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Konstantin Mikityuk

konstantin.mikityuk@epfl.ch https://www.psi.ch/fast/

EPFL SB IPHYS LRS
PH D3 465 (Bâtiment PH)
Station 3
1015 Lausanne

Expertise

Generation-IV fast reactors, advanced modeling, coupled neutronics and thermal hydraulics, sodium boiling

Paul Scherrer Institut

Fast Reactors Group Leader Laboratory for Reactor Physics and Systems Behaviour Nuclear Energy and Safety Department OHSA/D11 5232 Villigen PSI Switzerland E-mail: konstantin.mikityuk@psi.ch Tel: +41 56 310 23 85
Since 1992 I have been involved in research of safety-related aspects of various nuclear reactors with fast neutron spectrum: first at Russian Kurchatov Institute and then at Swiss Paul Scherrer Institute. My current interests are safety analysis of sodium-cooled fast reactor, in particular neutronics and thermal-hydraulic aspects of sodium boiling.

Memberships

  • Representative of Switzerland in Generation-IV International Forum (GIF)
  • Co-chair of GIF Education and Training Task Force
  • Representative of Switzerland in International Atomic Energy Agency Technical Working Group on Fast Reactors (IAEA TWG-FR)

Education

PhD in Nuclear Power Facilities

| Development and application of a complex transient code for fast reactors with lead-based coolant

1999 – 2002 PostGraduate School of Russian Research Сentre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia

MS in Nuclear Engineering

| Thesis on development and testing of advanced fuel thermal model

1984 – 1992 Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Russia

Professionals experiences

Advanced Nuclear Systems Group Leader

2018–2018

Paul Scherrer Institut

Fast Reactors Group Leader

2007–2018

Paul Scherrer Institut

Researcher

2002–2007

Paul Scherrer Institut

Researcher

1992–2002

RRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia

Journal papers and patents

Teaching & PhD

PhD Students

Diego Mondaray Muñoz, Alessio Rossi, Julia Janina Swiatkowska

Past EPFL PhD Students

Rodrigo Gonzalez Gonzaga De Oliveira, Janos Bodi, Mohamed Aly Hashem Mohamed Sayed, Vincenzo Anthony Di Nora

Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector

Vladimir Vladimirov Brankov