Nuclear Warfare - PHYSICS 20061, SS2012 - University of Notre Dame

Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:30am - 10:45am

Date	Topic
January 17	Introduction and Overview
January 19	Modern Warfare in the 20^th Century
January 24	The Development of Nuclear Science
January 26	Terminology of Nuclear Energy
January 31	Accelerators as New Tools
February 2	The Beginning of the Nuclear Age
February 7	Oak Ridge & Los Alamos
February 9	The Dawn of the Nuclear Age
February 14	Hiroshima
February 16	Nagasaki
February 21	Effects of Nuclear Weapons
February 23	Thermal effects
February 28	Natural Radioactivity
March 1	Radiation Detection
March 6	Radiation Effects of a Nuclear Bomb
March 8	Cold War and Proliferation
March 13	Spring Break
March 15	Spring Break
March 20	The Hydrogen Bomb
March 22	Nuclear Proliferation
March 27	Midterm Exam
March 29	The Bomb Test Programs
April 3	The Nuclear Test Program
April 5	ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
April 10	Radiation Fallout
April 12	¹³¹I Fallout from Nevada Tests
April 17	Nuclear Winter
April 19	The New Fear: Terrorists!
April 24	The Nuclear Weapons Fuel Cycle
April 26	New kids on the block?
May 1
May 3
May 8

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