HAC716C Fundamentals of Radioactivity (2 ECTS)
Overview
Description:
The objective of this course is to provide students with a broad foundation of knowledge covering the description of radioactive decay phenomena and to provide an overview of natural, induced, and artificial radioactivity.
Hourly volumes:
Lectures: 12 hours
Tutorials: 8 hours
Lab sessions: 0 hours
Fieldwork: 0 hours
Required prerequisites:
Bachelor's degree in science or health sciences.
Recommended prerequisites:
No changes
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Assessment:
written exam / final exam
Course Syllabus:
- General Information:
- History and Discoveries
- Description of radioactive decay processes
- The concept of a period of decline
- Concepts of radioelements and radionuclides
- Fertile or fissile material
- Fission reaction and fission products
- Radioactive decay:
- Examples of affiliation with one or more bodies
- Extension of the problem to n-body systems (Bateman's law)
- Impact on the upstream portion of the nuclear power cycle
- Impact on the management of certain types of nuclear waste
- Radioactive families:
- Cases of families with natural population decline
- The unique role of radon
- Applications of geochemical dating methods
- Inventory of radioactive phenomena:
- Naturally occurring radioactive phenomena
- Artificially induced radioactive phenomena
- Induced phenomena
- Human-induced contribution
- The Role of Radon in the Radio-Ecotoxicological Inventory
- Chemical, physical, radiochemical, geochemical, and medical applications
Director: N. Dacheux, ICSM, UM
Administrative contact(s): Claudie Fabry