COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEV 4078 RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Environmental Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TOLGA ELBIR

Offered to

Environmental Engineering

Course Objective

Radiation and radioactivity, the definition of radiation, biological effects, the natural radioactivity, nuclear weapons tests, and accidents of nuclear power plants radiation, pollution, pollution due to non-nuclear processes, radioactive waste and removal of the improvement, the use of radioactivity and the science of medicine The effects of radiation on human health.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Radiation and environmental relationship will be defined.
2   Radiation sources, establish relationships between ecosystem and radioactivity
3   Artificial radiation, production and propagation
4   Relationship with nuclear power plants and the environment are described.
5   Applications and effects of radioactivity utilized shall be specified.
6   Living organisms and indicate the direction the radioactive contamination

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Sources of radiation
2 Radiation and environmental relationship
3 Transport processes
4 Interaction and transformation
5 Affects on the Atmospheric, aquatic, and terrestrial systems
6 The effects on creatures
7 To establish links between energy and radiation
8 Nuclear power plants and energy
9 Brief historical perspective
10 Nuclear areas have seen benefits
11 The world of the future and relationship between radiation
12 Risk assessment

Recomended or Required Reading

1. HARVEY, G. Bernard (1969); Introduction Nuclear Physics and Chemistry 2nd. Ed.Prentice Hall, New York
2. COHEN, I. Brenard (1995); Bir Bilim Adamı Gözüyle Nükleer Enerji TÜBITAK yayınları 10, Ankara.
3. PEVY, S. Howard vd. (1985); Environmental Engineering McGraw-Hill Int. Ed. USA
4. SPIRO G. Thomas ve STIGLIANI M. William (1996) Chemistry of the Environment Prentice Hall USA
5. BUELL P. ve GIRARD J. (1994); Chemistry An Environmental Perspective Prentice Hall USA
6. McMURRY J. ve FAY R. C (1998); Chemistry 2nd. Ed. Prentice Hall USA
7. PETRUCCI R.H. ve HARWOOD W.S. (1999); Chemistry , Principles and Modern Application 7th. Ed. Prentice Hall USA
8. htttp://www.greenpeace.org/nuclear/reactor/turkey/
9. http://epa.gov

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture presentations, exams, and homework and research

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 QUZ QUIZ
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE1 * 0.20 + MTE2 * 0.20 + QUZ * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE1 * 0.20 + MTE2 * 0.20 + QUZ * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Active participation in class is required

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

enver.kucukgul@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be announced at the beginning of each semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 2 2 4
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Reading 1 5 5
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 1 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 56

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.143
LO.254
LO.355
LO.453
LO.544
LO.644