NSEG-4204: Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Description: Uranium nuclear fuel cycle: radiation basics, uranium reserves, mining, conversion, enrichment, fuel manufacturing, in-core fuel management and refueling, spent fuel storage, reprocessing/recycling and final disposition as waste in a geologic repository. Introduction to nuclear safeguards and nonproliferation as applied to each step of cycle. Alternative fuel cycles.
Pathways: N/A
Course Hours: 3 credits
Corequisites: NSEG-3146
Crosslist: N/A
Repeatability: N/A
Sections Taught: 8
Average GPA: 3.58 (A-)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 43.98%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%
| Jinsuo Zhang | 2024 | 61.1% | 35.0% | 3.5% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 3.55 | 7 |
| Mark A Pierson | 2017 | 90.9% | 9.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.85 | 1 |