promising material in nuclear industries.

Fundamentals of CANDU Reactor Physics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Shen ◽  
Benjamin Rouben
Keyword(s):  
First Principles ◽  
Nuclear Physics ◽  
Engineering Application ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Nuclear Industry ◽  
Nuclear Engineering ◽  
Safe Operation ◽  
Reactor Physics ◽  
Candu Reactors ◽  
Engineering And Technology

Nuclear Engineering and Technology for the 21st Century - Monograph Series Jovica Riznic, Series Editor With more than 75 years of combined working experience in the area of reactor physics and safety, the intention of the authors of this monograph is to provide a practical book on reactor physics, particularly for the safe operation of aged CANDU reactors, with minimal mathematics or equations. The book gives a glimpse of first principles and their engineering application in reactor physics, for those who are interested in or are working in the Canadian nuclear industry. The book is also ideal as a reference for physicists, operators, regulatory staff, and for those who need to interact with reactor physicists at CANDU sites, nuclear laboratories, institutes, universities, or engineering companies. This book assumes prior knowledge of nuclear physics offered at the secondary level. As very few equations appear in the monograph, it is not considered suitable for specialists whose focus is only on calculations or on the development of software on reactor physics. Such readers should refer to the books listed in the bibliography at the end of the monograph.

The Application of Piping Material Code in the CAP1400 Nuclear Plant Project

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shen Jie ◽  
Zhang Zhen-ning ◽  
Liu Yu
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Nuclear Industry ◽  
Nuclear Engineering ◽  
Code System ◽  
Design Institute ◽  
Engineering Research ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Information Coverage

Nuclear industry differs from most other industries in the characters of large scaling, long period and multiple collaborating institutions [1]. Traditionally, the material codes are compiled respectively by collaborating institutions of nuclear power plant projects, so the whole code system lacks unified management and planning, causing many defects such as the incompleteness in information coverage, the inconformity in classification and description of materials and the confusion in commodity codes. So, it is of great significance in setting up a standard nuclear power material code system to effectively enhance the efficiency of design and management, and to ensure the schedules of the projects. This article introduces in detail the entire process of the setting up and application of the material code system of State Nuclear Power Technology Company (SNPTC) by Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research & Design Institute (SNERDI) for the CAP1400 nuclear power plant project. The application of the material code system in the CAP1400 project remarkably simplifies the work of design, material take-off and purchase, improving the project’s quality.

Reform of Nuclear Safety Education for Non-Nuclear Engineering Students

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qinghai Luo ◽  
Zhuying Zou
Keyword(s):  
Safety Culture ◽  
Education System ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Radioactive Source ◽  
Nuclear Safety ◽  
Nuclear Industry ◽  
Nuclear Engineering ◽  
Nuclear Accidents ◽  
Safety Education ◽  
Nuclear Development

The new situations were analyzed for nuclear development and security. Besides nuclear wars and terrorism, reactor runaway and un-ruled radioactive source are the main nuclear accidents in peacetime. With the active development of the nuclear cause in China, the nuclear education system is becoming deficient or defective. In order to ensure the sustainable and efficient accord development of nuclear industry, general nuclear education is necessary for correlative non-nuclear professionals, such as technologies, management, safety, culture and ethic.

Point Defect Absorption and Dislocation Loop Formation at Grain Boundaries in Hvem-Irradiated Zr and Its Alloys:1. Influence of Solute Addition

1985 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 350-351
Author(s):  
R.A. Herring ◽  
M. Griffiths ◽  
M.H Loretto ◽  
R.E. Smallman
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Point Defect ◽  
Reactor Core ◽  
Solute Concentration ◽  
Nuclear Industry ◽  
Dislocation Loops ◽  
Loop Formation ◽  
Component Material ◽  
Impurity Interaction

Because Zr is used in the nuclear industry to sheath fuel and as structural component material within the reactor core, it is important to understand Zr's point defect properties. In the present work point defect-impurity interaction has been assessed by measuring the influence of grain boundaries on the width of the zone denuded of dislocation loops in a series of irradiated Zr alloys. Electropolished Zr and its alloys have been irradiated using an AEI EM7 HVEM at 1 MeV, ∼675 K and ∼10-6 torr vacuum pressure. During some HVEM irradiations it has been seen that there is a difference in the loop nucleation and growth behaviour adjacent to the grain boundary as compared with the mid-grain region. The width of the region influenced by the presence of the grain boundary should be a function of the irradiation temperature, dose rate, solute concentration and crystallographic orientation.

Becoming the Nuclear-Front-End

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (189) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Schukalla
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Reactor ◽  
Chemical Elements ◽  
High Technology ◽  
Power Production ◽  
Uranium Mining ◽  
Nuclear Industry ◽  
Current State ◽  
Front End ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Uranium Exploration

Uranium mining often escapes the attention of debates around the nuclear industries. The chemical elements’ representations are focused on the nuclear reactor. The article explores what I refer to as becoming the nuclear front – the uranium mining frontier’s expansion to Tanzania, its historical entanglements and current state. The geographies of the nuclear industries parallel dominant patterns and the unevenness of the global divisions of labour, resource production and consumption. Clearly related to the developments and expectations in the field of atomic power production, uranium exploration and the gathering of geological knowledge on resource potentiality remains a peripheral realm of the technopolitical perceptions of the nuclear fuel chain. Seen as less spectacular and less associated with high-technology than the better-known elements of the nuclear industry the article thus aims to shine light on the processes that pre-figure uranium mining by looking at the example of Tanzania.

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