Nuclear Safety Minor
Nothing happens in the nuclear field without a license or safety analysis. If you want to go into this industry, you need to understand how to get a license and work within the framework of the license. That’s where a nuclear safety minor comes in.
Program Overview
The nuclear safety minor is central to our department’s safety focus. The program is designed to provide students with a competitive edge in the job market by teaching them about regulations and how they are enforced, so they will be prepared to enter the workforce with nuclear safety knowledge.
Why Get a Minor Nuclear Safety?
There are thousands of pages of rules and regulations in the nuclear industry, making it difficult to learn essential information for jobs in a timely manner. With a nuclear safety minor, you can cut down on the length of training time and be better prepared in your future career.
Featured Courses
NE 360 Reactor Systems and Safety
This course covers safety and operating limits of nuclear steam supply system components. NRC regulations. Accident analysis and mitigation.
NE 402 Nuclear Engineering Laboratory
This course is tailored to provide hands-on experience with nuclear engineering instrumentation and advanced computational simulations. It is focused on understanding the integration of modern engineering tools in computational modeling and measurement capabilities as applied to small scale experiments for use in nuclear security, nonproliferation, advanced nuclear reactors, subcritical assemblies and medical physics.
NE 485 Process System Reliability and Safety
In this course, students will learn about qualitative and quantitative techniques for assessing and improving process systems reliability and safety.
NE 486 Nuclear Licensing
Learn about nuclear licensing rules and regulations for both commercial and government nuclear facilities that are administered by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Department of Energy.
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