125 01

Neutron transport equation – One speed transport theory – Solution of the transport equation by multigroup methods – Perturbation theory – Neutron thermalization and resonance absorption.

125 03

Review of available cross section libraries – Modal and nodal models for multigroup-multidimensional diffusion equation – Absorption and criticality search – Numerical acceleration techniques in reactor design.

125 05

Theory of electromagnetic interactions – Theory of atomic collisions – Passage of high energy charged particles through matter – Effect of radiation on materials: Hardness, Brittleness, Fracture, Void swelling and irradiation creep.

125 07

Light elements separation – Deuterium production processes and plants – Number of stages in separation processes – Heavy element separation – Uranium enrichment – Uranium separation by gaseous diffusion – Uranium centrifugal separation – Mass diffusion – Uranium separation by laser.

125 09

Principles of materials characterization – Sample preparation – Electron beam instruments – Electron-specimen interactions – Interpretation of diffraction information.

125 11

Nature of disordered metals – Production of point defects – Mobility of point defects – Defect clusters in irradiated metals – Effect of irradiation induced defects on the mechanical properties of metals – The collision cascade – Computer experiment – Formation of binary collision approximation – The collision cascade and large displacements – Annealing and annihilation of defects – Ionic self irradiation.

125 13

Properties of U metal, U and Pu oxides – Crystal structure – Stoichiometry – Defects and fabrication – Fuel element thermal properties – Fuel chemistry – Solid fission products – Swelling and fission gas bubbles – Void swelling and creep – Properties of nuclear fuel – Fuel design for different reactors – Simulation of fuel performance.

125 15

Continuity, momentum and energy equations in fluid flows – Scale and dimensional analysis – Laminar boundary layer flow – Laminar duct flow – Laminar natural convection – Natural convection in enclosures – Transition to turbulence – Turbulence modeling – Flow in porous media – Mass transfer in boundary layer.

125 17

Reactor dynamic using point kinetic equation – Reactor linearized models – Reactor feedback models – Spatially dependent reactor kinetic equation – Analysis of control rod ejection accident using point kinetic and one dimensional diffusion equation – Calculation of kinetic parameters.

125 19

Radiations releases from nuclear power plants (Source term, dispersion, and dose assessment calculations) – Thermal energy releases – Compatibility of nuclear plants with environmental architecture – Environmental data base analysis linked with dispersion codes – Review of International codes.

125 21

Slow neutron detection – Fast neutron detection methods – Cerenkov detectors – Liquid ionization and proportional counters – Photographic emulsion – Track-etch detectors – Foil activation multichannel analyzer – low background detection.

125 23

Radiation sources – Radiation dosimetry – Recommended radiation levels – Determination of absorbed dose in man – Biological radiation effects on man – Applications of the numerical methods for the attenuation of gamma rays and neutron attenuation – Basic shielding theory – Shielding the reactor core – Shielding the reactor cooling system – Plant layout and the other factors affecting total shield design.

125 25

Radioguaging – Radiography – Systems analysis – Oil logging – Radiation detectors – Nuclear medicine – Radiation therapy – Computer tomography – Imaging techniques.

125 27

Plasma source ion implantation – Plasma etching – Plasma coatings – Plasma extractive metallurgy – Plasma chemistry – Electrical discharges in gases and arc technology.

125 29

Interactions of light – Photons – Physical principles of laser – Rate equations for the laser – Types of lasers – Communication by laser – Photography by laser – Industrial and medical applications – Laser and thermonuclear fusion.

125 31

Electrical and magnetic properties of superconductors – Thermodynamics transport properties and type II superconductivity – Fundamentals of superconductive magnet design – Superconducting materials – Fundamentals of cryogenics – Heat transfer and fluid mechanics of cryogenic liquids – Thermophysical properties of solids at low temperatures.

125 33

Concept of energy storage using superconductors – Cryogenic phenomena and its stability – Large scale magnets and its applications.

125 35

Historical review to accelerators theory – Classical dynamics to thermal theory and relativistic mechanics – Types of accelerators – Calculations in orbital theory – Applications of accelerators – Synchrotron radiation sources.

125 37

Review of unified system of governing equations – Electronic analysis of engineering systems – Time and Laplace domain and relationship with frequency domain – Balance equation for mass, scale analysis in nuclear power plant models, and stiff system – Energy and momentum – Digital, analogue, electronic, and hybrid simulation techniques – Parity simulation techniques for different nuclear power plant systems – Data acquisition methods for NPP simulations and modeling – Modular structure for large scale system programming.

125 39

Comparative analysis between different programming languages – Interference between languages – Characters, logical, complex, real assignment in a selected language – Interactive and modular programming – Training on how to use numerical recipes.

125 41

Importance of surface layer characterization – Properties of solid surfaces – Ion scattering spectroscopy (ISS) – Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) – Secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS) – Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy (RBS) – Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) – Low energy electron diffraction (LEED).

125 43

Flash desalination – Multistage flash evaporation – Vapor compression desalination – Solar desalination – Freezing hydrate processes – Solvent extraction – Membrane processes – Reverse osmosis – Electrodialysis – Ion exchange processes – Desalination plant – Nuclear energy in desalination – Economics of desalination processes.

125 45

Pollution of air – Pollution of water – Pollution of soil – Inorganic pollutant – Organic pollutant – Pollution with heavy metals.

125 47

Industrial waste treatment – Off gas treatment – Cleanup of polluted water resources – Reclamation of polluted soils – Decontamination – Other means of environmental protection.

125 49

Nuclear radiation measurements – Measurements of local dose – Monitoring personal dose – Measuring activity in water and air – Activity measurements in foods and other biological materials – Measurements of external and internal pollution – Determining the type of radiation – Measuring the half lives – Determining the radiation energy – Radiochemical methods.

125 51

Optical properties and excitons – Superconductivity – Dielectrics and ferroelectrics – Magnetic resonance and masers – Computer memories – Solid state devices – Point defects and alloys.

125 53

For the students working for the M.Sc. degree.