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Overview
What you will learn
After graduating from the Nuclear Chemistry course offered by KTH Royal Institute of Technology, the students should be able to:
- calculate doses and recommend suitable radiation protection for different exposure situations
- describe all steps of different nuclear fuel cycles
- describe and explain the use of radionuclides in nuclear medicine
- explain how radionuclides affect and accumulate in natural systems
- give example of and explain principles for industrial applications for non-nuclear sectors
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Basic nuclear chemistry including radiation protection
- Radioactive decay
- Interaction of radiation with matter
- Principles for measuring ionizing radiation
- The first principles for chemical and biological effects of ionizing radiation
- Basic radiation protection
- The nuclear fuel cycle
- Open and closed nuclear fuel cycles
- How nuclear energy is converted to electricity
- Production and reprocessing of nuclear fuel
- Geological repositories for used nuclear fuel
- Nuclear medicine
- The use of radionuclides within diagnostics and treatment
- Radio ecology
- Radionuclides in the environment
- Industrial applications for non-nuclear sectors
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 3 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApplication deadline not specified.
Language
English
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Credits
7 ECTS
7.5 credits
Delivered
On Campus
Campus Location
- Stockholm, Sweden
Disciplines
Chemical Engineering Chemistry Nuclear Engineering View 13 other Short Courses in Chemistry in SwedenWhat students do after studying
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
TOEFL® IBT 90
IELTS 6.5
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or in sciences including 75 credits in chemistry or chemical engineering and 20 credits in mathematics and programmming
- English B/6
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Tuition Fees
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Living costs
Stockholm
Sweden
9668 - 17248 SEK / month
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