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TERMINAL OBJECTIVE

1.0 Without references, DESCRIBE the considerations commonly used when selecting material for use in a reactor plant.

ENABLING OBJECTIVES

1.1 DEFINE the following terms:

a. Machinability b. Formability c. Stability d. Fabricability

1.2 IDENTIFY the importance of a material property and its application in a reactor plant.

1.3 LIST the four radioactive materials that fission by thermal neutrons and are used as reactor fuels.

1.4 STATE the four considerations in selecting fuel material and the desired effect on the nuclear properties of the selected fuel material.

1.5 STATE the four major characteristics necessary in a material used for fuel cladding.

1.6 IDENTIFY the four materials suitable for use as fuel cladding material and their applications.

1.7 STATE the purpose of a reflector.

1.8 LIST the five essential requirements for reflector material in a thermal reactor.

1.9 STATE the five common poisons used as control rod material.

1.10 IDENTIFY the advantage(s) and/or disadvantages of the five common poisons used as control rod material.

1.11 DESCRIBE the requirements of a material used to shield against the following types of radiation:

a. Beta b. Gamma c. High energy neutron

d. Low energy neutron

1.12 STATE the nuclear reactor core problems and causes associated with the following:

a. Pellet-cladding interaction

b. Fuel densification

c. Fuel cladding embrittlement

d. Fuel bumup and fission product swelling

1.13 STATE the measures taken to counteract or minimize the effects of the following:

a. Pellet-cladding interaction

b. Fuel densification

c. Fuel cladding embrittlement

d. Fission product swelling of a fuel element

1.14 DEFINE the following terms:

a. Fatigue failure b. Work hardening c. Creep

1.15 STATE the measures taken to counteract or minimize the effects of the following:

a. Fatigue failure b. Work hardening c. Creep

1.16 STATE how the following types of radiation interact with metals:

a. Gamma b. Alpha c. Beta d. Fast neutron

e. Slow neutron

1.17 DEFINE the following terms:

a. Knock-on b. Vacancy c. Interstitial

1.18 DEFINE the following terms:

a. Thermal spike

b. Displacement spike

1.19 STATE the effect a large number of displacement spikes has on the properties of a metal.

1.20 DESCRIBE how the emission of radiation can cause dislocation of the atom emitting the radiation.

1.21 STATE the two effects on a crystalline structure resulting from the capture of a neutron.

1.22 STATE how thermal neutrons can produce atomic displacements.

1.23 STATE how gamma and beta radiation effect organic materials.

1.24 IDENTIFY the change in organic compounds due to radiation.

a. Nylon

b. High-density polyethylene marlex 50 c. Rubber

1.25 IDENTIFY the chemical bond with the least resistance to radiation.

1.26 DEFINE the term polymerization.

1.27 STATE the applications and the property that makes aluminum desirable in reactors operating at:

a. Low kilowatt power

b. Low temperature ranges

c. Moderate temperature range

1.28 STATE why aluminum is undesirable in high temperature power reactors.