Readings | Nuclear Reactor Safety | Nuclear Science and Engineering

Required Text

[RAK] = Knief, R. A. Nuclear Engineering: Theory and Technology of Commercial Nuclear Power. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Hemisphere, 1992. ISBN: 9781560320890.

Supplemental Text for Power Conversion Lectures

[MMEW] = El-Wakil, M. M. Nuclear Energy Conversion. Scranton, PA: Intext Educational Publishers, 1971. ISBN: 9780700223107.

General Readings

NRC Regulations Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations – Appendix A to Part 50, General Design Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants. U. S. NRC.

NRC Regulations Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations – Appendix B to Part 50, Quality Assurance Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants and Fuel Reprocessing Plants. U. S. NRC.

NRC Regulations Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations – Part 50, Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities. U. S. NRC.

Safety Culture Evaluation of the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station. Conducted by Performance, Safety, and Health Associates, Inc. April 14, 2003. (PDF)

Course readings.
SES #	TOPICS	READINGS
1	Overview, goals of course Review of reactor types	Chapters 1, 2, and 4 [RAK]
2	Review of reactor physics	Chapter 4 [RAK]
3	Review of reactor kinetics and control	Chapters 5 and 6 [RAK]
4	Review of feedback effects and depletion	Chapter 6 [RAK]
6	Reactor heat removal	Chapter 7 [RAK]
7	Design issues: power cycles for nuclear plants	Chapters 8, 9, and 10 [RAK] Chapter 2 [MMEW]
8	Power cycles for nuclear plants – Rankine and Brayton cycle	Chapters 7 and 8 [MMEW]
10	Safety systems and functions	Chapter 13 [RAK]
11	Safety analysis report and LOCA	Chapter 15 [RAK]
21	Significant nuclear accidents – Three Mile Island	Rogovin, Mitchell. Three Mile Island: A Report to the Commissioners and to the Public, Volume 1. Washington DC, Washington: NRC, 1980.
22	Significant nuclear accidents – Chernobyl	Chapter 15 [RAK]
24	Role of safety culture	FENOC Requests Sorensen, J. N. "Safety Culture: A Survey of the State-of-the-Art." Reliability Engineering and System Safety 76, (2002): 189-204. Kadak, Andrew, C. "What's A Safety Culture? How Do I Get It? How Do I Keep It?" Nuclear Nonoperating Owner's Group, Boston, MA (September 28, 1989): 1-11. (PDF)
25	Current regulatory issues	NRC Generic Letter 92-01, Revision 1, Supplement: Reactor Vessel Structural Integrity. May 19, 1995. U. S. NRC. (PDF - 2.6MB)