B.Tech Physics

 

PH 308                   Nuclear Science and Engineering              3-0-0-6

 

Syllabus: Review of nuclear physics: general nuclear properties, models of nuclear structure, nuclear reactions, nuclear decays and fundamental interactions; Nuclear radiation: radioactivity, radiation dosimetry, dosimetry units and measurement; radiation protection and control; applications of radiation: medical applications, industrial radiography, neutron activation analysis, instrument sterilization, nuclear dating; Nuclear fission: nuclear energy, fission products, fissile materials, chain reactions, moderators, neutron thermalization, reactor physics, criticality & design; nuclear power engineering; energy transport and conversion in reactor systems, nuclear reactor safety; Nuclear fusion: controlled fusion, nuclear fusion reactions, fusion reactor concepts, magnetic confinement, tokamak, inertial confinement by lasers; Nuclear waste management: components and material flow sheets for nuclear fuel cycle, waste characteristics, sources of radioactive wastes, compositions, radioactivity and heat generation; waste treatment and disposal technologies; safety assessment of waste disposal; Particle accelerators and detectors: interactions of charged particles, gamma rays and neutrons with matter, electrostatic accelerators, cyclotron, synchrotron, linear accelerators, colliding beam accelerators, gas-filler counters, scintillation detectors, and semiconductor based particle detectors.

 

Texts:

  1. S. Krane, Introductory Nuclear Physics, John Wiley, 1987.
  2. J. Blin-Stoyle, Nuclear and Particle Physics, Springer, 1991.

 

References:

  1. K. Shultis and R. E. Faw, Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Marcel Dekker, 2007.
  2. E. Turner, Atoms, Radiation, and Radiation Protection, Wiley-VCH, 2007.
  3. L. Murray, Nuclear Energy, 6th Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008.
  4. J. Duderstadt and L. J. Hamilton, Nuclear Reactor Analysis, Wiley, 1976.
  5. H. Perkins, Introduction to High Energy Physics, Cambridge University Press, 2000.
  6. R. Lamarsh and A. J. Baratta, Introduction to Nuclear Engineering, Prentice Hall, 2001.
  7. Chmielewski, C. M. Kang, C. S. Kang, and J. L. Vujic, Radiation Technology: Introduction to Industrial and Environmental Applications, Seoul National University Press, 2006.