Graduate Certificate in Nuclear Safeguards and Security

Program Overview

The Graduate Certificate in Nuclear Safeguards and Security at UNLV equips students with technical expertise in nuclear safeguards and security, enabling them to develop engineering solutions and work effectively in interdisciplinary teams. The program prepares graduates for careers in nuclear engineering, nonproliferation, and related fields, fostering ethical and professional conduct.

Program Outline

Outline:

The Graduate Certificate in Nuclear Safeguards and Security (NSS) program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is designed to provide graduate students and practicing engineers with a comprehensive education in nuclear safeguards and security. The program's objectives are to:

• Provide students with the technical competence in nuclear safeguards and security areas of the nuclear engineering discipline.
• Enable students to develop engineering solutions for nuclear safeguards and security based on radiation detection systems, radiation sources, and data analysis systems.
• Foster students' ability to work within an interdisciplinary team and communicate effectively with their peers and colleagues, conducting themselves in an ethical and professional manner.

Careers:

The NSS Certificate program is designed to provide current engineers with the components to help train and maintain a well-qualified workforce in nuclear safeguards and security, and nonproliferation fields. Graduates of the program will be technically competent in nuclear safeguards and security areas of the nuclear engineering discipline and will be able to develop engineering solutions for nuclear safeguards and security based on radiation detection systems, radiation sources, and data analysis systems. They will also be able to work within an interdisciplinary team and communicate effectively with their peers and colleagues, conducting themselves in an ethical and professional manner. Graduates will be able to find gainful employment locally or nationally, and function effectively in a progressing nuclear engineering field.