The ANIMMA 2025 conference proposes a workshop session devoted to numerical works and to experimental R&D from fundamental physics to direct applications. Four topics will be addressed in parallel. This workshop session will be held on June 9, 2025 at Hotel Meliá Valencia. Each workshop will be composed of 7 invited talks (see table below).
Contact: Christelle Reynard-Carette (Aix-Marseille University, France, christelle.carette@univ-amu.fr)
Workshop N°1: Nuclear instrumentation and measurement in research reactors
Date: Monday, 9 June 2025, from 9:45am to 5:30pm
Workshop conveners: Christelle Reynard-Carette (Aix-Marseille University, France, christelle.carette@univ-amu.fr) and Gordon Kohse (MIT, USA, kohse@mit.edu)
The development of nuclear instrumentation and measurement methods for major nuclear research facilities such as the Jules Horowitz Reactor under construction in France, the reactivated TREAT reactor in the USA and other research reactors in Europe for instance (MARIA, BR2, ...). Such facilities will offer extreme conditions requiring accurate, reliable and hardened sensors and detectors. The workshop will focus on recent advancements in nuclear instrumentation, and scientific and technological breakthroughs, through seven invited oral presentations. A variety of key measurement quantities (neutron and photon fluxes, nuclear heating rate, temperature, …) will be addressed and relevant possible topics will be detectors, sensors, irradiation devices, test benches, metrology, miniaturization, data acquisition, among others. The workshop will cover experimental and numerical studies carried out under laboratory conditions and during irradiation campaigns. The workshop will allow scientists and experts to discuss issues related to future challenges and identify potential joint work.
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Title |
Speaker and co-authors |
Speaker's affiliation and email address |
| 09:45 – 10:15 | Welcome Coffee | ||
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10:15 – 10:30 |
Introduction |
Christelle REYNARD-CARETTE |
Aix-Marseille Université, France, |
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10:30 – 11:15 |
TBD |
Gordon KOHSE |
MIT, USA, |
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11:15 – 12:00 |
The Thermal and Nuclear Measurement Systems of MARIA Reactor | Piotr WITKOWSKI, Gabriel RAJ | NCBJ, Poland piotr.witkowski@ncbj.gov.pl |
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12:00 – 12:45 |
The Jules Horowitz reactor, France - The crucial role of instrumentation to characterize the irradiation. |
Stéphane GAILLOT |
JHR Project Officer. CEA-DES-IRESNE, Cadarache, France stephane.gaillot@cea.fr |
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12:45 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00 – 14:45 |
Irradiation experiments in LVR-15 reactor – thermal aspects, design and instrumentation | Tomáš MELICHAR, Marek MIKLOŠ, Jaroslav ŠOLTÉS, Branislav BELKO | Tomáš MELICHAR, Research centre Řež, s.r.o. tomas.melichar@cvrez.cz |
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14:45 – 15:30 |
Validation of a new thin-film deposited heating element under Irradiation Conditions and new challenges associated with the calorimeter miniaturization | Adrien VOLTE, Jérémy REBAUD, Abdallah LYOUSSI, Michel CARETTE, Christelle REYNARD-CARETTE | Adrien VOLTE, Aix-Marseille University, IM2NP UMR7334, Marseille, France adrien.volte@univ-amu.fr |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Coffee break | ||
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15:45 – 16:30 |
Experiments to study temperature effects at the JSI TRIGA reactor |
Luka SNOJ |
JSI, Slovenia luka.snoj@ijs.si |
| 16:30 – 17:15 | Online power determination in fuel irradiation experiments at BR2 | Philippe GOUAT | SCK-CEN, Belgium philippe.gouat@sckcen.be |
| 17:15 – 17:30 | Conclusions | All | |
Workshop N°2: Novel perspectives for radiation detection materials
Date: Monday, 9 June 2025, from 9:45am to 5:30pm
Workshop conveners: Ivana Capan (Ruđer Bošković Institute, Croatia, ivana.capan@irb.hr) and Takahiro Makino (National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), Japan, makino.takahiro@qst.go.jp)
The recent advancements in the fabrication of high-quality wafers, materials synthesis, and understanding of the influence and effects of radiation (including extraterrestrial radiation) on materials have enabled remarkable and novel perspectives for radiation detection. Besides the well-known Group IV semiconductors, wide-bandgap semiconductors such as SiC, GaN, and Ga2O3 are becoming the driving force for radiation detection materials with impressive radiation hardness. Moreover, research on wide-bandgap semiconductor nanostructures (OD, 1D, 2D, and 3D) indicates the potential future trends. It is reasonable to expect that devices based on semiconductor nanostructures will gain more attention and enable new advancements.
This Workshop is dedicated to all aspects related to the growth, synthesis, characterization, and applications of crystalline materials for radiation detection. The main aim is to provide an overview of the current challenges and future perspectives.
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Title |
Speaker and co-authors |
Speaker's affiliation and email address |
| 09:45 – 10:15 | Welcome Coffee | ||
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10:15 – 10:30 |
Introduction - What’s new in the field of radiation detection? |
Ivana CAPAN |
Ruđer Bošković Institute, Croatia |
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10:30 – 11:15 |
Silicon Carbide Nuclear Radiation Detectors: Progress, Limitations and Future Directions |
Frank H. RUDDY |
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11:15 – 12:00 |
Perspectives and applications of 4H-SiC and single crystal diamond detectors | Bohumír ZAŤKO, Andrea ŠAGÁTOVÁ, Nikola KURUCOVÁ, Eva KOVÁČOVÁ, Marian VARGA | Bohumír ZAŤKO, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Republic elekbzat@savba.sk |
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12:00 – 12:45 |
Radiation effects on SiC-based PN junction diodes during in-core and ex-core irradiation campaigns |
Valentin VALERO, Laurent OTTAVIANI, Abdallah LYOUSSI, Christophe DESTOUCHES, Vladimir RADULOVIĆ, Luka SNOJ, Adrien VOLTE, Michel CARETTE and Christelle REYNARD CARETTE |
Valentin VALERO, IM2NP UMR7334, CNRS, France valentin.valero@im2np.fr |
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12:45 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00 – 14:45 |
Effect of high energy proton irradiation on the optical properties of silicon carbide | Ilghar REZAEI and Iain F. CROWE | Iain F. CROWE, University of Manchester, United Kingdom iain.crowe@manchester.ac.uk |
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14:45 – 15:30 |
Nanostructured materials for sensing applications | Ivana PANŽIĆ | Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb, Croatia ivana.panzic@irb.hr |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Coffee break | ||
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15:45 – 16:30 |
Talk#6 and Q&A | ||
| 16:30 – 17:15 | Talk#7 and Q&A | ||
| 17:15 – 17:30 | Conclusions | All | |
Workshop N°3: High-performance data acquisition systems for nuclear applications (fission, fusion, dismantling, safety and safeguards, ...)
Date: Monday, 9 June 2025, from 9:45am to 5:30pm
Workshop conveners: Massimo Morichi (CAEN S.p.A., Italy, m.morichi@caen.it) and Bruno Soares Gonçalves (IPFN, Portugal, bruno@ipfn.tecnico.ulisboa.pt)
The evolution of innovative electronics is significantly enhancing the capabilities of high-performance data acquisition systems in nuclear applications, including fission, fusion, dismantling, safety, and safeguards. These advancements are enabling the development of increasingly complex and specialized systems to address the unique challenges in these fields. At the same time, next-generation front-end ASICs, digital pulse processors, and streaming readout technologies are driving major progress in precision and data acquisition for nuclear physics research. Additionally, the introduction of advanced power supplies is facilitating the operation of large-scale experiments involving hundreds of channels and multi-detector systems, providing a breakthrough in efficiency and precision for detection measurements in nuclear science.
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Title |
Speaker and co-authors |
Speaker's affiliation and email address |
| 09:45 – 10:15 | Welcome Coffee | ||
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10:15 – 10:30 |
Introduction |
Massimo MORICHI |
CAEN S.p.A., Italy, m.morichi@caen.it |
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10:30 – 11:15 |
Next generation front end ASICs, Digital Pulse Processors and streaming Readout for physics research |
Carlo TINTORI |
CAEN S.p.A., Italy |
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11:15 – 12:00 |
Advanced Power supplies for complex experiments with hundreds of channels and multi detectors: A break into efficiency and precision in detection measurements | Gianni DI MAIO, Matteo SAVIOZZI | CAEN S.p.A., Italy g.dimaio@caen.it m.saviozzi@caen.it |
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12:00 – 12:45 |
From innovative multipurpose single board electronics into the individual applications. Evolution of complex systems for safeguard, security, waste characterization, reactors and medical operations |
Massimo MORICHI |
CAEN S.p.A., Italy m.morichi@caen.it |
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12:45 – 14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00 – 14:45 |
Advanced advancements in instrumentation and control, data acquisition systems, and data management to support the design, licensing, and operation of nuclear modular reactors and small modular reactors | John PORTILLO | Paragon Energy Solutions, US jportillo@ParagonES.com |
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14:45 – 15:30 |
Hybrid FPGA HDL / MARTe2 software framework approach for data acquisition and real time control in fusion devices | Bernardo CARVALHO | Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de -Lisboa, Portugal bernardo@ipfn.tecnico.ulisboa.pt |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Coffee break | ||
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15:45 – 16:30 |
Talk#6 and Q&A | ||
| 16:30 – 17:15 | Talk#7 and Q&A | ||
| 17:15 – 17:30 | Conclusions | All | |
