020012
Criticality Safety Initial Training for Managers and Engineers:
Course 020012
Course Summary: The Criticality Safety Initial Training for Managers and Engineers consists of the requirements and recommended subjects specified in the American Nuclear Society Standard for Nuclear Criticality Safety Training. The course material includes the Criticality Safety Initial Training for Fissionable Material Handlers content plus an additional 12 learning objectives. The retrain frequency is 24 months.
The following topics are covered:
Definition of fission, fissile material, fissionable material, multiplication factor, critical, subcritical, supercritical, critical mass, minimum critical mass, reflection, moderation, enrichment, and interaction
Controlled fissile and fissionable materials under the criticality safety program
Neutron interactions and their importance in criticality safety
Criticality characteristics
Factors that affect criticality safety
Control parameters and double contingency principle
Criticality prevention policy and procedures
Stop work order requirements
Requirements for, and relationships between criticality safety evaluation, criticality prevention specification, and criticality safety postings
Fissionable material facilities, inventory control and inspections
Criticality controls and design criteria
Criticality alarm systems
Quick sort purpose and procedure
Personal nuclear accident dosimetry
Emergency procedures and responses
Criticality recovery actions
Target Audience: This course is for managers and engineering personnel whose work activities involve fissionable material handling, direct supervision, auditing, or engineering functions.
Course Prerequisites: There are no course prerequisites.
Course Recommendation:
Radiological Worker II, Course 020001
Course Evaluation: An examination will be used to measure student mastery of the training objectives.
The student must attain a score of 80 percent or higher on the written exam for successful course completion.
Course Length: 8 hours
Course Frequency: 2 times each quarter and upon request
