PLEASE NOTE: from January 1, 2008 the Department of Nuclear Engineering is a division of the new Department of Energy.
The Department of Nuclear Engineering (DIN) was established in the sixties.
Its origin dates back to 1957, when the Enrico Fermi Center for Nuclear Studies (Ce.S.N.E.F.) was founded with the aim of running the
first nuclear reactor for academic research and educational purposes in Italy. The reactor operated for about twenty years, starting in
november 1959. At the same time a new student curriculum was started which became in 1961 the first master degree specifically devoted to
Nuclear Engineering in Italy.
The scientific challenge posed by the reactor, an inherently complex system demanding both theoretical and experimental
skills, fostered a fertile research collaboration between people with different interests and capabilities, that
pursued several scientific subjects and melted them toward common goals.
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The department’s mission is to:
- be at the cutting edge in science and technology of radiation, with a special focus on detection, materials, nuclear power plants and system reliability;
- support education of young talented researchers and professionals with a solid scientific background and a truly multi-disciplinary approach.