ME 362 – NUCLEAR
FUSION AND RADIATION
https://www.lehigh.edu/~eus204/teaching/ME362/ME362.html
Instructor:
Prof. Eugenio Schuster
Packard
Laboratory 454
Phone:
(610) 758-5253
E-mail: schuster at
lehigh.edu
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Class Times: |
Tuesday/Thursday: 10:45 AM to 12:00 PM |
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Office Hours: |
After class and by appointment |
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Location: |
Packard
Lab 503 |
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Assistants: |
Franco Galfrascoli (e-mail: galfrascoli at lehigh.edu) Room 501, Packard Laboratory, 610-758-3707 |
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Course Description: |
Structure of the nucleus. Elementary quantum theory. Nuclear forces. Nuclear energy release: Fission vs. Fusion. Fusion reactions. Plasmas for fusion. Power balances in fusion plasmas. Magnetic and inertial confinement fusion concepts. Magnetic equilibrium configurations and limitations. The tokamak. Emerging and alternative concepts. Fusion reactor economics. Radioactive decays. Interactions of nuclear radiation (charged alpha and beta particles, gammas and neutrons) with matter. Natural and man-made radiation sources. Energy deposition and dose calculations. Radiation protection procedures and regulations. Theory of α, β, γ, and neutron detectors. Applications in dosimetry, imaging and spectroscopy. |
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Textbooks: |
REQUIRED: “Fundamentals
of Nuclear Science and Engineering,” Third Edition, J. K. Shultis
and R. E. Faw, CRC Press, 2016, ISBN-13: 978-1498769297, ISBN-10: 1498769292.
“Principles of Fusion Energy: An
Introduction to Fusion Energy for Students of Science and Engineering,”
Harms, Schoepf, Miley, & Kingdon,
World Scientific, 2000, ISBN-10: 9812380337. |
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Grading: |
Weekly Homework – 15% Hourly Exams – 50% Final Exam – 35% |
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Homework Guidelines: |
Due one week after being assigned NO lateness (must be returned on due date before class) Solutions have to be comprehensible to be marked highly Solutions of ALL the problems will be available on the web site Assignments must be students’ own work! Cases of copying, cheating and fraud will be treated as ACADEMIC DISHONESTY. Students can discuss the assignments, but they must then solve the problems by themselves. |
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Classroom Guidelines: |
No texting. No web browsing. NO CELL PHONES. |