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Research

The research activity is articulated along three main lines: each of them is the development and the extension of one of the expertises which were originally gathered around the nuclear reactor and the theme of nuclear plants.

They are:

  1. power systems and safety, articulated as:
    • nuclear reactors: more directly linked to nuclear plants, focuses on the development of reactors of the next generation;
    • analysis of plants and processes: develops the concepts and methods which, mainly originated in the nuclear field, have found much wider applications, namely concerning complex systems and safety assessments;
  2. radiation detection and measurements, continuing the strong tradition of the Department in this field. It is articulated as:
    • radioactive phenomena, and the techniques and methods for their measurements, and their applications, also for protection purposes;
    • development of new devices and instrumentation, including the electronic hardware.
  3. materials, issued from the exploitation of radiation for the characterization of materials. It is articulated as:
    • nano and micro structured materials; focused on both design, production and advanced characterization (physics of materials) and applications;
    • physics and chemistry of "soft" materials, which display a structural organization on a supra-molecular scale.