Master's in Science and Digital Technologies for Health

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 compile an inventory of natural, induced, and artificial radioactivity.

Hourly volumes:

Lectures: 12 hours
Tutorials: 8 hours
Lab: 0 hours
Fieldwork: 0 hours

Required prerequisites:

A bachelor's degree in science or health sciences.

Recommended prerequisites:

All is well

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Knowledge Assessment:

written exam / final exam

Course Outline:

  • General Information:
    • History and Discoveries
    • Description of Radioactive Decay Processes
    • The Concept of a Decline Period
    • Concepts of Radioelements and Radionuclides
    • Fertile or fissile material
    • Fission reaction and fission products
  • Radioactive decay chains:
    • 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:
    • The Case of Families with Natural Population Decline 
    • The Unique Role of Radon 
    • Applications of Geochemical Dating Methods 
  • List of Radioactive Phenomena:
    • Naturally Occurring Radioactive Phenomena
    • Artificially Induced Radioactive Phenomena
    • Induced phenomena
    • Anthropogenic contribution
    • The Role of Radon in the Radioecotoxicological Inventory
    • Chemical, physical, radiochemical, geochemical, and medical applications

Director: N. Dacheux, ICSM, UM
Administrative contact(s): Claudie Fabry