Division of Nuclear Energy and Environmental Studies (UZ3)
Address:
Andrzeja Sołtana 7, 05-400 Otwock-Świerk, Poland
Acting Division Head:
Professor Mariusz Dąbrowski
phone +48 22 273 14 30
Secretary:
phone +48 22 273 14 18
Neutronics and New Techologies Section
The main areas of activities are:
- Neutron physics analysis of reactor cores with particular stress on research reactors:
- Fuel conversion studies,
- Feasibility and safety of test and irradiation rigs.
- Calculation of reactor core operational history, operational transients and core composition for various types of reactors, including GEN IV.
- Activities related to development Gas Cooled Reactor Technology.
- Activities related to nuclear cogeneration.
Range of the reactor core neutronic analyses:
- Operational safety analysis of reactor core:
- Reactivity excess,
- Fuel reloading,
- Fuel burnup monitoring.
- Power distribution monitoring.
- Safety calculations of Spent Fuel Storage and Transport Containers.
- Isotopic content and radiotoxicity of Spent Fuel as function of time.
Reactor Analyses Section
The main areas of activities are:
- Safety analyses of nuclear facilities – Safety assessment;
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Thermal-hydraulic analyses in operational states and design basis accidents;
- Analysis of phenomena occurring in power reactors, research reactors, experimental installations and other facilities;
- System scale analyses and calculations of particular components;
- Development of models of phenomena, development and validation of computational tools;
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Analyses of failures within extended design conditions and severe accidents;
- Phenomena occurring in the core and the reactor vessel;
- Phenomena occurring in the containment;
- Assessment of potential releases of radioactive substances from power reactors or spent fuel storages – source term quantification;
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Nuclear fuel cycle analyses
- Spent fuel recycling, transmutation
- Fuel properties studies
Centre for Hazard Analysis MANHAZ
Profile
The main areas of activities are:
- Risk analyses related to nuclear and chemical installations, transportation of dangerous substances by road, rail, water or industrial pipelines;
- Management of hazards for human health and environment, and computerized decision support systems in case of major industrial accidents;
- Probabilistic safety analyses of nuclear reactors;
- Advanced computer modelling of physical processes, in particular computational fluid dynamics and, transport and dispersion of dangerous substances in environment.
