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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
HYDERABAD
IV. B.Tech. MMT II-Sem T P C
4+1* 0 4
NUCLEAR METALLURGY
(ELECTIVE-IV)
UNIT – I - ELEMENTARY NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY: Structure of nucleus, radioactivity, binding energy: nuclear interaction; fission and fusion: nuclear reaction; energy release and chain reactions; neutron cross-section; multiplication and criticality concepts and factors.
UNIT – II - Mechanisms of moderation, radiation detection, radiation effects on fissile and non fissile materials; radiation damage and radiation growth; thermal cycling; protection against radiations.
UNIT – III - Rector components: Types of reactors and classification.
UNIT – IV - Materials for nuclear reactors: Considerations in selection and properties of common materials used as fuels, their physical and chemical properties; canning materials; coolants; control rods; reflectors and shielding materials.
UNIT –V - Production of reactor materials:Ocurrence and general characteristics of nuclear minerals and their production.
UNIT – VI - Indian resources: Flow sheets of processing of nuclear minerals for the production of nuclear grade uranium, thorium, beryllium and zirconium with emphasis on basic scientific principles involved; production and enriched uranium and fabrication of fuel elements.
UNIT – VII - Processing of irradiated fuel for recovery of Plutonium
UNIT – VIII - Nuclear power production in India and its economics.
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| Author: India 22 Dec 2007 | Member Level: Diamond Points : 5 |
TEXT BOOK:
Wright JC -Metallurgy in Nuclear Power Technology: Iliffe Book Ltd., 1962
REFERENCES:
1. Wilkinson WD and Mrphy WF Nuclear Reactor Metallurgy Van Nostrand 1958
2. Symposium on Rare matierals: Indian Institute of Metals.
3. Glasstone S and Snesonske A; Prncipales of Nuclear Reactor Engineering: Macmillan, London.
4. Grainger L Uranium and Thorium: George Newnes Ltd., London.
5. Gurinsky DH and Dienes JL Nulcears Fuels, Macmillan.
6. US Atomic Energy Commission, Reactor Hand book Material Mc. Graw Hill Book Co. 1955
7. Proceedings of the symposium on Nuclear Science and Engineering – Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay.
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