Robin Chaplin

UNENE students come from diverse academic and professional backgrounds, and may not have completed all of the undergraduate courses typically expected for the material covered in UNENE graduate programs. To ensure you are ready for UN807, it is strongly recommended that you review and learn the preparatory material at the start of the course, as the instructor will assume this background knowledge. Power Plant Thermodynamics focuses on the practical application of thermodynamic principles to the generation and use of steam in a typical nuclear plant’s steam cycle, examining key components such as steam generators, turbines, condensers, feedwater heaters, and reheaters. The course integrates fundamentals of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics to assess component performance, drawing on senior-level power plant engineering courses at UNB as well as material from CANDU operator and shift supervisor training programs. The formal course notes have also been published in the UNESCO-sponsored Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems.

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