Nuclear Physics
Two most common elements (by yield) from thermal neutron fission of U-235
Cesium and Iodine/Xenon
The four closest national Labs to UC Berkeley
SLAC, LBNL, LLNL, SNL
The department head of Nuclear Engineering before Karl
Who is Per Peterson?
This artist that painted "the three sphinxes of bikini"
Who is Salvador Dali?
This was the design of the fission device used for the 1945 Hiroshima bombing
What is a Gun-Type?
the thickness of the material required to reduce the intensity of radiation entering it by one half
half value layer
Total number of national labs
17
the youngest person to become a professor in our department
Who is Ed Morse?
The world’s first nuclear weapons free zone is located in this chilly geographical region
What is Antarctica?
Most active US nuclear power plants are included in this generation
What is Generation II?
This isotope is considered to have "the most stable nucleus" (AKA highest BE)
What is Fe-56?
these three major US labs deal with the development of nuclear weapons
What are LANL, LLNL and Sandia?
This professor recently won an ANS early career award?
This 2015 treaty is commonly known as the Iran Deal
What is the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action?
Name the device used to detect underwater nuclear tests?
What is a hydrophone?
The mathematical model describing the abundances in a decay chain as a function of time
What are the Bateman equations?
Los Alamos National Laboratory was originally named this
What is Site Y?
This professor was apart of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate and shared the 2007 Nobel Peace prize
Who Neil Kammen?
This 1963 treaty prohibited tests underwater, in the atmosphere, in space and on celestial bodies
What is the Partial Test Ban Treaty? Or Limited Test Ban Treaty
What does CANDU stand for?
What is CANada Deuterium Uranium ?
This formula predicts the angular distribution of photons scattered from a free electron.
What is Klein–Nishina formula?
This national lab has the largest cyclotron in the US.
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
This famous nuclear reactor artifact is in the department head office.
a piece of the original Chicago Pile
The summit that is said to have been an enormous breakthrough which eventually facilitated the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) TreatyWhat is the Reykjavik summit?
What is the Reykjavik summit?
NaI detectors have a higher ____ , but HPGe detectors have greater _____ .
What is efficiency and resolution?