PhD & Postdoctoral Positions, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre SCK-CEN, Belgium (2017)

Following topics are available for PhD research:

Within the Institute for Advanced Nuclear Systems:
- Analysis of bearing behavior in LBE
- Development of carbide materials for radioactive ion beam production at high-power ISOL facilities
- Further development of the ALEPH burn-up code
- Prediction of flow-induced vibration in tube bundles using fluid-structure interaction simulations

Within the Institute for Environment, Health and Safety:

3D Porous media reconstruction for natural and engineered radioactive waste confinement barriers – a multiscalemultiphase approach

- Accelerated carbonation in unsaturated fractured cement
- Cemented waste deterioration: chemistry and effect on structural and mechanical properties
- Clinical dosimetry in molecular radiotherapy
- Complexation/colloid formation of U(VI) with Boom Clay dissolved organic matter
- Development and validation of an on-line CFD based data assimilation method for different stratification regimes
- Genetic/epigenetic signatures of radiation-induced thyroid cancer in post-Chernobyl samples
- Hybrid gold nanoparticles coated with organic polymers and antibodies as platforms for cancer theranostics: Investigation of the cytotoxicity mechanisms and feasibility study of radioactive doping
- Identification of radiation-induced premature ageing and neurodegeneration in a mouse model for Alzheimer disease
- Interception, retention and translocation of radionuclides in agricultural crops under greenhouse conditions, following sprinkling irrigation
- Landscape-evolution modeling of the Nete basin: using reconstructions and climatic scenarios to predict future evolution
- Microbial processes in geological disposal of radioactive waste
- Microdosimetry of therapeutic proton beams
- Probing the potential of citizen science in the governance of nuclear incidents, accidents, and post-disaster situations
- Soil-to-plant transfer of radionuclides in Belgian agricultural soils: a modeling and experimental investigation
- Thermo-Hydro-Chemo-Mechanical (THCM) coupled behavior of compacted bentonite in the context of nuclear waste disposal
- Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical study to assess the concrete cracking phenomena during the heating phase of a half-scale test
- Unravelling uranium uptake mechanisms in Arabidopsis thaliana

Within the Institute for Nuclear Materials Science:
- Atomic scale simulation of gaseous and volatile fission products with application to LWR and GEN-IV fuels
- Contribution to radiation damage modeling of reactor pressure vessel materials in the ductile upper shelf regime (From Charpy impact upper shelf energy to crack resistance curve)
- Development and qualification of irradiation tolerant tungsten and novel toughness-enhanced composites for fusion applications
- Development and validation of HPLC-SF-ICP-MS methodologies for characterization of spent nuclear fuel
- Effect of Cu, P, Ni and Mn content, individually and synergistically, on the microstructure of irradiated chemically-tailored RPV steels
- Fibre-optic current sensors for ITER and WEST
- Fracture toughness characterization of RPV materials under mixed mode I+II configuration
- Influence of neutron irradiation and long term annealing on the mechanical properties of austenitic stainless steel 316L
- Investigation of the influence of redox conditions on the conversion of actinide solutions into solid microspheres via solgel chemistry
- R&D in support of the development of a Low-Enriched Uranium based radioisotope production target
- Study of the in-pile recrystallization of uranium alloys and intermetallics
- The development of isotopic analyses, by means of ICP-SFMS, relevant to novel/alternative fuel cycles

Following topics are available for post-doc research:

Within the Institute for Advanced Nuclear Systems:
- Design of the shielding of the MYRRHA facility
- Investigation of the thermal hydraulic and mechanical behavior of double-walled bayonet heat exchanger tubes for liquid-metal cooled reactors

Within the Institute for Environment, Health and Safety:
- Consequences of space flight stressors on human health: Study of the impact of cosmic radiation, microgravity and psychological stress on different model systems

Within the Institute for Nuclear Materials Science:
- Contribution to radiation damage modeling of reactor pressure vessel materials in the ductile upper shelf regime (From Charpy impact upper shelf energy to crack resistance curve)
- Fracture toughness characterization of RPV materials under mixed mode I+II configuration

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