The following is a high level, typical daily outline of the Nuclear Instrumentation System Training Course. This daily schedule may vary due to student backgrounds and class pace.
Day 1:
- Integrated overview – The purpose of the Nuclear Instrumentation System in the nuclear power plant.
- Functional description.
Day 2:
- Bistable operation.
- Isolation amplifier.
- Source range: block diagram, preamplifier, pulse amplifier, log pulse integrator.
Day 3:
- Source range: signal outputs.
- Intermediate range: block diagram, log amplifier, power supply, testing.
- Power range: block diagram, signal processing, calibration.
Day 4:
- Power range: rate circuit.
- FDMIC.
- Channel comparator.
- Startup rate: audio count rate, Source range functional test.
- Troubleshooting.
- Performance evaluations.
Day 5:
- Source, Intermediate and Power range functional tests.
- Troubleshooting.
- Performance evaluations.
