NE200 : Intro. to Nuclear Engineering

Overview

Atomic nuciei (Atom Structure, Nuclides & Isotopes, Binding Energy). Ractivity (Alpha Decay, Beta Decay, Other decay Modes, Natural radioactive series, The Decay law, Radioactivity Calculations). Nuclear reactions (Q-Value Equation, Reaction Cross Section, Reaction Rates(. Interaction of radiation with matter (Heavy Charged particle, Fast electrons, Electromagnetic Radiation, Neutrons). Radaition detection and measurment (Introduction to Radiation Detection, Gas Detectors, Scintillation Detectors, Semiconductor Detectors, Neutron Detectors). Radaition doses and biological effect of radaition (Radiation Dose Units, Radiation Doses Calculations, Shielding). Reactors (Nuclear Fission Reaction, Reactor Main Constituents, Neutron Multiplication, Nuclear Fusion). Aplication of radioisotopes and radaition ( Radio-activation Analysis, Isotopic Power Generators, Medical Application, ect).