NPRE 442 - Radioactive Waste Management

Spring 2019

TitleRubricSectionCRNTypeHoursTimesDaysLocationInstructor
Radioactive Waste ManagementNPRE442A48424LCD31530 - 1650 T R  104 Talbot Laboratory William Roy

Official Description

Radiation and radiological concepts and measurement, the fuel cycle and waste classification, Part 61, state and federal regulations and regulatory agencies, radiochemistry and the environmental fate of radionuclides, uranium-related wastes, low-level wastes, high-level wastes, used fuel reprocessing, private fuel storage, waste package stability, risk assessment, geologic repositories, transporting radioactive wastes, decommissioning wastes, transmutation, an international perspective on radioactive waste management, and the global nuclear energy partnership. Course Information: 3 undergraduate hours. 3 graduate hours. Prerequisite: MATH 231; PHYS 102 or PHYS 212.