3 Credit Hours

RH

Robert Hayes

Assoc Professor

919-515-2321 [email protected]

Scientific and engineering aspects of nuclear waste management.Management of spent fuel, high-level waste, uranium mill tailings, low-level waste and decommissioning wastes. Fundamental processes for the evaluation of waste management systems with emphasis on the safety assessment of waste disposal facilities to include nuclear criticality safety, free release and transportation.

Prerequisites

MA341 Applied Differential Equations I and PY208 Physics for Engineers and Scientists II (or equivalent).

Course Learning Outcomes

Students will study nuclear waste safety criteria and their operational drivers sufficient to understand the technical basis for current regulations and laws as applicable. This will require learning approaches to create, evaluate and analyze solutions for the safe handling, transportation and permanent disposal of radioactive materials. Overarching topics will include nuclear criticality safety, free release, waste
characterization, transportation and final disposition in geological repositories. The graduate version of the course will include a research project.

Course Requirements

Textbooks

1. Radioactive Waste Engineering and Management (An Advanced Course in Nuclear Engineering) 2015th Edition – Shinya Nagasaki and Shinichi Nakayama
   Edition: 2015th
   ISBN: 978-4431554165
   Cost: $175.
   This textbook is required.
2. Nuclear Criticality Safety: Theory and Practice. – Ronald A. Knief.
   Edition: any
   ISBN: 978-0-89448-028-7
   Cost: $50
   This textbook is required.

Created: 10/02/2026.