Main characteristics of different nuclear reactors. Reactivity measurement methods. Reactivity coefficients. Nuclear reactor startup tests. Control mechanisms of a nuclear reactor. Variations in Xenon and Samarium concentrations due to temporal variations in nuclear power. Instrumentation inside the reactor core. Determination of responses in detectors external to the reactor core. 1/M curve for calculating the criticality condition. Interlocking of control rod banks. Uranium extraction and production processes. Enrichment processes. Advanced Generation III and IV reactors. Accelerator-driven systems. Description of the process for obtaining the nuclear power distribution. Applications of diffusion calculations using codes with different solution methods. Applications for determining operational limits. Programming of the different modules for calculating nuclear power distribution.

Credits: 3.0 (three)