| Title | Syllabus | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclear Reactor Theory | Radioactivity, Nuclear reactions, Cross sections, Nuclear fission, Power from fission, Conversion and breeding, Neutron transport equation, Diffusion theory approximation, Fick`s law, Solutions to diffusion equation for point source, Planar source, etc. Energy loss in elastic collisions, Collision and slowing down densities, Moderation in hydrogen, Lethargy. concept, Moderation in heavy nucleus. Moderation with absorption, Resonance absorption, NR and NRIM approximations. Multi-region reactors, Multigroup diffusion methods, Thermal reactors, Heterogeneous reactors. Reactor kinetics. in hour equation, Coefficients of reactivity, Control, Fission product poison. Perturbation theory | A. J.R. Lamarsh, Introduction to Nuclear Reactor Theory, Wesley, 1966 J.J. Duderstadt and L.J. Hamilton, Nuclear Reactor Analysis, John Wiley, 1976 |