INTRODUCTION TO RADIO-ACTIVITY AND NUCLEAR ENERGY: BASIC NOTIONS

This book provides the student who is still a novice in the subject with a minimum of information collected in the scientific literature, necessary to understand the phenomena of radioactivity and their possible exploitation. The book presents in a simple and didactic way the origin and nature of radioactivity, its scientific applications, its exploitation in armament, its civil use and the inherent related problems. Finally, the book sets out the main lines of metallurgy of uranium, which is the essential metal used to generate nuclear energy.