Villigen, Aargau, Switzerland
Nuclear fuel scientist with experience in modelling as well as experimental. Focus on conventional and ATF fuel and cladding concepts. Active member in international expert groups. Proposer and leader of multi-physics (neutronics-thermohydraulics-fuel behaviour) swissnuclear projects. Task leadership of EU FP7 projects.
- Sub-area manager for fuel in the STARS programme - Scientific support in the analysis of fuel rod thermomechanical behavior (V&V, SA/UQ) - Development of the EPRI fuel performance code FALCON V1 - Coupling activities in Multiphysics (FALCON with TRACE and CASMO/SIMULATE) - Collaboration with other PSI laboratories and departments - Leader of a swissnuclear project on accident tolerant fuels - PSI representative in the OECD/NEA-EGATFL - PSI representative in the OECD/NEA-TOPATF - PSI representative in the EUROSAFE Programme Committee. - PSI representative in ETSON EG 12 (fuel behaviour).
- Characterization of conventional UO2/MOX and advanced (doped) fuels -fresh and irradiated- by advanced techniques (synchrotron spectroscopy, electron microprobe, electron microscopy, positron annihilation spectroscopy) - Development of a sphere-pac fuel production unit (internal gelation triggered by microwave heating), and testing with a chemical surrogate of plutonium
Development modules (Visual Basic) for the COMSY Software
FEM Modeling of a ball-bearing system