Programme

The SAP Course will cover the following topics:


  • Severe Accidents (SA) in Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Safety

  • Historical Severe Accidents: TMI-2, Chernobyl, Fukushima-Daiichi

  • In-vessel core degradation phenomena: early and late phases

  • Early containment failure. Direct Containment Heating (DCH).

  • Hydrogen and CO risk

  • Fuel coolant interaction (FCI) and steam explosions

  • Ex-vessel phase. Corium spread; molten core concrete interaction (MCCI); coolability.

  • Source term: FP Transport in RCS and Containment. Source term chemistry.

  • Severe Accident computer codes & uncertainty quantification

  • Safety assessment (PSA)

  • Severe accident management guides (SAMG)

  • Radiological impact of SA

  • Decommissioning after SA

  • New Design Features for Severe Accident Mitigation in Gen-III NPPs

  • SA considerations in Small Modular Reactors (SMR)

  • Post-Fukushima safety improvements in Spanish NPP

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