EMCH 556 - Introduction to Risk Analysis and Reactor Safety
Class Session: Monday, January 13, 2025 - Wednesday, May 07, 2025
Credit: 3 semester hours of credit
Instructor: Travis Knight
Term: Spring 2025
Course Description
An introduction to probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) methods as applied to nuclear power plants but also examples from the chemical industry, aerospace, transportation, and other sectors. Addresses failure and reliability analysis, fault trees, event trees, reactor safety, regulatory practice. Prerequisite: C or better in CHEM 111, PHYS 211, MATH 241, MATH 242.FS: 06/02/2021.
College |
EC - Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing |
Level |
Undergraduate |
Section |
J10 |
Instructional Method |
DWEB 100% Web Asynchronous |
CRN |
53015 |
Restrictions |
CAMPUSICOL - USC Columbia LEVELEGR - Graduate FOSALLI108A - Computer Science FOSALLI125A - Computer Information Systems FOSALLI451A - Chemical Engineering FOSALLI452A - Electrical Engineering FOSALLI454A - Mechanical Engineering FOSALLI455A - Civil Engineering FOSALLI456A - Computer Engineering FOSALLI470A - Biomedical Engineering FOSALLI477A - Aerospace Engineering FOSALLI920A - Integrated Info Technology |
Information is accurate as of December 6, 2024 (Subject to change)
Special Fee Notification
Students may be required to be proctored during online test completion. If students are unable to attend test proctoring sessions in person at the Distributed Learning office, additional fees may apply for online test proctoring if the course requires online testing.