Nuclear Security System Design

Catalog description

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Study of science and engineering associated with the design, evaluation, and implementation of systems to secure nuclear and radiological materials; examination of methods for planning and evaluating nuclear security activities at the state and facility levels; characterization of the adversary, categorization of targets and the consequences associated with failure to protect those targets, detection and delay technologies, on-site and off-site response as well as different response strategies, evaluation of insider threats, and mathematical methods for evaluating risk due to the threat and the security system design; methods for risk minimization and system optimization; broad picture of nuclear security components and their interconnections into a sustainable nuclear security program, as well as of planning nuclear security activities at both the state and facility levels. Prerequisites: Graduate classification or approval of instructor.