Laboratory of Nuclear Power Engineering and Ionizing Radiation

Nuclear Power Group

In 2024, a new Laboratory of Nuclear Power Engineering and Ionizing Radiation was established for both teaching and research purposes. The laboratory is equipped with a radiation monitoring system and an electronic dosimetry system from VF NUCLEAR. A pipeline post is installed for rapid evaluation of samples. The complex also includes a Heat Transfer Measurement Laboratory, which houses experimental equipment for studying the boiling crisis under extreme conditions.

 

Main activities

  • Measurement of neutron field properties of fast and high-energy neutrons.
  • Computational analyses of nuclear devices, neutron sources, and shielding problems involving ionizing radiation (e.g., criticality problems, 3D kinetics, shielding analysis).
  • 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 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

  • Sealed major neutron sources of ionizing radiation AmBe (92.5 GBq 2015, 5.6E+6 n/s);(185 GBq 1982, 1.2E7 n/s),  
  • Sealed gamma sources: Cs-137 (285 MBq 2012);(278 MBq 2012)  
  • A number of minor and calibration sources (e.g., Co-60, Co-57, Cs-137, Mn-54, Y-88, etc.)  
  • HPGe gamma spectrometers with associated operational electronics, nitrogen management and evaluation software  
  • Scintillation detectors with appropriate operating electronics and evaluation software (NaI(Tl), LaBr; various crystal sizes)  
  • Thermo Scientific FHT 752 S/SH neutron detectors filled with BF3/H3 gas  
  • Portable PDE neutron monitor VF nuclear PNM-02  
  • Thermo Scientific and VF instruments for surface contamination measurement  
  • Periodically verified Thermo Scientiific RadEye B20-ER Multi-Purpose Survey Meter  
  • Personal dosimeters for full-spectrum ionizing radiation monitoring (EPD-N2, EPD-Mk2)
  • A range of foils for use in neutron field activation analyses (Ag, In, La, Cu, Al, V, Fe, Mn, Ni, Y, Mo and others)  
  • Loop for studying critical heat fluxes on smooth and modified surfaces (Mobile Research Critical Heat Flux Apparatus).  
  • Computational server for deterministic and stochastic analysis of nuclear systems.    
Responsible person
prof. Ing. Karel Katovský, Ph.D.