Nuclear Packaging Graduate Program courses
Note that some courses are in multiple categories. See the in the University Catalog for individual information. For RAMPAC Packaging University schedule and descriptions, see
- 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
Course title and number | Host lab |
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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 |
Course title and number | Host lab |
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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 |
Course title and number | Host lab |
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Radioactive Material Package Operations and Leak Testing - NP 608 | SRNL |
Use of Type B and Fissile Certified Packages - NP 658 | LANL |
Course title and number | Host lab |
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Quality Assurance for Transport Packaging and Storage Casks - NP 701 | ANL |
Radioactive Material Packaging: Welding/NDE QC & Software QA - NP 604 | LLNL |
Course title and number | Host lab |
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Fundamentals of Nuclear Security - NP 720 | SNL |
Fundamentals of Cyber-Physical Security - NP 621 | PNNL |
Explosive Analysis of Nuclear Packages - NP 627 | SNL |
Course title and number | Host lab |
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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 |
Course title and number | Host lab |
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Fundamentals of Nuclear Safeguards - NP 730 | ORNL |
Fundamentals of Nondestructive Assay - NP 632 | ORNL |
Course title and number | Host lab |
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Facility Decommissioning and Site/Facility Closure - NP 615 | ORNL |
Nuclear Packaging Internships - NP 640 (135-270 hours, 3 units) | Any nuclear site |