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Foundation Degree in HVAC Energy Engineering and Foundation Degree in Construction Engineering  

Like the Foundation Degree in Nuclear Decommissioning, these courses have been tailored to the needs of the nuclear industry. The courses cover the theory and practice for the construction, operation and maintenance of buildings and the services within them. In both courses the work environment is used as a contextual tool and it also provides a vehicle for learning. Industrial speakers enhance the integration of study with practice. The HVAC course emphasizes nuclear ventilation, an area of skill shortage. With the Construction course the emphasis is on the breadth of management and technical skills needed to operate effectively in the workplace, from aspects of procurement and measurement to structural design. Where the course operates on or close to a remote nuclear site, employers also get the benefit of HE education without excessive travelling, enabling a half-day release and evening study instead of a full-day release from the workplace, but with no detriment to the study time

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Postgraduate Certificate in English for Nuclear Decommissioning (factsheet)  

The Postgraduate Certificate in English for Nuclear Decommissioning has been designed as a full-time course for the overseas nuclear engineers and experts involved in planning, implementing and controlling international nuclear decommissioning projects. The course involves four modules of which three language modules are taught at Preston Campus in the initial language development stage of the course to prepare the student for the final part of the course. This is delivered at Westlakes Research Institute in West Cumbria, where the student will concentrate on developing their specific professional knowledge and skills in the last module of the programme. The programme also involves strong practical elements with guest speakers from the industry and expertise on the field as well as physical industrial visits to nuclear power plants.

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MSc, PG Dip, PG Cert in Energy and Environmental Engineering (Nuclear Decommissioning) (factsheet)  

Energy and the environment is a new and rapidly growing field of sustainability, which is “meeting the needs of the future without compromising the ability of future generations". Solving global energy problems is a great challenge to human ingenuity. What would be a major source of energy: oil, nuclear energy, renewable energy (wind, biomass, solar, waves)? The UK Government has announced plans to switch towards renewable energy and away from fossil fuels. At the same time, the Government has a special approach to development of nuclear energy, including a consultation exercise about the future of nuclear power and a focus on nuclear decommissioning programmes. It is important for society to develop different energy technologies, to improve energy efficiency, to reduce environmental pollution, to implement nuclear decommissioning and waste management. This course deals with the scientific and technical aspects of these issues with a specific focus on nuclear decommissioning.

Increasingly, both across the UK and internationally, nuclear and environmental scientists and engineers are developing clean and safe methods of nuclear decommissioning. There is a need for specialists, who understand the technological and environmental principles behind nuclear decommissioning. This programme is designed to provide those skills. It draws on existing strengths in the University in built environment, energy and the environment, nuclear decommissioning, risk assessment and management studies. This programme is delivered together with postgraduate programmes in Building Services and Fire Engineering. This course is unique in providing the skills needed for specialists in energy, environment and nuclear decommissioning.

Foundation Degree in Nuclear Project Management and Programme Control  (factsheet)

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Foundation Degree in Nuclear Related Technology  

The Foundation Degrees in Nuclear Related Technology and Nuclear Project Management and Programme Controls provide an opportunity to meet some of the key skill shortages within the nuclear industry.  The industry has identified these skills priority areas in partnership with UCLan and GENII Engineering & Technology Training.

In particular, the Sellafield site requires a new generation of engineers/scientists who will have a broad knowledge in science, nuclear and engineering related disciplines with developed and enhanced research and analytical skills. Three main vocational areas have been identified which include:

• Science & Process  (factsheet)
• Commissioning & Maintenance (factsheet)
• Instrumentation & Control (factsheet)

As in the case of the Foundation Degree in Nuclear Decommissioning, these courses are delivered via Lakes College West Cumbria, GenII Engineering & Technology Training Ltd and  Sellafield Limited as well as Carlisle College. These courses are NSAN endorsed.

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BSc / BEng top-up degree in Nuclear Related Technology / Decommissioning  

A top-up award will be developed by the Centre at an early stage to allow successful graduates from all of the Foundation Degrees listed above to progress to complete a full honours degree within 1 year after exiting the FD. This course will accept students from all degrees and franchise sites and offer a number of the developed modules for CPD purposes.

Certificate and CPD : Scientific and Technical Aspects of Nuclear Waste

The Course provides expert knowledge of best practice in nuclear waste management, develops skills that will enable participants to seek improved, costeffective and regulatory-acceptable methods when working at the
forefront of waste treatment and management on nuclear licensed sites.

The course has been developed in conjunction with industry experts in each field and is supported by NSAN. A factsheet is available.

Key Areas Studied:

• Radiation and radiological protection
• Radioactive waste regulation andlegislation
• Waste categorisation and life cycles
• Chemistry of actinides and fission products: their relevance to radioactive waste management
• Decontamination processes
• Reactor technology
• The design of new nuclear facillities
• Innovative science and technology for future nuclear fuel cycles and technologies