Nuclear Packaging Graduate Program courses

Note that some courses are in multiple categories. See the Nuclear Packaging Course Descriptions in the University Catalog for individual information. For RAMPAC Packaging University schedule and descriptions, see RAMPAC Packaging University information.

  • Acronyms for participating national laboratories are as follows: Argonne (ANL); Los Alamos (LANL); Lawrence Livermore (LLNL); Oak Ridge (ORNL); Pacific Northwest (PNNL); Sandia (SNL); and Savannah River (SRNL).
  • Additional 3-unit electives, including ME 673-Introduction to Nuclear Packaging, are offered by and at the University’s Mechanical Engineering Department and Materials Science & Engineering Department.
 

Nuclear Packaging and Transportation Security & Safeguard courses by category

Safety Analysis Reports for Packaging (SARP) -- for SARP regulatory reviewers, preparers and project managers
Course title and number Host lab
SARP Review and Confirmatory Analysis (2 units, 2 weeks) - NP 702 LLNL
Management of SARP Preparation - NP 703

SRNL
Quality Assurance for Transport Packaging and Storage Casks - NP 701

ANL
Package Design and Evaluation -- for structural, thermal, containment, shielding and nuclear criticality safety
Course title and number Host lab
ASME Pressure Vessel Code for Nuclear Transport and Storage - NP 700 ANL
Structural Analysis of Radioactive Material Packages - NP 655 SNL
Thermal Modeling and Testing of RAM Packages - NP 605 SNL
Containment Analysis of Radioactive Material Transportation - NP 606 LLNL
Radiation and Nuclear Criticality Analysis of RAM Packages - NP 607 ORNL
Radioactive Material Packaging: Welding/NDE QC & Software QA - NP 604 LLNL
Package Operation, Use and Maintenance
Course title and number Host lab
Radioactive Material Package Operations and Leak Testing - NP 608 SRNL
Use of Type B and Fissile Certified Packages - NP 658 LANL
Nuclear Quality Assurance (QA)
Course title and number Host lab
Quality Assurance for Transport Packaging and Storage Casks - NP 701 ANL
Radioactive Material Packaging: Welding/NDE QC & Software QA - NP 604 LLNL
Nuclear Security
Course title and number  Host lab
Fundamentals of Nuclear Security - NP 720 SNL
Fundamentals of Cyber-Physical Security - NP 621 PNNL
Explosive Analysis of Nuclear Packages - NP 627 SNL
Transportation Security
Course title and number Host lab
Nuclear Security During US Domestic Transport - NP 710 ANL
Nuclear Security During International Transport - NP 711 ANL
Transportation Physical Security - NP 625 SNL
Response to Radioactive Material Transport Emergencies - NP 652 ANL
Safeguards
Course title and number Host lab
Fundamentals of Nuclear Safeguards - NP 730 ORNL
Fundamentals of Nondestructive Assay - NP 632 ORNL
Other
Course title and number Host lab
Facility Decommissioning and Site/Facility Closure - NP 615 ORNL
Nuclear Packaging Internships - NP 640 (135-270 hours, 3 units) Any nuclear site