Successful Edition of the BNS-YG Scientific Contest 2025!
On 27 November, the Nuclear Science Contest 2025 awards were presented at Tabloo. Organisers Belgian Nuclear Society Young Generation (BNS-YG) and SCK CEN Academy honoured eight final-year students this time.
Due to a tie, SCK CEN Academy exceptionally presented not one, but two awards for the best master's thesis prepared in our laboratories:
- Jasmijn Moonen won with Characterising emerging molecular targets in ovarian cancer for therapeutic targeting (UHasselt, Supervisor: Michelle Plusquin, Mentor: Irina Primac).
- Barbara Herráez Arribas won with Constrain the sintering of UO2 target through the usage of a dual-phase interpenetrating microstructure (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Supervisor: Raquel Gonzalez Arrabal, Mentor: Joao Pedro Ramos).
The BNS-YG presented no fewer than five awards to SCK CEN doctoral students:
- Category Nuclear Science & Applications (sponsored by NUXAM): Filip Kolesar (NET), with Kateryna Poleshchuk (NET/DG) as runner-up
- Category Nuclear Medicine & Biology (sponsored by PANTERA): Isabeau De Bie (NMA)
- Category Radioactive Waste Management & Decommissioning (sponsored by NIRAS/ONDRAF): Victor Casas Molina (SWD), with Emile Mukiza (SWD) as runner-up
