Fundamentals of Nuclear Safeguards – NP 730

Mon, 03/24/2025 - Fri, 03/28/2025 In-person Course

Application deadline: Sun, 03/09/2025

Oak Ridge National Laboratory is offering a training opportunity for students and professionals involved in the use and accounting of nuclear materials.  The course is offered through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Packaging Certification Program and in cooperation with the University of Nevada, Reno’s Graduate Certificate Program and will be held at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, March 24-28, 2025.

 

NP 730 Fundamentals of Nuclear Safeguards provides a comprehensive overview of the various aspects related to the control and accounting of nuclear materials at a state level —serving as an introduction to key concepts, terms and approaches that support both domestic and international efforts to improve nuclear safeguards.  Topics include:

  • Nuclear Security Overview (definitions, key concepts)
  • Regulatory Guidance Documents and Flow for Nuclear Safeguards
  • Nuclear Material Accounting and Control (NMAC) Overview/Elements
  • NMAC Program Management
  • Records and Reporting for NMAC/Safeguards
  • Nuclear Security Regime
  • Nuclear Material Measurement and Measurement Control
  • Nuclear Material Control
  • Physical Inventory
  • Assessment, and Performance Testing
  • International Safeguards

Dates

March 24-28, 2025

Location

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN

Registration Fee

$2500

Registration Website

https://utconferences.eventsair.com/fundamentals-of-nuclear-safeguards/register/Site/Register

(Note that the University of Tennessee, Knoxville operates the registration website .)

Course Contacts

Robert Bean, [email protected], 865-341-0979

Jessica White-Horton, [email protected], 865-604-1959

 

The course is offered in conjunction with the University of Nevada, Reno, and can be taken for credit towards their Nuclear Packaging and Transportation Security and Safeguards Graduate Certificate Programs.  More information on the Graduate Certificate Degrees and Programs are available at

https://www.unr.edu/degrees/graduate-certificates

UNR Graduate Certificate Program Contact

Miles Greiner, [email protected]

 

More information about the Department of Energy’s Packaging Certification program is available at

https://rampac.energy.gov/home/education/packaging-university-coursesNP 730 Fundamentals of Nuclear Safeguards Flyer Spring2025 Rev1

Contact

Robert Bean

Phone: 865.341.0979

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