Our new paper entitled article “Experimental estimation of the delayed neutron fraction βeff of the MAESTRO core in the MINERVE zero power reactor” has been published in the Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology. It is available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/8MXgXmUDmiuPrfBZNzdZ/full The paper is about a new and very cool method to measure the delayed neutron fraction of a reactor core at zero power. The method was developed and tested during an experimental campa

A collaboration agreement on reactor core physics studies has been signed between the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives – CEA) and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The scientific collaboration focuses on feasibility analysis of representative configurations of core degradation situation during severe accidents in nuclear reactors, and includes a Ph.D research study conducted and financed

Our research proposal, “Simulation of transients in sub-critical and critical assemblies using Monte-Carlo method and its validation with in-core measurements”, which has been submitted to the The Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources (public tender 14/4) has been accepted by the Ministry chief scientist and approved for funding. The proposed research is carried out in close collaboration with researchers from the Nuclear Research Center NEGEV (NRCN

Our research proposal, “A Methodology of Risk Assessment, Management and Coping Actions for Nuclear Power Plant Hit by High Explosive Warheads”, which has been submitted to the The Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources (public tender 14/4) has been accepted by the Ministry chief scientist and approved for funding. The proposed research is carried out in close collaboration with researchers from the Department of Structural Engineering at BGU, and wi

A new M.Sc. student is joining our group these days – Ella Israeli. Ella graduated her B.Sc. in Mathematics and Philosophy at BGU in 2013 and has been accepted as an M.Sc. student in the Unit of Nuclear Engineering at BGU starting Oct. 2014. Under the supervision of Dr. Erez Gilad from the Unit of Nuclear Engineering and Prof. Moshe Sipper from the Department of Computer Science at BGU, Ella will study the use and implementation of evolutionary algorithms (such as genetic alg

A new Ph.D. student is joining our group these days – Marat Margulis. Marat is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering Department at BGU and has been an M.Sc. student in the Unit of Energy Engineering in Ben-Gurion University since 2012, majoring in Nuclear Energy under the supervision of Prof. Eugene Schwageraus from the Unit of Nuclear Engineering in Ben-Gurion University. Marat’s study focused on two subjects; the use of Thorium in BWRs fuel assemblies to improve its conversi