COURSE 2-1 Reactor Core Design

Course 2-1 Reactor Core Design

Lectures 1-13

Kyu-Tae Kim

Kyu-Tae Kim

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Lecture 1. Overview of Reactor Core Design

  • Design procedures of initial and reload core designs
  • Core design documents to be submitted to a regulatory body
  • Core design and licensing criteria and requirements

Lecture 2. Operational Limits and Conditions, Technical Specification

  • Concepts of operational limits and conditions(OLCs)
  • Contents of technical specifications(TS)
  • Concepts of SL, LSSS and LCO
  • Operation, design and safety margins

Lecture 3. Nuclear Design Requirements

  • Scope of nuclear design activities
  • Nuclear design requirements

Lecture 4. Nuclear Design Limits and Parameters

  • Nuclear design limits
  • Nuclear design parameters

Lecture 5. Nuclear Design Procedure


  • Nuclear design procedure and fuel loading pattern search
  • Nuclear design report(NDR) preparation 
  • Operation support constants preparation 

Lecture 6. Computer Simulation for Nuclear Design 

  • Purpose of computer simulation for nuclear design
  • Computer simulation procedure
  • Nuclear design calculation procedure
  • Interface data generation for downstream design/analyses

Lecture 7. Thermal Hydraulic Design Limits 

  • Scope of thermal hydraulic design group
  • Thermal hydraulic design license requirements 
  • Thermal hydraulic design limits

Lecture 8. Thermal Hydraulic Design Procedure 

  • Thermal hydraulic design procedure
  • Thermal design analysis 
  • Hydraulic design analysis

Lecture 9. Fuel Rod Functional Requirements 

  • Configuration of fuel rod and assembly
  • Functional requirements of fuel rod and its components 
  • Materials and products specifications

Lecture 10. Fuel Rod Design Criteria and Analysis

  • License requirements of fuel rod design
  • Design criteria of fuel rod
  • Fuel rod performance analysis methodologies
  • Fuel rod performance analysis code

Lecture 11. Zr Alloy Performance


  • Zr alloy manufacturing process
  • Zr alloy oxidation mechanism
  • Effect of irradiation on Zr alloy microstructure, strength, etc.
  • Zr alloy physicochemical properties

Lecture 12. UO2 Fuel Performance


  • Fabrication process of UO2 pellet
  • UO2 pellet volume change mechanisms: densification, swelling
  • UO2 pellet performance : FGR, creep, thermal conductivity 
  • Fuel rod performance : PCI, power operation guidelines

Lecture 13. Fuel Assembly Design Criteria and Analysis

  • Fuel assembly design requirements
  • Fuel assembly design criteria
  • Fuel assembly design verification and analysis 

COURSE 2-1 is divided into Thirteen(13) Lectures


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