Scientific Report 2005

Scientific Report 2005

• Scientific Report 2005 - full version

Introduction

• General introduction
• Organisation chart

Fusion

• Staff - Fusion
• Introduction - Fusion
• Modelling of radiation effects: from iron to EUROFER97
• Swelling, helium release and creep of irradiated beryllium after annealing

Radiation protection

• Staff - Radiation protection
• Introduction - Radiation protection

• Methods of measurement

  • EVIDOS: individual dosimetry in mixed neutron and photon radiation fields
  • IDEAS: estimation of committed dose from incorporation monitoring data
  • VISIPLAN: 3D ALARA planning and communication tool
  • Synthetic multi-element standards (SMELS) used for the validation of k0-NAA

• Policy support

  • Performing better nuclear emergency management exercises in Belgium
  • ISCRAM: information systems for crisis response and management
  • Contribution to the action plan of the IAEA for emergency management
  • Radiological discharges into the Molse Nete compared with other options

• Life sciences (on earth and in space)

  • Phytoaccumulation of uranium by phaseolus vulgari
  • SCK•CEN Genomic platform: The micro array Technology
  • Biosafety in manned space flight
  • Planetary Protection - Protecting Earth and planets against alien microbes

Reactor safety

• Staff - Reactor safety
• Introduction - Reactor safety

• Materials research

  • Determination of low level C, S, Si and P in ferritic steels
  • GERONIMO & TOPGUN: research on advanced MOX fuels for BWR's
  • New Positron annihilation setups for active materials
  • Computer simulation of self-interstitial atom clusters in BCC-Fe
  • Calculation of crack propagation in stainless steels in hot water

• Reactor physics & MYRRHA

  • MYRRHA Draft-2 Design accomplishments
  • IP EUROTRANS: from MYRRHA towards XT-ADS
  • REBUS-BWR international programme at the VENUS critical facility
  • Developing neutronic calculation tools for MYRRHA

• Instrumentation

  • Fibre optic temperature sensors monitoring future large nuclear facilities
  • Materials for space borne laser systems
  • Mechanical reliability assessment of optical fibres in radiation environments

Radioactive waste & Clean-up

• Staff - Radioactive waste & Clean-up
• Introduction - Radioactive waste & Clean-up

• Waste & Disposal

  • Modelling uranium leaching from agricultural soils to groundwater
  • Impact of advanced fuel cycles on disposal of high-level radioactive waste
  • Effects of clay on the dissolution behaviour of nuclear waste glass
  • A repository scale in-situ programme: the PRACLAY experiments
  • Geochemical behaviour of selenium in the Boom clay
  • NF-PRO research on a repository for vitrified waste and spent fuel

• Chemical technology

  • Partitioning minor actinides - a hot test with CMPO/SiO2-P extraction resin
  • Neutron activation analysis of maltenes recovered from Eurobitum simulates
  • Radiochemical analysis of nuclear fuel burn-up and spent fuel key nuclides

• Decommissioning

  • The decommissioning of the BR3 Steam generator
  • Pre decommissioning radiological survey of BR3 infrastructures

BR2 reactor

• Staff - BR2
• Introduction - BR2

• Reactor operation

  • Operation of the BR2 reactor
  • Medical and industrial applications
  • Scientific activities in support of BR2 operation and irradiation programmes
  • In-pile instrumentation development

• Irradiations of fuels and materials

  • Irradiation of LWR materials in BR2
  • Irradiation of fusion materials
  • BR2 reactor: irradiation of fuels
  • New irradiation devices

Nuclear research & Society

• Staff - Nuclear research & Society
• Introduction - Nuclear research & Society
• Reflection groups
• PISA Research project portfolio

Managing nuclear knowledge

• Staff - Managing nuclear knowledge
• Introduction - Managing nuclear knowledge
• ENETRAP: training and education in radiological protection
• ENEN: European Nuclear Education Network Association
• Nuclear Reactor Physics course for reactor operators

Appendix

• Doctoral Theses Prepared at SCK•CEN and defended in 2005

  • Lara Struelens - Optimization of patient doses, linked to image quality, in vascular radiology
  • Gert Van den Eynde - Neutron Transport with Anisotropic Scattering. Theory and Applications
  • Marcella Mori - Profiles of Gene Expression Induced by Ionizing Radiation in Different Human Cell Types
• Members of the Board of SCK•CEN
• External Advisory Committees
• Awards and PhD and Postdoctoral Researchers: Selection 2005
• Scientific Output and Visitors in 2005
• Events in 2005
• Training

Scientific output

• Fusion
• Radiation protection
• Reactor safety
• Radioactive waste & Clean-up
• BR2
• Nuclear research & Society
• Knowledge management