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Laboratory of Radiochemistry

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Dr. Emilio Andrea Maugeri

Scientist Isotope and Target Chemistry

Paul Scherrer Institute
Forschungsstrasse 111
5232 Villigen PSI
Switzerland
Telefon
+41 56 310 24 07
E-Mail
emilio-andrea.maugeri@psi.ch


Background

  • 2014- present, Scientist at Laboratory of Radiochemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland
  • 2012- 2014, Postdoctoral Fellow: Volatilization of radionuclides from liquid metals at Laboratory of Radiochemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland
  • 2010-2011, Postdoctoral Fellow: Radiation Effects and He build-up in Nuclear Glass at Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique, Marcoule, France
  • 2009, PhD in chemistry, Helium behaviour in UO2 under conditions relevant for nuclear spent fuel storage, University of Pavia-Italy and Institute for Transuranium Elements, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Karlsruhe-Germany
  • 2006, International University Master in Nuclear and ionising radiation technology, University Institute For Advanced Studies, which is an emanation of the University of Pavia and the Italian Ministry of Education and Research, in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency of Vienna
  • 2005, Research contract: Chemist responsible for "sampling fibers (floroedenite, amphibole group) dispersed in area and the ground". University of Catania, Italy
  • 2003, M.Sc degree in Industrial Chemistry, Synthesis and characterization of a Mn12 Single-molecule magnet, and its deposition on a silicon substrate through a Self Assembled Monolayer, University of Catania, Italy

Active memberships in scientific societies

2014- present, International Nuclear Target Development Society

Research activities / Special interests

  • Lanthanides chemistry
  • Radiochemical separation
  • Thin films
  • Electrodeposition
  • Nuclear Target preparation and characterization
  • Ionic Liquids
  • Volatilization of radionuclides from liquid metals used as target for accelerator-driven systems
  • Diffusion of radionuclides in solid and liquid lead bismuth eutectic
  • Nuclear spent fuel cycle
  • alpha radiation damage 
  • Helium accumulation and diffusion in nuclear waste matrices

Selected Publications

  • E. A.Maugeri,  S. Heinitz, R. Dressler, M.  Barbagallo et al. Preparation of Be-7 targets for nuclear astrophysics research, Journal of Instrumentation, 2017, 12, pp 2016.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2018.01.078
  • M. Barbagallo, A. Musumarra, L. Cosentino, E. A. Maugeri, et al. 7Be(n, α ) He 4 Reaction and the Cosmological Lithium Problem: Measurement of the Cross Section in a Wide Energy Range at n_TOF at CERN, Physical Review Letters,  2016, 117,  pp.152701.  10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.152701
  • E.A. Maugeri, J. Neuhausen, R. Eichler, et al. Thermochromatography study of volatile polonium species in various gas atmospheres,  Journal of Nuclear Material, 2014, 450, pp 292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2013.11.024
  • E.A. Maugeri, J. Neuhausen, R. Eichler, et al.  Adsorption of volatile polonium and bismuth species on metals in various gas atmospheres: Part I – Adsorption of volatile polonium and bismuth on gold. Radiochemica Acta, 2016,https://doi.org/10.1515/ract-2016-2573
  • E.A. Maugeri, S. Peuget, D. Staicu, Dragos, et al. Calorimetric Study of Glass Structure Modification Induced by a Decay, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2012, 95, pp 2869.  https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1551-2916.2012.05304.x
  • S. Peuget, E. A. Maugeri, T. Charpentier et al. Comparison of radiation and quenching rate effects on the structure of a sodium borosilicate glass, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solid, 2016, 378, pp 201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2013.07.019
  • T. Wiss, J-P Hiernaut, D. Roudil, J-Y Colle, E. A. Maugeri, Z. Talip et al. Evolution of spent nuclear fuel in dry storage conditions for millennia and beyond,  Journal of Nuclear Material, 2014, 451, pp 198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.03.055
  • E. A. Maugeri, T. Wiss, J-P Hiernaut, et al. Helium solubility and behaviour in uranium dioxide, Journal of Nuclear Material, 2014, 451, pp 198

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