Binding energy of nucleons. Isotopes. Nuclear reactions,
XSs (in nuclear physics and in reactor physics). Scattering and fission
XS with energy and Ω and v. Potential scattering. Energy production
by fission. Possible fissionable isotopes. Fission spectrum. Nucleus-neutron
reactions. Fission products, yields, fissionable products, highly
absorbing products, resonances (single level and many level processes).
Nuclear physics. Evaluated nuclear data file. Enrichment. Self sustaining
chain reaction. Reaction rate. Cross-section, absorption, fission,
capture, mean free path. Basic features of the neutron gas: flux, current,
partial current. The linearized Boltzmann equation. Neutron flux, current,
partial current (partial, net), XS, reaction rates. Neutron balance,
leakage, removal, scattering, fission. The Boltzmann equation. Boundary
conditions, initial conditions. Criticality, keff . Integral form of the
transport equation. The adjoint flux. Phase space.
Keywords: Nuclear physics fundamentals; cross section; nucleus-neutron
reactions; energy release; fission products; resonance; characteristics of nuclear
fuel; Boltzmann equation; Basic terms of neutron physics: neutron
flux, current; reaction rates; adjoint flux; boundary conditions.
