The 9 day Station Nuclear Engineer Applications Training Course concentrates on the core design process, core safety evaluation, and administrative/regulatory concerns in the first week, and in the second week of the course emphasizes nuclear engineering support for control room operations (there will be a significant amount of time spent in the simulator).

The course is 9 days (80 hours) in length. To provide interaction between students while maintaining individual attention from the instructor(s), the number of participants should be maintained between 8 and 24 individuals.

Day 1

• Fuel Design and Analysis 
• Introduction to Technical Specifications and Core Operating Limits Report 
• Reactivity Control Technical Specifications 

Day 2

• Power Distribution Technical Specifications 
• Incore Power Distribution Measurement Technology and Process 
• Reload Safety Analysis 

Day 3

• Plant Support Calculations 
• Fuel Performance Operational Limits 
• Fuel Performance Evaluation 

Day 4

• Reload Core Design Process 
• Estimated Critical Condition (ECC) and Shutdown Margin (SDM) Calculations 
• Inverse Count Rate Ratio (ICRR) Plotting 

Day 5

• Reactivity Plan Development Exercise 
• Computerized Core Monitoring Systems 
• Core Load and Pre-Critical Testing 
• Low-Power Physics Testing 

Day 6

• Fuel Inspection and Repair 
• Fuel Handling Equipment Operations 
• Refueling Operations 
• Reactivity Computer 

Day 7 (Normally conducted at the SNUPPS control room simulator, located at the Waltz Mill Service Center near Madison, Pennsylvania)

• Control Room Operations – Controlled Approach to Criticality 
• Control Room Operations – Reactivity Control during Load Transients 
• Startup Testing Program 
• Power Ascension Testing 

Day 8

• Power Ascension Testing Continued 
• Computerized Core Monitoring Systems 
• BEACON™ Core Monitoring System 

Day 9

• Reactor Engineering 
• Odds and Ends 
• Core Control During Operations 
• Review 
• Written Examination*