The advanced course gives participants an opportunity to develop advanced knowledge in reactor physics and the various methods and tools to modelize, compute, and simulate the phenomena in various operation modes.
The course addresses the following items:
– Chain reaction and neutron balance;
– Transport equation and calculation schemes;
– Solving the steady-state integro-differential transport equation;
– Neutron slowing-down and resonance absorption;
– Verification & Validation of neutronics code packages;
– The Monte Carlo method;
– Monte Carlo techniques;
– Monte Carlo codes;
– Monte Carlo/Deterministic coupling and benchmarking.
At the end of the course, the participants will be able to:
– Describe the neutron interactions in a nuclear reactor;
– Compare the deterministic and probabilistic methods for solving the neutron transport equation;
– Identify the main sources of uncertainties in a neutronic calculation (deterministic or probabilistic).
The doctoral course is designed for young researchers, PhD students, post-doctorates and engineers from nuclear industry companies, research centres, Universities, Technical Safety Organizations (TSO), regulatory bodies.
Application is through INSTN webpage: https://instn.cea.fr/en/formation/reactor-core-physics-deterministic-and-monte-carlo-methods-international-school-in-nuclear-engineering-2/
Interested participants will be in touch with the course director for application assessment and course enrollment.
The course participation fee is 2680€ per participant. Special conditions for participants supported by ENEN.
The course is implemented at INSTN Cadarache (South of France, between Aix-en-Provence and Manosque).
For participation fee and registration, please contact the course owner or follow the registration link that will drive you to the course page with contact details.