2025-Spring Nuclear Engineering (NUCE501-01) The course syllabus

1.Course Information

Course No. NUCE501 Section 01 Credit 3.00
Category Major required Course Type prerequisites
Postechian Core Competence
Hours MON, WED / 11:00 ~ 12:15 / Grading Scale G

2. Instructor Information

Yeom Hwasung Name Yeom Hwasung Department Div. of Advanced Nuclear Eng.
Email address hyeom@postech.ac.kr Homepage http://nmaterials.postech.ac.kr/
Office 표면공학 & 원자력소재 연구실 Office Phone 054-279-9580
Office Hours 화요일 09:00~12:30

3. Course Objectives

This course will introduce a wide spectrum of nuclear-related fundamental physics and engineering which are considered basic and important intellectual knowledge to study about advanced nuclear engineering subjects such as energy production & heat transfer and also nuclear reactor safety and waste management. The contents include overall review of nuclear reactor and power plant, those of basic atomic and nuclear & radiation physics, fundamentals of nuclear reactor theory, reactor engineering, nuclear fuel cycles, nuclear safety, etc.

4. Prerequisites & require

(1) 2017~2020학번 : 공통과목(원자력공학, 원자로물리학)으로 필수 이수과목임.
*The students who have been enrolled since the spring semester of 2017
Students are required to take 2 of the 3 mandatory Courses.
Students are required to take Nuclear Engineering (NUCE501) and Nuclear Reactor Physics (NUCE502).

(2) 2021학번부터~ : 공통필수 3과목(원자력공학, 원자로물리학, 원자력과 사회문제) 필수 이수과목임.
*Students enrolled from 2021
Students are required to take 3 Common Mandatory Courses(Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Reactor Physics, Nuclear Power and Social Problems).
Students are required to take 1 of the 4 Mandatory Courses(Nuclear Thermal-Hydraulics, Plasma and Beam Physics, Radioactive Waste Management, Intro. to AI and Robotics for Extreme Environment).

5. Grading

2 Homeworks(20%), Mid-term exam.(40%), Final exam.(40%)

6. Course Materials

Title Author Publisher Publication
Year/Edition
ISBN
Introduction to Nuclear Engineering (3rd Edition) J.R. Lamarsh, and A.J. Baratta Pearson Education 2001
Nuclear Reactor Engineering S. Glasstone & A. Sesonke Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.( 1967
Fundamentals of Nuclear Reactor Physics E. E. Lewis Academic Press 2008

7. Course References

1. Nuclear Energy, An Introduction to the concepts, systems, and Applications of Nuclear Processes, 6th ed., R.L. Murray, Elsevier Inc., 2009
2. Radiation Detection and Measurement, 3rd ed., G.F. Knoll, John Wiley& Sons, Inc., 2000
3. Risk and Safety Analysis of Nuclear systems, J.C. Lee and N.J. McCormick, John Wiley& Sons, Inc., 2011
4. 원자력안전해석, 김효정, 정기획출판사, 2016

8. Course Plan

1 Introduction to the Course
2 Nuclear Reactor and Power Plant
3 Atomic and Nuclear Physics(1)
4 Atomic and Nuclear Physics(2)
5 Radiation Physics(1)
6 Radiation Physics(2)
7 Introduction to Nuclear Reactor Theory(1)
8 Mid-term Examination
9 Nuclear Reactor Theory(2)
10 Reactor Kinetics
11 Heat Generation and Transport(1)
12 Heat Generation and Transport(2)
13 Nuclear Fuel Cycle
14 Nuclear Safety(1)
15 Nuclear Safety(2)
16 Final Examination

9. Course Operation

10. How to Teach & Remark

Class schedule is flexible depending on the progress and exam schedule.

11. Supports for Students with a Disability

- Taking Course: interpreting services (for hearing impairment), Mobility and preferential seating assistances (for developmental disability), Note taking(for all kinds of disabilities) and etc.

- Taking Exam: Extended exam period (for all kinds of disabilities, if needed), Magnified exam papers (for sight disability), and etc.

- Please contact Center for Students with Disabilities (279-2434) for additional assistance