Unit

Course
Mechanical engineering
Study-unit Code
A001498
Curriculum
Energia
Teacher
Valentina Coccia
Teachers
  • Valentina Coccia
Hours
  • 64 ore - Valentina Coccia
CFU
8
Course Regulation
Coorte 2024
Offered
2024/25
Learning activities
Affine/integrativa
Area
Attività formative affini o integrative
Academic discipline
ING-IND/11
Type of study-unit
Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
italian
Contents
Elements of nuclear physics. Types of technologies for the construction of nuclear power plants. Waste and management of the Commission Inghe phase. Economic and environmental aspects.
Reference texts
teacher notes
Educational objectives
Knowledge of the basic principles of nuclear energy with economic, environmental and technical evolution aspects
Prerequisites
Basic concepts of chemical physics and technical physics and thermo-fluid dynamics.
Teaching methods
Frontal teaching
Other information
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Learning verification modality
oral
Extended program
Unit of measurement of energy. Elements of atomic physics. Isotopes and radioactive decays. Fuel cells: theory and applicationsIonizing radiations and their measurement. Neutron matter interactions. Cross section concept. Fission phenomenon and energetic aspects. Fissile elements fertile elements. Neutron spectra. Basic elements of reactor physics. Types of nuclear power plants. In-depth analysis of pressurized water and boiling water thermal power plants. Gas power plants. Fast neutron plants. Fuel reprocessing issues. Economic evaluations with examples of introduction of the concept of the levelized cost of energy. Examples of nuclear accidents with insights into Chernobyl and Fukushima. Elements of nuclear fusion.
Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
7,9,10,11
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