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2018　Nuclear Non-proliferation and Security

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Academic unit or major
Graduate major in Nuclear Engineering
Instructor(s)
Sagara Hiroshi  Hayashizaki Noriyosu  Senzaki Masao  Kikuchi Masahiro 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Tue7-8(原講571, North No.2, 5F-571)  Fri7-8(原講571, North No.2, 5F-571)  
Group
-
Course number
NCL.O401
Credits
2
Academic year
2018
Offered quarter
3Q
Syllabus updated
2018/7/24
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
English
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Course description and aims

About the nuclear security, history and legal framework, the characteristics of nuclear material and radioactive substances and graded approach for their regulation based on material attractiveness, physical protection system designing and evaluation, interfaces between nuclear safety, security and safeguards, nuclear security culture are discussed. About the nuclear non-proliferation, history and legal framework, criticality, significant quantity and conversion time of nuclear material, safeguards and its science and technology, nuclear material accounting and control, Japan's effort, CTBT, proliferation resistance are systematically explained. By role playing group working, students learn the way to consensus agreement between multiple stakes holders for active learning.

Student learning outcomes

Student gain the comprehensive view of nuclear non-proliferation and security from history, legal framework, safeguards and physical protection system, important science and technology.

Keywords

Nuclear non-proliferation, Nuclear security, Safeguards, Nuclear material accounting and control, consensus agreement between multiple stakes holders, active learning

Competencies that will be developed

✔ Specialist skills Intercultural skills Communication skills ✔ Critical thinking skills ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

lecture and group work

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Lecture overview: Nuclear Non-proliferation and security Explaining nuclear non-proliferation and security and their overview
Class 2 Non-proliferation (1): History and legal framework review Explaining history and legal framework of non-proliferation
Class 3 Non-proliferation (2): Overview of Safeguards Explaining overview of Safeguards
Class 4 Non-proliferation (3): Safeguards and its science and technology Explaining Safeguards and its science and technology
Class 5 Non-proliferation (4): Nuclear material accounting and control Acquireing nuclear material accounting and control
Class 6 Non-proliferation (5): Japan's effort Explaining Japan's effort in nuclear non-proliferation
Class 7 Non-proliferation (6): Group work With hypothetical fuel cycle information, role playing group work is performed for active learning.
Class 8 Non-proliferation (6): Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and its implementation Explaining Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and its implementation
Class 9 Nuclear Security (1): History and legal framework review Explaining history and legal framework of Nuclear Security
Class 10 Nuclear Security (2): Evaluation of threats for Physical Protection system design Understanding of evaluation of threats for Physical Protection system design
Class 11 Nuclear Security (3): Design of Physical Protection System Acquireing how to design Physical Protection System
Class 12 Nuclear Security (4): Evaluation of Physical Protection System design Understanding of how to evaluate Physical Protection System design based on probabilistic risk analysis
Class 13 Nuclear Security (5):Group work With hypothetical facility information, role playing group work is performed for active learning.
Class 14 Nuclear Security (6): Nuclear Safety and Security culture and their interface Explaining nuclear Safety and Security culture and their interface
Class 15 Discussion and wrapping up Discussion and wrapping up this lecture

Textbook(s)

IAEA Nuclear Security Series No. 13 (INFCIRC/225/Revision 5)
IAEA Nuclear Security Series No. 21
IAEA INFCIRC/153 corrected
IAEA INFCIRC/540 corrected
IAEA Nuclear Security Series No. 13 (INFCIRC/225/Revision 5)
IAEA Nuclear Security Series No. 21
IAEA INFCIRC/153 corrected
IAEA INFCIRC/540 corrected

Reference books, course materials, etc.

The Evolution of IAEA Safeguards
https://www-pub.iaea.org/books/iaeabooks/5264/The-Evolution-of-IAEA-Safeguards

Assessment criteria and methods

Report, examination

Related courses

  • NCL.N407 ： Nuclear Safety Engineering
  • NCL.O510 ： World Politics and Nonproliferation in the Nuclear Age

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

Students are desired to have completed courses of Nuclear Safety Engineering, World Politics and Nonproliferation in the Nuclear Age.

Other

This lecture is the compulsory subject to achieve the completion certificate issued by Advanced Nuclear 3S Education and Training(ANSET) program
http://www.ne.titech.ac.jp/kiseijinzai/jp/index.html

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