Lecture Notes:

• Henry Sokolski, Nuclear Energy Basics, Part 1: Fission, Fusion, and the Bomb, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center. Updated September 2020.

Videos:

• • Henry Sokolski, “Fission, Fusion and Bomb Designs.” Updated 2020.

Part 1: The Atom's Components

 Part 2: Chemical Reactions

Part 3: Binding Energy and Atomic Transmutations

 Part 4: Fission

 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.

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