Nuclear Safety and Risk Analysis

Course content

1. 1Safety principles and defence in depthComing
2. 2Design basis and beyond-design-basis eventsComing
3. 3Deterministic safety analysisComing
4. 4Fault treesComing
5. 5Event treesComing
6. 6Probabilistic safety assessmentComing
7. 7Human reliabilityComing
8. 8Severe accidentsComing
9. 9Three Mile IslandComing
10. 10ChernobylComing
11. 11FukushimaComing
12. 12Safety cultureComing

Requirements

• NUC-330 Reactor Thermal Hydraulics
• STAT-235 Probability & Statistics for Engineers

Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.

Description

Defence in depth, deterministic and probabilistic safety analysis, and lessons from accidents.

Part of the Engineering stream, typically taken in year 4.