HAC716C Basics of radioactivity (2 ECTS)
Presentation
Description:
The aim of this U.E. is to provide students with a broad base of knowledge, from the description of radioactive decay phenomena to an inventory of natural, induced and artificial radioactivity.
Hourly volumes :
CM : 12 h
TD : 8 h
TP : 0 h
Field : 0 h
Prerequisites :
L3 in science or health.
Recommended prerequisites :
R.A.S
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Assessment of knowledge :
written exam / final test
Syllabus :
- General information :
- History and discoveries
- Description of radioactive decay phenomena
- Notion of decay period
- Concepts of radioelement and radionuclide
- Fertile or fissile material
- Fission reaction and fission products
- Radioactive affiliations :
- Examples of filiation to one or more bodies
- Extension of the problem to the case of n-body filiations (Bateman's law)
- Consequences for the upstream part of the nuclear power cycle
- Consequences for the management of certain types of nuclear waste
- Radioactive families :
- Natural decay families
- The special role of radon
- Applications in geochemical dating methods
- Inventory of radioactive phenomena :
- Radioactive phenomena of natural origin
- Man-made radioactive phenomena
- Induced phenomena
- Anthropogenic contribution
- Radon's role in the radio-ecotoxicological inventory
- Chemical, physical, radiochemical, geochemical and medical applications
Manager: N. Dacheux, ICSM, UM
Administrative contact(s): Claudie Fabry