ND200 covers the Westinghouse Reload Process in detail and provides step-by-step instructions on the various analyses which make up the Reload Process with a focus on Nuclear Design. The course will cover the nuclear design portion of each of the key phases of the reload process: fuel management, Reload Safety Analysis Checklist (RSAC), Nuclear Design Report (NDR), and Low Power Physics Testing (LPPT). The training will be performed with the current Westinghouse Neutronics code suite, NEXUS/ANC9, and cover introductory and advanced usage of the code system.
Registration deadline is June 17, 2023.

The following topics will be covered:

1. Introduction to Fuel Management
2. Overview of Loading Pattern Risk Assessment
3. ND Model Development
4. RSAC Items 
   • Peaking Factors
   • Reactivity Coefficients
   • Beta Effective
   • Final Acceptance Criteria (FAC): CAOC/RAOC
   • Accidents Related to Nuclear Design
   • Rodded Accidents
   • Steamline Break (SLB)
   • Locked Rotor
   • Boron Dilution
   • Loss of Coolant Accident (LOCA)
5. NDR Items 
   • Best Estimate Reactivity Coefficients, Peaking Factors, Power Distributions
   • Xe/Sm Worths
   • Generation of Plant Specific Tables/Figures
   • Shutdown Boron Concentrations