Dr. Jörg Neuhausen

• 1985-1991 Studies of Chemistry at the University of Duisburg and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
• 1990-1991 Diploma thesis in the solid state chemistry group at University of Duisburg. Topic: Investigations on the Structural Chemistry of Alkaline- and Alkaline Earth Chalcogenides of the Elements of the 5. main group. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. G. Henkel.
• 1991-1995 Doctoral Thesis at the Institute for Inorganic Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. Topic: Synthesis and Characterisation of new Chalcogenides of Niobium and Tantalum. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. W. Tremel.
• 1995-1999 Member of the scientific staff of the Institute for Inorganic Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität in Mainz, working on high temperature synthesis, x-ray structure analysis, surface characterisation and electronic structure calculations.
• Since 2002 Scientist at the Institute for Radio- and Environmental chemistry of the Paul Scherrer Institute in the groups Targetchemistry and Radwaste analytics. Theoretical modelling of the thermochemical properties of polonium. Experimental studies of the release of volatile species from molten metals as part of the project MEGAPIE. Investigation of volatile refractory metal compounds under molecular flow conditions. Volatilisation and deposition studies of nuclear reaction products in liquid metal targets. Chemical separation of radionuclides from liquid mercury.

Cooperation in international projects related to the development of liquid metal spallation targets such as EUROTRANS, EURISOL-DS, ESS-PP, GETMAT

J. Neuhausen, S. Horn, B. Eichler, D. Schumann, T. Stora, M. Eller
Mercury Purification in the Megawatt Liquid Metal Spallation Target of EURISOL-DS
Proceedings of the Eighth International Topical Meeting on
Nuclear Applications and Utilization of Accelerators
(AccApp’07), Pocatello, Idaho, July 29- August 2, 2007, American Nuclear Society, LaGrange Park, Illinois, USA.

B. Eichler, J. Neuhausen
Zur Wirkung chemischer Prozesse und Produkte im Pb-Bi-Target
AN-18-03-01, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland (2003).


B. Eichler, J. Neuhausen
Analyse der thermochemischen Beziehungen des Iods in einem Blei-Wismut-Spallations-target
TM-18-03-01, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland (2003).


J. Neuhausen, B. Eichler
Extension of Miedema’s Macroscopic Atom Model to the Elements of Group 16 (O, S, Se, Te, Po)
PSI Report 03-13, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland (2003).


B.Eichler, J.Neuhausen
Radiochemische Untersuchung der Sorption und Desorption von Quecksilber an Silber
TM-18-04-01, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland (2004)


B.Eichler, J.Neuhausen
Verflüchtigungspfade des Poloniums, aus einem Pb-Bi-Spallationstarget (Thermochemische Kalkulation)
PSI Report 04-06, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland (2004)


J. Neuhausen
Reassessment of the rate of evaporation of polonium from liquid eutectic lead bismuth alloy
TM-18-05-01, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland (2005)


J. Neuhausen
Gas phase concentrations of volatile nuclear reaction products in the MEGAPIE expansion tank
TM-18-05-02, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland (2005)


F. Groeschel, J. Neuhausen, A. Fuchs, A. Janett
Beurteilung des all-einschliessenden Referenzstörfalls, Abschätzung der freigesetzten Aktivität zur Berechnung der maximalen Personendosis
MEGAPIE Report MPR-3-GF34-01/0, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland (2006)


P. Agostini, H. Glasbrenner, J.L. Courouau, A. Gessi, P. Turroni, A. Zucchini, J. Neuhausen, A. Ciampichetti, H. Jacobs, W. Leung, K. Woloshun, T. Cadiou, D. Pellini
Synthesis Report on LBE Technology for MEGAPIE
ENEA Report MP-A-R-001, Rev: 0, ENEA, Brasimone, Italy (2006)


J. Neuhausen, R. Dressler, B. Eichler, R. Eichler, D. Schumann
Report on Semi-Empirical Modeling of Thermodynamical Data for the Assessment of the Solubility and Chemical Behavior of Nuclear Reaction and Corrosion Products in a liquid Lead-Bismuth Spallation Target
EUROTRANS Domain 4 DEMETRA Report D4.32., Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen 2007


F. v. Rohr, J. Neuhausen, D. Schumann, R. Eichler, R. Dressler
Über das Verhalten von 210Po in Blei-Wismut
TM-18-07-01, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen 2007


M.M. Marin Marmol, J. Neuhausen, S. Lüthi, D. Schumann
Experimental study of Po evaporation from liquid eutectic lead-bismuth alloy in vacuum
TM-18-07-02 Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen 2007


Y. Dai, J. Neuhausen, D. Schumann
Specimen extraction plan for MEGAPIE PIE
MEGAPIE-Report MPR-11-DY34-001-V2, 2009.