The race today is not for building atomic bombs or even nuclear reactors; it's for understanding of basic properties of nuclei through close collaboration between experiment and theory.

While the basic principles of nuclear physics are the same for nuclear energy as for atomic weapons, that’s about where the similarities end. Nuclear Energy does not lead to nuclear weapons.

Overviews a variety of fundamental nuclear science and engineering concepts that form the basis for most contemporary nuclear technology applications Course topics include concepts from basic atomic ...

How do basic nuclear fission reactions work? A nuclear physics 100-level class would teach the distinction between fission and fusion reactions: Nuclear fission is dividing a nucleus into smaller ...

The question comes down to basic nuclear physics. When two hydrogen atoms collide under pressure, what is the probability that they will make helium?

The paper, “ The NUBASE2020 evaluation of nuclear physics properties,” provides researchers with recommended values of the basic nuclear physics properties for all known atomic nuclei.

A study published in Physical Review Letters by an international partnership led by the University of Surrey's Nuclear Physics Group challenges the long-held idea that the atomic nucleus of lead ...

Physicists' remaining questions The quest to understand delayed neutron emission and nuclear fission continues in modern nuclear physics laboratories.