CONSOLIDATION OF REACTOR PHYSICS EDUCATION – THE KHALIFA UNIVERSITY STUDENT FIELD TRIPS CASE STUDY

In 2010, the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Khalifa University Science and Technology (NUCE) established MSc degree in Engineering. This program was to support United Arab Emirates (UAE) emerging civil nuclear energy produce graduate engineers capable supporting safe construction, operation, maintenance eventual decommissioning UAE reactors. order enhance consolidate classroom teaching, an overseas “Field Trip” module integrated into curriculum provide practical exercises, demonstrations site visits. With respect consolidation reactor physics teaching particular, field trips over past 9 years have utilized mainly AGN Zero Power Kyung Hee (2012-2015) Breazeale TRIGA Penn State (2017-2018). both cases students gained “hands-on” supervised experience classical experiments, shielding measurements, health radiological protection control, radioanalytical measurement methods, such as neutron activation analysis. At University, experiments were extended surveillance taking advantage facilities specialized modules security. paper provides details arrangements made for learning outcomes these helped satisfy meeting overall outcomes. The case study will also illustrate where a newcomer can take international collaborations without need invest national research reactor.