Cycle mandatory courses
Physical Principles of Nuclear Power Reactor Plants
(Nuclear Engineering I)
7th Semester — Energy Cycle
Taught by S.E.Simopoulos, N.P. Petropoulos
Basic atomic and nuclear physics concepts. Nuclear
reactions. Fission and Fusion. Fission Nuclear Reactors. Neutron
populations physics. Diffusion of monoenergetic neutrons. Neutron
moderation. Neutron thermalization. Thermal neutrons diffusion.
Nuclear Power Reactor Set-up and Operation
8th Semester — Energy Cycle
Taught by S.E.Simopoulos, N.P. Petropoulos
Nuclear Power Reactor (NPR) types. NPR components and
set-up. Criticality and geometry calculations of Nuclear Reactors. NPR
heat transfer calculations. Site selection. Nuclear accidents. Fourth
Generation Nuclear Power Reactors.