A UNIVERSITY SEMESTER COURSE DESIGN IN HUMAN RELIABILITY IN NUCLEAR SYSTEMS PRESENTED TO THE 55th ANNUAL MEETING INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT (INMM) ATLANTA, GA JULY 22,2014

摘要

In 2009, The University of Tennessee's Nuclear Engineering Department (UTNE) established a graduate certificate program in Nuclear Security Science and Analysis (NSSA). The program is designed primarily for masters' level technical students seeking specialization in nuclear security science and engineering by preparing the graduate students to engage in the research and development of new tools and processes related to nuclear security. The nuclear security curriculum resides within the nuclear engineering program and is the most mature of the various efforts ongoing at the University of Tennessee (UT). The certificate requires the completion of twelve semester credit hours (SCH) and is offered in the Masters of Science track in the UTNE curriculum. One of the courses within UT's NSSA program is Human Reliability in Nuclear Systems, NE-537. This course has been designed to deploy methodologies for understanding, assessing and managing human reliability factors with emphasis in identifying and minimizing the impact of human actions (accidental or deliberate) adverse to successful operation in nuclear systems, protection of information and nuclear materials security. This paper will describe the process and lessons learned in developing and conducting a university level semester long course in human reliability in nuclear systems.