Nuclear Instrumentation Laboratory

4 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: None. Enforced Prerequisite: EECS 215 or EECS 314; preceded or accompanied by NERS 312; No OP/F. Minimum grade requirement of “C” for enforced prerequisite. (4 credits) An introduction to the devices and techniques most common in nuclear measurements. Topics include the principles of operation of gas-filled, solid state and scintillation detectors for charged particle, gamma ray and neutron radiations. Techniques of pulse shaping, counting and analysis for radiation spectroscopy. Timing and coincidence measurements.