MS Poonam Jain and DR Ishita Sharma, both being well-groomed scholars have written this book for BSc 5th semester in which the syllabus or the content of the book strictly given by Panjab University, Chandigarh. Besides, Mohindra Publishing House has greatly helped in publishing this book in the most updated and refined way. 

Salient Features of the textbook:

• qualitative discussion for a nuclear reactor and their facilities in India are extensively discussed
• written in simple language along with properly labeled diagrams 
• visualize various phenomena related to the field of nuclear physics
• previous year question papers are also prepared at the end of the book for easy preparation of exam 
• each chapter contains solved examples, short questions, multiple-choice questions, and long questions to help the students self-test their understanding 

This textbook covers the requirements of the undergraduate students as per the syllabus of Panjab University, Chandigarh. And immense efforts have been incorporated in a skillful manner so that the students can get the updated materials in a systematic comprehensible manner. 

The following is the content of the textbook:

1. General Properties of Nuclei 
2. Nuclear Models 
3. Radio Activity
4. Alpha, Beta, and Gamma rays spectra 
5. Nuclear Reactions  

*Questions Papers 2016-2019