This 240 hour course provides a description of the generic fundamentals of a Nuclear Power Plant. Basic knowledge needed by Reactor Operators & Senior Reactor Operators for the licensing process according to nuclear industry standards. 

Topics include:

• Components

-Valves

-Sensors and Detectors

-Controllers and Positioners

-Pumps

-Motors and Generators

-Demineralizers and Ion Exchangers

• Reactor Theory

-Neutrons

-Neutron Life Cycle

-Reactor Kinetics and Neutron Sources

-Reactivity Coefficients

-Control Rods

-Fission Product Poisons

-Fuel Depletion and Burnable Poisons

-Reactor Operational Physics

• Thermodynamics Theory

-Thermodynamics Units and Properties

-Steam

-Thermodynamic Processes

-Thermodynamic Cycles

-Fluid Statics and Dynamics

-Heat Transfer

-Thermal Hydraulics

-Core Thermal Limits

-Brittle Fracture and Vessel Stress