McMaster University Technical Documents

McMaster Courses

See http://www.nuceng.ca/courses/courseindex.htm for a listing of McMaster nuclear courses. Course content is available on-line.

• Engineering Physics 3D03 (Principles of Nuclear Engineering)
• Engineering Physics 4D03 / 6D03 (Nuclear Reactor Analysis)
• Engineering Physics 4P03 / 6P03 (Nuclear Power Plant Systems and Operation)
• Engineering Physics 712 (Advanced Nuclear Reactor Analysis)
• Engineering Physics 714 (Nuclear Reactor Safety Design)
• Engineering Physics 716 (Nuclear Reactor Heat Transport System Design)
• Engineering Physics 718 (Reactor Heat Transport System Simulation and Analysis)
• Industrial Monitoring and Detection Techniques 4L04/6L04
• Science for Nuclear Energy and Radiation - a comprehensive course for Grade School and High School Science Teachers

Books

• An Introduction to the CANDU Nuclear Energy Conversion System by A.A. Harms, 1975
  Reproduced here with the kind permission of A.A. Harms.
  Summary: "The CANDU nuclear reactor has recently attracted considerable attention both at home and abroad. The increasing interest in this distinctly Canadian nuclear energy system has identified the need for an introductory description of the basic elements of the CANDU reactor suitable for a readership with a wide range of professional qualifications.
  It is believed that this monograph can serve as a self-study guide and as a supportive text for the scientist, engineer and other technically oriented individual with little previous exposure to nuclear engineering in general and who possesses only a passing familiarity with the CANDU nuclear reactor in particular. An attempt has been made to be impressionistic on both the analytical-scientific and the systems-descriptive level. A detailed discussion of specialized topics such as reactor physics, plant engineering and reactor operations is outside the scope of this text." - from the Foreword
  • Table of Contents and Chapter 1: Introduction (pdf 903Kb, 17 pages)
  • Chapter 2: Nuclear Processes (pdf 707Kb, 16 pages)
  • Chapter 3: Neutron Physics (pdf 826Kb, 18 pages)
  • Chapter 4: Reactor Statics (pdf 907Kb, 18 pages)
  • Chapter 5: Reactor Dynamics (pdf 581Kb, 10 pages)
  • Chapter 6: Control and Operations (pdf 687Kb, 12 pages)
  • Chapter 7: Thermal-hydraulic Analysis (pdf 634Kb, 12 pages)
  • Chapter 8: Nuclear Reactor Materials (pdf 1048Kb, 16 pages)
  • Chapter 9: Safety Analysis (pdf 211Kb, 4 pages)
  • Chapter 10: CANDU Reactors part 1 (pdf 997Kb,13 pages), part 2 (pdf 928Kb, 18 pages)