This course covers design methodologies for major systems and components in a 
 nuclear power plant and discusses how the integrated nuclear plant works and  
 the challenges an operator faces.  The course provides a study of the         
 interrelationship and propagation of effects that systems and design changes  
 have on one another, especially in relation to nuclear power plant operations 
 and safety.  Emphasis is placed on how operations of and faults in systems and
 components can influence reactivity and core behavior.  The students will     
 examine a typical nuclear power plant and those components and systems of the 
 nuclear plant system that have the potential for affecting core power and     
 whose failure could be an initiating event for a plant transient.  One main   
 outcome is the ability to predict behavior under complex interactions among   
 systems and to predict transient behavior of the integrated nuclear plant     
 considering factors that are important for safe and efficient operation of the
 plant including reactivity management and control, coolant inventory control  
 and core heat removal.  A replica simulator (PCTRAN) is used as an effective  
 way for students to understand accident control, emergency operating          
 procedures and plant control.  The course includes case studies and design    
 projects.