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  • MYRRHA stage-1 pre-series cavities
    21 February '24

    11 MV/m : check!

    Major milestone for superconducting cavity of the MYRRHA accelerator!

    The superconducting single-spoke cavities are the key components of the MINERVA high power proton linear accelerator. Operating at -271.15°C (just 2 Celsius above absolute zero temperature), 60 of them will boost the beam energy from 16.6 MeV (the output energy of the normal conducting injector) to 100 MeV.

  • 2023-Colloquiem
    01 June '23

    Colloquiem - Nuclear waste: incineration and transmutation

    Very pleased to have contributed to the ACS colloquiem on 25 May 2023. In Luxemburg, Hamid Aït Abderrahim (MYRRHA ivzw), Adrian Fabich (SCK CEN) and Peter Baeten (SCK CEN) took the floor, together with: The Presidency of the Senate, Mrs Marion Dupuis, Gérard Longuet, Mrs Sabrina Mantega, Mrs Nicole Pererathe, Roger Garbil, Vincent Charlet, Luc Gaffet, Bernard Salha, Hervé Maillart, Robert Pays, Bertrand Morel, Vesseron Philippe, Dominique Vignon, Jean-Pol Poncelet, Peter Baeten, Fanny Farget, Guy Wormser, Jean-Luc Alexandre, Stefano Buono, Valerie Faudon and Franklin Servan-Schreiber.

  • SCK CEN - Julio Pacio - Price American Nuclear Society - Best Paper Award (2022)
    25 December '22

    MYRRHA researcher receives US recognition

    MYRRHA researcher Julio Pacio wins Best Paper Award from American Nuclear Society. "It is quite an honour to receive this prestigious award. It is a professional recognition from my fellow scientists," said a proud Julio Pacio. It is the second time in two years that a paper of his has been awarded the prize.