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NP 604

Radioactive Material Packaging: Welding/NDE QC & Software QA

Catalog2026-2027
Credits1 unit
LevelGraduate
Standard

Overview

Description

Methods for implementing and satisfying US regulations in the safety basis of radioactive material transport packages relative to quality control of welding/nondestructive examination, and the quality assurance of software used for the regulatory design and analysis of the packages. This course is offered primarily at a Lawrence Livermore National Lab in California and may be occasionally offered at other authorized locations. Students are responsible for all national laboratory fees and expenses associated with the course location.

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Lecture1

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Offering

Offered: Every Summer

Terms

summer

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Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • apply engineering research and theory to advance the art, science, and practice of the discipline.
  • explain what metric is used to quantify the welding and nondestructive examination requirements for the radioactive material transportation packages in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 71 (10 CFR 71).
  • describe what ASME Code Sections relate to the preparation and review of the Safety Analysis Report for Packaging (SARP) for a radioactive material transportation package.
  • demonstrate working knowledge of portions of the ASME Code that relate to welding and nondestructive examination of radioactive material transportation packages.
  • describe the flow-down of requirements from 10 CFR 71, Subpart H, Quality Assurance, to the welding and nondestructive examination requirements in a SARP.
  • identify the regulatory documents and consensus standards that serve as metrics for Software Quality Assurance relative radioactive material transportation packaging.
  • describe the fundamental concepts of software quality assurance relative to radioactive material packaging, including terminology, software development planning, risk management, configuration management, software testing techniques.
  • describe the general sections of ANSI/ASME NQA-1 that relate to software quality assurance.
  • describe some NQA-1 compliance details regarding commercial grade dedication of software, supplier evaluations/audits, and corrective actions.
  • describe some quality assurance aspects of verification and validation of finite element analyses.