Course Content
This course will be presented over approximately 2 1⁄2 days with 20 hours of contact time as follows:
Day 1: 8 hours
Day 2: 8 Hours
Day 3: 4 Hours (morning)
Day 1
1. Introduction (1.5 hrs)
1.A – Course introduction and course overview EXCEL (Led by EXCEL)
1.B – Regulatory Guides 1.174 & 1.177 Overview including NRC Position on PRA (Led by EXCEL)
2. PRA Overview and Fundamentals for Risk informed Licensing Basis Changes (6.5 hrs)
2.A – What is PRA? – A conceptual overview (Led by EPM)
- Three basic PRA questions
- Level 1, 2 and 3 PRAs
- Internal and External Event Models
- Basic PRA model components and structure
2.B – PRA terms and concepts (Led by EPM)
- Event Trees & Fault Trees
- Data
- Cutsets
- CDF and LERF
2.C – Using the PRA information (Led by EPM)
- Basic Importance Measures
- Insights
2.D – PRA Standard, Quality and Uncertainty Concepts (Led by EPM)
Day 2
3. Workshop (8 hrs)
3.A – Tying it together – PRA concepts and RG 1.174/1.177 risk requirements (Led by EPM)
3.B – Example Submittal #1 (Led by EXCEL)
3.C – Example Submittal #2 (Led by EXCEL)
Day 3
3. Other Applications (4 hrs)
4.A – NOEDs (Led by EXCEL)
4.B – TSTF-425, Surveillance Frequency Control Program (Led by EXCEL/EPM)
4.C – TSTF-505, Risk Informed Completion Times (Led by EXCEL/EPM)
4.D – 10CFR 50.69, Risk Informed Engineering (Led by EPM)
Conclusion
Course Conclusion (Led by EXCEL)