Course curriculum

  • 1

    Chapter 1 - Structural Material Degradation

  • 2

    Chapter 2 - Fuel Cycle, Reactor/Fuel Design

  • 3

    Chapter 3 - Reactor Safety

    • Mechanical Design, Performance, Reactor Safety & Uncertainties – 6 h

    • Reactor Safety and Mechanical Design Criteria - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Reactor Safety and Mechanical Design Criteria
  • 4

    Chapter 4 - Fuel Design and Design Criteria

    • Design Verification & Fuel Performance Codes & Treatment of Uncertainty - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Design Verification & Fuel Performance Codes & Treatment of Uncertainty

    • Complementary Reading - Thermal Hydraulic Design

    • Thermal-Hydraulic Design Criteria - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Thermal-Hydraulic Design Criteria

    • Complementary Reading - Nuclear Design Review

    • Nuclear Design Criteria - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Nuclear Design Criteria
  • 5

    Chapter 5 - Fuel Performance during Normal Operation, Accident Conditions & Interim Dry Storage

    • Irradiation Effects on Fuel - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Irradiation Effects on Fuel

    • Irradiation Effects on Structural Materials - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Irradiation Effects on Structural Materials

    • Irradiation Effects in Water - Presentation for upcoming lecture

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    • Irradiation Effects in Water

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    • Fuel Performance during Normal Operation and AOO (1 of 2) - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Fuel Performance during Normal Operation & AOO (1 of 2)

    • Fuel Performance during Normal Operation and AOO (2 of 2) - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Fuel Performance during Normal Operation & AOO (2 of 2)

    • Fuel Reliability - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Fuel Reliability

    • Complementary Reading - Fuel Performance during Dry Storage

    • Design Basis Accidents - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Design Basis Accidents

    • Dry Storage Requirements - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Dry Storage Requirements

    • Complementary Reading - Cladding Performance under Accident Conditions

    • Complementary Reading - Reactivity Insertion Accident
  • 6

    Chapter 6 - Current Fuel Performance

  • 7

    Fuel Test

    • PWR Chemistry Engineering Fuel Test
  • 8

    Chapter 7 - Radiochemistry

    • Radiochemistry - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Radiochemistry
  • 9

    Chapter 8 - Primary Coolant System Part 1

    • Complementary Reading - Coolant Chemistry

    • Coolant Chemistry (1 of 4) - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Coolant Chemistry (1 of 4)

    • Coolant Chemistry (2 of 4) - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Coolant Chemistry (3 of 4) - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Coolant Chemistry (4 of 4) - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Complementary Reading - PWR Reactor Coolant Chemistry

    • Complementary Reading - Basics of Coolant Chemistry

    • Corrosion Performance and Problems - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Corrosion Performance and Problems

    • Chemical Additives - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Chemical Additives

    • Complementary Reading - Formation of Protective Layers and Formation of Crud

    • Complementary Reading - Crud Behaviour in the Coolant

    • Complementary Reading - Enriched Boric Acid

  • 10

    Chapter 9 - Primary Coolant System Part 2

    • Fuel Deposits, Cladding Corrosion, AOA - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Fuel Deposits, Cladding Corrosion, AOA

    • Hot Functional Testing - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Hot Functional Testing

    • RCS Startup and Shutdown Practices - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • RCS Startup and Shutdown Practices

    • Current Coolant Chem Guidelines & Practices & Future Coolant Chem Programs

    • Complementary Reading - Coolant Monitoring Concept

    • Complementary Reading - PWR Plants

  • 11

    Chapter 10 - Primary Coolant System Part 3

    • RCS Chemistry Guidelines - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • RCS Chemistry Guidelines

    • Complementary Reading - Auxiliary System

    • Chemical and Volume Control System - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Chemical and Volume Control System

    • Radioactive Waste Processing - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Radioactive Waste Processing

    • Decontamination - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Decontamination
  • 12

    Radiochemistry and Coolant systems Test

    • Radiochemistry and Coolant systems Test
  • 13

    Chapter 11 - Secondary System

    • Introduction – 12 h

    • Introduction to General Design Various Materials - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Introduction to General Design Various Materials

    • Complementary Reading - Chemical Additives

    • Chemical Additives

    • Various Types of Corrosion in Secondary Systems - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Complementary Reading - Various Types of Corrosion in Secondary Systems

    • Various Types of Corrosion in Secondary Systems

    • Flow Accelerated Corrosion - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Flow Accelerated Corrosion

    • Complementary Reading - Impurities Behaviour

    • Impurities Behaviour

    • Chemical Monitoring - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Chemical Monitoring
  • 14

    Chapter 12 - Auxiliary systems and Maintenance

    • Make up Water Systems – 4 h

    • Make up Water Systems - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Make up Water Systems

    • Fouling - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Fouling

    • Laboratory Quality Control

    • Chemical and Ion Exchange Resins Specification - Presentation for upcoming lecture

    • Chemical and Ion Exchange Resins Specification
  • 15

    Final Exam

    • PWR Chemistry Advanced Final exam

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