| This course introduces Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) history, development and nuclear risk assessment in nuclear power applications. It is designed for those who use PRA results, need to understand PRA uses, methods, and issues, but who don't directly develop PRA themselves. The course will give attendees a solid understanding of the history behind PRA, reasons for developing PRA, how they are constructed, their assumptions and limits, types of applications, methods of development, and issues that remain to be resolved with their use in nuclear power applications. Attendees will look at many aspects of PRA, including event tree families, develop a simple PRA, and look at complete analysis to review the details of complexity and PRA limitations. The course will cover PRA types, various initiating events, event sequences, top events, deterministic reviews and risk-informed analysis, with nuclear industry application formulation of PRA. It will also review the current ANS/ASME joint PRA risk-informed methods positions. Although presentation will be from the perspective of PRA use in designing facilities, the course will discuss operational uses, too. It will discuss new plant applications, developing new plant Reliability Assurance Plans (RAP) with PRA, and outstanding PRA design issues, including digital controls, equipment upgrades, level of details required and other legacy plant applications. Who Should Attend Those who will benefit from the course include plant design engineers new to PRA nuclear application use. Those who need a fast introduction to the licensing framework so they can quickly be effective in a nuclear regulatory environment will also benefit from the course. Additionally, new utility or nuclear industry employees unfamiliar with the nuclear plant design process or its conversion into operational requirements should attend. Employees who are shifting roles from other functional areas to nuclear plant design support, such as license development, marketing, or regulatory compliance will find the course particularly beneficial, as will attorneys (and their employees) representing government and quasi-government agencies who lack in-house training programs. This course focuses on the critical role played by PRA design basis and nuclear safety. Companies considering becoming sole source suppliers or providing nuclear related services under Part 50, Appendix B, and Part 21, particularly for new nuclear construction, should also attend. Learning Outcomes
Continuing Education Credits: EUCI is authorized by IACET to offer up to 1.0 CEUs for this program.
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