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This course integrates studies of engineering sciences, reactor physics and safety assessment into nuclear power plant design. Topics include materials issues in plant design and operations, aspects of thermal design, fuel depletion and fission-product poisoning, and temperature effects on reactivity, safety considerations in regulations and operations, such as the evolution of the regulatory process, the concept of defense in depth, General Design Criteria, accident analysis, probabilistic risk assessment, and risk-informed regulations.
- Subject:
- Applied Science
- Career and Technical Education
- Economics
- Engineering
- Environmental Science
- Environmental Studies
- Physical Science
- Physics
- Political Science
- Social Science
- Material Type:
- Full Course
- Provider:
- MIT
- Provider Set:
- MIT OpenCourseWare
- Author:
- Apostolakis, George
- Ballinger, Ronald
- Kadak, Andrew
- Todreas, Neil
- Date Added:
- 09/01/2006
