Arpit Bhatt — Engineering Articleshttps://arpitbhattengineering.com/notes/Engineering explanations, organized by topic.Inside a CANDU power planthttps://arpitbhattengineering.com/notes/candu-power-plant.htmlhttps://arpitbhattengineering.com/notes/candu-power-plant.htmlFission, fusion, 20 plant components and how CANDU neutrons support cobalt-60 and lutetium-177 production.CANDU & nuclear systemsALARA and nuclear safety: understand the layershttps://arpitbhattengineering.com/notes/alara-nuclear-safety.htmlhttps://arpitbhattengineering.com/notes/alara-nuclear-safety.htmlControl, cool, contain. Learn radiation-protection principles, worked dose examples and practical memory aids.CANDU & nuclear systemsMaintenance & reliabilityHoist inspection: build an evidence trailhttps://arpitbhattengineering.com/notes/hoist-inspection.htmlhttps://arpitbhattengineering.com/notes/hoist-inspection.htmlA procedure-focused walkthrough of observation, isolation, inspection and return-to-service evidence.Compressors, hoists & lubricationMaintenance & reliabilityTorque-wrench results: accuracy needs an uncertainty budgethttps://arpitbhattengineering.com/notes/torque-uncertainty.htmlhttps://arpitbhattengineering.com/notes/torque-uncertainty.htmlA small worked example separates calibration uncertainty, resolution and repeatability.Measurement & calibrationFlatness, soft foot and shaft alignment are different checkshttps://arpitbhattengineering.com/notes/soft-foot.htmlhttps://arpitbhattengineering.com/notes/soft-foot.htmlWhy a flat-looking base does not prove the machine is correctly supported.Rotating equipment & shaftsMaintenance & reliabilityHydraulics: pressure creates force, flow sets speedhttps://arpitbhattengineering.com/notes/hydraulic-force.htmlhttps://arpitbhattengineering.com/notes/hydraulic-force.htmlOne cylinder example connects the circuit to first-principles mechanics.Hydraulics & pneumaticsA maintenance handover should close the open questionshttps://arpitbhattengineering.com/notes/maintenance-handover.htmlhttps://arpitbhattengineering.com/notes/maintenance-handover.htmlA short structure for work status, evidence and the next decision.Project managementMaintenance & reliabilityStudy a system by tracing energy, control and failurehttps://arpitbhattengineering.com/notes/study-method.htmlhttps://arpitbhattengineering.com/notes/study-method.htmlA learning framework for explaining a system without jumping straight to component names.CANDU & nuclear systemsEngineering exams & studyA reactor remembers: xenon, samarium and power historyhttps://arpitbhattengineering.com/notes/candu-xenon-samariumhttps://arpitbhattengineering.com/notes/candu-xenon-samariumWhy two identical power readings can describe different reactor states—and why neutron absorption has a memory.CANDU & nuclear systemsBruce Power: the engineering behind eight reactorshttps://arpitbhattengineering.com/notes/bruce-power-engineering-scalehttps://arpitbhattengineering.com/notes/bruce-power-engineering-scaleUnderstand Bruce A and Bruce B through systems, energy accounting and the engineering meaning of scale.CANDU & nuclear systemsShutdown is not the end of heathttps://arpitbhattengineering.com/notes/shutdown-decay-heathttps://arpitbhattengineering.com/notes/shutdown-decay-heatSeparate the neutron balance, stored thermal energy and continuing radioactive decay to understand nuclear cooling.CANDU & nuclear systems