Nuclear Criticality Safety Evaluation

Catalog description

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Advanced topics in Nuclear Criticality Safety (NCS); assessment of Nuclear Criticality Process Safety; principles of Nuclear Criticality Safety Evaluation (NCSE); analysis of nuclear criticality accidents; application of nuclear material accountancy and control in NCSE; evaluation of criticality alarm and detection systems; examination of contingency in NCS; consideration of USDOE-STD-113599 standard and its derivatives (such as LANL Report LA-UR-20127); application of the Monte Carlo Computer Code (MCNP) simulations for NCS. Prerequisites: Graduate classification or approval of instructor.