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Integration of Reactor Design, Operations, and Safety

Subjects: Economics · Physics

Art: Not determined, Figure 6 of Radio-active substances, 1904 · Public domain

Instructors: Prof. George Apostolakis, Prof. Neil Todreas, Prof. Ronald Ballinger, Prof. Andrew Kadak
Term: Fall 2006
Level: Graduate
What's inside: 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 53 other files · 3 web pages
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Integration of Reactor Design, Operations, and Safety

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Lecture 1: Nuclear Energy System Strategies ( PDF - 2.8 MB )

Lecture 2: Design Goals and Interrelationship of Core Design Parameters ( PDF )

Lecture 3: Thermal Hydraulic Design Requirements - LWR Steady State and Transient Design ( PDF - 1.4 MB )

Lecture 4: Thermal Hydraulic in Safety Analysis ( PDF - 1.6 MB )

Lecture 5: Reactor Physics - Design Parameters for PWRs ( PDF )

Lecture 6: Design Requirements - Safety and Critical Safety Functions ( PDF )

Lecture 7: Reactor Safety: The Emergence of Probabilistic Risk Assessment ( PDF )

Lecture 8: Reactor Physics - Design Parameters for GFRs ( PDF )

Lecture 9: PRA Methodology Overview ( PDF )

Lecture 10: Probabilistic Calculations - I ( PDF )

Lecture 11: Probabilistic Calculations - II ( PDF )

Lecture 12: Risk-Informed Changes to the Licensing Basis - I ( PDF )

Lecture 13: Applying Safety Regulations to Plant Operations ( PDF )

Lecture 14: Risk-Informed Changes to the Licensing Basis - II ( PDF )

Lecture 15: Large Break LOCA Analysis/Result ( PDF - 2.5 MB )

Lecture 16: The Maintenance Rule - I

Lecture 17: The Maintenance Rule - II

Lecture 18: Plant Economic Evaluation ( PDF )

Lecture 19: Plant Economic Evaluation (cont.) ( PDF )

Lecture 20: Materials Selection Process ( PDF )

Lecture 21: Radiation Damage Effects and Their Design Implications ( PDF - 1.3 MB )

Lecture 22: Environmental Degradation and its Design Implications ( PDF )

Lecture 23: PWR Materials Applications

Lecture 24: GFR Materials Applications ( PDF )

Lecture 25: Risk Informed Design Guidance for Gen IV Reactors ( PDF )

Lecture 26: Integration of Design Process - IRIS as the Example

Lecture 27: Integration of Design Process - 1: IRIS Plant, 2: Sample Oral