Overview
Description
Radioactive material packaging activities with a focus on the safe handling and loading of radioactive material into approved packaging systems and formal instruction on leak testing. This course is offered primarily at Savannah River National Laboratory in South Carolina and may be occasionally offered at other authorized locations. Students are responsible for all national laboratory fees and expenses associated with the course location.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- basic knowledge of nuclear physics, regulatory requirements for safe transport of radioactive materials, radioactive material package design, testing, commercial cargo transport operations, and logistics
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): basic knowledge of nuclear physics, regulatory requirements for safe transport of radioactive materials, radioactive material package design, testing, commercial cargo transport operations, and logistics.
Units
Lecture1
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Summer
Terms
summer
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- apply engineering research and theory to advance the art, science, and practice of the discipline.
- demonstrate understanding of the requirements associated with handling packages of hazardous materials.
- demonstrate understanding of of the packaging requirements outlined in Chapter 1, 7 and 8 of a Safety Analysis Report in Packaging.