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Date
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Material covered
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Reading/HW
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1
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1/23/24
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Introduction/Overview/Thinking like a neutron
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Knief Chapter 1
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2
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1/30/24
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3
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2/6/24
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MAGICMERV
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Knief Chapter 2
LA-1
HW#2
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4
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2/13/24
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Hand calculations
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Knief Chapter 8
Appendices. B
HW#3
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5
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2/20/24
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ANS standards
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6
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2/27/24
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Calculational methods: Theory
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Knief Chapter 4
HW#5
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3/5/24
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Test#1
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7
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3/12/24
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(No class for Spring Break)
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8
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3/19/24
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Validation |
Knief Chapter 6 (pp. 57-58)
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9
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3/26/24
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Validation (cont'd) |
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10
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4/2/24
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Structure of NCSEs
Assignment of accidents
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Knief Chapter 10
DOE-STD-3007-2007
Sample NCSE
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11
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4/9/24
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Contingency analysis
Final project assignments
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12
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4/16/24
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Contingency analysis (cont'd) |
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13
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4/23/24
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Historical accident
presentations
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14
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4/30/24
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Special Topics
Test#2 due 4/27/24
(Saturday midnight BEFORE class) |
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5/7/24
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No class meeting
Final project due
by 11:59:59 p.m. on Saturday, May 18
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NE421 Introduction to Nuclear Criticality
Safety