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MIT OpenCourseWare
Neutron Science and Reactor Physics
Art: Not determined, Figure 7 of Radio-active substances, 1904 · Public domain
- Instructor
- Prof. Benoit Forget
- Term
- Fall 2009
- Level
- Undergraduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 18 other files · 3 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 22.05 Neutron Science and Reactor Physics, Fall 2009, Prof. Benoit Forget — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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How this course was organized
What's here, and what isn't
- A lecture sequence of 26 items is confirmed. Assignment and exam materials exist too, but MIT's own order for them could not be verified, so they're shown as materials below rather than a sequence.
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Lecture Notes
- Chapter 1 [EEL] Download
- Chapters 2 and 3 [EEL] (cont.) Download
- Chapter 4 [EEL] Download
- Chapter 5 [EEL] Download
- Chapter 8 [EEL] Download
Assignments
8 problem sets
Exams
Course outline
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Lecture 2: Neutron Sources / Binding Energy / Fission Process / Chart of Nuclides
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Lecture 3: Radioactive Decay / Cross-Sections
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Lecture 4: Compound Nucleus / Resonances / Neutron Scattering
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Lecture 5: Neutron Slowing Down / Neutron Flux / Moderators / Energy Condensation
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Lecture 6: Power Reactors I (LWRs / Neutron Life Cycle)
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Lecture 7: Power Reactors II (CANDU / Advanced LWRs, Gas Reactors, …)
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Lecture 8: Exam Review and Homework 3 Rreview
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Lecture 9: Exam 1 (Chapters 1-4)
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Lecture 10: Transport Equation
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Lecture 11: Criticality / Flux / Current / BCs
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Lecture 12: Kinetics Approximation
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Lecture 13: Delayed Neutrons / Photoneutrons / Inhour
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Lecture 14: Prompt Jump Approximation
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Lecture 15: Exam 2 (Chapter 5 and Transport Equation Notes)
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Lecture 16: Diffusion Equation - One Group
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Lecture 17: Non-Multiplying Systems / Multiplying Systems
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Lecture 18: Diffusion – Two Groups
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Lecture 19: Bare Reactors / Reflectors
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Lecture 20: Control Rods / Burnable Poisons
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Lecture 21: Exam 3 (Chapters 6-7)
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Lecture 22: Energy Transport
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Lecture 23: Reactivity Feedback / Transients
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Lecture 24: Reactor Control / Xenon / Samarium
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Lecture 25: Depletion / MA
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Lecture 26: Final Exam (Chapters 1-10)
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Benoit Forget, 22.05 Neutron Science and Reactor Physics, Fall 2009.
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