Fusion Energy and Advanced Reactors
Fusion science and engineering and the next generation of fission reactors.
NUC-450 Year 4 3 credits 12 lessons planned
Offered by HSM University · Nuclear Engineering
Course content
- 1Fusion reactions and the Lawson criterionComing
- 2Magnetic confinement: tokamaks and stellaratorsComing
- 3Inertial confinementComing
- 4Plasma heatingComing
- 5Fusion materials and blanketsComing
- 6Tritium breedingComing
- 7ITER and private fusion effortsComing
- 8Generation IV reactorsComing
- 9Fast reactors and breedingComing
- 10Thorium fuel cyclesComing
- 11Nuclear for process heat and hydrogenComing
- 12Economics of advanced nuclearComing
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Fusion science and engineering and the next generation of fission reactors.
Part of the Engineering stream, typically taken in year 4.