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Ontario Tech University
   
    Feb 05, 2025  
2019-2020 Graduate Academic Calendar 
    
2019-2020 Graduate Academic Calendar [ARCHIVED CALENDAR]

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NUCL 5050G - Applied Risk Analysis


This course presents principles and methods for assessing and managing technological risks. The following subjects are covered: probability theory; failure rates; availability; reliability; test frequencies; dormant and active systems; initiating events; fault trees and event trees; dual failures; defence in depth; principle of control, cool, contain; accident prevention, mitigation and accommodation; separation and independence; redundancy; common mode events; safety culture; safety analysis techniques; inherent safety features; plant safety systems; probability evaluation for simple systems; quantitative and probabilistic safety assessment; calculation of frequency and consequences of power plant accidents; risk-based decision making; and risk-based regulation. Applications include aerospace, energy and nuclear systems safety analysis.
Credit hours: 3



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