Course in Critical Nuclear Infrastructure Regulations
300-hour online course in Nuclear Critical Infrastructure Regulations. 4 modules with IAEA safety standards (IAEA SSR-2/1), WENRA Reference Levels and MCNP. Assigned tutor and open enrollment.
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What you will be able to do
Master the technical foundations of regulations in critical nuclear infrastructure and its regulatory vocabulary.
Apply IAEA safety standards (IAEA SSR-2/1), WENRA Reference Levels and CSN instructions to real design and validation decisions.
Build and correlate calculation models with MCNP and SERPENT.
Plan and execute test campaigns in the radiological protection laboratory and simulator of the plant.
Analyze operation data and translate it into engineering decisions.
Prepare the technical and compliance dossier required by the client or the regulator.
Technically direct a project of regulations in critical nuclear infrastructure from start to finish.
Who it's for
- Nuclear safety engineer who wants to specialize in regulations in critical nuclear infrastructure.
- APS/PRA analyst who wants to specialize in regulations in critical nuclear infrastructure.
- Licensing specialist who wants to specialize in regulations in critical nuclear infrastructure.
- Fuel cycle engineer who wants to specialize in regulations in critical nuclear infrastructure.
- Responsible for radiological protection who wants to specialize in regulations in critical nuclear infrastructure.
- Dismantling technician who wants to specialize in regulations in critical nuclear infrastructure.
- Graduates in engineering or science who seek to enter into operation of plants.
What you'll work with
- IAEA Safety Standards (IAEA SSR-2/1)
- WENRA Reference Levels
- CSN instructions
- ASME Section III
- RCC-M
- 10 CFR 50 (Reference)
- ISO 19443
- Directive 2014/87/Euratom
6 modules · 300 h
1.1Which Facilities Enter: Power Plants, Warehouses, Transportation and Research1.2Nuclear safety, physical protection and safeguards: three different things1.3Nuclear material and radioactive material: categories and why they matter1.4Interface between security and protection: when they are reinforced and when they collide1.5Actors: Owner, Regulator, Security Forces and International Organizations1.6Sensitive information and principle of need to know1.7Culture of physical security and its measurement1.8Interdependence with electricity, water and communications1.9Regulatory vocabulary of the nuclear sector1.10Exercise: Classify facilities and materials of an operator
2.1Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials and their Amendment2.2IAEA Nuclear Physical Security Series and its Hierarchy2.3Recommendations for physical protection of facilities and materials2.4Non-Proliferation Treaty and Safeguard Agreements2.5Additional protocol and verification2.6Applicable Security Council Resolutions2.7Convention for the repression of acts of nuclear terrorism2.8International Advisory and Review Missions2.9Commitments of Spain and its lace2.10Practice: Instrument map applicable to a facility
3.1European nuclear and waste safety regulations3.2Critical Entity Resilience Directive Applied to Sector3.3Cybersecurity regulations and their transposition3.4Nuclear Energy Law and Nuclear Installation Regulations3.5The national regulator and its powers3.6Installation Physical Protection Plan3.7Authorizations, inspections and sanctioning regime3.8Protection of classified information3.9Coordination with the Ministry of the Interior and Security Forces3.10Practice: Index of a physical protection plan
4.1The concept of design base threat and who fixes it4.2Evaluation of threats and their periodic review4.3Protection Objectives: Material Sabotage and Subtraction4.4Protection levels according to material category4.5Principles of deterrence, detection, delay and response4.6In-depth defense applied to physical protection4.7Balanced protection and removal of weak points4.8Assessment of system effectiveness4.9Protection of instrumentation and control systems4.10Practice: Assess the consistency of a protection system
5.1Control of accesses of personnel, vehicles and materials5.2Staff reliability and internal threat5.3Accounting and control of nuclear material5.4Physical inventory and verification by inspectors5.5Transport of material and protection on the road5.6Detection of materials out of control Regulator5.7Contingency plan and response coordination5.8Notification of events and deadlines5.9Exercises, drills and performance evaluation5.10Practice: Manage a simulated physical security event
6.1Choice of facility and inventory6.2Material categorization and protection objectives6.3Identification of the complete regulatory framework6.4Compliance analysis against the standard6.5Physical Protection Plan Proposal6.6Accounting and Material Control Plan6.7Contingency and exercise plan6.8Staff training and reliability program6.9Technical memory6.10Defense of work
How you'll learn
100% online training on the SEIUM campus, with downloadable material, recorded classes and assigned technical tutor. No fixed schedules: the student advances at his own pace within the call, which allows him to make it compatible with the work.
Each module combines theory, guided reading of the original norm and applied exercises. The work software is MCNP, SERPENT, RELAP5, TRACE, ANSYS CFX, in free, academic or evaluation versions. The tests are studied on real laboratory procedures of radiological protection, power plant simulator, thermohydraulic bank. The evaluation is continuous by module plus the final integrator project.
Build it end to end
Your final project follows the real engineering workflow, step by step, reviewed by your tutor.
Dominar los fundamentos técnicos de normativas en infraestructura crítica nuclear y su vocabulario normativo.
Aplicar Normas de seguridad del OIEA (IAEA SSR-2/1), WENRA Reference Levels y Instrucciones del CSN a decisiones reales de diseño y validación.
Construir y correlacionar modelos de cálculo con MCNP y SERPENT.
Planificar y ejecutar campañas de ensayo en laboratorio de protección radiológica y simulador de central.
Analizar datos de operación y traducirlos en decisiones de ingeniería.
Where this takes you
Requirements
- No prior degree required.
- Internet connection and a computer capable of running the software of the program.
- Sufficient level of Spanish to continue reading technical regulations.
Ready to start?
Send your application today. Our admissions team replies within 72 hours with your study plan and funding options.
Frequently asked questions
The program is 300 total hours spread over 3 to 5 months. That is between 10 and 15 hours per week on average, compatible with full working hours.
It works with MCNP, SERPENT, RELAP5, TRACE. Free, academic or evaluation versions are used, and the tutor indicates the free alternative when it exists.
SEIUM's own diploma by passing the continuous evaluation and the integrative project. It is own training, not an official title of the Ministry.
Yes. The modules passed in a course or diploma in the same area validate in the higher program. Consult the validation policy when enrolling.
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