NPRE 498

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Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in nuclear, plasma, and radiological engineering intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for topics and prerequisites.

1 to 4 undergraduate hours. 1 to 4 graduate hours. May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary.

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CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
59909	Lecture-Discussion	A4	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Roy, W	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/14/16-05/04/16 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Spent Nuc Fuel Storage Bedrock Section Info: Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage in Bedrock. Course will include five meeting hours on Campus in Spring with discussion comparing U.S. and Swedish approaches to management of nuclear reactor fuel discharges. Enrollment in course requires attendance at one week of lectures and one week of field work in Stockholm, Sweden at the Royal Institute of Technology June 11 - 24. Lectures and field work in Sweden will be on geologic storage in Precambrian bedrock. Topics include petrology and mineralogy, plate tectonics, metamorphism, quaternary geology, hydro geology in soil, hydrogeology in fractured bedrock, hydrogeochemistry, planning and policy, and mapping. Prerequisites: a relevant course in geology, nuclear waste management, or civil engineering, or upper division standing in science or engineering. Contact instructor for full course description. Students registered in the course will be required to submit an application to International Programs in Engineering to attend the study abroad component.
60937	Lecture-Discussion	DD1	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	100H Talbot Laboratory	Holm, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Decontamination & Decommission Section Info: Qualitative overview of Decontamination and Decommissioning of nuclear power plants and broad scope licensees. Areas covered inclued: Regulatory aspects of decommissioning, responsibilities of parties involved, planning of a decommissioning project, management of waste, decontamination techniques, dismantlement techniques, financial planning, safety and radiation protection, management of project, MARSSIM, and case studies. Prereq: Jr. or Sr. or Graduate standing in Engineering. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
60938	Lecture-Discussion	DD4	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	100H Talbot Laboratory	Holm, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Decontamination & Decommission Section Info: Qualitative overview of Decontamination and Decommissioning of nuclear power plants and broad scope licensees. Areas covered include: Regulatory aspects of decommissioning, responsibilities of parties involved, planning of a decommissioning project, management of waste, decontamination techniques, dismantlement techniques, financial planning, safety and radiation protection, management of project, MARSSIM, and case studies. Prereq: Jr. or Sr. or Graduate Standing in Engineering. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
63973	Lecture-Discussion	ESG	1:00PM -1:50PM	MWF	100H Talbot Laboratory	Ragheb, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Energy Storage & Conveyance Section Info: Graduate 4 hr section. Comprehensive coverage of energy storage and conveyance methodologies for nuclear and renewable systems in the context of the Internet of Things (IOT) for power systems. The intermittence of renewable systems mandates the development of efficient energy storage and backups as well as conveyance systems for their effective implementation. Exhaustive coverage of energy storage technologies including: battery technologies encompassing primary and secondary electrochemical cells; lead acid, nickel-based, Li-ion batteries; advanced battery systems including redox/flow batteries, sulfur-sodium; hydrogen electrochemical cells and regenerative fuel cells including hydride storages, mechanical energy stoarge including flywheel, compressed-air and pumped hydraulic stoage; thermal and chemical storage based on phase-change and medium enthalpy-change reversible chemical reactions; and inductive storage in super capacitors and magnetic using superconducting magnets are covered. Social and economic aspects of storage technology and specific new development in storage technolgy are covered. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
63972	Lecture-Discussion	ESU	1:00PM -1:50PM	MWF	100H Talbot Laboratory	Ragheb, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Energy Storage & Conveyance Section Info: Comprehensive coverage of energy storage and conveyance methodologies for nuclear and renewable systems in the context of the Internet of Things (IOT) for power systems. The intermittence of renewable systems mandates the development of efficient energy stoarge and backups as well as conveyance systems for their effective implementation. Exhaustive coverage of energy storage technologies including: battery technologies encompassing primary and secondary electrochemical cells; lead acid, nickel-based, Li-ion batteries; advanced battery systems including redox/flow batteries, sulfur-sodium; hydrogen electrochemical cells and regenerative fuel cells including hydride storages; mechanical energy storage including flywheel, compressed-air and pumped hydraulic storage; thermal and chemical storage based on phase-change and medium enthalphy-change reversible chemical reactions; and inductive stoage in super capacitors and magnetic using superconducting magnets are covered. Social and economic aspects of storage technology and specific new development in stoarge technology are covered. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
63909	Lecture	PMI	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	225A Talbot Laboratory	Allain, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Fund Plasma Matls Interactions Section Info: The course will introduce the student to fundamental concepts in plasma-materials interactions (PMI). In particular the course connects the concepts of surface science to irradiation-driven modification used in plasma nanosynthesis of advanced materials and PMI phenomena encountered in extreme environments (e.g. nuclear fusion). The course is designed to lay the foundation of mastering selected techniques and methods for PMI. The organization of this course will: 1) prepare the student with the fundamental aspects of plasma-surface science, 2) use these fundamental concepts and expand into PMI of nanosynthesis and extreme environments and 3) master methods and characterization techniques used in plasma nanosynthesis and PMI in extreme environments including: techniques for in-situ analysis and simulated experiments. Prerequisites: NPRE 429 or NPRE 421. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
62398	Lecture	PR1	12:30PM -1:50PM	TR	106B6 Engineering Hall	Mohaghegh, Z	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Probabilistic Risk Assessment Section Info: Probabilistic Risk Assessment. Survey of multidisciplinary issues of risk, safety, and reliability of complex systems. State-of-the-art techniques in Probabilistic Risk Assessment, which provides input for risk-informed decision-making for design, operation, and regulatory oversight in a variety of fields including nuclear power plants, aviation, space, chemical processes, oil and gas industry, and healthcare. Topics: Probability and statistics for risk analysis; Systems scenario modeling; Treatment of failure dependencies; Uncertainty propagation; Probabilistic physics of failure; Human reliability, Failure causal modeling, and Data analytics. Software codes for risk analysis, uncertainty treatment, and Bayesian analysis will be introduced for assignment. Prerequisites: Junior, senior, or graduate standing in any engineering discipline. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
62400	Lecture	PR4	12:30PM -1:50PM	TR	106B6 Engineering Hall	Mohaghegh, Z	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Probabilistic Risk Assessment Section Info: Probabilistic Risk Assessment. Survey of multidisciplinary issues of risk, safety, and reliability of complex systems. State-of-the-art techniques in Probabilistic Risk Assessment, which provides input for risk-informed decision-making for design, operation, and regulatory oversight in a variety of fields including nuclear power plants, aviation, space, chemical processes, oil and gas industry, and healthcare. Topics: Probability and statistics for risk analysis; Systems scenario modeling; Treatment of failure dependencies; Uncertainty propagation; Probabilistic physics of failure; Human reliability, Failure causal modeling, and Data analytics. Software codes for risk analysis, uncertainty treatment, and Bayesian analysis will be introduced for assignment. Prerequisites: Junior, senior, or graduate standing in any engineering discipline. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.