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NCBJ Annual Report 2018 NARODOWE CENTRUM BADAŃ JĄDROWYCH NATIONAL CENTRE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH ANNUAL REPORT 2018 1 LOCATIONS Main site: 30 km from Warsaw 7 A.Sołtana street 05-400 Otwock-Świerk Warsaw site: (divisions BP1, BP2, BP3, BP4) 7 Pasteura street, 02-093 Warsaw Łódź site: (division BP4) 28 Płk. Strzelców Kaniowskich 69, 90-558 Łódź Editors: N. Keeley A. Malinowska Technical editors: G. Swiboda __________________________________________________________________________________________ PL-05-400 Otwock-Świerk, POLAND tel.: 048 22 273 10 01 fax: 048 22 779 34 81 e-mail: [email protected] http://www.ncbj.gov.pl ISSN 2299-2960 2 CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT OF THE INSTITUTE ............................................................................................................. 5 SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL ...................................................................................................................................... 5 DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS OF THE INSTITUTE ............................................................................... 7 MAIN RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ....................................................................................................................... 8 SCIENTIFIC STAFF OF THE INSTITUTE ...................................................................................................... 10 PROJECTS ......................................................................................................................................................... 13 Grant projects for young Scientists ..................................................................................................................... 24 List of prizes and awards for employees and PhD students of the NCBJ in science - 2018 ............................... 26 DSc Thesis and PhD Thesis ................................................................................................................................ 29 RESEARCH REPORTS NUCLEAR FACILITIES OPERATION DEPARTMENT ................................................................................ 33 Maria Reactor Operations Division .................................................................................................................... 33 Reactor Research & Technology Division ......................................................................................................... 39 Radiation Protection Measurements Laboratory ............................................................................................... 47 Radiological Metrology and Biomedical Physics Division .................................................................... ………51 MATERIAL PHYSICS DEPARTMENT .......................................................................................................... 65 Materials Research Laboratory ........................................................................................................................... 67 Nuclear Methods in Solid State Physics Division .............................................................................................. 77 Plasma/Ion Beam Technology Division ............................................................................................................. 81 DEPARTMENT OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH ...................................................................................... 97 Nuclear Physics Division .................................................................................................................................... 99 Theoretical Physics Division ............................................................................................................................ 105 High Energy Physics Division .......................................................................................................................... 117 Astrophysics Division ....................................................................................................................................... 133 DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES AND EQUIPMENT .......................................................... 145 Particle Acceleration Physics & Technology Division ..................................................................................... 147 Electronics & Detection Systems Division ....................................................................................................... 157 Radiation Detectors and Plasma Diagnostic Division ...................................................................................... 165 Division of Nuclear Equipment - HITEC ......................................................................................................... 185 3 DEPARTMENT OF COMPLEX SYSTEM ..................................................................................................... 189 Division of Nuclear Energy & Environmental Studies ..................................................................................... 189 EDUCATION AND TRAINING DIVISION ................................................................................................... 215 RADIOISOTOPE CENTRE POLATOM ......................................................................................................... 219 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS .............................................................................................................................. 235 AUTHOR INDEX ............................................................................................................................................. 281 4 GENERAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT OF THE INSTITUTE Director Associate Professor Krzysztof KUREK Deputy Director, Science Professor Ewa RONDIO Deputy Director, Innovations Paweł SOBKOWICZ, PhD DSc and Commercialisation Deputy Director, Michał WÓJTOWICZ, MSc Economy Deputy Director for Administrative and Marek JUSZCZYK, MSc Technical Matters Deputy Director, Adam HRYCZUK, MSc Eng Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection till 1.12.2018 Grzegorz KRZYSZTOSZEK, MSc Eng from 1.12.2018 Acting Scientific Secretary Aneta MALINOWSKA, PhD DSc Spokesman Marek PAWŁOWSKI, PhD Spokeman for Nuclear Power Andrzej STRUPCZEWSKI, PhD Eng SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL 2017-2020 Chairman Tomasz Matulewicz, Professor Warsaw University Physics Faculty, Institute of Experimental Physics Deputy Chairmen Andrzej Chmielewski, Professor Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology Renata Mikołajczak, Associate Professor National Centre for Nuclear Research, member of Scientific, Research and Technology Employees Review Commission Krzysztof Rusek, Professor Heavy Ion Laboratory at the University of Warsaw), member of Scientific, Research and Technology Employees Review Commission Professor Grzegorz Wrochna National Centre for Nuclear Research Members Bożena Birkenfeld, Professor med Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin Grażyna Birnbaum, Msc Eng National Centre for Nuclear Research Ryszard Broda, Associate Professor National Centre for Nuclear Research Izabela Cieszykowska, PhD National Centre for Nuclear Research Andrzej Gałkowski, Associate Professor Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion Piotr Garnuszek, Associate Professor National Centre for Nuclear Research Michał Gryziński, PhD Eng National Centre for Nuclear Research Krystyna Jabłońska, Professor Institute of Physics PAS Jan Kalinowski, Professor Institute of Theoretical Physics WU 5 Grzegorz Kamiński, Professor n. med. Military Institute of Medicine Nicholas Keeley, Associate Professor National Centre for Nuclear Research Adam Kisiel, Associate Professor Eng Faculty of Physics Warsaw University of Technology, member of Scientific, Research and Technology Employees Review Commission Michał Kowal, Associate Professor National Centre for Nuclear Research, member of Doctoral Programs Commission Marek Lankosz, Professor Eng AGH Zbigniew Leśnikowski, Professor Eng Institute of Medical Biology PAS Justyna Łagoda, Associate Professor National Centre for Nuclear Research, member of Doctoral Programs Commission Marek Moszyński, Professor National Centre for Nuclear Research member of Scientific, Research and Technology Employees Review Commission Bartłomiej Nowak, Associate Professor Kozminski University Dariusz Oleszak Associate Professor Eng Materials Engineering Faculty of Warsaw Technical University Paweł Olko, Professor Institute of Nuclear Physics PAS, member of Scientific, Research and Technology Employees Review Commission Bogdan Pałosz, Professor Institute of High Pressure Physics PAS Rafał Pawełczak, MSc KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. Katarzyna Pietrzak, Associate Professor Eng Institute of Electronic Materials Technology Anna Piotrowska, Professor Institute of Electron Technology Roman Płaneta, Professor Institute of Physics JU Agnieszka Pollo, Associate Professor National Centre for Nuclear Research, member of Doctoral Programs Commission Marek Sadowski, Professor National Centre for Nuclear Research Janusz Skalski, Associate Professor National Centre for Nuclear Research member of Scientific, Research and Technology Employees Review Commission Błażej Skoczeń, Professor Eng Cracow University of Technology Marek Stankiewicz, Professor National Synchrotron Radiation Centre Józef Sobolewski, PhD Ministry of Energy Łukasz Świderski, Associate Professor National Centre for Nuclear Research Mikołaj Tarchalski, PhD Eng National Centre for Nuclear Research Wojciech Wiślicki, Professor National Centre for Nuclear Research Anna Wysocka-Rabin, Associate Professor National Centre for Nuclear Research Ex-officio members NCBJ Director General
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