This 18 hour course covers the identification and description of design basis accidents in nuclear power plants through seminars and workshops.

Topics include:

• Introduction to accident analysis

-Accident analysis objective

-Classification according to the particular objective

-Design Basis Accident (DBA) concept

• Typical Accidents at NPPs

• Basic aspects of the different types of accidents

-Physical characteristics depending on the cause of the accident

-Accidents with activity external releases

-Main results and conclusions

• Relation to the Final Safety Analysis Report

-Classification and special features