In this series, I will teach you the basics of nuclear reactors. The technical level will be for an informed citizen audience, not a nuclear engineer audience (although maybe you will think differently lol). Part 2 will cover the fundamentals of Fuels, Moderators, and Coolants, and then go more in-depth on Fuels, and Part 3 will go in-depth on Moderators and Coolants, and talk about classes of nuclear reactor designs.

References/Further Reading:
Reactors and Fuels & Nuclear Reactors:    • Reactors and Fuels & Nuclear Reactors  
Reactors, Fuels & Associated Subjects: Graphite Moderated - Allen Croff:    • Reactors, Fuels & Associated Subjects...  
Reactor Fuels - Allen Croff:    • Reactor Fuels - Allen Croff  

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:22 A Few Notes
03:36 What Is a Nuclear Reactor?
07:21 The Atom (1/2)
08:57 The Atom (2/2)
11:35 Elements and Isotopes
18:33 The Periodic Table
20:38 Binding Energy
24:09 Splitting Atoms (Fission)
27:23 Chain Reactions