1.1 Reactor Physics and Engineering: This course covers the basic principles of nuclear reactors including fission reaction, neutron diffusion theory, reactor criticality, reactivity effects, reactor types, and nuclear fuels.

1.2 Reactor Thermal Hydraulics: This course describes the thermal aspects of nuclear power plants including heat generation and thermal analysis of fuel elements, single-phase fluid mechanics/pressure drop in rod bundles, single-phase heat transfer, two-phase flow, and boiling and condensation heat transfer. In addition, heat transport loops of various reactor types are analyzed.

1.3 Nuclear Power Plant Safety: Principles of nuclear reactor safety are covered including different types of accidents such as reactivity accidents and loss-of-coolant accidents, radiation protection, and regulatory aspects such as the licensing process, the concept of defence in depth, general design criteria, accident analysis, and probabilistic risk assessment.

1.4 Nuclear Power Plant Design and Operation: This course integrates the principles of reactor physics, thermal-hydraulics, reactor safety, instrumentation, materials, environmental impact, and economic optimization. Topics include material issues in plant design and operations, aspects of thermal design, fuel depletion and reactivity control. PC-based nuclear power plant simulators will be used to gain knowledge of the operational characteristics of various reactor types.