- FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS
- nuclear and particle physics
- advanced electronics for radiation detection and radiation effects mitigation
- innovative data analysis methodologies
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- SPACE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY
- electronics and sensors vulnerability
- very low power and mass sensors
- miniaturization design techniques
- onboard control and data processing units
- robust and hardened architectures
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- FUSION DIAGNOSTICS AND TECHNOLOGY
- burning plasma diagnostics
- radiation hardened detectors and electronics
- experimental techniques for high-temperature plasmas
- high-availability electronics for DAQ and control
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- RESEARCH REACTORS AND PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
- material testing reactors
- zero power reactors
- safety experiments
- in-pile measurements of physical parameters including temperature, dimensions, gas release
- in-core and ex-core radiation detection and measurement
- calibration and tests of mock-up sensors under laboratory conditions (thermal-hydraulic, mechanical, thermal studies)
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- accelerator beam position monitors
- accelerator beam diagnostics and characterization
- accelerator beam loss/beam profile measurement
- optical diagnostics
- accelerator beam monitoring (intensity, energy, spatial and temporal distribution)
- collision rate measurement
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- NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS MONITORING AND CONTROL
- nuclear power plants (GEN2, GEN3, GEN3+)
- GEN IV reactors (SFR, LFR, VHTR, GFR, …)
- SMR
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- SEVERE ACCIDENT MONITORING
- high temperature and pressure measurements
- radiation measurement in harsh media
- electronics hardening
- wireless and remote robotic measurements
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- NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE, SAFEGUARDS AND HOMELAND SECURITY
- radioactive wastes management
- nuclear material and spent fuel
- nuclear fuel cycle facilities
- dismantling operations
- safeguards
- reprocessing plants
- illicit trafficking
- nuclear material control and characterization
- high efficiency neutron measurements
- nuclear fuel control and management
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- DECOMMISSIONING, DISMANTLING AND REMOTE HANDLING
- materials and radioactive wastes management
- techniques and process improvements, radiological characterization, waste treatment, decontamination
- remote handling
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- ENVIRONMENTAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCES
- advancements in mass spectrometry measurements
- application of radioactive tracers
- radiography, imagery, tomography
- methods in extreme conditions
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- EDUCATION, TRAINING AND OUTREACH
- experimental sciences
- basics in instrumentation and measurement sciences and technologies
- measurement methods and their applications
- PhD. and summer schools, refresh courses
- nuclear communication with general public
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- CURRENT TRENDS IN DEVELOPMENT OF RADIATION DETECTORS
- properties of a wide range of semiconductors and scintillators
- spectroscopic and timing properties of the detectors
- design and construction of efficient detection systems
- efficient position and energy sensitive detection of ionizing radiation
- radiation hardness studies of the detectors and detector systems
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