The following courses are initiated or will be started at Åbo Akademi:
• Fall 2006 Nuclear Structure
• Spring 2007 Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems I (ENES-I)
• Spring 2007 Radiation Safety
• Fall 2007 Radiation Safety Laboratory
• Fall 2007 Nuclear Physics
• Spring 2008 Radiation Safety (+ Laboratory if needed)
• Spring 2008 Not yet decided, may be ENES-I/II or Reactor Physics
The program has been discussed with the following parties and has received very positive response from the following institutions:
Olkiluoto Reactor Plant, Helsinki University of Technology, Advanced Energy Systems, Fortum Nuclear Services, STUK, the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Technical Faculty of Åbo Akademi, Neutron Physics, the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm.
Sweden:
Göteborg, Chalmers University of Technology:
Undergraduate courses in nuclear engineering are collected as a special “line” (inriktning in Swedish) in the master program in “Applied Physics”. A volume of 30 ECTS in nuclear engineering courses, divided to 4 courses, each consisting of 7.5 ECTS. The courses are given jointly by the groups (formerly departments) of Nuclear Engineering and Nuclear Chemistry, Chalmers. All courses are given during the fall semester, whereas the spring is designated for the master thesis (diploma) work.
The courses contain about 2 laboratory exercises per package, with written reports. In the spring term, or incidentally in the summer, the students perform a one-week long laboratory course at reactors at a research institute. During a very long period, these were made in Studsvik. Since the closing of the R2 and R2-0 reactors in Studsvik, the laboratory exercises were performed at the Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute. The current course package is meant to represent a broad basis in nuclear engineering, and has, in an overview, the following content shown in the Table 15.1 below.
Table 15.1: The Current Course Package in Nuclear Engineering.
Nuclear Engineering I Nuclear Engineering II Nuclear Engineering III Nuclear Engineering IV Basic concepts in nuclear
physics
Neutron sources Criticality, the four factor formula
Heat transfer and heat removal
Cross sections Kinetics in nuclear
reactions The transport equation Single and two phase flows
Radiation interaction with
matter Neutron moderation One and two group
diffusion Present nuclear reactors Biological effects of
radiation
Ficks law, diffusion Reactor dynamics Past and future nuclear reactors
Neutron interaction with matter
Neutron leakage Changes in reactivity Core stability
Neutron induced reactions, activation
The diffusion equation Reactor calculation methodology
Nuclear reactor performance/safety Limits and effects of
radiation on humans Chemistry of actinides Composition of nuclear
waste Design basis
accidents/transients Detector principles and
neutron detection Production and chemistry
of super heavy elements The Swedish system Core instrumentations Fission Radioactivity in nature Transmutation Separation techniques
Measurement statistics Basic solvent extraction
Electronics in nuclear experiments
Graduate courses given at Chalmers are:
• Advanced Reactor Theory
• Radiation detection and measurement
• Actinide Chemistry
• Solvent Extraction
Stockholm, Royal Institute of Technology:
Undergraduate courses in the master program are given regularly. For the year 2008 they are:
Spring 2008
• Nuclear reactor engineering
• Nuclear power safety
• Chemistry and physics of nuclear fuels
• Transmutation of nuclear waste
• Nuclear reactor dynamics and stability Fall 2008
• Nuclear Physics
• Radiation protection, dosimetry and detectors
• Reactor Physics
• Light water reactor chemistry
• Thermal hydraulics in nuclear engineering
• Nuclear chemistry
• Fuel cycle and waste management
• Numerical methods in nuclear engineering
• Radiation damage
• Generation IV reactors
Uppsala University, Faculty of Science and Technology:
Undergraduate courses are given yearly in:
• Energy physics
• Nuclear energy – Technologies and Systems
• Nuclear physics
• Nuclear and particle physics
• Nuclear science with modern applications Graduate courses:
• Nuclear Fuel Diagnostics and Safeguards
• Accelerator physics and technology
• Ionizing radiation and detectors Contacts in Sweden:
• Assoc. Professor Janne Wallenius, Head of Reactor Physics, KTH,
• +46-8-55 378 200, +46-70-603 6306
• Professor Imre Pázsit, Director of CKTC, Chalmers University, +46-31-177 230 81
• Assoc. Professor Ane Håkansson, Research leader Nuclear Fuel Diagnostics and Safeguards, Uppsala University, +46-18-471 3251, +46-70-167 9095
• Nils-Olov Jonsson, Director of SKC, +46-8-7396861, +46-76-134 6861
• Professor Jan Blomgren, Head of Applied Nuclear Physics Uppsala University,
• +46-18-471 3788, +46-70-167 9003 UK:
A description of all course modules offered by NTEC is available at http://www.ntec.ac.uk:
• N01 Reactor Physics, Criticality & Design, The University of Birmingham
• N02 Nuclear Fuel Cycle, HMS Sultan
• N03 Radiation & Radiological Protection, The University of Manchester
• N04 Decommissioning / Waste / Environmental Management, The University of Liverpool / Westlakes
• N05 Water Reactor Performance and Safety, Imperial College London
• N06 Reactor Materials & Lifetime Behaviour, The University of Manchester
• N07 Safety Case Development, HMS Sultan
• N08 Particle & Colloid Engineering in the Nuclear Industry, University of Leeds
• N09 Policy, Regulation & Licensing, The University of Manchester
• N10 Processing, Storage & Disposal of Nuclear Waste, The University of Sheffield
• N12 Reactor Thermal Hydraulics, HMS Sultan
• N13 Criticality Safety Management, HMS Sultan
• N14 Risk Management, City University, London
• N21 Geotechnical Aspects of Radioactive Waste Disposal, UHI Millennium Institute
• N22 Public & Political Aspects of Nuclear Decommissioning, UHI Millennium Institute
• N23 Environmental Impact Assessment, The University of Liverpool/Westlakes
• N24 Environmental Decision Making Applied to Decommissioning, Lancaster University /Westlakes
• N29 Decommissioning Technology & Robotics, Lancaster University
• N30 Design of Safety Critical Systems, Lancaster University
• N31 Management of the Decommissioning Process , The University of Birmingham
• N32 Experimental Reactor Physics, The University of Manchester
The following eight courses will also be offered in distance learning multimedia format:
N01, N02, N03, N04, N10, N13, N29, N31.
Canada:
The undergraduate courses at UOIT are:
• Corrosion for Engineers
• Environmental Effects of Radiation
• Nuclear Fuel Cycles
• Nuclear Plant Design and Simulation
• Nuclear Plant Operation
• Nuclear Reactor Design
• Principles of Fusion Energy
• Radioactive Waste Management Design
• Risk Analysis Methods
• Strength of Materials
Graduate courses given by UNENE:
• UN 0600 / Industrial Research Project, University of Western Ontario / Staff /
• UN 0601 / Control, Instrumentation and Electrical Systems in CANDU based Nuclear Power Plants / J. Jiang /
• UN 0602 / Nuclear Fuel Waste Management / D. Shoesmith /
• UN 0603 / Project Management for Nuclear Engineers / M. Bennett /
• UN 0700 / Industrial Research Project, University of Waterloo / Staff /
• UN 0701 / Engineering Risk and Reliability / M. Pandey /
• UN 0702 / Power Plant Thermodynamics / R. Chaplin /
• UN 0800 / Industrial Research Project, McMaster University / Staff /
• UN 0801 / Nuclear Plant Systems and Operations / G. Bereznai /
• UN 0802 / Reactor Physics / E. Nichita /
• UN 0803 / Nuclear Reactor Safety Design / V. Snell /
• UN 0804 / Reactor Thermal hydraulics / N. Popov /
• UN 0805 / Radiation Health Risks and Benefits / D. Tucker /
• UN 0900 / Industrial Research Project, Queen’s University
• UN 0901 / Nuclear Materials / R. Holt /
• UN 0902 Fuel Management / H. Bonin /
• UN 1000 / Industrial Research Project, University of Toronto
• UN 1001 / Reactor Chemistry and Corrosion Lister / D. Lister /