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SH2614 The Nuclear Fuel Cycle 6.0 hp

Course memo Autumn 2024-50352

Version 1 – 09/07/2024, 4:13:51 PM

Course offering

Autumn 2024-50352 (Start date 26 Aug 2024, English)

Language Of Instruction

English

Offered By

SCI/Physics

Course memo Autumn 2024

Headings denoted with an asterisk ( * ) is retrieved from the course syllabus version Autumn 2024

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

Uranium degradation, uranium enrichment, fuel production, recycling and waste management, transportation.

Intended learning outcomes

After passing the course, the student should be able to design a realistic, economically and environmentally thoughtful fuel cycle for a country that uses nuclear power.

Preparations before course start

Literature

Lecture notes, provided on Canvas

Examination and completion

Grading scale

A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Examination

  • FÄL1 - Field trips, 1.0 credits, Grading scale: P, F
  • INL1 - Home assignments, 1.0 credits, Grading scale: P, F
  • PRO1 - Project report, 2.0 credits, Grading scale: P, F
  • SEM1 - Seminar, 1.0 credits, Grading scale: P, F
  • TEN1 - Oral examen, 1.0 credits, Grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

The examiner, in consultation with the KTH Disability Coordinator (Funka), decides on any adapted examination for students with documented permanent impairment. The examiner may grant another examination form for reexamination of single students.

Other requirements for final grade

Pass grade on all parts.

Grading criteria/assessment criteria

Your final grade is exclusively based on the the grade achieved in the oral exam.

Alternatives to missed activities or tasks

If you are unable to participate in a field trip or the final seminar, you will be given an indivdual home assignment as compensation.

Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

No information inserted

Round Facts

Start date

26 Aug 2024

Course offering

  • Autumn 2024-50352

Language Of Instruction

English

Offered By

SCI/Physics

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