Equipment Safety in Nuclear Power Engineering

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	345-5401/02
Abbreviation	BZJE
Course title	Equipment Safety in Nuclear Power Engineering
Credits	4
Coordinating department	Department of Mechanical Technology
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Lucie Krejčí, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
1. Basic quantities, units, and principles of radiation protection
2. Biological effects of ionizing radiation and cellular response
3. Medical exposure: indications, requirements for implementation, and equipment
4. Occupational exposure, public exposure, and regulatory limits
5. Regulation of exposure from natural sources and categorization of workplaces
6. Special professional qualifications and authorizations for activities significant to nuclear safety
7. Sources of ionizing radiation, radionuclides, work with radioactive substances and their categorization
8. Radiation emergencies: classification, analysis, and response
9. Radioactive waste and spent fuel management, storage, and disposal
10. Nuclear facility life cycle phases, licensing documentation, and the licensing process
11. Selected facilities, facility modifications, and SÚJB technical solution approval procedures
12. Nuclear material security, physical protection, and prevention of unauthorized activities
13. Nuclear safety definitions and requirements; examples of pressurized water reactors (PWR/VVER) and safety-critical systems

Literature

STATE OFFICE FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY. Nuclear safety, radiation protection and administration in matters of chemical and biological weapons: study texts for the special part of the administrative exam. Field of civil service no. 58. Prague: State Office for Nuclear Safety, December 2024. 69 p. [online]. Available from: https://vlada.gov.cz/assets/Statni_sluzba/urednicka_zkouska/materialy_k_uz/UT_58-Jaderna_bezpecnost_radiacni_ochrana_sprava_ve_vecech_chemickych_a_biologickych_zbrani_2025_-_20241227.pdf [cit. 02/15/2026].
Czech Republic. Act No. 263/2016 Coll., on the Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy and Ionising Radiation (Atomic Act). Collection of Laws, 2016, No. 263/2016 Coll. [online]. Available from: https://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/2016-263. [Cited 02/15/2026]
Czech Republic. Act No. 255/2012 Coll., on Control (Control Act). Collection of Laws, 2012, No. 255/2012 Coll. [online]. Available from: https://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/2012-255. [Cited 02/15/2026]
Czech Republic. Act No. 500/2004 Coll., Administrative Procedure Code. Collection of Laws, 2004, No. 500/2004 Coll. [online]. Available from: https://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/2004-500. [Cited 02/15/2026]
Czech Republic. Act No. 19/1997 Coll., on Certain Measures Related to the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Collection of Laws, 1997, No. 19/1997 Coll. [online]. Available from: https://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/1997-19. [Cited 02/15/2026]
Czech Republic. Act No. 281/2002 Coll., on Certain Measures Related to the Prohibition of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons. Collection of Laws, 2002, No. 281/2002 Coll. [online]. Available from: https://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/2002-281. [Cited 02/15/2026]
Czech Republic. Decree No. 422/2016 Coll., on Radiation Protection and the Security of Radionuclide Sources. Collection of Laws, 2016, No. 422/2016 Coll. [online]. Available from: https://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/2016-422. [Cited 02/15/2026]
Czech Republic. Decree No. 374/2016 Coll., on the Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials and the Reporting of Related Data. Collection of Laws, 2016, No. 374/2016 Coll. [online]. Available from: https://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/2016-374. [Cited 02/15/2026]
Czech Republic. Decree No. 375/2016 Coll., on Selected Items in the Nuclear Field. Collection of Laws, 2016, No. 375/2016 Coll. [online]. Available from: https://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/2016-375. [Cited 02/15/2026]

Advised literature

Czech Republic. Decree No. 376/2016 Coll., on Dual Use Items in the Nuclear Field. Collection of Laws, 2016, No. 376/2016 Coll. [online]. Available from: https://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/2016-376. [Cited 02/15/2026]
Czech Republic. Decree No. 377/2016 Coll., on Requirements for the Safe Handling of Radioactive Waste and on Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities or Workplaces of Category III or IV. Collection of Laws, 2016, No. 377/2016 Coll. [online]. Available from: https://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/2016-377. [Cited 02/15/2026]
Czech Republic. Decree No. 459/2020 Coll., on the Implementation of Certain Measures Related to the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Collection of Laws, 2020, No. 459/2020 Coll. [online]. Available from: https://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/2020-459. [Cited 02/15/2026]
Czech Republic. Decree No. 409/2016 Coll., on Activities Especially Important for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection, Special Professional Competence and the Training of the Person Ensuring Radiation Protection of the Registrant. Collection of Laws, 2016, No. 409/2016 Coll. [online]. Available from: https://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/2016-409. [Cited 02/15/2026]
Czech Republic. Decree No. 474/2002 Coll., Implementing Act No. 281/2002 Coll., on Certain Measures Related to the Prohibition of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on the Amendment of the Trade Licensing Act. Collection of Laws, 2002, No. 474/2002 Coll. [online]. Available from: https://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/2002-474. [Cited 02/15/2026]

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