Graduate Catalog

NUCE 606 Radiation Measurement and Applications

This course provides a theoretical and hands-on understanding of radiation detection and measurements and its applications in measurements and analysis. Topics include a review of radiation interactions and the physical principles of detection and measurements, radiation detection electronics, uncertainty and error analysis in measurements, gas filled detectors, scintillation detectors, semiconductor detectors, spectroscopy analysis, background sources of radiation, neutron detectors, applications in radiation detection, security and safeguards.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Undergraduate level knowledge of calculus.

Offered

Fall Spring