Understanding Nuclear Energy

The videos on this page give you a overview of the contents of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) initiated and made by the GENTLE consortium. To give you a flavour of what is treated in this course, see the lectures below:

1. Fundamentals of nuclear science
   • The atomic model
   • Radioactive decay
   • Interaction of radiation with matter
   • Radiation protection dosimetry
   • Nuclear reactions and the fission process
2. Nuclear fission rector principles
   • Neutron life cycle in a nuclear reactor
   • Neutron diffusion in a nuclear reactor
   • Principles of a nuclear reactor
   • Nuclear reactor materials, part 1
   • Nuclear reactor materials, part 2
3. Light water reactor systems and safety
   • Light Water Reactor systems
   • Reactor safety fundamentals
   • Accidents in nuclear power plants
   • LWR dynamics and control, part 1
   • LWR dynamics and control, part 2
   • Thermal hydraulics experiments
4. The nuclear fuel cycle
   • Uranium
   • Front end of the fuel cycle
   • Nuclear fuel during irradiation
   • Fuel cycle options
   • Interim storage and final disposal
5. Life cycle analysis and social aspects
   • Life cycle assessment of nuclear energy
   • Economics of nuclear energy
   • Introduction to nuclear security
   • Introduction to safeguards
   • Nuclear decommissioning
6. Next generation nuclear power
   • Liquid metal cooled recators
   • Accelerator driven systems
   • Principles of molten salt reactora
   • Small modular reactors, part 1
   • Small modular reactors, part 2
   • Innovative Gas cooled reactors

For more information, please contact  j.l.kloosterman (at) tudelft.nl