Nuclear Engineering Lab

At the end of this course, students should be able to 1. explain the scientific basis for radiation detection and measurements; 2. describe the basic principles of neutron analysis; 3. calibrate detector systems and coincidence detector systems; 4. measure the neutron diffusion length using sub-critical pile; and 5. properly analyse and interpret experimental results.

Basic science of radiation measurement, nuclear instrumentation, neutronics, pulse neutron experiments, subcritical assembly measurement and radiation dosimetry. The lectures emphasize the principles of radiation detection. The weekly laboratory applies a variety of radiation detection systems to the practical measurements of interest for nuclear power, nuclear and non-nuclear science, and environmental applications. Students are expected to present goals and approaches of the experiments being performed.