Nuclear Engineering Short Course

Nuclear Radiation Damage in Materials

When
January

Mode of delivery
In Person

Duration
8 Days

Location
Tonsley

$4,500*

What you will study

Unlock the secrets of how nuclear fuels and materials react under intense radiation! This dynamic course delves into the science of fission, neutron interactions, and the resulting material transformations.

Explore fascinating topics like crystallography, microstructure defects, and diffusion theory. Discover how radiation affects material properties, causing changes like void swelling and embrittlement, and learn how to read simulation charts.

Prerequisite: Completion of Introduction to Nuclear Reactor Engineering

Who should attend

The Nuclear Radiation Damage in Materials microcredential can be undertaken by those that want to prepare for future industries, including shifting our submarines from diesel to nuclear power.

This course is aimed at:

Energy industry professionals who need to understand the implications of the nuclear fuel cycle on energy production
Anyone involved or interested in the nuclear fuel market, commercial aspects, investments, or contract administration at utilities and producers.
Students and researchers with backgrounds in chemistry, physics and engineering.

Learning outcomes

Investigate the material crystallography as well as materials defects including vacancies, dislocations, and grain boundaries characteristics and principles of diffusion theory
Analyse nucleus particles and sub particles and identify the different nuclear fission reactor types
Investigate nuclear fission and resulting neutrons and fission particles and their kinetic energy distributions
Analyse the neutron-matter interactions and resulting radiation damage mechanisms
Examine radiation damage models to account for displacement per atom and number of displaced atoms
Assess different damage effects including swelling and irradiation creep
Evaluate damage effects in selected nuclear core fuel and non-fuel materials

Assessment

Quizzes/tests, examination and reports

Credentials

On completion of this course, you will earn a Flinders Digital Credential that is verifiable and recognised as proof of your new skills and can be shared on LinkedIn to enhance your profile with employers.

Entry requirements

This course is open to Australian citizens only.

Please contact us to discuss the full entry requirements.

Program facilitator

Professor Giselle Rampersad

Travelling from interstate to study with us?

What you'll get credit for

Completing this course will count as one topic credit towards the University Certificate in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Rhode Island.

It will also provide credit towards the nuclear engineering major in a range of degree programs including:

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*Upon completing the 5 nuclear micro-credentials, each topic will be discounted to $4,000, and you will earn the University Certificate in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Rhode Island.