Lecture Notes:

• Henry Sokolski, Nuclear Energy Basics, Part 1: Fission, Fusion, and the Bomb, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center. Updated September 2025.

Videos:

• • Henry Sokolski, “Fission, Fusion and Bomb Designs,” Updated 2025.

• Related guest lectures:
  • Greg Jones, “More Than Fissile Material: Building a Bomb, The Historical Experience“
  • Bruce Goodwin, “The Use of Reactor Grade Plutonium in Nuclear Explosives“

Slides:

• “Nuclear Energy Basics, Part 1: Fission, Fusion, and the Bomb,” Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, updated September 2026.  Available as a PDF.

---