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Within the Institute for Advanced Nuclear Systems:

• A "yield" database for the future ISOL @ MYRRHA facility
• Applicability of fracture toughness tests on ductile materials
• Assessment of RELAP5-3D two phase flow models for MYRRHA secondary cooling system conditions
• Decommissioning of medical cyclotrons: In-depth analysis of radiological inventory with regard to systems, structures and components evacuation routes acceptance (Case Study: 40 MeV CGR Cyclotron VUB (Brussels))
• Design of an integrated graphite collimator for PTF targets
• Improvement of the computational scheme for performing uncertainty analysis through the ANICCA fuel cycle code
• SANDY application for the analysis of nuclear data covariance
• Simulation of a "yield station" for the ISOL@MYRRHA facility
• Supporting the Primary Heat Exchanger Experimental Programme
• Étude de configurations à spectre variable dans le cœur rapide uranium/plomb de la maquette critique VENUS pour l'amélioration des données nucléaires dans le domaine épithermique: design des configurations et analyse de sensibilité.

Within the Institute for Corporate Services and Administration:

• Creation of automated reports and dashboards using SAP and non-SAP data
• Stage Office Management

Within the Institute for Environment, Health and Safety:

• Dosimetry during microCT examination of rodents
• Immune dysfunction in space: Jurkat cell activity modulation in response to space stressors
• Linking the history of radiation biology evolution to the specific historical and current highlights of the radiobiology research at the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK•CEN)
• Multi-scale study of delayed ettringite formation in concrete
• Risk Governance for Critical Infrastructure
• Scientific visitor to conduct an interdisciplinary and international study related to: “Socio-psychological barriers and facilitators to radon risk mitigation: from political policy to personal actions.”
• Soil characterisation using X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy: sample preparation and spectral interpretation

Within the Institute for Nuclear Materials Science:

• Assessment of mechanical properties of fusion materials by micro-mechanical testing
• Comparison of 2 BET analysers for the determination of the specific surface area in nuclear and non-nuclear powder samples
• Comparison of Nitrogen and Argon Adsorption Isotherms on Nuclear Fuel
• Correlation of tensile and flexural properties of materials for fusion applications
• Development of a new solvent extraction system for the separation of americium from spent nuclear fuels
• Development of automatic "Help Authoring Tools" generator
• Development of webparts for the Calculation Office portals
• Effect of Specific Surface Area and Pore Size Distribution on Thorium Dioxide Green Pellets
• Parameter optimization of the UO2-pellet fabrication process – Study about the application of isostearic acid as a new type of lubricant
• Stability and Morphology of vacancy clusters in MAX phases

Within the Service for External Medical Surveillance:

• Stage in de Radioprotectie voor arbeidsartsen 2021 - 1
• stage master in de arbeidsgeneeskunde