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Nuclear Physics Explained: Season 1

1x17 Harnessing Nuclear Chain Reactions
TV-PG

  • 2018-04-27T00:00:00Z on The Great Courses
  • 29m
  • Special Interest
Learn the fundamentals of nuclear reactor design, which has the task of sustaining nuclear reactions at a controlled rate in order to boil water, produce steam, and drive a generator. Explore why a nuclear reactor can't explode like a bomb, and consider pluses and minuses of the most common reactor designs in use.
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