Physique des réacteursStructure: comportement non linéaire et physique nucléaire (MRI)

The aim of the course is to address a specific application of nuclear and neutron physics to reactor physics and to provide the basic tools necessary for the assimilation of the operating and safety course. The main concepts discussed are the components of a nuclear reactor core (combustible, calloporter, reflector, absorbent) as well as the physics allowing the reactor to be piloted. A short part of the course is reserved for an introduction to the fields of atomic weapons and the development of thermonuclear fusion processes.

Nuclear physics: effective sections Mathematics: Differential Calculation

1. Introduction to neutrons
2. Components of a nuclear reactor,
3. Static reactor theory,
4. The kinetics of the reactors,
5. The dynamics of reactors.

Written examination

1. The Physics of Nuclear Reactors, Serge Marguet, Lavoisier
2. Neutron Precise, P. REUSS, Atomical Engineering Collection
3. DEN monograph "Neutron" PDF
4. Applied Reactor Physics, A. HEBERT, International Polytechnic Presses
5. Physical Theory of Neutron Chain Reactors, A.WEINBERG and E.WIGNER, University of Chicago Press