• Nuclear energy and forces
• Radioactive decay
• Nuclear processes
• Fission and the importance of delayed neutrons
• Basics of nuclear cross sections
• Principles of chain reaction
• Static theory of mono energetic reactors
• Introduction to reactor kinetic
• student laboratory

The students

• have solid understanding of the basic reactor physics
• are able to estimate processes of growth and decay of radionuclides; out of it, they can perform dose calculation and introduce their biological hazards
• can calculate the relationship of basic parameters which are needed for a stable reactor operation
• understand important dynamical processes of nuclear reactors.

Regular attendance: 26 h

self study 94 h

oral exam about 30 min.

K. Wirtz Grundlagen der Reaktortechnik Teil I, II, Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe 1966

D. Emendorfer. K.H. Höcker Theorie der Kernreaktoren, BI- Hochschultaschenbücher 1969

J. Duderstadt and L. Hamilton, Nuclear reactor Analysis, J. Wiley $ Sons, Inc. 1975 (in English)