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M2 Nuclear Engineering

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  • Language(s) of instruction
    English
Présentation
Objectives

The Master Nuclear Energy is an international Master's degree, whose objective is to provide high-level foreign and French students with the main knowledge necessary for the nuclear industry producing low-carbon electricity. Through the quality and scope of the content processed, it makes it possible to meet a wide spectrum of the needs of companies in this field by recruiting students with high initial employability. This Master's degree also aims to prepare students for research in the nuclear field (e. g. Reactor Physics, Modeling and Simulation, Instrumentation, Radiochemistry). The entire Master's degree therefore addresses the different professions in civil nuclear energy. Its teaching is entirely provided in English.
The first year is splitted in two track: Physics and Chemistry. Each of these intend to provide student essential knowledge to prepare them for the second year in the master.
In the second year, five tracks are proposed:
- Fuel Cycle: this course aims to learn the physico-chemistry necessary for the different stages of the nuclear fuel cycle. It is based on the introduction of the basic research concepts required for the development and fine-tuning of processes and the design of new industrial objects. This track is only accessible from M1 Chemistry.
- Decommissionning and Waste Management: this course aims to acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to conduct a project to clean up and dismantle old nuclear installations (reactor, plant, workshop, laboratory, installation, contaminated site or soil) and to manage radioactive waste. This track is accessible from both M1.
- Operation: the objective here is to learn how to operate, control and maintain a nuclear installation, in particular a nuclear power plant. The programme provides the knowledge base for understanding the physical phenomena related to the operation of a facility, in particular from the point of view of safety and security. This track is mainly accessible from M1 Physics.
- Nuclear Plant Design: this course provides students with in-depth training in the design and construction of nuclear facilities such as nuclear power plants or fuel processing plants. It covers the safety approach, project management, civil engineering as well as systems and equipment. This track is only accessible from M1 Physics.
- Nuclear Reactor Physics and Engineering:this in-depth training, focusing on the physics of nuclear reactors, aims to meet the needs of the nuclear industry such as those related to the optimized operation of the current fleet, the deployment of Generation III+ reactors (EPR...), the design of Generation IV nuclear reactors. It also includes the design and operation of experimental reactors and the development and interpretation of experiments. This track is only accessible from M1 Physics.

Location
ORSAY
GIF SUR YVETTE
PARIS 15
CHAMPS SUR MARNE
PALAISEAU
Course Prerequisites

Bachelor in Physics Bachelor in Chemistry

Skills
  • Analyser, concevoir et proposer des solutions à des problèmes complexes dans l’un des grands domaines de l’énergie nucléaire : Ingénierie, Exploitation, Gestion des Déchets et démantèlement, Cycle du Combustible.
    Analyze, design and propose solutions to complex problems in one of the major fields of nuclear energy: Engineering, Operations, Waste Management and Decommissioning, Fuel Cycle.

  • Être à l’aise et innovant dans le domaine électronucléaire.
    Be comfortable and innovative in the field of nuclear power.

  • Agir en professionnel responsable dans le domaine de l’énergie nucléaire
    Act as a responsible professional in the field of nuclear energy.

  • Mener un projet, une équipe dans un environnement multiculturel et international
    Lead a project, a team in a multicultural and international environment.

Post-graduate profile

At the end of the Master students can pretend to one of the five following engineer profiles:
- Engineer in Fuel Cycle
- Engineer in Decommissioning and Waste Management
- Engineer in Nuclear Power Plant design
- Engineer in Nuclear Power Plant operation
- Engineer in Nuclear Reactor Physics

Career prospects

Students will have access to job opportunities in civil nuclear industry from the Master Nuclear Energy industrial partners (EDF, AREVA, FRAMATOME, ...) and their adjoint companies.
The possibility of PhD thesis is also opened.

Collaboration(s)
Academic partner

INSTN

Laboratories

Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière
Institut de physique nucléaire d'Orsay
Laboratoire de l'accélérateur linéaire
Service d'étude des réacteurs et de mathématiques appliquées.

Programme

Le M2 comprend 5 sous-parcours. Le premier semestre comprend 4 modules de tronc commun (pour un total de 12 ECTS) commun au 5 sous-parcours (groupe 1). Le groupe 2 correspond à un cours commun à 4 sous-parcours (cours de Risk management). Le groupe 3 est commun aux sous-parcours DWM et FC. Le groupe 4 est commun aux sous-parcours NPD et O. Le groupe 5, 6, 7, 8 et 9 sont spécifiques aux sous-parcours DWM, FC, NPD, NRPE, et O, respectivement. Enfin le groupe 10 est commun aux sous-parcours NPD, NRPE, et O.
Par ailleurs les sous-parcours FC, NPD et NRPE comportent tous 30 ECTS au premier semestre; par contre les sous-parcours DWM et O comportent 28 ECTS au premier semestre.

Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Introduction to Safety. Criticality-Safety 3 17 3 4
Radiation Protection 3 10.5 12 6
Energy Transition and Flexibility 2 15
Nuclear Fuel Cycles. Nuclear Reactor Systems 3 3 24
PWR Functional Description 3 21 3
Internship 18
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Risk Management 4 30

Les cours de second semestre intègrent les cours de tronc commun (dont le stage - groupe 1) et les cours spécifiques aux 5 sous-parcours du M2 (groupes 2, 3, 4, 5 et 6 pour les sous-parcours DWM, FC, NPD, NRPE et DWM, respectivement).
Par ailleurs les sous-parcours FC, NPD et NRPE comportent tous 30 ECTS au second semestre; a contrario les sous-parcours DWM et O comportent 32 ECTS au second semestre. L'ensemble des 5 sous-parcours comprennent 60 ECTS.

Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Introduction to Safety. Criticality-Safety 3 17 3 4
Radiation Protection 3 10.5 12 6
Energy Transition and Flexibility 2 15
Nuclear Fuel Cycles. Nuclear Reactor Systems 3 3 24
PWR Functional Description 3 21 3
Internship 18

Le M2 comprend 5 sous-parcours. Le premier semestre comprend 4 modules de tronc commun (pour un total de 12 ECTS) commun au 5 sous-parcours (groupe 1). Le groupe 2 correspond à un cours commun à 4 sous-parcours (cours de Risk management). Le groupe 3 est commun aux sous-parcours DWM et FC. Le groupe 4 est commun aux sous-parcours NPD et O. Le groupe 5, 6, 7, 8 et 9 sont spécifiques aux sous-parcours DWM, FC, NPD, NRPE, et O, respectivement. Enfin le groupe 10 est commun aux sous-parcours NPD, NRPE, et O.
Par ailleurs les sous-parcours FC, NPD et NRPE comportent tous 30 ECTS au premier semestre; par contre les sous-parcours DWM et O comportent 28 ECTS au premier semestre.

Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Nuclear Physics, Neutronics Bases 2 24
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Nuclear Physics and Neutronics 3 15 12
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Thermohydraulics 4 33
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Dismantling and Waste Decommissioning 5 49
Politics, Strategy and Management of Decommissioning 5 24 15
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Calculation Codes 3 30
Systems and Equipments 4 39
Design 2 24
From Seismology to Earthquake Engineering 2 27
Materials Physics: Concrete 2 18 6
Materials Physics: Corrosion 1 12
Numerical Design 3 15 18
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Actinides electronic structure and spectroscopy 2 12 12
Cooling and Molten Salts 3 18 3
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Neutronics 1 : Fundamentals 4 3 36
Nuclear Materials 4 24 7.5 12
Nuclear Physics 4 25.5 16.5

Les cours de second semestre intègrent les cours de tronc commun (dont le stage - groupe 1) et les cours spécifiques aux 5 sous-parcours du M2 (groupes 2, 3, 4, 5 et 6 pour les sous-parcours DWM, FC, NPD, NRPE et DWM, respectivement).
Par ailleurs les sous-parcours FC, NPD et NRPE comportent tous 30 ECTS au second semestre; a contrario les sous-parcours DWM et O comportent 32 ECTS au second semestre. L'ensemble des 5 sous-parcours comprennent 60 ECTS.

Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Calculation Codes 3 30
Systems and Equipments 4 39
Design 2 24
From Seismology to Earthquake Engineering 2 27
Materials Physics: Concrete 2 18 6
Materials Physics: Corrosion 1 12
Numerical Design 3 15 18

Le M2 comprend 5 sous-parcours. Le premier semestre comprend 4 modules de tronc commun (pour un total de 12 ECTS) commun au 5 sous-parcours (groupe 1). Le groupe 2 correspond à un cours commun à 4 sous-parcours (cours de Risk management). Le groupe 3 est commun aux sous-parcours DWM et FC. Le groupe 4 est commun aux sous-parcours NPD et O. Le groupe 5, 6, 7, 8 et 9 sont spécifiques aux sous-parcours DWM, FC, NPD, NRPE, et O, respectivement. Enfin le groupe 10 est commun aux sous-parcours NPD, NRPE, et O.
Par ailleurs les sous-parcours FC, NPD et NRPE comportent tous 30 ECTS au premier semestre; par contre les sous-parcours DWM et O comportent 28 ECTS au premier semestre.

Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Fuel: from Mine to Reactor 3 14 7
Separation and Recycling 4 30 3
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Risk-informed decision making 4 20 10
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Calculation Codes 1 2 18
Calculation Codes 2 2 15
Methods of Decommissioning 4 27 18
Waste Management 4 51 50
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Process, Simulation and Process Control 3 23 2 6
Radioactive Waste Management and Repository Design 3 21 6
Waste Containment Materials 3 21 12
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Calculation Codes 3 30
Systems and Equipments 4 39
Design 2 24
From Seismology to Earthquake Engineering 2 27
Materials Physics: Concrete 2 18 6
Materials Physics: Corrosion 1 12
Numerical Design 3 15 18
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Advanced Thermal-hydraulics 4 20.5 3.5 9
Multiphysics and Uncertainties 2 12 3
Neutronics 2: Nuclear Reactor Core Calculations 4 28.5 6 24 4.5
Reactor Physics and Simulation 2 3 24
Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Maintenance 4 22 8 12
Reactor Piloting 2 12 12
Safety in operation 3 36 6
Simulation, Modelling and Control for Nuclear Power Systems 4 30 21

Les cours de second semestre intègrent les cours de tronc commun (dont le stage - groupe 1) et les cours spécifiques aux 5 sous-parcours du M2 (groupes 2, 3, 4, 5 et 6 pour les sous-parcours DWM, FC, NPD, NRPE et DWM, respectivement).
Par ailleurs les sous-parcours FC, NPD et NRPE comportent tous 30 ECTS au second semestre; a contrario les sous-parcours DWM et O comportent 32 ECTS au second semestre. L'ensemble des 5 sous-parcours comprennent 60 ECTS.

Subjects ECTS Lecture directed study practical class Lecture/directed study Lecture/practical class directed study/practical class distance-learning course Project Supervised studies
Introduction to Safety. Criticality-Safety 3 17 3 4
Radiation Protection 3 10.5 12 6
Energy Transition and Flexibility 2 15
Nuclear Fuel Cycles. Nuclear Reactor Systems 3 3 24
PWR Functional Description 3 21 3
Internship 18
Modalités de candidatures
Application period
From 15/01/2024 to 01/07/2024
Compulsory supporting documents
  • Motivation letter.

    (It is required to apply to at least 2 courses of the M2 The letter of motivation must specify in a well-founded manner the M2 course(s) desired.)
  • All transcripts of the years / semesters validated since the high school diploma at the date of application.

  • Curriculum Vitae.

Additional supporting documents
  • Certificate of English level (compulsory for non-English speakers).

  • VAP file (obligatory for all persons requesting a valuation of the assets to enter the diploma).

  • Supporting documents :
    - Residence permit stating the country of residence of the first country
    - Or receipt of request stating the country of first asylum
    - Or document from the UNHCR granting refugee status
    - Or receipt of refugee status request delivered in France
    - Or residence permit stating the refugee status delivered in France
    - Or document stating subsidiary protection in France or abroad
    - Or document stating temporary protection in France or abroad.

Contact(s)
Course manager(s)
Administrative office
Anne Boutu - anne.boutu2@cea.fr
Admission
Registration fees

This master's program offers additional services. This program requires specific tuition fees in addition to the mandatory fees : https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/en/admission-help/tuition-fees