NUEN 460: Nuclear Plant Systems and Transients
Course Description
Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.Use of engineering principles to elucidate the nuclear, mechanical, electrical and functional interactions among nuclear plant components and systems; reactor protection systems, alarm and trip setpoints, normal and accident transients; components studied in detail include core, control rod drive mechanism, neutron source, neutron detectors, primary coolant system, and emergency core cooling system.Prerequisites:NUEN 301,NUEN 302,NUEN 304,NUEN 406,NUEN 430or equivalents;MEEN 315,MEEN 344,MEEN 461or equivalents; junior or senior classification.