Course curriculum

  • 1

    Chapter 1 - Introduction

  • 2

    Chapter 2 - Corrosion Basics

  • 3

    Chapter 3 - Environmentally-Assisted Cracking of Austenitic and Ni-base Alloys

    • Description of Materials Degradation Modes in LWRs – 9 h

    • SCC General Phenomenology and Mechanisms - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • SCC - General Phenomenology and Mechanisms

    • EAC of Stainless Steel in BWRs (1 of 2) - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • EAC of Stainless Steel in BWRs (1 of 2)

    • EAC of Stainless Steel in BWRs (2 of 2) - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • EAC of Stainless Steel in BWRs (2 of 2)

    • EAC of Ni-base Alloys in BWRs - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • EAC of Ni-base Alloys in BWRs

    • EAC of High Strength Alloys in BWRs - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • EAC of High Strength Alloys in BWRs

    • EAC of Carbon and LAS in BWRs - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • EAC of Carbon and LAS in BWRs

    • Corrosion Mitigation in BWRs - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Corrosion Mitigation in BWRs

  • 4

    Test - BWR Structural Material Degradation

    • Test - BWR Structural Material Degradation

  • 5

    Chapter 4 - BWR Coolant Chemistry and Corrosion

    • Boiling Water Reactor – 5h

    • History of Design and Development of BWRs - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • History of Design and Development of BWRs

    • BWR Design and Materials Selection - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • BWR Design and Materials Selection

    • BWR Water Chemistry Fundamentals – 6 h

    • Stress Corrosion Cracking Mitigation – 7 h

    • BWR Waterchem, Electrochem and Corrosion Fundamentals (1 of 3) - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • BWR Waterchem, Electrochem and Corrosion Fundamentals (1 of 3)

    • BWR Waterchem, Electrochem and Corrosion Fundamentals (2 of 3) - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • BWR Waterchem, Electrochem and Corrosion Fundamentals (2 of 3)

    • BWR Waterchem, Electrochem and Corrosion Fundamentals (3 of 3) - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • BWR Waterchem, Electrochem and Corrosion Fundamentals (3 of 3)

    • Normal Water Chemistry (NWC) - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Normal Water Chemistry (NWC)

    • IGSCC Mitigation Technologies (1 of 2) - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • IGSCC Mitigation Technologies (1 of 2)

    • IGSCC Mitigation Technologies (2 of 2) - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • IGSCC Mitigation Technologies (2 of 2)

    • Water Radiolysis - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Water Radiolysis

    • Dose Rate Mitigation Technologies (1 of 3) - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Dose Rate Mitigation Technologies (1 of 3)

    • Dose Rate Mitigation Technologies (2 of 3) - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Dose Rate Mitigation Technologies (2 of 3)

    • Dose Rate Mitigation Technologies (3 of 3) - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Dose Rate Mitigation Technologies (3 of 3)

    • Radiochemistry - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Radiochemistry

  • 6

    Chapter 5 - Plant Operational Chemistry and Controls

    • Activation Corrosion Products and Fission Products - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Activation Corrosion Products and Fission Products

    • Water Chemistry Impacts on Fuel Performance (1 of 2) - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Water Chemistry Impacts on Fuel Performance (1 of 2)

    • Water Chemistry Impacts on Fuel Performance (2 of 2) - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Water Chemistry Impacts on Fuel Performance (2 of 2)

  • 7

    Test - BWR Chemistry

    • Test - BWR Chemistry

  • 8

    Chapter 6 - BWR Fuel

    • Fuel Design and Manufacturing – 4 h

    • Structures and Components of the Fuel Assembly - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Structures and Components of the Fuel Assembly

    • Mechanical Design – 10 h

    • Mechanical Design Review - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Mechanical Design Review

    • Thermal-Hydraulic Design – 1 h

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    • Thermal Hydraulic Design - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Thermal Hydraulic Design

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    • Thermal Hydaulic Fuel Design Audit PWRs & BWRs – 2 h

    • Nuclear Design Audit - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Nuclear Design Audit

    • Introduction and Pellet Fabrication – 2 h

    • Pellet Production - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Pellet Production

    • Zirconium Alloy Manufacturing – 5 h

    • Zirconium Alloy Manufacturing - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Zirconium Alloy Manufacturing

    • Zirconium Alloy Component Fabrication – 1 h

    • Fuel Rod - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Fuel Rod

    • Grid-Spacer Manufacturing – 1 h

    • Spacers - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Spacers

    • End Fitting Manufacturing – 1 h

    • End Fittings - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • End Fittings

    • Fuel Assembly Manufacturing – 1 h

    • Bundle Assembly - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Bundle Assembly

    • Channel Manufacturing – 3 h

    • BWR Fuel Outer Channels - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • BWR Fuel Outer Channels

    • Dimensional Stability - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Dimensional Stability

  • 9

    Test - Fuel Design and Manufacturing

    • Test - Fuel Design and Manufacturing

  • 10

    Chapter 7 - Fuel Performance During Normal Operation and Anticipated Operational Occurrences, Fuel Reliability, Corrosion and Hydrogen Pickup, Dimensional Stability

    • Zirconium Alloy Materials – 2 h

    • Microstructure and Effect of Irradiation on Zirconium –3 h

    • Basic Metallurgy and Microstructure - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Basic Metallurgy and Microstructure

    • Fuel Reliability, Primary Failures and Secondary Degradation – 4 h

    • Fuel Reliability (1 of 2) - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Fuel Reliability (1 of 2)

    • Fuel Reliability (2 of 2) - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Fuel Reliability (2 of 2)

    • Corrosion and HPU – 13 h

    • Corrossion and HPU - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Corrossion and HPU

    • Dimensional Stability, Introduction – 1 h

    • Dimensional Stability: Introduction in LWRs - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Dimensional Stability - Introduction in LWRs

    • Irradiation Creep –3 h

    • Irradiation Creep

    • Irradiation Growth – 3 h

    • Irradiation Growth

    • Fuel Channel Bowing – 8 h

    • Bow of BWR Channels

    • Irradiation Creep - Presentation for upcoming lecture

  • 11

    Test - Fuel Performance During Normal Operation and Anticipated Operational Occurrences Part 1/2

    • Fuel Performance During Normal Operation and Anticipated Operational Occurrences Part 1/2

  • 12

    Chapter 8 - Fuel Performance During Normal Operation and Anticipated Operational Occurrences, Mechanical Properties, Effects of Hydrogen, PCI, UO2 Performance, Performance of Ni-base Alloys, Fuel Performance Codes

    • Deformation and Mechanical Properties of Zirconium Alloys– 3 h

    • Deformation and Mechanical Properties of Zirconium Alloys

    • The Effect of Hydrogen on Zirconium Alloy Properties - 11 h

    • Hydrogen and Hydrides

    • PCI – 3 h

    • Pellet Cladding Interaction (PCI)

    • UO2 and MOX Fuel – 2 h

    • UO2 and MOX Fuel (1 of 4)

    • UO2 and MOX Fuel (2 of 4)

    • UO2 and MOX Fuel (3 of 4)

    • UO2 and MOX Fuel (4 of 4)

    • Performance of Stainless Steel and Nickel Base Alloys – 3 h

    • Fuel Performance Codes – 2 h

    • Performance of Ni-base Alloys

  • 13

    Test - Fuel Performance During Normal Operation and Anticipated Operational Occurrences Part 2/2

    • Fuel Performance During Normal Operation and Anticipated Operational Occurrences Part 2/2

  • 14

    Chapter 9 - BWR Control Rods, Fuel Performance during Accident Conditions and Interim Dry Storage

  • 15

    Final Exam

    • Final Exam - BWR Nuclear Fuel Engineering

  • 16

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