Nuclear Plant Systems and Transients

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Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Use of engineering principles to elucidate the nuclear, mechanical, electrical and functional interactions among nuclear plant components and systems; reactor protection systems, alarm and trip setpoints, normal and accident transients; components studied in detail include core, control rod drive mechanism, neutron source, neutron detectors, primary coolant system, and emergency core cooling system. Prerequisites: NUEN 301 , NUEN 302 , NUEN 304 , NUEN 406 , NUEN 430 or equivalents; MEEN 315 , MEEN 344 , MEEN 461 or equivalents; junior or senior classification.