MIT Courses - Nuclear Plant Safety and Materials Reliability

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The MIT Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems (CANES) offers professional courses on Nuclear Plant Safety and Materials Reliability in Nuclear Power Systems, scheduled for June 2005. These courses address critical issues related to materials reliability, which have become increasingly important due to the aging of the current Light Water Reactor (LWR) fleet. The management of materials degradation is essential for the economic viability and safety of nuclear plants, especially as operational demands increase. Recent high-profile incidents have highlighted the need for a deeper understanding of degradation phenomena. The courses are taught by esteemed professors, providing a comprehensive overview of safety and materials challenges in modern nuclear power.
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MIT Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems (CANES)
Courses for Professionals

Nuclear Plant Safety: 20-24 June 2005
http://web.mit.edu/canes/education/plantsafety.html

and

Materials Reliability in Nuclear Power Systems: 27 June - 1 July 2005
http://web.mit.edu/canes/education/materialsreliability.html

Issues related to materials reliability have become highly significant factors in plant operation, safety, and life extension. With the aging of the current LWR fleet, the management of materials degradation has become critical to economic viability. At the same time, the push to shorter outages, more severe thermal duty, and higher burnup has resulted in a need for a better understanding of limiting degradation phenomena. A number of recent very high profile materials degradation related incidents have only served to further focus these efforts.
Good overview of safety and materials issues in modern commercial nuclear power plants.
 
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Astronuc said:
MIT Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems (CANES)
Courses for Professionals

Nuclear Plant Safety: 20-24 June 2005
http://web.mit.edu/canes/education/plantsafety.html

and

Materials Reliability in Nuclear Power Systems: 27 June - 1 July 2005
http://web.mit.edu/canes/education/materialsreliability.html


Good overview of safety and materials issues in modern commercial nuclear power plants.

Astronuc,

Yes - and Professor Kazimi and Professor Todreas are excellent
instructors. I remember them well from my time at M.I.T.

Dr. Gregory Greenman
Physicist
 
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