Introducing Nuclear Security Topics Through Synergizing Several Existing Courses in Nuclear Engineering Curriculum of Universitas Gadjah Mada

Recently, nuclear security has become a global issue in developing nuclear technology, but it is still new issue in Indonesia. Universitas Gadjah Mada as the only one university in Indonesia offerring nuclear engineering curriculum, realizes how important this issue, and hence the university has to play a key role in introducing this issue to the Indonesian, especially to the student. The challenge is how to introduce it effectively without disturbing the existing curriculum. To overcome this challenge, synergy of four existing courses (nuclear reactor design, nuclear reactor analysis, research methodology and nuclear reactor safety) has been conducted. Several working groups consists of students of four courses were assigned to design a robust nuclear reactor safety and security system. During a semester nuclear security topic was introduce to student. Table top exercise was also used to drive student to a more realistic picture. Pre and post questionnaires were given to measure their understanding. Several conceptual nuclear reactor safety and security systems that were made by the student groups are still relied on safety analysis, because nuclear security is a new issue in Indonesia. Based on questionnaires, their understanding on nuclear security concepts are also significantly improved. Although, several matters are still difficult to understand due to the limited time to lecture, and hence an improvement is still needed.