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-DRT-25-0310
Direction
DRT
Thesis topic details
Category
Technological challenges
Thesis topics
Development of a transportable and high sensibility gamma/neutron spectro-imager to reconstruct and identify radioactive hotspots during decomissioning and dismantling operations
Contract
Thèse
Job description
Radioactive hotspots reconstruction is a significant challenge when characterising radioelements in environments that have been impacted by radiological or nuclear activity. A thesis proposal aims to address this issue by developing a compact, highly sensitive multimodal instrument for assessing and characterising gamma-ray and neutron contributions. This system will help to meet the encountered challenges, during decommissioning and dismantling (D&D) operations, in nuclear industry sites. To do this, it will incorporate spectro-imaging specifications to ensure the identification and location of present radioelements. The state of art has already demonstrated the advantages and benefits of combining ionising radiations spectrometry and imaging. However, the suggested solutions show difficulties in deploying measurement systems (size, weight), as well as a sensitivity incompatible with the ground constraints. Results obtained in the frame of thesis works, carried out at SIMRI (Service Instrumentation et Métrologie des Rayonnements Ionisants), have led to the development of a gamma and neutron spectro-imager prototype.
University / doctoral school
PHENIICS (PHENIICS)
Paris-Saclay
Thesis topic location
Site
Saclay
Requester
Position start date
01/01/2025
Person to be contacted by the applicant
BURIDON Victor
victor.buridon@cea.fr
CEA
DRT/DIN//LCIM
Centre CEA Paris-Saclay. Site de Saclay. 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette
Tutor / Responsible thesis director
CARREL Frédérick
frederick.carrel@cea.fr
CEA
DRT/DIN
CEA Paris-Saclay
Bâtiment 534B - PC 72
91191 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex
01 69 08 58 16
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