The design of a nuclear reactor
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Vijay A. Singh; Joseph Amal Nathan
- Source
- Resonance. 21:843-856
- Subject
- Focus (computing)
law
Nuclear engineering
Nuclear reactor
Key issues
Science education
Education
law.invention
- Language
- ISSN
- 0973-712X
0971-8044
The aim of this largely pedagogical article is to employ pre-college physics to arrive at an understanding of a system as complex as a nuclear reactor. We focus on three key issues: the fuel pin, the moderator, and lastly the dimensions of the nuclear reactor.