2017-2018 Graduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHYS 6613 - Radioactivity and Radiation in the Environment


Prerequisites: ENVS 6600  and CHEM 6601 , or permission of instructor. Basic principles of nuclear structure and radioactivity; the interaction of radiation with matter and biological effects of radiation; natural and man-made sources of radiation in the environment. The second half of the course focuses on long-term environmental effects of radiation accidents (e.g., Chernobyl and others) and the problems of nuclear waste disposal, plutonium inventories from nuclear weapons, natural radon in buildings, and similar concerns. (See also ENVS 6613 .)
3 credit hours.