NUCL 5510G - Nuclear Safety Design and Regulation

This course describes the regulatory requirements and the principles guiding the protection of workers, the general public and the plant from potential harm as a result of nuclear facility operations. Topics include: worker and public safety design requirements; nuclear codes and standards; sources of radioactive release; advanced defense in depth concepts; principles of control, cool, contain and monitor; design for accident prevention, mitigation and accommodation; concepts of separation, independence, redundancy; common mode events and inherent safety features; safety and safety-related system design; safety culture and management; design basis and beyond design basis accidents; human factors; extreme events and emerging issues.
Credit hours: 3