Nuclear Engineering: Science, Systems and Society (Spring 2020) (M-I-T)

• Course Intro (M-I-T)
• What is Radiation? What is Ionizing Radiation? (M-I-T)
• What is an Isotope? (M-I-T)
•  Types of Ionizing Radiation  (M-I-T)
•  Emission of Ionizing Radiation (M-I-T)
• When is a Photon Also a Gamma Ray?  (M-I-T)
• Nuclear Reactions - Like Chemistry with a Twist (M-I-T)
• Matter IS Energy - Using E=mc^2  (M-I-T)
• The Nature of Radiation Energy I - Nuclear Binding Energies  (M-I-T)
• The Nature of Radiation Energy II - Nuclear Binding Energies  (M-I-T)
•  The Q-Value - How Much Matter Becomes Kinetic Energy (M-I-T)
•  Example Q-Values: Radioactive Decay  (M-I-T)
• Taking a Step Back - Relative Energetics of Types of Radiation (M-I-T)
• Module 1.1. Summary - What Have We Learned So Far?  (M-I-T)
•  Our Radiation Detector - The Geiger Counter  (M-I-T)
• Radioactive Decay and Decay Diagrams  (M-I-T)
• Trickier Modes of Radioactive Decay (M-I-T)
•  Finding and Using Radioactive Decay Diagrams (M-I-T)
• Reading More Complex Decay Diagrams (M-I-T)
• How Much Radiation Is Emitted During Radioactive Decay? (M-I-T)
• Quantifying Radioactivity - A Visual Example  (M-I-T)
• The Units of Radioactivity (M-I-T)
• Radioactive Half Lives and Decay Constants  (M-I-T)
• Specific Activity - How Radioactive Is a Substance?  (M-I-T)
• Where Do You Find Radiation, and How Much?  (M-I-T)