HAC716C Fundamentals of Radioactivity (2 ECTS)
Presentation
Description:
The objective of this course unit is to provide students with a broad knowledge base ranging from the description of radioactive decay phenomena to the compilation of an inventory of natural, induced, and artificial radioactivity.
Hourly volumes:
CM: 12 hours
TD: 8 hours
TP: 0 hours
Field: 0 hours
Required prerequisites:
L3 science or health.
Recommended prerequisites:
Nothing to report
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Knowledge assessment:
written exam / final exam
Syllabus:
- General information:
- History and discoveries
- Description of radioactive decay phenomena
- Concept of decay period
- Concepts of radioelement and radionuclide
- Fertile or fissile material
- Fission reaction and fission products
- Radioactive decay chains:
- Examples of affiliation to one or more bodies
- Extension of the problem to the case of n-body lineages (Bateman's law)
- Impact on the upstream part of the nuclear power cycle
- Impact on the management of certain nuclear wastes
- Radioactive families:
- Case of families with natural decline
- Special role of radon
- Applications in geochemical dating methods
- Inventory of radioactive phenomena:
- Naturally occurring radioactive phenomena
- Artificial radioactive phenomena
- Induced phenomena
- Anthropogenic contribution
- Role of Radon in the Radioecotoxicological Inventory
- Chemical, physical, radiochemical, geochemical, and medical applications
Responsible: N. Dacheux, ICSM, UM
Administrative contact(s): Claudie Fabry