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Introduction to Nuclear Engineering and Ionizing Radiation

Prof. Michael Short · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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About

This course provides an introduction to nuclear science and its engineering applications. 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.

Lectures

Video Lectures

  1. Lecture 1: Radiation History to the Present—Understanding the Discovery of the Neutron 54 min · Video
  2. Lecture 2: Radiation Utilizing Technology 1 h 9 min · Video
  3. Lecture 3: Nuclear Mass and Stability, Nuclear Reactions and Notation, Introduction to Cross Section 54 min · Video
  4. Lecture 4: Binding Energy, the Semi-Empirical Liquid Drop Nuclear Model, and Mass Parabolas 53 min · Video
  5. Lecture 5: Mass Parabolas Continued, Stability, and Half-Life 56 min · Video
  6. Lecture 6: The Q-Equation—The Most General Nuclear Reaction 51 min · Video
  7. Lecture 7: Q-Equation Continued and Examples 52 min · Video
  8. Lecture 8: Radioactive Decay—Modes, Energetics, and Trends 50 min · Video
  9. Lecture 10: Radioactive Decay Continued 1 h 34 min · Video
  10. Lecture 11: Radioactivity and Series Radioactive Decays 55 min · Video
  11. Lecture 12: Numerical Examples of Activity, Half-Life, and Series Decay 1 h 2 min · Video
  12. Lecture 13: Practical Radiation Counting Experiments—Solid Angle, Count Rates, Uncertainty, and Hands-On Gamma Counting and Nuclear Activation Analysis 1 h 35 min · Video
  13. Lecture 14: Photon Interactions with Matter I—Interaction Methods and Gamma Spectral Identification 53 min · Video
  14. Lecture 15: Photon Interaction with Matter II—More Details, Shielding Calculations 50 min · Video
  15. Lecture 16: Nuclear Reactor Construction and Operation 46 min · Video
  16. Lecture 17: Ion-Nuclear Interactions I—Scattering and Stopping Power Derivation, Ion Range 48 min · Video
  17. Lecture 18: Ion-Nuclear Interactions II—Bremsstrahlung, X-Ray Spectra, Cross Sections 53 min · Video
  18. Lecture 19: Uses of Photon and Ion Nuclear Interactions—Characterization Techniques 48 min · Video
  19. Lecture 20: How Nuclear Energy Works 52 min · Video
  20. Lecture 21: Neutron Transport 55 min · Video
  21. Lecture 22: Simplifying Neutron Transport to Neutron Diffusion 49 min · Video
  22. Lecture 23: Solving the Neutron Diffusion Equation, and Criticality Relations 50 min · Video
  23. Lecture 24: Transients, Feedback, and Time-Dependent Neutronics 48 min · Video
  24. Lecture 25: Review of All Nuclear Interactions and Problem Set 7 Help 41 min · Video
  25. Lecture 26: Chernobyl—How It Happened 55 min · Video
  26. Lecture 27: Nuclear Materials—Radiation Damage and Effects in Matter 56 min · Video
  27. Lecture 28: Chernobyl Trip Report by Jake Hecla 53 min · Video
  28. Lecture 29: Nuclear Materials Science Continued 58 min · Video
  29. Lecture 30: Radiation Dose, Dosimetry, and Background Radiation 56 min · Video
  30. Lecture 31: Frontiers in Nuclear Medicine, Where One Finds Ionizing Radiation 52 min · Video
  31. Lecture 32: Chemical and Biological Effects of Radiation, Smelling Nuclear Bullshit 1 h · Video
  32. Lecture 33: Long-Term Biological Effects of Radiation, Statistics, Radiation Risk 51 min · Video
  33. Lecture 34: Radiation Hormesis 1 h 19 min · Video
  34. Lecture 35: Food Irradiation and Its Safety 55 min · Video

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Credits and licence

Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department
Nuclear Science and Engineering
Teacher
Prof. Michael Short
Term
Fall 2016
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Physics, Engineering
Source
MIT OpenCourseWare
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as MIT OpenCourseWare states it. Non-commercial use only. MIT OpenCourseWare's terms
Attribution
Prof. Michael Short. Introduction to Nuclear Engineering and Ionizing Radiation. Fall 2016. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu/. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
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