Nuclear Safety and Radioactive Materials detailed syllabus for Safety & Fire Engineering (SFE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the SFE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Safety & Fire Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit SFE 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-III scheme and its subjects refer to SFE Professional Elective-III syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of nuclear safety and radioactive materials is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION TO RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS 9
Radio Active Material: Nuclear Reactor (Fission and Fusion) Nuclear fuel fabrication & reprocessing facilities, Basic theory Principles and Techniques of radiation dissymmetry. Techniques of area and air monitoring. Techniques of personnel radiation protection; Nuclear Materials in spent fuel and nuclear waste Responsibility for Safety, Emergency Preparedness and Response.
Unit II
DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS 9
Sources and characteristics of radioactive waste and their types and their method of disposal, Handing and prevention of radiation emergencies and Storage requirements of radioactive materials; The Convention on Nuclear Safety Implementing measures;
Unit III
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Unit IV
SAFETY IN NUCLEAR POWER STATION 9
Responsibility for Safety; Radiation Safety in Nuclear Power Stations; Optimization of Protection; Prevention of Accidents; Emergency Preparedness and Response; Safety considerations during the various phases of the installation; safety in removal of Heat.
Unit V
RADIOACTIVE ELEMENT DECAY PROCESS 9
Definition, Decay: classification of decay process, radioactive elements. Application of Radioactive Elements. Reactivity series and their salient features. Three Mile Island accident case study and health effects, INES (International Nuclear Event Scale) rating. Fukushima accident case study and health effects, INES (International Nuclear Event Scale) rating.
Course Outcomes:
- Differentiate between inherent safety and engineered safety and recognize the importance of Safety in the design of chemical process plants.
- Develop thorough knowledge about safety in the operation of chemical plants.
- Apply the principles of safety in the storage and handling of gases
- Identify the conditions that lead to reaction hazards and adopt measures to prevent them.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Radiation Hygiene Handbook,Henson Blat.2(Ed)McGraw Hill.
- Effects of Nuclear Weapons,S.Glasstone.
- Source Book of Atomic Energy S.Glasstone,3rd Ed., Affiliated East-West Press,New Delhi.
- Fire Service Problem, Published by the United States Atomic Energy Commission.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Safety & Fire Engineering 5th Sem, visit SFE 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Safety & Fire Engineering results, visit Anna University SFE all semester results direct link.