1. Engineering Physics 4D03/6D03
Nuclear Reactor Analysis
(Reactor Physics)
Term I,
Administrative Details

2. Instructor
Hello!
My name is Ben Rouben. I am the instructor for this course.
I worked in reactor physics at AECL from 1975 to I was Manager of the Reactor Core Physics Branch, Right now I am Reactor-Physics Consultant and Adjunct Professor at McMaster and at UOIT.

3. Addresses
To communicate with me, you may use either address below:
TA: Remon Ibrahim,

4. Course Webpage
The department webpage for 4D03 is
The course webpage is

5. Objectives of Course Objectives of course:
To aid the student in understanding modern nuclear engineering; to develop skills for analysing neutron characteristics of fission reactors.
Goals:
to understand the physical processes
to understand and be able to formulate the basic descriptive equations
to solve those equations
to simulate a reactor/source configuration with appropriate models depending on energy, position, steady state or transient situations, and material properties.

6. Course Material Reference Material:
1) Primary reference text: Nuclear Reactor Analysis, by James J. Duderstadt & Louis J. Hamilton, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., ISBN:
2) My notes – issued as we proceed
3) Other reactor-physics textbooks, e.g. (among others), John R. Lamarsh & Anthony J. Baratta, Introduction to Nuclear Engineering, Prentice Hall, ISBN:

7. Schedule Lectures are on Wednesdays, 11:30 am - 2:20 pm Room: ETB-119
First class will be on Wednesday Sept. 6
I am tentatively scheduling the mid-term examination for Wednesday Oct. 25.
Final examination date not yet known, will be available in the official exam schedule, when it is issued.
My office hours: Wednesdays 2:30 pm-3:30 pm, NRB-B121 (please request meeting), or at any time by

8. Overall marks for the course:
Weekly Assignments: 20%
Mid-term Examination: 30%
Final Written Examination: 50%
6D03 students will have to do an extra assignment, worth 20%.
Note: A passing mark in the final exam will be required in order to pass the course.

9. Marks (cont’d)
Note: Weekly Assignments must be handed in promptly on time, every week!
To be handed electronically to Remon latest by Wednesday 11:00 am week following.
Week 1 is Wednesday Sept. 6, so week-1 assignment is due Wednesday Sept. 13 at 11:00 am latest.
Etc.

10. Mid-Term & Final Mid-term: Final: Nominally 2 hours
Closed book, but 1 single-sided 8.5”x11” crib sheet may be allowed.
Final:
3 hours
Closed book, but 2 single-sided 8.5”x11” crib sheets may be allowed .

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