NucE 597C Nuclear Reactor Safety
Course
Description
The Nuclear Reactor
Safety course will examine the basis for reactor safety in commercial power
plants. The role of the USNRC, utility and the reactor designer (vendor) in
determining the safety of the plant will be discussed. The course will also
elaborate on the role of international regulatory bodies, how same
principles are followed and what are the difference in implementation of the
rules. The safety systems which have been installed on plants will be
discussed as well as how postulated accidents and events are classified. The
general design criteria, design acceptance criteria are introduced and the
mechanism for the licensees to demonstrate compliance with the rules will be
presented. Different type of accident transients will be analyzed as well as
the evaluation models used today by the industry for such analyses will be
presented. A review of the lesson learned from the three major accidents in
the history of the nuclear industry Three Miles Island, Chernobyl and
Fukushima) will be provided. In the last part of the course a review of
advanced plant designs (Light Water Reactors) adopting passive safety
features will be presented as well as the status on construction of these
plants in the world.
Current Course
Offering Schedule via C&DE
Semester:
SPRING
2013 REGISTRATION IS FULL
Day and Time:
Monday: 6:30 - 8:50 pm
Location: 327
Sackett Building
Start Date: January
7, 2013
End Date: May
3,
2013
Cesare
Frepoli, PhD
