SENIOR REACTOR OPERATOR MANAGEMENT. Operations Training Programs

The following pre-requisite knowledge is required for success in this course:

• Introductory-level knowledge of Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) fundamentals, systems, and operation.
• Basic math skills including logarithms and algebraic manipulation of equations.
• Human Performance Fundamentals.

Course Schedule:

Week 1 – Classroom (Remote): Introduction to the Reactor Coolant System – Introduction to Graphic Language and Logic – Reactor Vessel Internals – Reactor Physics – Excore and Incore Nuclear Instrumentation – Temperature Instrumentation – Pressurizer System – Core and Primary System Thermodynamics – Steam and Turbine Systems – Condensate and Feedwate.

Week 2 – Classroom (Remote): Introduction to Technical Specifications – Chemical and Volume Control System – Neutron Kinetics – Control Reactivity – Reactor Makeup System – Intrinsic Reactivity – Rod Control System – Secondary System Thermodynamics – Reactor Coolant Pumps.

Week 3 – Classroom (Remote): Reactor Protection System – Core Design Limits – Steam Generators and Level Control System – Turbine Electro-Hydraulic Control System – Steam Dump System – Turbine Auxiliaries – Main Generation – Generator Auxiliaries – Service Water and Circulating Water Systems – Component Cooling Water System – Safeguards Power and Standby Power Systems – Service DC and Instrument Power.

Week 4 – Classroom (Remote): Residual Heat Removal System – Engineered Safety Features – Emergency Core Cooling System – Auxiliary Feedwater System – Safeguard Systems Integrated Operations – Subcritical Multiplication – Reactor Startup – Systems and Theory Review.

Week 5 – Classroom/Simulator: Power Operations – Load Changes – Outage Overview – Tour Waltz Mill Equipment and Mock-up Bays – Reactor Shutdown – Plant Cooldown and Depressurization – Establishing a Pressurizer Bubble – Plant Startup – Reactor Startup – Power Increase to 100% Power.

Week 6 – Classroom/Simulator: Power Operations – Load Changes – Individual Reactor Startups – Abnormal Operating Procedures – Load Rejections – Turbine Trip – Nuclear Instrument System Malfunctions – Steam Generator Level Malfunctions – RCS RTD Malfunctions – Emergency Boration – Emergency Operating Procedures – Reactor Trip Response.

Week 7 – Classroom/Simulator: Power Operations – Load Changes – Abnormal Operating Procedures – Malfunctions – Pressurizer Level and Pressure – Reactor Coolant System Leakage – Emergency Operating Procedures – Reactor Trip/Safety Injection (SI) Response – SI Termination – Loss of Coolant Accident – Steamline Break – Feedwater Break – Emergency Plan/Classification – Critical Safety Functions.

Week 8 – Classroom/Simulator: Power Operations – Load Changes – Functional Restoration Guidelines – Anticipated Transient Without SCRAM (ATWS) – Abnormal Operating Procedures – Malfunctions – Steam Generator Tube Leak – Rapid Load Reduction – Emergency Operating Procedures – Steam Generator Tube Rupture – Loss of All AC – Pressurizer Steam Space Break – Practice Simulator Scenarios.

Week 9 – Classroom/Simulator: Practice Simulator Exam Scenarios – Final SRO Written Examination – Final Simulator Operational Examination.