UNCLASSIFIED
. Pission products: yield vs. mass number,
physical and chemical properties (particle
Ste.) vapor condensability, water solubility,
etc.
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a. Radioactive decay of fission product
mixtures, the simple models
b. The limits of validity of the t72+2 1aw
H. Nuclear fusion and thermonuclear processes
1.
2.
3.
Contrasts between fusion and fission, relationship to binding energy, energy and neutron
release per unit weight of material consumed, etc.
Products and energy produced, including neutrons,
gamma rays,
and alpha particles
Radioactivity of fusion products
J. Particle accelerators and X-ray machines as sources
of radiation and radioactivity
lL. The potential radiation hazards associated
with accelerators
III. Background Information - Controlled Fission and Fusion
Reactions and Their Potential as a Source of Hazard (oral)
A fairly brief discussion for orientation,
following lines:
along the
A, Controlled fission reactions and nuclear reactors
1,
Types and characteristics of neutron chain
reactions as employed in reactors
Prompt and delayed neutrons and their role in
control
Other reactor characteristics that lend them-
selves
to application for control
Types and characteristics of reactors (from
hazards standpoint)
a. Research,
test, power, production
b. Liquid fuel, solid fuel, homogeneous
Sources of radiation and radioactivity hazards
from reactor operation, associated chemical
processing, and waste disposal, including liquid
and gaseous effluents (bibliography, including
recent AEC report)
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