Announcements

• This course was offered January - February, 2006 by Victor Snell. Please contact Victor Snell for course information. Assisting in the course was Paul Santamaura (bq557@torfree.net, no large attachments).
• First lecture for the academic year 2005/2006: Saturday, January 14, 2006, 1000 hours at the Skills Training Centre. Classroom 1-10 (first floor). See the schedule below.
• The Durham College Skills Training Centre is located at 1610 Champlain Avenue, Whitby, Ontario. See Campus Maps.
• Below were the dates/times for 2006:
  • Saturday, January 14  from 1000 hours -1700 hours
  • Sunday, January 15 from 1400 hours -1800 hours
  • Saturday, January 28  from 1000 hours -1700 hours
  • Sunday, January 29  from 1400 hours -1800 hours
  • Saturday, February 11 from 1000 hours -1700 hours
  • Sunday, February 12 from 1400 hours -1800 hours
  • Saturday, February 25 from 1000 hours -1700 hours
  • Sunday, February 26 from 1400 hours -1800 hours

Course description:

Nuclear reactor safety design and analysis principles and practice. Probability theory, failure rates, availability, reliability, test frequencies, dormant and active systems, and probability evaluation for simple systems. Historical and philosophical basis for nuclear safety, safety criteria, initiating events, fault trees and event trees, safety analysis.

Course Notes:

• See below.

Course Presentations: 2006

• Course Outline
  • Forward, Acknowledgements, Expectations (pdf 43kb)
  • Outline and Schedule (pdf 5kb)
  • Overview of notes (pdf 11kb)
  • Ideas for Projects (pdf 9kb)
• Chapter 1 - Introduction (Snell)
  • Introduction (pdf 511kb)
• Chapter 2 - Design Basis Accidents (Snell)
  • Design Basis Accidents (pdf 1.3Mb)
• Chapter 3 - Case Studies (Snell)
  • Lecture notes (pdf 550kb)
  • Presentation (pdf 1.8Mb)
• Chapter 4 - Probability Tools and Techniques (Santamaura)
  • Lecture notes (pdf 1.8Mb)
  • Presentation (pdf 326kb)
  • Assignment solutions are available but not posted.
• Chapter 5 - Safety Systems
  • Lecture notes (pdf 944kb)
  • Presentation 1 (pdf 672kb) - Shutdown Systems
  • Presentation 2 (pdf 1.2Mb) - Heat Removal Systems
• Chapter 6 - Safety Goals
  • Lecture notes (pdf 174kb)
  • Presentation (pdf 1.5Mb)
• Chapter 7 - Accident Analysis
  • Lecture notes (pdf 378kb)
  • Presentation (pdf xxMb)
• Chapter 8 - Technology of Accident Analysis
  • Lecture notes (pdf 159kb)
  • Presentation 1 (pdf 300kb)
  • Presentation 2 (pdf 1.5Mb)
• Chapter 9 - Whither Safety
  • Lecture notes (pdf 534kb) - Passive Designs
  • Lecture notes (pdf 516kb) - IAEA
  • Presentation (pdf 1.4Mb)
• Supplementary reading
  • IAEA-NS-R-1 (pdf 201kb) - Safety of Nuclear Power Plants: Design - Safety Requirements
  • ICONE 12-49287 (pdf 145kb) - The Probability and Management of Human Error, Romney B. Duffey and John W. Saull, Proceedings of ICONE12: 12th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering , April 25-29, 2004, Virginia, USA