NPRE 402
Professor
Assignments, exams and Teaching Assistants
Assignments and attendance will account for 40 percent of the final grade.
Assignments  Policy and Guidelines
In case of "Internet Rationing" or collapse through overload,
1. Final grades will be based on submitted assignments and on tests taken,
2. Reading of web-published lecture notes will substitute for scheduled
synchronous online lecture sessions.
List of assignments,
Word
List of assignments, pdf
LECTURE VIDEOS
Fall 2024 one-hour lectures videos
Lecture 1
Preface
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_1fipqilh/351571872
Lecture 2
Preface
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_pa7dyy2b/351571872
Lecture 3
1.
First Human Made Reactor and Birth of Nuclear Age
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_y2fwqo6j/351571872
Lecture 4
1.
First Human Made Reactor and Birth of Nuclear Age
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_94atn3li
Lecture 5
1.
First Human Made Reactor and Birth of Nuclear Age
Previous version of Table of
Nuclides
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_65x4ffig/356140153
Lecture 6
4.
Nuclear
World
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_invl1zzp/356140153
Lecture 7
4.
Nuclear
World
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_ddwncbc4/356140153
Lecture 8
4.
Nuclear Processes,
The Strong Force
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_ymelauxr/353320032
Lecture 9
4.
Nuclear Processes,
The Strong Force
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_cd239wtx/353320032
Lecture 10
4.
Nuclear Processes,
The Strong Force
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_mfdt0nvn/353320032
Lecture 11
1.
Radioactive Transformations Theory, The Weak Force
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_4xfpkhzd/353320032
Lecture 12
1.
Radioactive Transformations Theory, The Weak Force
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_19faqvun/353320032
Lecture 13
2.
Food Preservation by
Radiation
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_iego3bdi/353320032
Lecture 14
3.
Radioisotopes
Power Production
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_4i56q2jf/353320032
Summer 2024 two-hour lectures videos
Lecture 1
Preface
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_knhtyjmt/342283562
Lecture 2
1.
First Human Made Reactor and Birth of Nuclear Age
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_k01z90u5/342283562
Lecture 3
2.
German
Nuclear Program
3.
Japanese Nuclear Weapons
Program
4.
Nuclear
World
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_s9r4075i/342283562
Lecture 4
4.
Nuclear World
10.
Limited Nuclear War
4. Nuclear
Processes, The Strong Force
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_koe9cfpx/342283562
Lecture 5
4. Nuclear
Processes, The Strong Force
1.
Radioactive Transformations Theory, The Weak Force
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_c9nmba2d/342283562
Lecture 6
1. Radioactive
Transformations Theory, The Weak Force
2. Food
Preservation by Radiation
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_84lhta7g/342283562
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_btab3jvl/323531412
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_gxvzdjd0/323531412
Lecture 7
3.
Radioisotopes
Power Production
5.
Gamma
Rays Interaction with Matter
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_crmpse2d/342283562
Lecture 8
1.
Nuclear Reactor Concepts
and Thermodynamic Cycles
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_xbf0n9v7/342283562
Lecture 9
2.
Pressurized
Water Reactors
3.
Boiling
Water Reactors
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_fjo3eylx/342283562
Lecture 10
1.
Energy
Hydrogenation and Decarbonization
4.
High
Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_h3xv3655/342283562
Lecture 11
5.
Heavy Water Reactor
6.
Fourth
Generation Reactor Concepts
7. Fast Breeder Reactors
8.
Autonomous
Battery Reactors
11. Traveling Wave Reactor
12.
Modular Integral Compact Underground Reactor
13. Underwater Power Plants
14.
Floating Nuclear Barges
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_2kkvt5et/342283562
Lecture 12
10.
Isotopic Separation and
Enrichment
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_mjrgh8l3/342283562
Lecture 13
3.
Neutron Cross Sections
5. Neutron Diffusion Theory
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_wyl2fxvg/342283562
Lecture 14
6.
Neutron
Diffusion in Nonmultiplying Media
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_fid5vf2u/342283562
Lecture 15
7. One-Group
Reactor Theory
9.
Multidimensional
Reactor Systems in Diffusion Theory
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_64g5tc6a/342283562
Lecture 16
2.
Ionizing Radiation Units and Standards
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_wgv9d7hx/342283562
Lecture 17
3.
Nonionizing Radiation
5.
Radiation Hormesis
9.
Gamma and X rays Detection
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_dw24096z/342283562
Lecture 18
2.
Fusion Concepts
3.
Inertial
Confinement Fusion
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_ouaqzffa/342283562
Lecture 19
1.
Plasmas and Fusion Reactions
4.
Magnetic
Confinement Fusion
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_jg4io2ad/342283562
Lecture 20
3. Global
Climatic Variation, Change and Energy Use.
https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_0kqwvsx1/342283562
Play List
Two-hour Lecture videos Summer Session 2023
https://www.youtube.com/@dr.magdiragheb.nuclearscie1278/playlists
Other videos
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCojdseVcRM185IrViNyT83w/featured
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBmYNDivSxUgCpyNnW8UWHQ
EXAMS
NPRE 402 First Midterm.
Monday September 30
NPRE 402 Second Midterm.
Friday November 1
NPRE 402
Final Exam
7:00pm-10:00pm., Thursday Dec. 19
Teaching Assistants Information
Course
Outline
Two midterm tests and one final test are scheduled.
Each will account for 20 percent of the final grade for a total of 60 percent of the final grade.
Assignments, attendance, quizzes (unannounced), final project, 40 percent.
Prerequisites: Advanced calculus course, consent of instructor.
Undergraduates: 3 units of credit.
Graduates: 3 units, plus 1 unit
for advanced term paper or project, for a total of 4 units of credit.
Calendar for Fall Session, 2024
Face-to-face, synchronous with required attendance
Time: MWF 08:00-08-50 am, Meets 08/26/24=12/11/24,
Location: 3031 Campus Instructional Facility CIF
Instruction begins | Monday August 26 |
Labor day | Monday September 2 (no classes) |
Fall Break begins Instruction resumes |
Saturday November 23 Monday December 2 |
Instruction ends | Wednesday December 11 |
Reading Day | Thursday December 12 |
Final Examinations
begin Final Examinations end |
Friday
December 13 Thursday December 19 |
First Midterm exam |
Monday September 30 |
Second Midterm exam |
Friday November 1 |
Final Exam |
7:00pm-10:00pm., Thursday Dec. 19 |
Book Chapters
Magdi Ragheb (2011). "Nuclear Naval Propulsion,"
Nuclear Power - Deployment, Operation and Sustainability, Pavel Tsvetkov (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-307-474-0,
InTech, http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/nuclear-naval-propulsion
Magdi Ragheb (2011). "Thorium Fission and Fission-Fusion Fuel Cycle,"
Nuclear Power - Deployment, Operation and Sustainability, Pavel Tsvetkov (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-307-474-0,
InTech, http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/thorium-fission-and-fission-fusion-fuel-cycle
M. Ragheb and D. Gvillo, "Hybrid Symbolic-Procedural Programming Methodology for Monte Carlo Particle Transport Simulations,"
Science and Engineering on Cray Supercomputers, A Cray Research Inc. Book,
Proc. of the Third International Symposium, Minneapolis, Minnesota, pp. 491-515, September 1987.
Yoshioka, R., Kinoshita, M., Jorgensen, L., & Ragheb, M. (2017). Environment, waste, and resources. In Molten Salt Reactors and Thorium Energy (pp. 231-259). Elsevier.
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-101126-3.00009-9
Web Textbook
© M. Ragheb
Intellectual Property
IP
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NUCLEAR AND RADIATION SCIENCE
Inventing the future
© M. Ragheb
Preface
Part I Dawn of Nuclear age
1.
First Human Made Reactor and Birth of Nuclear Age
2.
German
Nuclear Program
3.
Japanese Nuclear Weapons
Program
4.
Nuclear
World
5.
Race for The Super
6.
Natural
Nuclear Reactors, The Oklo Phenomenon
7.
Sustainable Energy and
Resource Management
8.
Safeguards,
Non-Proliferation and Peaceful Nuclear Energy
9.
The Global Status of
Nuclear Power
10. Limited Nuclear War
Part II Modern Nuclear Science
1.
The Nuclear,
Plasma, and Radiation Universe
2. Constitution of Matter, The Standard Model
3. Elusive Ghostly Neutrinos
4.
Nuclear Processes,
The Strong Force
5.
Gamma
Rays Interaction with Matter
Part III Radioactive Processes
1.
Radioactive Transformations Theory, The Weak Force
2.
Food Preservation by
Radiation
3.
Terrestrial
Radioactivity and Geothermal Energy
4. Biogenic and Abiogenic
Petroleum
5.
Management of Radioactive Waste
Part IV Fission Systems
1.
Nuclear Reactor Concepts
and Thermodynamic Cycles
2.
Pressurized
Water Reactors
3.
Boiling
Water Reactors
4.
High
Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor
5.
Heavy Water Reactor
6.
Fourth
Generation Reactor Concepts
7. Fast Breeder Reactors
8.
Autonomous
Battery Reactors
9. Inherently Safe Reactor Designs
10.
Isotopic Separation and
Enrichment
11. Traveling Wave Reactor
12.
Modular Integral Compact Underground Reactor
13. Underwater Power Plants
14.
Floating Nuclear Barges
Part V Fusion Systems
1.
Plasmas and Fusion Reactions
2.
Fusion Concepts
3.
Inertial
Confinement Fusion
4.
Magnetic
Confinement Fusion
5. Fission
Fusion Thorium Hybrid
Part VI Space Nuclear Power
1.
Nuclear and Plasma
Space Propulsion
2. Space Power Reactors
3.
Radioisotopes
Power Production
4.
Cosmic and Space Radiation
5.
Nuclear
Defense Against Stellar Objects
6.
Nuclear
Propulsion Choices for Space Exploration
7.
Solar Storms Effects on Nuclear and Electrical Installations
8. Nuclear Asteroid
Mining
9.
Nuclear Ramjet and
Scramjet Propulsion
Part VII
Transport and Diffusion Reactor
Theory
1.
Transport
Theory
2.
Subcritical
Assemblies Theory
3.
Neutron Cross Sections
4.
Neutron
Collision Theory
5.
Neutron Diffusion Theory
6.
Neutron
Diffusion in Nonmultiplying Media
7. One-Group
Reactor Theory
8. Point
Reactor Kinetics
9.
Multidimensional
Reactor Systems in Diffusion Theory
10.
Numerical
Methods for Diffusion Theory Criticality
11.
Fermi
Age Theory
12.
Two Group Diffusion Theory for Bare and Reflected Reactors
13. Analysis of Fast Reactors Systems
14.
The
Resonance Escape Probability
15.
Treatment
of Heterogeneous Systems
Part VIII Radiological Science
1.
Radiation Dosimetry
2.
Ionizing Radiation Units and Standards
3.
Nonionizing Radiation
4.
Environmental Radiation
5.
Radiation Hormesis
6.
Environmental
Remediation of Radioactive Contamination
7.
Radiobiological
Processes
8.
Attenuation of Gamma
Radiation
9.
Gamma and X rays Detection
10.
Nuclear Medicine
Applications
11.
Positron Emission Tomography
12.
Nuclear Sterile Insect Technique
13.
Depleted
Uranium and its Health Physics
Part IX Nuclear Safety
1.
Three Mile Island Accident
2.
The
Chernobyl Accident
3.
Fukushima Earthquake and Tsunami Station Blackout Accident
4.
Tritium, Man Made Hydrogen
Part X Nuclear Applications
1.
Energy
Hydrogenation and Decarbonization
2.
Nuclear Age Elements
3. Global
Climatic Variation, Change and Energy Use.
4.
Nuclear Marine Propulsion
5.
X Ray and Gamma Ray Lasers
6.
Zero
Point Field Power
7.
Fresh Water Augmentation
8. Single
and Dual Purpose Nuclear Desalination
9.
Pumped Storage in Association with the Dead Sea to
Red Sea Peace Canal
10.
Uranium
Resources in Phosphate Rocks
11.
Thorium
Resources in Rare Earth Elements
12.
Isotope Methods in Water Resources Management
13.
Symbiotic Coupling of Wind Power and Nuclear Power Generation
14.
Restarting the USA Stalled Nuclear Renaissance
References
Appendices
Vector
Calculus Relations
List
of the Known Elements
Table of
Thermal Neutron Cross
Sections
Physical
Constants and Conversion Factors
Systeme
International (SI), Prefixes and Symbols
Greek Alphabet
Natural Nuclides Table
Artificial and
Natural Nuclides Table
Procedure for the Generation of a Decay Curve: decay.f90
Procedure for estimating the activity of an
irradiated isotope: Isotope_production.f90
One Group Nuclear Criticality Code Listing: criticality.f90
Multigroup Nuclear
Criticality Code Listing: multigroup_criticality.f90
Neutron
Dosimetry code: neutron_dosimetry.f90
Input data
30 group cross sections: H2O
30 group cross sections: Na
University of Illinois Visit to the LaSalle County Generating Station
Graduate Reserch Papers
Sheng Kao, "Decontaminated
water discharge and dilution from the Fukushima accident into the Pacific Ocean"
Bruce Hicks,
Texas
Winter Weather Power Failure""
Honors Paper
Kate Konsevicz, "Developments
in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scanning"
Data Files on Isotopes and Cross-Sections
Computer Programs and Output Data Files
Internal Links to Bookmarks
External Links
Nuclear Data for Isotopes and Elements
Radiation Safety and Health Physics
Nuclear Power Plants and Government Organizations
Breeder Nuclear Reactor Designs
Accelerator-Driven Reactors and Waste Transmutation
Laboratories Involved in Fusion Research
Magnetic and Inertial Confinement Concepts for Fusion Reactors
Alternative Confinement Concepts for Fusion Reactors
Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion
Medical Research with Radioisotopes and Radiation
Industrial Research with Radioisotopes and Radiation
Food Irradiation and Sterilization
1. Edward M. Baum, Harold D. Knox and Thomas R. Miller, "Nuclides and Isotopes, Chart of the N uclides," 16th Edition, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, KAPL and Lockheed Martin, 2002.
2. Lide, David R.,Ed., "CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics," 83rd Edition, CRC Press LLC, 2002.
NPRE402/ME405 Nuclear Power Engineering
NPRE457/CSE462 Safety Analysis of Nuclear Reactor Systems
NPRE490MC(NPRE456/CSE416) Monte Carlo Simulations
NPRE475 Wind Power Systems
NPRE590SF Nuclear and Radiological Safety
NPRE459/CSE417 Fuzzy Logic and its Applications
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