Fire Modeling for Nuclear Engineering Professionals

The University of Tennessee (UT), College of Engineering, proposes to the U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission (NRC) an innovative, one-year program to improve the level of teaching

risk-informed, performance-based fire protection engineering (RI-PB FPE) assessment methods

to UT Nuclear Engineering students and professionals. Using the engineering assessment

methods cited in U.S. NRC Regulations NUREG 1805, 1824, and CR-6850; and the National

Fire Protection Association's NFPA 805, the team will deliver a new standalone capstone

course entitled “Computer Fire Modeling for Nuclear Engineering Professionals.” The project

team for this initiative consists of two experienced UT faculty members, each with

complementary backgrounds in fire protection and nuclear engineering. The short-term benefits

include both the broadening of faculty teaching competencies and a more knowledgeable

workforce of student graduates. All lesson plans and educational materials from this course will

be made available for peer review and dissemination, as directed by the NRC.