The course addresses both fundamentals of safety design and methods for safety analysis of nuclear power plants, with emphasis on Light Water Reactors. Topics covered include
- safety characterization and safety features of nuclear power plants
- reactor safety principles and criteria
- design-basis and beyond-design-basis events
- accident phenomena, including severe accidents
- safety systems, containment performance
- deterministic safety analysis (basic elements)
- accident modeling simulation codes
- probabilistic safety analysis (basic elements)
- analysis of operation transients, accidents and severe accidents.
- emergency operation procedure, accident management
- safety issues and safety issue resolution
- operating experience, regulation and safety culture