Lecture 2: Nuclear Technology 101 // TRAIN BRAIN

Lecture 2: Nuclear Technology 101

MIT 22.04 Social Problems of Nuclear Energy, Fall 2025
Instructor: R. Scott Kemp
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A basic introduction to nuclear energy for non-experts: binding energy, neutron physics, thermal vs fast reactors, uranium and thorium fuel cycles, enrichment, reactor types (PWR, BWR, graphite, fast, MSR), safety tradeoffs, and a brief fusion overview.
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