2015/16 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

CAPE5370M Nuclear Engineering and the Nuclear Industry

30 creditsClass Size: 60

Module manager: Professor BC Hanson
Email: b.c.hanson@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2015/16

Pre-requisites

CAPE3341

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Co-requisites

CAPE5380M

Nuclear Futures

Module replaces

PEME5384M Nuclear Engineering and the Nuclear Industry

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

This module aims to equip students to treat nuclear reactors and their operation as an integrated engineered system, that is both impacted by and impacts the broader context for nuclear power.

Learning outcomes
This module surveys a very large area and knowledge outcomes cover the following broad areas:
- How the context for nuclear power has shaped the character of the nuclear industry and vice versa
- Potential implications for the future of nuclear power
- Key engineering features of nuclear power generation
Students acquire in depth knowledge of selected aspects of these areas.

Skills outcomes
- Knowledge attained of reactor engineering and the broader nuclear industry;
- Ability to address reactor engineering from an integrated systems perspective;
- Ability to relate engineering to intended application in the nuclear industry.

Syllabus

The context for nuclear power:
- climate change and international agreements
- EU and UK energy policy
- the role of nuclear power
- status of alternatives to nuclear power
- attitudes to and acceptance of nuclear power.
Decomissioning:
- Challenges
- Procedures
- Design for ease of subsequent decommissioning.
Reactor operation:
- Reactor operations
- Process instrumentation and control.
Nuclear materials
- Nuclear Materials
- Radiation Damage.
Problem-based case studies.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	16	1.00	16.00
Tutorial	22	2.00	44.00
Private study hours			240.00
Total Contact hours			60.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			300.00

Private study

- Completion of case studies
- Independent study of the issues raised by the lectures

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

- Performance in case studies with detailed written and verbal feedback
- Contributions to discussions in tutorial sessions and themed in-class discussions

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Assignment	Problem based assignment	33.00
Assignment	Problem based assignment	33.00
Assignment	Problem based assignment	34.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 30/03/2015

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