Compulsory and Elective Core Courses
Compulsory
Courses
|
No.
|
Course
|
offered
|
semester
|
location
|
lecturers
|
ECTS
|
|
1
|
Neutronics*
|
EPFL
|
Autumn
|
Lausanne
|
Chawla
|
4
|
|
2
|
Reactor Experiments**
|
EPFL
|
Autumn
|
Lausanne
|
Chawla, Girardin, Joneja
|
4
|
|
3
|
Reactor Technology*
|
ETH Zurich
|
Autumn
|
Lausanne
|
Prasser
|
4
|
|
4
|
Nuclear Fuels & Materials*
|
EPFL
|
Autumn
|
Lausanne
|
Hoffelner, Zimmermann
|
4
|
|
5
|
Nuclear Safety
|
ETH Zurich
|
Spring
|
Zurich
|
Kröger, Prasser, Dehbi
|
4
|
|
6
|
Special Topics in Reactor Physics
|
EPFL
|
Spring
|
Zurich
|
Chawla, Jatuff, Mikityuk, Pelloni
|
4
|
|
7
|
Nuclear Energy Systems
|
ETH Zurich
|
Spring
|
Zurich
|
Hirschberg, Williams,
Günther, Hummel, Zuidema
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total:
|
28
|
* Each course comprises 4 hours of lectures + 2 hours of exercises, per
week, during 7 weeks; Neutronics and Nuclear Fuels & Materials will be
offered in the first half of the Autumn Semester, and Reactor Technology in the
second half.
** Laboratory course (involving experiments on the CROCUS reactor) held
during the second half of the Autumn Semester (10 hours of lab work per week during
7 weeks).
Elective
Core Courses
Track Option A: Energy Systems Elective
|
No.
|
Course
|
offered
|
semester
|
where
|
lecturers
|
ECTS
|
|
1
|
Advanced Fossil and Renewable Energy Systems
|
EPFL
|
Autumn
|
Lausanne
|
Favrat, Haldi
|
4
|
|
2
|
Hydraulic Turbomachines
|
EPFL
|
Autumn
|
Lausanne
|
Avellan
|
4
|
|
3
|
Probabilistic Safety Analysis and Risk Management
for Critical Energy Infrastructure
|
ETH Zurich
|
Spring
|
Zurich
|
Kröger
|
4
|
|
4
|
Renewable Energy Technologies II, Energy Storage and
Conversion
|
ETH Zurich
|
Spring
|
Zurich
|
Wokaun, Boulouchos, Scherer
|
4
|
Track Option B: Physics and Materials
|
No.
|
Course
|
offered
|
semester
|
where
|
lecturers
|
ECTS
|
|
1
|
Nuclear Fusion and Plasma Physics
|
EPFL
|
Autumn
|
Lausanne
|
Fasoli, Tran
|
4
|
|
2
|
Introduction to Particle Accelerators
|
EPFL
|
Autumn
|
Lausanne
|
Rivkin
|
4
|
|
3
|
Radioisotope and Radiation Applications
|
EPFL
|
Spring
|
Zurich
|
Kolbe
|
4
|
|
4
|
Advanced Topics in Nuclear
Reactor Materials
|
EPFL
|
Spring
|
Zurich
|
Baluc, Gavillet, Hoffelner, Zimmermann
|
4
|
Track Option C: Thermal-hydraulics
|
No.
|
Course
|
offered
|
semester
|
where
|
lecturers
|
ECTS
|
|
1
|
Instability and Turbulence
|
EPFL
|
Autumn
|
Lausanne
|
Deville, Monkewitz
|
4
|
|
2
|
Two-Phase Flows and Heat Transfer
|
EPFL
|
Autumn
|
Lausanne
|
Thome
|
4
|
|
3
|
Multi-Phase Thermal Fluid Dynamics
|
ETH Zurich
|
Spring
|
Zurich
|
Prasser, Dehbi
|
4
|
|
4
|
Advanced CFD Methods
|
ETH Zurich
|
Spring
|
Zurich
|
Jenny
|
4
|
