Nuclear Measurements Laboratory

4 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: Preceded or accompanied by NERS 312 or equivalent. Enforced Prerequisite: None. (4 credits) Principles of nuclear radiation detectors and their use in radiation instrumentation systems. Characteristics of important devices with applications in nuclear science. Gamma ray spectroscopy, fast and thermal neutron detection, charged particle measurements, pulse analysis, nuclear event timing and recent development in nuclear instrumentation.