2024/25 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue
CAPE5331M Nuclear Operations
15 creditsClass Size: 25
Module manager: Dr X Jia
Email: x.jia@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
This module is mutually exclusive with
| CAPE3331 | Nuclear Operations |
This module is not approved as an Elective
Objectives
At the end of the module, students will:- have a detailed knowledge of how core nuclear science translates into commercial nuclear power operations;
- understand key organisational and procedural aspects of nuclear power.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. Understand the commercial, economic and social context of nuclear processes.
2. Understand the most widely used unit operations and performance.
3. Be aware of the comparison between open and closed fuel cycles against affordability, sustainability and safety/security of supply.
4. Be aware of relevant legal requirements, codes or practice, and industry standards governing nuclear activities, including security, waste and effluent treatment and health and safety, and be aware that these may differ internationally.
5. Be able to find and apply, with judgement, information from technical literature and other sources.
Skills outcomes
- Knowledge attained of commercial nuclear operations
- Ability to apply core engineering and nuclear science to commercial nuclear operations
- Clear understanding of the safety culture and regulatory environment of the nuclear industry and how this is manifested in design/operation/waste management/decommissioning.
Syllabus
- Fundamental chemistry and physics pertaining to nuclear operations
- Principles of reactor operation
- Nuclear safety
- Spent fuel treatment and disposal
- Nuclear waste treatments (compaction, cementation, vitrification, final storage)
- Reactor decommissioning
- Decontamination techniques
- Regulatory aspects of the nuclear industry
- Brief comparison of UK versus international practices.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Lecture | 22 | 2.00 | 44.00 |
| Tutorial | 10 | 1.00 | 10.00 |
| Private study hours | 96.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 54.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 150.00 | ||
Private study
- Completion of assignments- Independent study of the issues raised by the lectures
- Revision
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
- Performance in assignments.- Contributions to discussions in tutorial sessions.
Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Assignment | Assignment (XJ) | 20.00 |
| Assignment | Assignment (TNH) | 20.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 40.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Exams
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 2 hr | 60.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 60.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
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