PHY 125 - Applied Nuclear Physics

1. Describe physical situations as they apply to nuclear medicine and radiation therapy.
2. Use Intermediate Algebra in solving routine problems in the radiological fields of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Therapy.
3. Distinguish between those physical situations that require a mathematical interpretation from those that do not.
4. Explain NRC regulations in the safe handling and monitoring of radioactive materials.
5. Apply theoretical concepts learned in the course that emphasize elementary data reduction techniques commonly used in the radiological fields in the conduction of laboratory experiments and the participation in field trips.

1. BASIC PHYSICS: Fundamental Measurements, Motion, Natural Forces, Energy and the Conservation of Energy, and Electrostatics
2. MODERN PHYSICS: Waver Theory, Electromagnetic Radiation, and Atomic Structure
3. NUCLEAR STRUCTURE: Characteristics of Atomic Nuclei, Conditions for Nuclear Stability, Decay Law, Activity, Mean Lifetime, and Biological Effects on Radioactive Decay
4. NUCLEAR DECAY PROCESSES: Chart and Table of the Nuclides, Radioactive Processes, Nuclear Transmutation Equations, and the Production of Secondary Radiations
5. INTRODUCTION TO PROTECTION: Intensity, Mechanisms for the Interaction of Ionizing Radiations, the Attenuation Law and Detectors

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