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NP 608 - Radioactive Material Package Operations and Leak Testing

(1 unit)
Course includes 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 offered only at Savannah River National Laboratory. Students are responsible for all national laboratory fees and expenses associated with the course location.

Prerequisite(s): Basic knowledge of nuclear physics, regulatory requirements for safe transport of radioactive materials; B.S. in Engineering; Knowledge in radioactive material package design, testing, commercial cargo transport operations, and logistics.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 1
Offered: Every Summer

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. apply engineering research and theory to advance the art, science, and practice of the discipline.
2. design and conduct experiments as well as to analyze, interpret, apply, and disseminate the data.
3. understand research methodology.


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