UN0801- Nuclear Power Plant Systems and Operation
(2011 version)

Announcements

• Offered September 17 - November 13, 2011. Students are to purchase a CD-ROM with the full course contents.
• Location to be confirmed: Lecture Theatre, Durham College - Whitby Campus, 1610 Champlain Avenue, Whitby. See Campus Maps.
• Distance Education - If you will be participating in the course using distance education please inform the instructor by email prior to the course commencing. Access distance ed courses using Elluminate at, https://maclive.mcmaster.ca/

Course Description:

System and overall unit operations relevant to nuclear power plants with emphasis on CANDU; includes all major reactor and process systems with nuclear plant simulator; self-study using interactive CD ROM. Two to three class one day meetings will be scheduled.

Self-paced interactive CD-ROM.
Instructor: Dr. G. Harvel, contact information, UOIT

Prerequisite: Registration in the UNENE Joint M. Eng. Program

Course Administration:

• Course Outline (doc 43kb) 2009 version, subject to revision
• Schedule:
  • Session 1: September 17 & 18
  • Session 2: October 1 & 2
  • Session 3: October 29 & 30
  • Session 4: November 12 & 13

Course Notes:

• The course material (copyrighted) is available through the instructor. Included are:
  • A CD-ROM containing an interactive version of the course Lecture Notes, a Reference Text, a CANDU desktop simulator and electronic versions of the Learning Resource manual
  • printed copy of the course Lecture Notes
  • printed copy of the Learning Resources manual
  • printed copy of the Reference Text. Free pdf version: Nuclear Power Plant Systems and Operation (pdf 2.5Mb)

Learning Resources

• The sister course given at McMaster University, EP4P03/6P03 contains additional learning resources related to this course.