Course detail

Nuclear Power Plant

FEKT-MPA-JELAcad. year: 2025/2026

The subject is intended for students who want to work in nuclear power engineering. Students will become familiar with selected parts of nuclear physics that are necessary for understanding basic physical processes in a nuclear reactor, with the problems of nuclear reactor operation and refueling, with the characteristic of nuclear power equipment, maintenance and diagnostics at a nuclear power plant and with the problems of auxiliary equipment operation.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Karel Katovský, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Electrical Power Engineering (UEEN)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Entry knowledge

The subject knowledge on the Bachelor´s degree level is requested.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Requirements for completion of a course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.
The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Aims

The objective of the subject is to make students familiar with selected parts of nuclear physics that are necessary for understanding basic physical processes in a nuclear reactor, with the problems of nuclear reactor operation and refueling, maintenance and diagnostics at a nuclear power plant and with the characteristic of nuclear power equipment.
Knowledge concerning selected parts of nuclear physics that are necessary for understanding basic physical processes in a nuclear reactor, with the problems of nuclear reactor operation and refueling, with the characteristic of nuclear power equipment, maintenance and diagnostics at a nuclear power plant and with the problems of auxiliary equipment operation.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Lamarsh, Barata: Nuclear Engineering and Design, Harlow,Pearson,2014 (EN)
Raymond LeRoy Murray, Keith E Holbert: Nuclear energy : an introduction to the concepts, systems, and applications of nuclear processes, Amsterdam, Elsevier, 2015 (EN)

Recommended reading

E. E. Lewis: Fundamentals of Nuclear Reactor Physics, Amsterdam, Academic Press, 2008 (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MPA-EEN Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Karel Katovský, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Introduction. Role of nuclear power plants in the power system. VR-1 school reactor.
Selected chapters of nuclear and neutron physics principles.
Selected chapters of nuclear and neutron physics principles.
Nuclear reactor physics.
Nuclear reactor physics.
Nuclear reactors thermohydraulics.
Classification and types of nuclear reactors. Constructional and mechanical components, control and measuring systems.
Screening and safety systems of nuclear reactors.
Primary circuit of a PWR nuclear power plant.
Auxiliary and protecting systems of a nuclear power plant. Electrical part of a nuclear power plant.
Preparing and carrying out physical and power starting.
Basic operational modes of a PWR nuclear power plant. Refueling in a nuclear power plant.
Nuclear power plants equipment maintenance. Radioactive waste in nuclear power plant and its treatment.

Fundamentals seminar

4 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Karel Katovský, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Safety rules for lessons at a school reactor and a nuclear power plant.
Final test.

Laboratory exercise

22 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Karel Katovský, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Lesson at a school reactor - Introduction.
Lesson at a school reactor - First task.
Lesson at a school reactor - First task.
Lesson at a school reactor - Second task.
Lesson at a school reactor - Second task.
Measuring at a nuclear power plant - Primary circuit.
Measuring at a nuclear power plant - Primary circuit.
Measuring at a nuclear power plant - Secondary circuit.
Measuring at a nuclear power plant - Secondary circuit.
Measuring at a nuclear power plant - Electrical part.
Measuring at a nuclear power plant - Electrical part.