This paper discusses the variety of teaching methods employed by the Nuclear Department in the education and training of nuclear practioners in support of the United Kingdom’s Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme (NNPP). Reactor physics is required to be taught at a variety of levels from introductory principles to postgraduate, a variety of teaching methods are employed to satisfy this requireme...

quality assurance programme is often incorrectly interpreted as only a regulatory demand and/or paperwork, with no effective impact in the overall performance of the nuclear project. Over the past decade, however, the nuclear industry has experienced a loss of public confidence stemming from real shortcomings in performance. This has led to dramatic changes in the perception of quality and how ...

During the past three decades the interest of students in nuclear energy decreased due to the fact that especially in Europe and the US no new nuclear power plants were ordered and many industrialised countries even voted for a nuclear phase out program such as Germany, Italy, or Sweden. This trend was immediately reflected in the university enrolment and students turned to other areas such inf...

The application of nuclear energy in industry, medicine, and agriculture is increasing remarkably. Currently, nearly 10% of total world electricity generation comes from nuclear energy, and further growth in nuclear power generation is expected in coming decades. This expansion in the peaceful use of nuclear energy is likely to increase the risk of human exposure to low doses of ionizing radiat...