Important dates:
Deadline for applications: March 25, 2016
First step: selection based on application file: April 26, 2016
Second step: oral presentation on the research topic: May 19&20, 2016
Notification final result: June 15, 2016
Standard start date: October 1, 2016

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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

More information regarding the topics and contact data of the SCK•CEN mentors is available via http://academy.sckcen.be

Contact:

Dr. Michèle Coeck
Head SCK•CEN Academy

Mrs. Griet Vanderperren
Liaison Officer

Email: academy@sckcen.be
Tel.: + 32 14 33 21 57

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