The Westinghouse Online Rod Control System Course will allow the successful student to understand how the Rod Control System should operate under normal conditions. The student will also learn how to use schematic drawings to trace signals and find test points, and use the Troubleshooting Flow Charts to diagnose problems. Upon course completion, students will be prepared to assist in troubleshooting activities on site or future face-to-face training sessions.

The program incorporates a progressive, student-centered, interactive learning approach designed to increase the effectiveness of the learning experience compared with that of traditional classroom lecture oriented training. By blending a variety of instructional methods and delivery options, Westinghouse is able to more actively engage the students in the learning process and more effectively facilitate a positive change in performance. In this program, students become active participants in their learning process. They are at the center of the action, not passive observers.  

 
Course Schedule:

Week 1:   Unit 1 - The Control Rod and Major Functional Areas  Unit 2 - Shutdown Banks, Control Banks, and Multiplexing 

Week 2:   Unit 3 - Structure of the Control Rod Drive Mechanism  Unit 4 - Operation of the Control Rod Drive Mechanism 

Week 3:   Unit 5 - Control Modes and Rod Speed  Unit 6 - Bank Overlap and Thumbwheel Switches

Week 4:   Unit 7 - Cabinets and Power Sources  Unit 8 - Control Board Indicators, Controls, and Annunciators  Unit 9 - Speed and Direction 

Week 5:   Unit 10 - System Interfaces  Unit 11 - Logic Cabinet Overview 

Week 6:   Unit 12 - Current Orders and Multiplexing Signals  Unit 13 - Inputs and Outputs External to Rod Control 

Week 7:   Unit 14 - Power Supplies, Alarms, and Annunciators  Unit 15 - Speed and Direction Signals 

Week 8:  Unit 16 - Remaining Details for Slave Cyclers, Bank Overlap, Pulser/Oscillator, and Master Cycler  Unit 17 - Supervisory Motion Control and Reset 

Week 9:   Unit 18 - Power Cabinet Overview and Hardware  Unit 19 - The Five Control Loops 

Week 10:   Unit 20 - Other Power Cabinet Cards  Unit 21 - Tracing Current Orders and Multiplexing Signals