Educational Courses

CANES offers two one-week summer educational programs attracting more than 70 students from 15 countries.

Risk-Informed Operational Decision Management

June 16-20, 2008. A participatory and thought-provoking one-week program, this course is for nuclear plant and corporate managers, supervisors, engineers, and other personnel who, while not probabilistic safety assessment (PSA) practitioners, want to learn how to apply PSA methods effectively. Increase your knowledge of PSA principles, including an understanding of the basis of PSA, its benefits and recent developments. Recognize the strengths and limitations of using PSA when making decisions. Discover ways to integrate the results of PSA into operational decision-making. Share ideas, information, and challenges with industry peers.

Nuclear Plant Safety

June 23-27, 2008. MIT’s longest running summer program has been revamped into an intensive one-week course that focuses on new developments in safety and regulatory issues of operating and planned reactors in the US and abroard.
This his course is intended for degree-holding engineers and scientists with some knowledge of nuclear facility technology, who are or will be participating in the design, construction, operation, or regulatory safety review of large nuclear installations. It will be of particular interest to technically-trained representatives of the electrical power utility industry, Department of Energy facilities, reactor or reactor component fabricators, safety evaluators, and other personnel interested in obtaining an overall view of reactor safety.