The Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK•CEN) is actively working on designing and building this multifunctional research installation in Mol. MYRRHA is the very first prototype in the world of a nuclear reactor, driven by a particle accelerator with a significant thermal output. Discover what MYRRHA is all about and how you can contribute to this future-oriented challenge.
It is vitally important to ensure that an innovative research installation can be operated safely. MYRRHA's Accelerator Driven System has two major advantages:
Our world is seriously in need of medical radioisotopes for diagnosing and treating a number of diseases, such as cancer:
MYRRHA is designed to to take over and extend the role of an existing reactor that is playing a major role in international research.
Would you like to be part of making this innovative and challenging research installation a reality? We need bright people with a scientific, operational and international background who are full of enthusiasm and who believe in the future of what we are doing. Join the MYRRHA team!
Call to PhD students and postdoc researchers
04/02/2020
Candidate PhD students or postdoc researchers had until 25 March 2020 to apply for one of the six MYRRHA related PhD topics or three postdoc positions that are available via the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre’s Academy this year. For several past students, this advanced study proved to be an entry to a permanent position with one of the most challenging global nuclear research projects.
Candidate PhD students or postdoc researchers had until 25 March 2020 to apply for one of the six MYRRHA related PhD topics or three postdoc positions that are available via the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre’s Academy this year. For several past students, this advanced study proved to be an entry to a permanent position with one of the most challenging global nuclear research projects.
Preparing your doctoral thesis at the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN) offers you the best of both worlds: you stay in close contact with the academic world and you enjoy a unique international research environment, with advanced nuclear experimental facilities and top-level guidance from our experts. Selecting a MYRRHA related subject enables you to contribute to one of the world’s most advanced nuclear research projects: an accelerator driven system that aims at solving the issue of spent nuclear fuel and playing a significant role in the development and production of conventional and innovative radioisotopes for nuclear medicine.
A PhD or postdoc research position at SCK CEN enables you to participate in multidisciplinary research, either directly because of the characteristics of your own research topic or indirectly via exchanges with your colleagues in other nuclear domains. At any given time, we have a PhD student community of about 80 students of 40 different nationalities.
Finally, you can benefit from the excellent reputation of the SCK CEN Academy as an education & training centre and take advantage of the courses organised by the SCK CEN Learning Centre.
The following MYRRHA related subjects were available for the 2020 programme:
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Coatings enabling robotic systems in liquid metal for a new generation of nuclear reactors |
Fiber optic distributed temperature sensors for measurements in LBE |
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Development of an advanced experimental technique for the measurement of the turbulent heat flux in liquid metals |
Severe accident prevention and mitigation in MYRRHA |
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Investigation of a Hypothetical Core Disruptive Accident scenario in MYRRHA |
Interaction of polonium vapor with steel surfaces in vacuum |
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Nucleation, growth and transport of corrosion product oxide particles in non-isothermal LBE systems |
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Quantitative assessment of corrosion products release rate in liquid LBE |
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Ultrasound detection of impurity particles in liquid LBE |
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Interested PhD candidates should click here for more information. Postdoc researchers should click here.
