NUCL 5111G - CANDU Safety Systems

The course covers the safe operation of nuclear power plants: worker and public safety requirements; sources of radioactive release; defense in depth; principle of control, cool, contain; operational safety envelope; maintenance and testing requirements for safety systems; accident prevention, mitigation and accommodation; separation and independence; redundancy; common mode events; inherent safety features; plant safety systems; safety culture, management of plant safety; design basis accident; accident analysis; examples of unit accidents. The design and operating principles of nuclear plant safety are illustrated with reference to the following CANDU systems: Shutdown Systems 1 and 2, Emergency Coolant Injection System, Negative Pressure Containment System, Group 1 and Group 2 System concept and applications, Instrument Air System, Emergency Power and Water Systems, including the Steam Generator Emergency Cooling System and the Post‐Accident Water Cooling System. Problems and/or projects make use of CANDU plant simulators that demonstrate, and provide opportunities for students to analyze, the interdependence and dynamic responses of process and safety systems to enhance and verify graduate‐level learning outcomes.
Credit hours: 3