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The nuclear predicament or nuclear option. Synopsis of three lectures :
1- The physical basis of nuclear technology. Physics of fission. Chain reaction in reactors and weapons. Fission fragments. Separation of isotopes. Radiochemistry.
2- Nuclear reactors with slow and fast neutrons. Power, size, fuel and waste. Plutonium production. Dose rate, shielding and health hazard. The lessons of Chernobyl.
3- Nuclear weapons. Types, energy, blast and fallout. Fusion and hydrogen bombs. What to do with nuclear weapons when you cannot use them? Testing. Nonmilittary use. Can we get rid of the nuclear weapon? Nuclear proliferation. Is there a nuclear future?.
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0:05:50 Slide 2
0:11:40 Slide 3
0:17:30 Slide 4
0:23:20 Slide 5
0:29:10 Slide 6
0:34:59 Slide 7
0:40:49 Slide 8
The talk
Credits and licence
- Institution
- CERN
- Department
- CERN Academic Training Lecture,288
- Speaker
- Antonio Pich
- Year
- 1993
- Level
- Graduate
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Physics
- Source
- CERN
- Licence
- CERN, as CERN states it. CERN's terms
- Attribution
- © CERN. CERN provides its audiovisual media free of charge for educational and informational use, credited to CERN; this lecture is shown in CERN's own player.
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