The Introduction to BEACON® Core Monitoring System course provides familiarity with this three-dimensional on-line core monitor that allows surveillance of core power distributions and thermal margins. The BEACON Core Monitoring System can be used to predict core behavior and to analyze reactor core operations data and measured information. BEACON Core Monitoring System is designed to provide core operational guidance based on the current core conditions. BEACON Core Monitoring System is installed on a cost-effective engineering workstation computer with an interface to the plant computer and can be networked to provide consistent information to several sites.

Course Availability (Scheduling Contingent): Delivery of this course is contingent upon finalizing and negotiating the customer's scheduling requirements.

Week 1

Day 1 

• Introduction, General 3D Depletion

Day 2 

• Workshop for General 3D Depletion
• Core Model Analysis
• Flux Map Analysis & Processing

Day 3 

• Workshop for Flux Map Analysis
• Load Swing

Day 4 

• Workshop for Load Swing
• Lifetime Depletion
• Estimated Critical Conditions (ECC)
• Shutdown Margin (SDM)
• Workshops for ECC/SDM

Day 5 

• BEACON Core Monitoring
• Integrated Workshop

Week 2

Day 6 

• BEACON Input/Output (I/O)
• Calibration

Day 7 

• Workshop for Calibration
• Background processes
• Administration

Day 8 

• Workshop for I/O
• Single Point
• Isotopics
• T/C Data Function

Day 9

• Model Development
• Uncertainty Methodology
• Troubleshooting
• Review

Day 10 

• Operating Procedure Overview
• Tech Spec Overview
• Exam