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NP 701

Quality Assurance for Transport Packaging and Storage Casks

Catalog2026-2027
Credits1 unit
LevelGraduate
Standard

Overview

Description

Development of QA requirements for design, procurement, fabrication, examination, and testing of radioactive material packaging and storage casks to satisfy regulatory requirements. Primarily offered at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. May occasionally be offered at the University of Nevada, Reno campus. Students are responsible for all national laboratory fees and expenses associated with the course location.

Requirements

Prerequisites

  • Graduate standing
  • basic knowledge of DOE/NRC regulatory requirements for transportation packaging and storage casks is required

Recommended Preparation

  • Knowledge in application of quality assurance in the nuclear field
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing; basic knowledge of DOE/NRC regulatory requirements for transportation packaging and storage casks is required.

Recommended Preparation

Recommended Preparation: Knowledge in application of quality assurance in the nuclear field.

Units

Lecture1

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Spring - Odd Years

Terms

spring

Restrictions

Graduate standing

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • apply engineering research and theory to advance the art, science, and practice of the discipline.
  • apply federal regulations for QA that govern transport packages and storage casks, along with DOE and NRC guidance documents in Safety Analysis Reports for Packaging (SARPs).
  • demonstrate their knowledge of federal law specified in federal regulations for transport packaging and storage casks from 10 CFR §§ 71 and 72.
  • apply QA requirements based on nuclear consensus standards in the ASME Boiler & Pressure Code.
  • apply the graded approach (based on consequence of component failure) for the development of QA requirements in SARPs.