Introduction to nuclear – LO – Understand

Understand advantages and disadvantages in determining uranium concentration in water by alpha spectrometry and Inductively Coupled Plasma mass spectrometry

Introduction to nuclear – LO – Analyse the spectra

Analyse the spectra of two radioisotopes of plutonium using different devices, a portable sodium iodide and a GMX HPGe detector

Introduction to nuclear – LO – Describe some

Describe some methods and techniques for measuring various types of radiation fields, used in the Politecnico di Milano Nuclear Measurements Lab

Introduction to nuclear – LO – Describe why

Describe why some radionuclides cannot be easily detected and measured and how to deal with them.

Introduction to nuclear – LO – Describe how

Describe how neutrons are produced, how they can be classified and how they can be detected

Introduction to nuclear – LO – Describe scintillation

Describe scintillation and semiconductor detectors and how they are used to detect gamma rays

Introduction to nuclear – LO – Describe the main

Describe the main features of nuclear reactions and how to measure the so-called reaction cross-section.

Introduction to nuclear – LO – Recall

Recall the different radioactive decay modes and the related properties

Introduction to nuclear – LO – List and describe

List and describe the main characteristics of the radioactive decay

Control and replan – LO – Remember

Remember the main typologies of risk approaches in project management.