Laboratory of nuclear power engineering and ionizing radiation

Nuclear Power Group

Main activities

  • Measurement of neutron field properties of fast and high-energy neutrons.
  • Computational analyzes of nuclear devices, neutron sources and problems for shielding ionizing radiation (criticality problems, 3D kinetics, shielding analyzes).
  • Training in the field of detection and shielding of ionizing radiation.
  • Tests of treated surfaces on a loop for the study of critical heat fluxes.
Laboratory of nuclear power engineering and ionizing radiation
Laboratory of nuclear power engineering and ionizing radiation
Laboratory of nuclear power engineering and ionizing radiation
Laboratory of nuclear power engineering and ionizing radiation
Laboratory of nuclear power engineering and ionizing radiation
Laboratory of nuclear power engineering and ionizing radiation

Laboratory equipment

  • Neutron source AmBe with emissivity 5E6 n / s.
  • Small and insignificant sources of alpha, beta and gamma radiation.
  • HPGe measuring path for gamma radiation spectrometry.
  • Helium and boron thermal neutron detectors.
  • Set of activation and threshold detectors including spectral filters.
  • Loop for the study of critical heat fluxes on smooth and treated surfaces (Mobile Research Critical Heat flux Apparatus).
  • Computational server for analysis of nuclear facilities by deterministic or stochastic methods.
Responsible person
Ing. Karel Katovský, Ph.D.