Integrating Lessons Learned from Accidents into Nuclear Criticality Safety Training
- University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
The University of New Mexico (UNM) started offering a short course in nuclear criticality safety (NCS) in 1973. Since that time, there have been 14 such courses with offerings on an annual basis since 1989. The general objective of the course is to present an overview of important topics on NCS. The audience is generally composed of engineers new to the criticality safety area; in fact, a survey in 1990 indicated that 66% of the students had <2 yr experience in NCS. Faculty for the workshop is drawn from government regulators, licenses, and national labs. There are usually [approximately]15 faculty members with each one making a presentation of an hour or so on his/her specialty. Topics covered range from basic neutron theory to administrative practices to computer analyses. As each presentation is limited in time, the intent is to provide an overview of the subject to the students rather than educating them in detail. This technique seems to work quite well, and the students rate the course quite highly.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
- OSTI ID:
- 6908626
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-931160-; CODEN: TANSAO
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 69; Conference: American Nuclear Society (ANS) Winter Meeting, San Francisco, CA (United States), 14-18 Nov 1993; ISSN 0003-018X
- Publisher:
- American Nuclear Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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