General information
Organisation
The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation in four main areas :
• defence and security,
• nuclear energy (fission and fusion),
• technological research for industry,
• fundamental research in the physical sciences and life sciences.
Drawing on its widely acknowledged expertise, and thanks to its 16000 technicians, engineers, researchers and staff, the CEA actively participates in collaborative projects with a large number of academic and industrial partners.
The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
Reference
SL-DES-26-0436
Thesis topic details
Category
Engineering science
Thesis topics
Adjoint sensitivity method applied to industrial modeling of nuclear reactor cores
Contract
Thèse
Job description
The objective of this thesis is to lay the foundations for applying the adjoint sensitivity method to industrial modeling of solid fuel nuclear reactor cores. The main topic will be the consideration of the coupling between neutronics, thermohydraulics, heat diffusion in fuel rods, and evolution.
University / doctoral school
Ecole Doctorale de l’Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)
Ecole Polytechnique
Thesis topic location
Site
Saclay
Requester
Position start date
01/10/2026
Person to be contacted by the applicant
Patricot Cyril 
cyril.patricot@cea.fr
CEA
DES/DM2S/SERMA/LPEC
Centre CEA de Saclay (Essonne), Gif-sur-Yvette, 91191 cedex
0610084630
Tutor / Responsible thesis director
ALLAIRE Grégoire gregoire.allaire@polytechnique.fr
Ecole Polytechnique
Centre de Mathématiques Appliquées de l'Ecole Polytechnique (CMAP)
Ecole Polytechnique
CMAP
91128 PALAISEAU Cedex
01 69 33 46 11
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