Safety of currently operating light-water reactors, safety characteristics of future reactor concepts, and long-term safety of deep geological repositories for nuclear wastes are the main research topics at the PSI Center for Nuclear Engineering and Sciences.
Lab News & Scientific Highlights
Der Zementflüsterer vom PSI
John Provis hat sein Forscherleben einem Baustoff verschrieben, der spannender ist, als man zunächst denken mag.
Mit KI zu grünem Zement
Forschende am PSI nutzen künstliche Intelligenz zur Entwicklung von umweltfreundlichen Zementrezepturen.
Generation IV International Forum (GIF) in Switzerland | hosted by PSI/NES in April 2025
The GIF Technical Secretariat is pleased to inform of the upcoming EG-PG meetings from 7th to 11th April, 2025. This time the host is Switzerland, and the meetings will be organized by PSI's Center for Nuclear Engineering and Sciences.
Spring 2025 | 53rd Expert Group and 59th Policy Group meeting
www.gen-4.org
Publications
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Al-Yahia OS, Bernard M, Clifford I, Perret G, Bajorek S, Ferroukhi H
The influence of droplet breakup model on the prediction of reactor core parameters during reflood conditions
Nuclear Engineering and Design. 2024; 416: 112815 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2023.112815
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Albà A, Adelmann A, Münster L, Rochman D, Boiger R
Fast uncertainty quantification of spent nuclear fuel with neural networks
Annals of Nuclear Energy. 2024; 196: 110204 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2023.110204
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Alcayne V, Cano-Ott D, Garcia J, González-Romero E, Martínez T, Rada AP, et al.
A segmented total energy detector (sTED) optimized for (n, γ) cross-section measurements at n_TOF EAR2
Radiation Physics and Chemistry. 2024; 217: 111525 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2024.111525
DORA PSI