Required Technical Competencies cont'd -1.1732E+11

DOE-STD-1173-2003

Identify and discuss essential elements of deterministic and probabilistic risk

assessment techniques.

Identify and discuss the methods used to determine and analyze failure modes.

Discuss the methods used in the calculation of criticality safety, source term,

environmental transport, and dose assessment activities including commonly

used computer models.

Discuss the methods used to identify and categorize the hazards associated with

Department nuclear systems.

Criticality safety personnel shall demonstrate a familiarity level knowledge of

terminology associated with probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) techniques.

Supporting Knowledge and/or Skills

Define the following terms with respect to probabilistic risk assessments:

Availability

Unavailability

Risk

Safety

Accident sequence

Dominant contributors

Minimal cut set

Define the following terms and differentiate between the associated processes:

Event tree

Fault tree

Criticality safety personnel shall demonstrate a working level knowledge of

calculational methods used in criticality safety evaluations.

Supporting Knowledge and/or Skills

Identify and discuss the application of several common hand calculation methods

(i.e., buckling method, solid angle method, surface density and density analog).

Prepare an example using each one of the hand calculational methods listed

above.