MIT 22.01 Introduction to Nuclear Engineering and Ionizing Radiation, Fall 2016
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1 modules • 34 lessons • 31.5 hours of video
MIT 22.01 Introduction to Nuclear Engineering and Ionizing Radiation, Fall 2016
34 lessons
• 31.5 hours
MIT 22.01 Introduction to Nuclear Engineering and Ionizing Radiation, Fall 2016
34 lessons
• 31.5 hours
- 1. Radiation History to the Present — Understanding the Discovery of the Neutron 53:32
- 2. Radiation Utilizing Technology 01:08:35
- 3. Nuclear Mass and Stability, Nuclear Reactions and Notation, Introduction to Cross Section 53:56
- 4. Binding Energy, the Semi-Empirical Liquid Drop Nuclear Model, and Mass Parabolas 52:08
- 5. Mass Parabolas Continued, Stability, and Half Life 55:37
- 6. The Q-Equation — The Most General Nuclear Reaction 50:09
- 7. Q-Equation Continued and Examples 52:00
- 8. Radioactive Decay — Modes, Energetics, and Trends 50:00
- 10. Radioactive Decay Continued 01:33:18
- 11. Radioactivity and Series Radioactive Decays 54:11
- 12. Numerical Examples of Activity, Half Life, and Series Decay 01:01:04
- 13. Practical Radiation Counting Experiments 01:34:18
- 14. Photon Interactions with Matter I — Interaction Methods and Gamma Spectral Identification 52:52
- 15. Photon Interaction with Matter II — More Details, Shielding Calculations 49:58
- 16. Nuclear Reactor Construction and Operation 45:59
- 17. Ion-Nuclear Interactions I — Scattering and Stopping Power Derivation, Ion Range 47:43
- 18. Ion-Nuclear Interactions II — Bremsstrahlung, X-Ray Spectra, Cross Sections 52:12
- 19. Uses of Photon and Ion Nuclear Interactions — Characterization Techniques 47:16
- 20. How Nuclear Energy Works 51:05
- 21. Neutron Transport 54:22
- 22. Simplifying Neutron Transport to Neutron Diffusion 48:35
- 23. Solving the Neutron Diffusion Equation, and Criticality Relations 49:12
- 24. Transients, Feedback, and Time-Dependent Neutronics 47:56
- 25. Review of All Nuclear Interactions and Problem Set 7 Help 40:55
- 26. Chernobyl — How It Happened 54:24
- 27. Nuclear Materials — Radiation Damage and Effects in Matter 55:54
- 28. Chernobyl Trip Report by Jake Hecla 52:07
- 29. Nuclear Materials Science Continued 57:49
- 30. Radiation Dose, Dosimetry, and Background Radiation 55:23
- 31. Frontiers in Nuclear Medicine, Where One Finds Ionizing Radiation (Background and Other Sources) 51:40
- 32. Chemical and Biological Effects of Radiation, Smelling Nuclear Bullshit 59:36
- 33. Long-Term Biological Effects of Radiation, Statistics, Radiation Risk 51:01
- 34. Radiation Hormesis 01:18:27
- 35. Food Irradiation and Its Safety 54:51
