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Syllabus



Syllabus

This page includes a course calendar.



Prerequisites


22.211, 22.312



Textbooks and Readings


There is no required textbook for the course. Readings will be assigned from various regulatory, industry, and scientific sources.



Assignments


Students are required to complete nine homework problems and a midterm paper on national nuclear energy strategy.



Grading



ACTIVITIESPERCENTAGES
Homework (Weighted, see below)35%
National Nuclear Energy Strategy Paper20%
Midterm Oral Exam10%
Final Oral Exam35%



Homework Weighting


The score of each homework problem will be adjusted in accordance with the following relative weighting:


PROBLEMS #MAXIMUM SCORES
120
260
315
425
540
625
710
850
920



Calendar



LEC #TOPICSINSTRUCTORSKEY DATES
1Nuclear Energy System StrategiesProf. Todreas
2Design Goals and Interrelationship of Core Design ParametersProf. Todreas
3Thermal Hydraulic Design Requirements - LWR Steady State and Transient DesignProf. TodreasProblem 1 due (topic of Lec #2)
4Thermal Hydraulic in Safety AnalysisProf. Todreas
5Reactor Physics - Design Parameters for PWRsProf. Apostolakis
6Design Requirements - Safety and Critical Safety FunctionsProf. ApostolakisProblem 2 due (topic of Lec #3)
7Reactor Safety: The Emergence of Probabilistic Risk AssessmentProf. Apostolakis
8Reactor Physics - Design Parameters for GFRsChris Handwerk, Course TAProblem 3 due (topic of Lec #5)
9PRA Methodology OverviewProf. ApostolakisProblem 4 due (topic of Lec #6 and #7)
10Probabilistic Calculations - IProf. Apostolakis
11Probabilistic Calculations - IIProf. ApostolakisPaper: U.S. National Nuclear Strategy (topic of Lec #1) due two days after Lec #11
12Risk-Informed Changes to the Licensing Basis-IProf. Apostolakis
13Applying Safety Regulations to Plant OperationsProf. KadakProblem 5 due (topic of Lec #10 and 11)
14Risk-Informed Changes to the Licensing Basis-IIProf. Apostolakis
15Large Break LOCA Analysis/ResultProf. Todreas
16The Maintenance Rule IProf. Apostolakis
17The Maintenance Rule II

Problem 6 due (topic of Lec #13)

18Plant Economic EvaluationProf. Todreas
19Plant Economic Evaluation (cont.)Prof. Todreas
20Materials Selection ProcessProf. BallingerProblem 7 due (topic of Lec #15)
21Radiation Damage Effects and Their Design ImplicationsProf. Ballinger
22Environmental Degradation and its Design ImplicationsProf. Ballinger
23PWR Materials ApplicationsProf. BallingerProblem 8 due (topic of Lec #18)
24GFR Materials ApplicationsProf. Ballinger
25Risk Informed Design
Guidance for Gen IV Reactors
Prof. ApostolakisProblem 9 due (topic of Lec #21 and #22) two days after Lec #25
26Integration of Design Process - IRIS as the ExampleGuest Lecturer: Bojan Petrovich, Westinghouse
27Integration of Design Process - 1: IRIS Plant, 2: Sample OralProf. Todreas/Prof. Apostolakis
28Student Oral Exams, 45 min. (Scheduled to Meet Individual Student Availability)Exam Committee

 








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