Lecture 16: Nuclear Proliferation and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle—Part 1

MIT 22.04 Social Problems of Nuclear Energy, Fall 2025 Instructor: R. Scott Kemp View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/22-04j-social-problems-of-nuclear-energy-fall-2025/ YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEd-FHe0va8k This lecture introduces the connections between the civil nuclear fuel cycle and nuclear proliferation, including uranium enrichment and plutonium reprocessing. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at https://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at https://ocw.mit.edu Support OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQ We encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments.