This course provides an introduction to nuclear science and its engineering applications.
FREE
This course includes
Hours of videos
944 years, 4 months
Units & Quizzes
34
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Certificate of Completion
It describes basic nuclear models, radioactivity, nuclear reactions, and kinematics; covers the interaction of ionizing radiation with matter, with an emphasis on radiation detection, radiation shielding, and radiation effects on human health; and presents energy systems based on fission and fusion nuclear reactions, as well as industrial and medical applications of nuclear science.
Course Currilcum
- Radiation History to the Present—Understanding the Discovery of the Neutron Unlimited
- Radiation Utilizing Technology Unlimited
- Nuclear Mass and Stability, Nuclear Reactions and Notation, Introduction to Cross Section Unlimited
- Binding Energy, the Semi-Empirical Liquid Drop Nuclear Model, and Mass Parabolas Unlimited
- Mass Parabolas Continued, Stability, and Half-Life Unlimited
- The Q-Equation—The Most General Nuclear Reaction Unlimited
- Q-Equation Continued and Examples Unlimited
- Radioactive Decay—Modes, Energetics, and Trends Unlimited
- Radioactive Decay Continued Unlimited
- Radioactivity and Series Radioactive Decays Unlimited
- Numerical Examples of Activity, Half-Life, and Series Decay Unlimited
- Practical Radiation Counting Experiments—Solid Angle, Count Rates, Uncertainty, and Hands-On Gamma Counting and Nuclear Activation Analysis Unlimited
- Photon Interactions with Matter I—Interaction Methods and Gamma Spectral Identification Unlimited
- Photon Interaction with Matter II—More Details, Shielding Calculations Unlimited
- Nuclear Reactor Construction and Operation Unlimited
- Ion-Nuclear Interactions I—Scattering and Stopping Power Derivation, Ion Range Unlimited
- Ion-Nuclear Interactions II—Bremsstrahlung, X-Ray Spectra, Cross Sections Unlimited
- Uses of Photon and Ion Nuclear Interactions—Characterization Techniques Unlimited
- How Nuclear Energy Works Unlimited
- Neutron Transport Unlimited
- Simplifying Neutron Transport to Neutron Diffusion Unlimited
- Solving the Neutron Diffusion Equation, and Criticality Relations Unlimited
- Transients, Feedback, and Time-Dependent Neutronics Unlimited
- Review of All Nuclear Interactions and Problem Set 7 Help Unlimited
- Chernobyl—How It Happened Unlimited
- Nuclear Materials—Radiation Damage and Effects in Matter Unlimited
- Chernobyl Trip Report by Jake Hecla Unlimited
- Nuclear Materials Science Continued Unlimited
- Radiation Dose, Dosimetry, and Background Radiation Unlimited
- Frontiers in Nuclear Medicine, Where One Finds Ionizing Radiation Unlimited
- Chemical and Biological Effects of Radiation, Smelling Nuclear Bullshit Unlimited
- Long-Term Biological Effects of Radiation, Statistics, Radiation Risk Unlimited
- Radiation Hormesis Unlimited
- Food Irradiation and Its Safety Unlimited
