Nuclear Packaging Graduate Program Courses

This page lists all courses offered by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Packaging University and the University of Nevada, Reno Nuclear Packaging Graduate Program (NPGP) that count toward the Graduate Certificate in Nuclear Packaging (GCNP) and the Graduate Certificate in Transportation Security and Safeguards (GCTSS).  For each class, this page indicates the course number/name, host institution, number of units and if the course is required for one of the certificates. 

Packaging University courses

This list breaks the 21 one- and two-unit Packaging University courses into seven topic areas (some courses could logically be in multiple areas). These courses are taught in-person by subject matter experts at the DOE national laboratories: Argonne (ANL), Los Alamos (LANL), Lawrence Livermore (LLNL), Oak Ridge (ORNL), Pacific Northwest (PNNL), Sandia (SNL) and Savannah River (SRNL), or at other authorized locations. The Packaging University course schedule provides a schedule and national laboratory enrollment/fee information for upcoming classes.

Safety Analysis Reports for Packing (SARP) — for regulatory reviewers, preparers and project managers

• NP 701: Quality Assurance for Transport Packaging and Storage Casks | ANL | 1 unit | required for GCNP
• NP 702: SARP Review and Confirmatory Analysis (two weeks) | LLNL | 2 units | required for GCNP
• NP 703: Management of SARP Preparation | SRNL | 1 unit

Package Design and Evaluation — for structural, thermal, containment, shielding and critical nuclear safety analysts

• NP 604: Radioactive Material Packaging: Welding/Nondestructive Evaluation/Quality Control & Software Quality Assurance | LLNL | 1 unit
• NP 605: Thermal Modeling and Testing of Radioactive Materials (RAM) Packages | SNL | 1 unit
• NP 606: Containment Analysis of Radioactive Material Transportation | LLNL | 1 unit
• NP 607: Radiation and Nuclear Criticality Analysis of RAM Packages | ORNL | 1 unit
• NP 655: Structural Analysis of Radioactive Material Packages | SNL | 1 unit |
• NP 700: ASME Pressure Vessel Code for Nuclear Transport and Storage | ANL | 1 unit | required for GCNP

Package Operation, Use and Maintenance

• NP 608: Radioactive Material Package Operations and Leak Testing | SRNL | 1 unit
• NP 658: Use of Certified Type B and Fissile Packages | LANL | 1 unit

Nuclear Security

• NP 621: Fundamentals of Cyber-Physical Security | PNNL | 1 unit
• NP 627: Explosive Analysis of Nuclear Packages | SNL | 1 unit
• NP 720: Fundamentals of Nuclear Security | SNL | 1 unit | required for GCTSS

Transportation Security

• NP 625: Transportation Physical Security | SNL | 1 unit
• NP 652: Response to Radioactive Material Transport Emergencies | ANL | 1 unit
• NP 710: Nuclear Security During US Domestic Transport |ANL | 1 unit | required for GCTSS
• NP 711: Nuclear Security During International Transport | ANL | 1 unit | required for GCTSS

Safeguards

• NP 632: Fundamentals of Nondestructive Assay | ORNL | 1 unit
• NP 730: Fundamentals of Nuclear Safeguards | ORNL | 1 unit | required for GCTSS

Related Topic

• NP 615: Facility Decommissioning and Site/Facility Closure | ANL | 1 unit

University of Nevada, Reno courses

These courses are taught by University faculty members. Some courses are only available to on-campus students. 

Courses available to on- and off-campus students

• NP 640: Nuclear Packaging Internships | Any nuclear site | 3 units
• ME 672: Introduction to Nuclear Packaging | University of Nevada, Reno or online | 3 units

Courses available to on-campus students only

• ME 675: Introduction to Combustion | 3 units
• MSE 601: Corrosion of Metals | 3 units
• MSE 665: Nuclear Power Fundamentals | 3 units
• MSE 666: Nuclear Fuel Cycle | 3 units
• MSE 667: Radiation Detection and Measurement | 3 units
• MSE 668 Nuclear Materials | 3 units