Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technology Course
Content
LEARNING PROGRAM AND
ACTIVITY PLANT
ADVANCED REACTOR
TECHNOLOGY
Dr. Ing. Kusnanto
Dr. Ir. Andang Widi Harto, M.T.
Nuclear Engineering Study Program
Department of Engineering Physics
Faculty of Engineering
UNIVERSITAS GADJAH MADA
COURSE DESCRIPTION
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Course Tittle
: Advanced Reactor Technology
Code
:
Credit
:2
Semester
: EVEN
Category
: Optional
Prerequirement Course : None
COURSE SILLABY
• Historical background of nuclear reactor technology
• Reason for urgently developing advanced nuclear
reactor technology
• General requirements for advanced nuclear reactor
design
• Advanced nuclear reactor design types
• Safety aspect of advanced nuclear reactor
• Security aspect related to advanced reactor technology
(fuel, waste and radioactive material processing)
• Application of advanced nuclear reactor
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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Understand the historical background of nuclear reactor
technology and the achievements.
Understand the reasoning of how urgent to develop
advanced nuclear reactor technology
Understand the required design criteria of advanced
nuclear reactor technology
Understand the general characteristic of several
proposed advanced nuclear reactor designs
Understand the safety requirements of advanced
nuclear reactor
Understand the security problems related to advanced
nuclear reactor technology and concepts to solve these
problems
Understand several possible application of advanced
nuclear reactor technology
LEARNING METHOD AND TIME
ALOCATION
Learning Method
Tutorial
Group assignment
Time alocation
70%
30%
TARGETED COMPETENCY
• Knowledge and understanding about
concept, principle, theory and fact
WEEKLY ACTIVITY PLANT
Week 1
Reason for developing a. Increasing energy demand
Alternative Energy b. Limitation of proven conventional energy resources
Resources
c. Environmental impact related to conventional energy
utilization
Week 2
Nuclear reactor
Technology, role,
problems and
developments
a. Brief history of nuclear reactor technology
b. Role of nuclear reactor technology
c. Problems related to nuclear reactor technology :
- limitation of U-235 content in currently known proven
nuclear fuel resources
- accumulation of nuclear fuel wastes
- evaluation of safety aspects
- security problem related to nuclear material processing
Week 3
Advanced Nuclear
reactor principles
a. Low fuel consumption (high burn up, breeding)
b. Low radioactive waste production
c. Increasing safety (inherent safe, enhance passive safety
system)
d. Economics (design simplification, short construction,
reliability increasing
e. Secure (non proliferation resistant)
Increasing Utilization flexibility
WEEKLY ACTIVITY PLANT
Week 4
Role of advanced nuclear Eficient electricity production
reactor
Process heat application
low temperature (desalination, space heating, thermal
refrigeration, drying)
medium temperature (enhanced oil recovery, oil refinery,
others)
high temperature (coal gasification, hydrogen production,
others)
Valuable radionuclide production
Week 5
Advanced Nuclear
Reactor Type and
Characteristic
a. Non power reactor (AHR, Advanced Multi Purpose High
Flux Reactor
Week 6
Advanced Nuclear
Reactor Type and
Characteristic
b. Power Reactor (SCWR, AHWR, VHTR, GCFR, LMFR,
MSR etc, and their variants)
WEEKLY ACTIVITY PLANT
Week 7
Advanced Nuclear
Reactor Type and
Characteristic
Week 8
Mid Semester Examination
Week 9
Advanced Nuclear Fuel
Cycle
Week 10
Advanced Nuclear Fuel
Cycle and
management
c. Power Reactor (SCWR, AHWR, VHTR, GCFR, LMFR,
MSR etc, and their variants)
- Utilization of LWR spent fuel in Fast Breeder Fuel Cycle to
utilize totally natural uranium resources (SCWR, GCFR,
LMFR and their variants)
- Thermal breeder fuel cycle to utilize totally natural
thorium resources (SCWR, AHWR, MSR and their
variants)
- Long life core design (CANDLE breeder Concept)
- On site fuel reprocessing concept for breeder reactor
- OTTO breeder concept for reactor types those can be
fueled on line (AHWR, pebble bed HTR)
- On power fuel processing concept for liquid fuel reactor
(MSR)
WEEKLY ACTIVITY PLANT
Week 11
Innovation of
safety
-
Week 12
Security aspect
related to the
develpoment
of advanced
reactor
tecnology
-
-
Reviewing safety philosophy (DBA, beyond DBA, severe
accident, accident mananegent, risk acceptance)
Enhanced inherent safe (low excess reactivity, negative power
feedback)
Tottaly passive safety system agains DBA and beyond DBA to
avoid severe accident (passive shutdown system, passive
post shutdown cooling system, passive cooling system for
all component handling radioactive material at normal
operation and accidents)
Enhanced multiple barrier plus utilization of environmentally
available heat sink body
Severe accident management facility
Threat identification related to material (high purity fissile
material, radioactive material)
Threat identification related to process (uranium enrichment,
spent fuel reprocessing, radioactive waste processing,
valuable radioactive processing)
Security problem solving approach (engineering approach,
legal / regulation approach, culture approach)
WEEKLY ACTIVITY PLANT
Week 13
Engineering approach for
solving security problem
-
-
Enhance on site process for fuel and radioactive
waste processing (avoiding transportation of
nuclear fuel and radioactive material)
Long life or high burn up fuel design (CANDLE or
OTTO concept)
On site fuel reprocessing and waste process
On power fuel processing and waste process for
liquid fuel reactor
Encapsuled nuclear fuel and radioactive material
for transportation with special container that
protected by legal rules or codes
Week 14
Application of safety and
security principles in the
examples of advanced
nuclear reactor design
-
PCMSR design
Other advanced reactor design
Week 15
Economics aspects
The economic of nuclear energy compared to the
utilization of other enegy resources
Week 16
Final Examination
COMPONENTS OF
ASSESSMENT
Component
Weight factor (%)
Group Discussion
30
Mid semester examination
30
Final examination
40
Score
Grade
80 – 100
A
70 – 79,9
B+
60 – 69,9
B
50 – 59,9
C+
40 – 49,9
C
30 – 39,9
D
< 30
E
REFERENCES
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•
•
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•
Rahn, F.J., Adamantiades, A.G., Kenton, J.E., Braun, C., 1984, A Guide
to Nuclear Power Technology: A Resource for Decision Making, John
Wiley & Sons, New York.
Murray, R.L., 2000, Nuclear Energy: An Introduction to the Concepts,
Systems, and Applications of Nuclear Processes, ButterworthHeinneman, New York.
US DOE, 1993, DOE Fundamental Handbook: Nuclear Physics and
Reactor Theory Vol. I and II, DOE-HDBK-1019/1-93, Washington D.C.
Bodansky, D., 2004, Nuclear Energi: Principles, Practice and Prospects,
Springer-Verlag, New York.
University of Chicago, 2004, The Economic Future of Nuclear Power,
Chicago, Il.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003, The Future of Nuclear
Power: An Interdisciplinary MIT Study, Cambridge, Mass.
Shultis, J.K., Faw, R.E., 2002, Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and
Engineering, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York.
ACTIVITY PLANT
ADVANCED REACTOR
TECHNOLOGY
Dr. Ing. Kusnanto
Dr. Ir. Andang Widi Harto, M.T.
Nuclear Engineering Study Program
Department of Engineering Physics
Faculty of Engineering
UNIVERSITAS GADJAH MADA
COURSE DESCRIPTION
•
•
•
•
•
•
Course Tittle
: Advanced Reactor Technology
Code
:
Credit
:2
Semester
: EVEN
Category
: Optional
Prerequirement Course : None
COURSE SILLABY
• Historical background of nuclear reactor technology
• Reason for urgently developing advanced nuclear
reactor technology
• General requirements for advanced nuclear reactor
design
• Advanced nuclear reactor design types
• Safety aspect of advanced nuclear reactor
• Security aspect related to advanced reactor technology
(fuel, waste and radioactive material processing)
• Application of advanced nuclear reactor
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Understand the historical background of nuclear reactor
technology and the achievements.
Understand the reasoning of how urgent to develop
advanced nuclear reactor technology
Understand the required design criteria of advanced
nuclear reactor technology
Understand the general characteristic of several
proposed advanced nuclear reactor designs
Understand the safety requirements of advanced
nuclear reactor
Understand the security problems related to advanced
nuclear reactor technology and concepts to solve these
problems
Understand several possible application of advanced
nuclear reactor technology
LEARNING METHOD AND TIME
ALOCATION
Learning Method
Tutorial
Group assignment
Time alocation
70%
30%
TARGETED COMPETENCY
• Knowledge and understanding about
concept, principle, theory and fact
WEEKLY ACTIVITY PLANT
Week 1
Reason for developing a. Increasing energy demand
Alternative Energy b. Limitation of proven conventional energy resources
Resources
c. Environmental impact related to conventional energy
utilization
Week 2
Nuclear reactor
Technology, role,
problems and
developments
a. Brief history of nuclear reactor technology
b. Role of nuclear reactor technology
c. Problems related to nuclear reactor technology :
- limitation of U-235 content in currently known proven
nuclear fuel resources
- accumulation of nuclear fuel wastes
- evaluation of safety aspects
- security problem related to nuclear material processing
Week 3
Advanced Nuclear
reactor principles
a. Low fuel consumption (high burn up, breeding)
b. Low radioactive waste production
c. Increasing safety (inherent safe, enhance passive safety
system)
d. Economics (design simplification, short construction,
reliability increasing
e. Secure (non proliferation resistant)
Increasing Utilization flexibility
WEEKLY ACTIVITY PLANT
Week 4
Role of advanced nuclear Eficient electricity production
reactor
Process heat application
low temperature (desalination, space heating, thermal
refrigeration, drying)
medium temperature (enhanced oil recovery, oil refinery,
others)
high temperature (coal gasification, hydrogen production,
others)
Valuable radionuclide production
Week 5
Advanced Nuclear
Reactor Type and
Characteristic
a. Non power reactor (AHR, Advanced Multi Purpose High
Flux Reactor
Week 6
Advanced Nuclear
Reactor Type and
Characteristic
b. Power Reactor (SCWR, AHWR, VHTR, GCFR, LMFR,
MSR etc, and their variants)
WEEKLY ACTIVITY PLANT
Week 7
Advanced Nuclear
Reactor Type and
Characteristic
Week 8
Mid Semester Examination
Week 9
Advanced Nuclear Fuel
Cycle
Week 10
Advanced Nuclear Fuel
Cycle and
management
c. Power Reactor (SCWR, AHWR, VHTR, GCFR, LMFR,
MSR etc, and their variants)
- Utilization of LWR spent fuel in Fast Breeder Fuel Cycle to
utilize totally natural uranium resources (SCWR, GCFR,
LMFR and their variants)
- Thermal breeder fuel cycle to utilize totally natural
thorium resources (SCWR, AHWR, MSR and their
variants)
- Long life core design (CANDLE breeder Concept)
- On site fuel reprocessing concept for breeder reactor
- OTTO breeder concept for reactor types those can be
fueled on line (AHWR, pebble bed HTR)
- On power fuel processing concept for liquid fuel reactor
(MSR)
WEEKLY ACTIVITY PLANT
Week 11
Innovation of
safety
-
Week 12
Security aspect
related to the
develpoment
of advanced
reactor
tecnology
-
-
Reviewing safety philosophy (DBA, beyond DBA, severe
accident, accident mananegent, risk acceptance)
Enhanced inherent safe (low excess reactivity, negative power
feedback)
Tottaly passive safety system agains DBA and beyond DBA to
avoid severe accident (passive shutdown system, passive
post shutdown cooling system, passive cooling system for
all component handling radioactive material at normal
operation and accidents)
Enhanced multiple barrier plus utilization of environmentally
available heat sink body
Severe accident management facility
Threat identification related to material (high purity fissile
material, radioactive material)
Threat identification related to process (uranium enrichment,
spent fuel reprocessing, radioactive waste processing,
valuable radioactive processing)
Security problem solving approach (engineering approach,
legal / regulation approach, culture approach)
WEEKLY ACTIVITY PLANT
Week 13
Engineering approach for
solving security problem
-
-
Enhance on site process for fuel and radioactive
waste processing (avoiding transportation of
nuclear fuel and radioactive material)
Long life or high burn up fuel design (CANDLE or
OTTO concept)
On site fuel reprocessing and waste process
On power fuel processing and waste process for
liquid fuel reactor
Encapsuled nuclear fuel and radioactive material
for transportation with special container that
protected by legal rules or codes
Week 14
Application of safety and
security principles in the
examples of advanced
nuclear reactor design
-
PCMSR design
Other advanced reactor design
Week 15
Economics aspects
The economic of nuclear energy compared to the
utilization of other enegy resources
Week 16
Final Examination
COMPONENTS OF
ASSESSMENT
Component
Weight factor (%)
Group Discussion
30
Mid semester examination
30
Final examination
40
Score
Grade
80 – 100
A
70 – 79,9
B+
60 – 69,9
B
50 – 59,9
C+
40 – 49,9
C
30 – 39,9
D
< 30
E
REFERENCES
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Rahn, F.J., Adamantiades, A.G., Kenton, J.E., Braun, C., 1984, A Guide
to Nuclear Power Technology: A Resource for Decision Making, John
Wiley & Sons, New York.
Murray, R.L., 2000, Nuclear Energy: An Introduction to the Concepts,
Systems, and Applications of Nuclear Processes, ButterworthHeinneman, New York.
US DOE, 1993, DOE Fundamental Handbook: Nuclear Physics and
Reactor Theory Vol. I and II, DOE-HDBK-1019/1-93, Washington D.C.
Bodansky, D., 2004, Nuclear Energi: Principles, Practice and Prospects,
Springer-Verlag, New York.
University of Chicago, 2004, The Economic Future of Nuclear Power,
Chicago, Il.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003, The Future of Nuclear
Power: An Interdisciplinary MIT Study, Cambridge, Mass.
Shultis, J.K., Faw, R.E., 2002, Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and
Engineering, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York.
