Back NE 267 – NUCLEAR REACTOR SAFETY
TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE*
August 31, September 2
INTRODUCTION AND SAFETY PHILOSOPHY
September 7, 9
NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION: GENERAL DESIGN CRITERIA, NRC POLICY STATEMENTS
September 14, 16
DESIGN BASIS ACCIDENTS, SEVERE ACCIDENTS, SAFETY FEATURES OF EXISTING PLANTS
September 21
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS - SYSTEM OVERVIEW
September 23
SEISMIC RESPONSE OF SSC'S
October 5, 7
PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT: LEVEL I PRA: Introduction to Risk Analysis: Risk Assessment (pdf file)
October 12
SEISMIC RISK
October 14
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS - DESIGN BASIS ACCIDENTS
October 19, 21
REACTIVITY COEFFICIENTS
October 26, 28
REACTOR DYNAMICS AND STABILITY
November 2, 4
LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTOR SAFETY: On the Inclusion of Safety Margins in Probabilistic Risk Assessment: I. The Reliability of a Passive Cooling System II. High-Burnup Fuel Failure Limits
November 9, 11
REACTIVITY ACCIDENTS / ENERGY YIELDS / BETHE-TAIT MODEL
November 16
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS - LEVEL I PRA
November 18, 23
CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS, CONFINEMENT SYSTEMS AND LEVEL II PRA
November 30, December 2
SEVERE ACCIDENT MANAGEMENT, RISK INFORMED REGULATION
December 7, 9
GAS COOLED REACTOR SAFETY, GENERATION IV REACTORS
* SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DUE TO GUEST SPEAKERS, STUDENT / FACULTY INTEREST AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT COLLOQUIUM
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