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Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Reactors

<p>Should Australia embrace nuclear energy? This is a question which will, undoubtedly, be the subject of intense debate in the coming months. Citizens wishing to engage in this debate should

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Should Australia embrace nuclear energy? This is a question which will, undoubtedly, be the subject of intense debate in the coming months. Citizens wishing to engage in this debate should endeavour to do so from a knowledge base, more than emotions, valid though these may be. In this lecture you will be presented with one component of that knowledge base: what is nuclear fission; how does a nuclear reactor actually work; what commercial reactor designs are in use around the world; how safe are nuclear reactors, given past accidents?

DELIVERY MODE

  • Face-to-Face

COURSE OUTLINE

  • Basic nuclear science: nuclear decay processes.
  • How do nuclear reactors operate in the real world.

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

  1. Explain to their friends how a nuclear reactor works

Michael Box

BSc, PhD
Michael has 30 years teaching University Physics at UNSW, with a special interest in Atmospheric Science and has over 100 peer-reviewed publications, mostly in this field. He is the co-author of...