Lecture Notes:
- Henry Sokolski, Nuclear Energy Basics, Part 1: Fission, Fusion, and the Bomb, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center. Updated September 2020.
Videos:
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- Henry Sokolski, “Fission, Fusion and Bomb Designs.” Updated 2020.
Part 3: Binding Energy and Atomic Transmutations
Part 5: Atomic Weapons Design Basics
Part 6: The First Nuclear Bomb: Little Boy
Part 7: The Second Nuclear Bomb: Fat Man
Part 8: Post-1945 Single-Stage Weapons
Part 9: Multiple-Stage Weapon Designs
- Guest Presentation: Eva Lisowski, “Grim Prospect: Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons in the Middle East”
- Guest Presentation: Bruce Goodwin and Thomas Cochran, “Reactor-Grade Plutonium’s Weapons Utility”
Slides:
- “Nuclear Energy Basics, Part 1: Fission, Fusion, and the Bomb,” Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, updated October 2021. Available as a PDF.