Nuclear Energy Facilities and Accelerators
Code | Completion | Credits | Range |
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16ZJTB | ZK | 2 | 2+0 |
- Garant předmětu:
- Tomáš Čechák
- Lecturer:
- Kamil Augsten, Tomáš Čechák
- Tutor:
- Supervisor:
- Department of Dosimetry and Application of Ionizing Radiation
- Synopsis:
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Basic scheme of nuclear reactor and nuclear power plant, chain fission reaction development, main components of nuclear energetic reactor, most important reactor types, linear high-voltage accelerators, linear high-frequency accelerators, accelerators based on cyclotron, microtron, betatron, electron and proton synchrotrons, electron and ion sources for accelerators, targets.
- Requirements:
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Knowledge of Basic nuclear physics, dosimery an ddetection of ionizing radiation.
- Syllabus of lectures:
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1. Nuclear power, types of reactors used in NPP
2. Basic principle of nuclear reactors, chain reaction
3. Radionuclides in nuclear reactor
4. Reactivity balance, fuel cycle
5. Spent fuel
6. Monitoring in NPP, environmental impact assessment of NPP
7. Future of nuclear energy
8. Type of accelerators,
9. Linear accelerator
10. Cyclotron, betatron, microtron
11. Electron and proton synchrotron
12. Electron a ion sources, targets
13. Applications of accelerators
- Syllabus of tutorials:
- Study Objective:
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Knowledge:
Obtaining the knowledges about the fundamentals and types of nuclear reactors and accelerators and related problems of radiation protection.
Abilities:
Gaining knowledge about the principles and types of nuclear reactors and accelerators, with their use and the principles of radiation protection associated with their operation.
- Study materials:
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Key references:
[1] L. Sklenka: Provozní reaktorová technika, ČVUT 2001
[2] S. Humphries: Principles of Charge Particle Acceleration, John Wiley and Sons 1999
[3] H. Wiedemann: Particle Accelerator Physics, Springer Verlag Berlin 1999
Recommended references:
[4] F. Click, J. Daliba, Nuclear Energy, Technical University 2002
Teaching aids:
Carny, P., The EU Este, User Guide, Trnava 2008
- Note:
- Time-table for winter semester 2023/2024:
- Time-table is not available yet
- Time-table for summer semester 2023/2024:
- Time-table is not available yet
- The course is a part of the following study plans:
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- BS Matematické inženýrství - Matematické modelování (elective course)
- BS Matematické inženýrství - Matematická fyzika (elective course)
- BS Matematické inženýrství - Aplikované matematicko-stochastické metody (elective course)
- BS Informatická fyzika (elective course)
- BS Aplikace softwarového inženýrství (elective course)
- BS Aplikovaná informatika (elective course)
- BS jaderné inženýrství B (elective course)
- BS Jaderné inženýrství C (elective course)
- BS Dozimetrie a aplikace ionizujícího záření (elective course)
- BS Experimentální jaderná a částicová fyzika (elective course)
- BS Inženýrství pevných látek (elective course)
- BS Diagnostika materiálů (elective course)
- BS Fyzika a technika termojaderné fúze (elective course)
- BS Fyzikální elektronika (elective course)
- BS Jaderná chemie (elective course)
- Radiologická technika (compulsory course in the program)