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* Pressure - temperature - ideal gases - brownian motion - radiative ablation - ionization - plasmas | * Pressure - temperature - ideal gases - brownian motion - radiative ablation - ionization - plasmas | ||
* The atom - the nucleus - periodic table - size scales (electron vs proton vs neutron vs alpha particle vs large nucleus vs atomic radius vs molecular size) | * The atom - the nucleus - periodic table - size scales (electron vs proton vs neutron vs alpha particle vs large nucleus vs atomic radius vs molecular size) | ||
* Electodynamics - strong nuclear force - weak nuclear force - quantum tunneling - | * Shell models of the atom and nucleus - Coulomb potentials - Yukawa potentials - neutron absorption and scattering | ||
* Electodynamics - strong nuclear force - weak nuclear force - quantum tunneling | |||
** Thermal neutrons can't classically cross Coulomb repulsions, but tunneling permits π-induced fission | |||
* Stable and unstable isotopes - half-life / expected time to decay | |||
* Radiations (alpha, beta, gamma) - transmutations (there are many!) | |||
* Liquid drop model - superdeformation - hyperdeformation | * Liquid drop model - superdeformation - hyperdeformation | ||
===Reactor Physics/Fuel Cycle=== | ===Reactor Physics/Fuel Cycle=== | ||
* Oklo (Gabon) natural reactor - Natural materials: | |||
** Uranium. Terrestrial uranium ore of this epoch tends toward a 99.284%/0.711%/0.0058% <sup>238</sup>/<sup>235</sup>/<sup>234</sup>U split. | |||
** Thorium. | |||
* Neutron moderators - fueling - MOX - breeders - feedbacks - inherently safe designs | * Neutron moderators - fueling - MOX - breeders - feedbacks - inherently safe designs | ||
* Four-factor formula - criticality control - fuel burnup - fission products - fission poisons - | * Four-factor formula - criticality control - fuel burnup - fission products - fission poisons - <sup>135</sup>Xe - <sup>149</sup>Sm | ||
* Intertial confinement fusion - hydromagnetic confinement fusion - cold fusion - bubble fusion | * Intertial confinement fusion - hydromagnetic confinement fusion - cold fusion - bubble fusion | ||
* Etienne Parent (2003). "[http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/17027/54495851.pdf Nuclear Fuel Cycles for Mid-Century Deployment]". | * Etienne Parent (2003). "[http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/17027/54495851.pdf Nuclear Fuel Cycles for Mid-Century Deployment]". | ||
