The Faculty of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program at UC

John M. Christenson

Professor of Nuclear Engineering

Date of initial appointment: March, 1970
Degrees, where and when conferred:
B.S.EE. University of Washington, 1960
M.S.NE. University of Washington, 1962
Ph.D. University of Wisconson, 1970

Phone: (513) 556-2002
Fax: (513) 556-3390
E-Mail: john.christenson@uc.edu

Field of Specialization and Areas of Interest:

Nuclear Reactor Systems and Operations, Determination of Reactor Operability Rules, Hazardous Waste Control

Recent Publications:

• "Fault-Tolerance Improvement for a MSET Model of the Crystal River-3 Feedwater Flow System", A. Miron, S. Wegerich, F. Yue, K. Gross, J. Christenson, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Toronto (November, 1998).
• "Nurturing an Effective University-Industry Partnership", B. Hajek, J. Christenson, E. Rutz, Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc. 78, 41 (June, 1998).
• "Effects of Parameter Variation on MSET Models of the Crystal River-3 Feedwater Flow System", A. Miron, S. Wegerich, F. Yue, K. Gross, J. Christenson, Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc. 78, 210 (June, 1998).
• "Application of Preconditioned Transpose-Free Quasi-Minimal Residual Method for Two-Group Reactor Kinetics", G.S. Chen, J.M. Christenson, D.Y. Yang, Ann. Nucl. Energy, 24(5), 339-359 (February, 1997).
• "A University-Utility Collaborative Program of Simulator-Interfaced Instruction and Research," B. Hajek, J. Christenson, E. Rutz, D. Miller, Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 73, 72 (1995).
  
• "Initiation of a Program of Simulation-Interfaced Instruction and Research," J. Christenson, B. Hajek, D. Miller, E. Rutz, Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 70, 26 (1994)


• "An Investigation of the Temporal Subdomain Method for Solving the Finite Element Formulation of the Space-Time Reactor Kinetics Equations," H. Utku, J. Christenson, Nuc. Sci. & Eng., 16(1), 55 (1994)


• "Status of University of Cincinnati Reactor-Site Nuclear Engineering Graduate Programs," J.N. Anno, J. Christenson, L.E. Eckart, Trans. Am. Nuc. Soc., 69, 16 (1993).


• "An Improved Technique for Quantifying Dynamic Human Error Probability," J. Huang, J. Christenson, Trans. Am. Nuc. Soc., 68, 124 (1993).

Program Responsibility:

• Teaches courses in reactor theory, reactor kinetics, radiation shielding, reactor engineering & probabilistic risk assessment.
• Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program Director.

Consulting, Industrial Employment and Other Pertinent Data:

• Reviewer for Nuclear Technology and Nuclear Science and Engineering, 1982-Present.
• Director of Collaborative Utility University Project (CUUP) 1993-Present.
• Member, UC Radiation Safety Committee, 1990-97.
• ANS National Membership Committee, 1995-Present

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