Engineers, scientists, and technical managers who wish to increase their knowledge and understanding of nuclear criticality safety will be interested in this intensive one-week short course.  The topics covered in the course are based primarily on the experience of the five instructors which totals over 120 years of nuclear criticality safety related experience.  Such a wealth of experience needs to be shared with the criticality safety community including both new professionals in the field as well as experienced professionals.

The course topics include illustrative applications using the SCALE system developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory with emphasis on the Monte Carlo code KENO, standards, regulations, review of accidents, hand calculation methods, subcritical limits, code validation techniques, accident response planning and management, and transient excursion modeling.  A more detailed list of the topics is presented below in the course schedule.

This course is also available remotely via live telecommunications for an additional $600 per student ($1,895 total). The course is delivered synchronously (i.e., live and interactive) to the student's computer via the Internet using software provided by the university. For more information contact Caroline Bowers at (865) 974-8772.
 
RESOURCE MATERIAL PROVIDED
Lecture notes including a hard copy of all viewgraphs used in the course.

COURSE SCHEDULE
Monday, August 10, 2009

• Introduction and Course Overview
• Review of Accidents and Anomalies
• Review of Standards and Regulations
• Accident Modeling
• Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Human Factors

• Neutron Cross Sections
• Transport Codes and Applications
• Subcritical Limits
• Operating Limits and Controls

• Uranium Materials
• Single Homogeneous Unit Criticality Data
• Conversations Using Hand Calculations Methods
• Enrichment, Reflection, Moderation, and Heterogeneous Systems Potpourri
• Selected Topics from TID-7016
• Project Sapphire
• Project Auburn Endeavor

• Approaches to Criticality Safety Evaluations
• Examples of Criticality Safety Evaluations
• Code Validation
• Response to Off-normal Conditions and Alarm System Considerations

• Transient Excursion Modeling
• Excursion Applications and Examples

INSTRUCTORS
Dr. H.L. Dodds (Course Coordinator) is IBM Professor of Engineering at the University of Tennessee, and Head of the Nuclear Engineering Department.

C.M. Hopper is a Distinguished Sr. Development Engineer in the Nuclear Analysis and Methods Application Group within the Nuclear Science and Technology Division at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He is the former manager of Criticality Safety at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant, and the Texas Instruments HFIR Project.

R.G. Taylor is a staff member in the Criticality Safety Department at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant.  He is the former manager of Criticality Safety at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant and currently does part-time subcontract work through various small companies..

D.A. Reed is the Nuclear Criticality Safety Program Lead, Operational Safety Support Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Dr. R.M. Westfall is a Program Manager in the Nuclear Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.