Class 6

Class 6: Reactors, The Nuclear Proliferation Challenge and the spread of Nuclear Technology

Class 6 Readings: Paul Bracken, “The Second Nuclear Age”, pages 1-90

Lecture on: (Presented by guest lecturer Chris Poresky)

Reactors
• Basics of Reactor Physics and Design
• Criticality
• Types of Reactors

Professor Nacht’s Lecture:
The Nuclear Proliferation Challenge and the spread of Nuclear Technology