• Level of study

    BAC +3

  • ECTS

    3 credits

  • Component

    Faculty of Science

  • Hourly volume

    27h

Description

Study of the basic principles of the physics of the nucleus in view of concrete applications in everyday life. This course aims at giving the basic elements of nuclear physics in order to present the applications of radioactivity and nuclear energy in the industrial field (Physics of Nuclear Reactors, Fuels), in the medical field (Nuclear Imaging), or in the field of radioprotection (Measuring devices, units...)

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Objectives

To provide students with an overview of what constitutes applied nuclear physics in everyday life today.

To make the student capable of performing simple calculations on all the topics covered in order to obtain orders of magnitude very quickly.

To have a clear scientific opinion on the notion of Nuclear Energy in order to be able to put it back in the notion of Energy in the broad sense.

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Necessary pre-requisites

Mastery of all the physics and mathematics notions of L1 and L2

Recommended prerequisites*: Differential equations, notions of thermics....

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Knowledge control

100% CT

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Syllabus

Introduction and history of nuclear physics

The atom. Mass, energy. Conservation laws. Wave-corpuscle duality. Units. Energy levels

The core and its components

Interaction radiation matterĀ 

Natural radioactivity, decay, half-life... Classical reactions: alpha, beta, gamma

Artificial radioactivity and induced reaction: fission, fusion

Physics of nuclear reactors: fuel, power plants, energy, basic neutronics, reactor thermics, ...examples

Radiation protection: effects of radiation on the human body, units, measuring devices

Notions of nuclear medicine: imaging, treatments...

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Additional information

CM : 13.5 h

TD : 13.5 h

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