NE532 : Reactor Safety

Department

Department of Nuclear Engineering

Academic Program

Bachelor in Nuclear reactor engineering and radiation applications

Type

Compulsory

Credits

03

Prerequisite

NE 421NE 471

Overview

• Learn the basic principles of nuclear reactor safety

• Identify the natural phenomena that can contribute to the occurrence of nuclear accidents

• Recognizing and being able to analyze the successive events of nuclear reactor accidents without activating the safety systems

• Recognizing, understanding and analyzing the working methods of engineering safety systems for nuclear reactors

• Learn about the most dangerous nuclear accidents that occurred in the world

• Identifying and analyzing the main parameters of risk assessment methodologies applied in the safety of nuclear reactors

Intended learning outcomes

• The student remembers the source of energy inside the reactor when a nuclear accident occurs• Recognize the concept of design accidents and define their main divisions and classifications• Explain and describe the three pathways to initiating a nuclear reactor loss of cooling accident• Explain and illustrate the basic design incidents of total loss of coolant (LOCA) in a pressurized water reactor• Explain and describe the beyond-DBA scenario between all reactors• Learn about the rate of emission of nuclear fission products in normal and abnormal cases• Explain and illustrate the five basic elements of engineering safety systems for nuclear reactors• Learn about the concept of Stars for analyzing the damage resulting from radiation in the event of a nuclear accident• Explain the difference between the fault tree analysis methodology and the event tree.• The student learns the scenario of melting the reactor and the failure of the container to perform its tasks

Teaching and learning methods

• Lectures, exercises and panel discussions

Methods of assessments

• The first exam (written), of 20 marks• The second exam (written) of 20 degrees• Panel discussions, and homework from 10 degrees• Final exam (written), out of 50 marks.

Mathematics I (GH141)
Arabic I (GH150)
English II (GH142)
Arabic Language II (GH151)
Radiation Detection & Measurement (NE361)
Medical Applications of Radiation (NE 436)
Nuclear Lab I (NE380)
Seminar I (NE390)
Nuclear Lab. II (NE481)
Reactor Theory II (NE412)
Radioactivity in the Environment (NE 437)
Modeling and Simulation (NE 472)
Thermo-Fluid Lab. (NE 425)
Reactor Safety (NE532)
Water Desalination Methods (NE 497)
Health Physics (NE 430)
Nuclear Lab. III (NE482)