Nuclear Reactor Safety

Catalog description

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Analysis and evaluation applied to reactor design for accident prevention and mitigation; protective systems and their reliability, containment design, emergency cooling requirements, reactivity excursions and the atmospheric dispersion of radioactive material; safety problems associated with light-water power reactors and proposed fast reactor systems. Prerequisite: NUEN 601 and NUEN 623 or approval of instructor.