NET-225 Nuclear Physics

Toolkit Description: 
This NET-225 Nuclear Physics course is from the RCNET Comprehensive Teaching Toolkit: Fundamentals, and is drawn from curriculum taught in the Nuclear Systems Technology program at Midlands Technical College. The program is designed to train nuclear systems technicians to work in nuclear power plants and covers fundamentals of nuclear power systems such as plant components, radiological protection, nuclear plant chemistry, and how to operate plant equipment. This RCNET Toolkit is organized in four courses: NET-122 Electrical, NET-210 Thermal Sciences, NET-225 Nuclear Physics, and NET-230 Chemistry. 

Toolkit Course Contents:
NET-225 Nuclear Physics is a study of basic reactor theory for nuclear power plant operators. Topics include neutron kinetics, reactor period and start-up rates, fuel nuclides, the in-hour equation and the quasi equilibrium power model. 

Materials available as part of the Teaching Toolkit include 11 PowerPoint presentations and nine PDF tests.

Each PowerPoint presentation covers a different topic and includes a summary of the previous presentation. Topics include properties of subatomic particles, mass defects and binding energy, modes of radiation decay, and reactor power; as well as related topics. The last PowerPoint provides supplemental materials that include The Periodic Table, Quantum Physics, Table of the Nuclides, and Properties of nuclear materials. 

Nine PDFs include test questions on different topics and one 310-page PDF includes test questions that cover all topics of the course.

For orientation purposes Properties of subatomic particles NET 225-Block-1.pdf is included as a separate attachment and offers a sample of the type of material included in this course. 

Below is a list of the files contained within the .zip attachment. The size of each file is included in parenthesis. 

NET-225 Nuclear Physics (23 files 361.9 MB)

•     PowerPoint Presentations
  • Properties of subatomic particles (Properties of subatomic particles NET 225-Block-1.ppt 160.1 MB)
  • Mass Defects and Binding Energy (Mass Defects and Binding Energy NET 225-Block-2.ppt 11.3 MB)
  • Modes of Radiation Decay (Modes of Radiation Decay NET 225-Block-3.ppt 50.4 MB)
  • Neutron Interactions (Neutron Interactions NET 225-Block-4.ppt 20.1 MB)
  • Calculation of Fission Energy Calculation of Fission Energy NET 225-Block-5.ppt 12.9 MB)
  • Reactor Power (Reactor Power NET 225-Block-6.ppt 18.7 MB)
  • Production and Removal of Xenon-135 (Production and Removal of Xenon-135 NET 225-Block-7.ppt 12.9 MB)
  • Control Rods (Control Rods NET 225-Block-8.ppt 10.1 MB)  
  • Subcritical Multiplication Factor (Subcritical Multiplication Factor NET 225-Block-9.ppt 13.9 MB)
  • Calculating Reactivity After Shutdown (Calculating Reactivity After Shutdown NET 225-Block-10.ppt 6.6 MB)
  • Supplementary Materials (Supplements_Quantum Physics_Properties of Nuclear Material NET 225-Block-11-extras.ppt)
•     Tests
  • All Topics (Test Bank _All topics for Rx.pdf 553 KB)
  • Control Rods (Test Bank _Control Rods.pdf 105 KB)
  • Fission Production Poisons (Test Bank _Fission Production Poisons.pdf 131 KB)
  • Fuel Depletion and Burnable Poisons (Test Bank _Fuel Depletion and Burnable Poisons.pdf 33 KB
  • Neutron Life Cycle (Test Bank _Neutron Life Cycle.pdf 111 KB)
  • Neutrons (Test Bank _Neutrons.pdf 17 KB)
  • Reactivity Coefficients (Test Bank _Reactivity Coefficients.pdf 131 KB)
  • Reactor Kinetics and Neutron Sources (Test Bank _Reactor Kinetics and Neutron Sources.pdf 133 KB)
  • Reactor Operational Physics (Test Bank _Reactor Operational Physics.pdf 209 KB)