Lecture Notes

This section contains lecture notes and slides for the course. Video lectures are available for some sessions.

SES # TOPICS LECTURE SLIDES TEACHING NOTES
1 Introduction and overview (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF - 2.0MB) (PDF)
2 Reactor physics review (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (PDF)
3 Reactor kinetics and control (PDF) (PDF)
4 Fuel depletion and related effects (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (PDF)
5 MIT reactor physics exercise – power change   (PDF)
6 Reactor energy removal (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF - 1.1MB) (PDF)
7 Design issues: power cycles for nuclear plants - Rankine Cycle (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (PDF)
8 Power cycles for nuclear plants – Rankine and Brayton Cycle (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (PDF)
9 Safety systems and functions (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (PDF)
10 Safety analysis report and LOCA (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (PDF)
11 Probabilistic safety analysis (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF - 1.1MB) (PDF)
12 Safety goals and risk informed decision making (PDF) (PDF)
13 Integration of safety analysis into operational requirements (PDF) (PDF)
14 Simulation exercises of accidents and transients (PDF) (PDF)
15 Boiling water reactors (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (PDF)
16 Seabrook background information   (PDF)
17 Seabrook station simulator exercises   (PDF)
18 Pilgrim station background information (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF - 1.9MB) (PDF)
19 Three Mile Island Accident (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) (PDF)
20 Chernobyl   (PDF)
21 Davis Besse – near miss 2002 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF - 1.8MB) (PDF)
22 Safety culture (PDF) (PDF)
23 Current regulatory issues (PDF - 2.3MB) (PDF)
24 Current regulatory safety issues (PDF) (PDF)