This course provides a high-level overview of the main features of a PWR nuclear power plant, and is appropriate for anyone in a non-technical role.

This overview includes the following topics:

• Electric power nuclear power industry overview
• Primary systems (reactor side) overview, identification and description of the major systems and components
• Secondary systems overview, identification of the major components of the steam cycle
• Generic Instrumentation & Control (I&C) Systems overview, description of how a control system maintains plant parameters and safety
• Nuclear fission, description and basic discussion of a nuclear chain reaction, how it is controlled, and how it generates heat