Groupleader
Main research areas
- Accelerator or laser controlled subcritical nuclear reactors.
- Measurement and computational analysis of neutron field properties of fast and high-energy neutrons.
- Nuclear gamma spectrometry using semiconductor germanium or scintillation detectors.
- Measurement of critical heat fluxes on smooth and treated surfaces, calculations of the reserve for the boiling crisis.
- Analyzes and shielding designs of complex sources of ionizing radiation.
- Computational analyses of advanced nuclear fuels, nuclear data and 3D kinetics of nuclear reactors.
- Safety analyses of advanced and small modular reactors.
Main practical research results
Products, prototypes, software:
- Nuclear fuel, a fuel pellet containing this nuclear fuel, and a fuel rod containing these fuel pellets. https://starfos.tacr.cz/en/vysledky-vyzkumu/RIV%2F00216305%3A26220%2F21%3APA21705?query=2lyqaadfzjza#result-main
- Detection set for neutron spectra analysis. https://starfos.tacr.cz/en/vysledky-vyzkumu/RIV%2F00216305%3A26220%2F20%3APA21643?query=2lyqaadfzjza#result-main
- Universal passive threshold detector for neutron field analysis generated by a particle accelerator. https://starfos.tacr.cz/en/vysledky-vyzkumu/RIV%2F00216305%3A26220%2F20%3APA21642?query=2lyqaadfzjza#result-main
- Computational model of Phebus facility by MELCOR code. https://starfos.tacr.cz/en/vysledky-vyzkumu/RIV%2F00216305%3A26220%2F21%3APR36077?query=wryqaadga5gq
- Sofware analysing the laser-generated neutron spectrum over the entire energy range. https://starfos.tacr.cz/en/vysledky-vyzkumu/RIV%2F00216305%3A26220%2F21%3APR36370?query=syriaadgipwq#result-main
Projects and industrial contracts:
- AD4HEL - Activation Detectors for High Energy Lasers: utilization of quasi-offline methods for detection of laser driven neutrons. https://starfos.tacr.cz/en/projekty/TJ02000321?query=sxmyaadgisfq
- ADAR - Accelerator Driven Advanced Reactor. https://starfos.tacr.cz/en/projekty/LTAUSA18198?query=ywpqaadf4t7a
- Research of coping and mitigation capabilities and strategies of existing and advanced PWRs against Design Extension Conditions. https://starfos.tacr.cz/en/projekty/TM02000039?query=ywpqaadf4t7a
- System integration analysis of nuclear sources (SMR and / or large units) and P2G into the Czech power and heating industry. https://starfos.tacr.cz/en/projekty/TK04010084?query=ywpqaadf4t7a
- Tolerant Nuclear Fuels for Small Modular Reactors and Safety Evaluation. https://starfos.tacr.cz/en/projekty/TK04030168?query=ywpqaadf4t7a
- Experimental and simulation shielding studies of materials used in radiation protection. https://starfos.tacr.cz/en/projekty/8X20054?query=ywpqaadf4t7a
- Center of Advanced Nuclear Technology II. https://starfos.tacr.cz/en/projekty/TN02000012?query=ywpqaadf4t7a
Main research publications
- MICIAN, P.; CERNY, T.; PETROSYAN, T.; FORAL, S.; KATOVSKÝ, K.; PTACEK, M. Assessing the Phebus FPT-1 experiment: Insights from MELCOR 2.2 and ASYST codes. Nuclear Engineering and Technology. 1738-5733. 1305 Walt Whitman Road, Suite 110 Melville, NY 11747, USA: Elsevier, 2024, ISSN: 1738-5733. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.net.2024.07.021
- SONI, B.; PARASHARI, S.; MUKHERJEE, S.; MAKWANA, R.; SURYANARAYANA, S.; NAYAK, B.; NAIK, H.; VARMUŽA, J.; KATOVSKÝ, K. Measurement of (n, xn) reaction cross sections on In-113, In-115 isotopes using quasi-monoenergetic neutrons within 10-20 MeV. European Physical Journal Plus, 2020, roč. 135, č. 3, s. 300-320. ISSN: 2190-5444. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-020-00313-y
- VRBAN, B.; ČERBA, Š.; LÜLEY, J.; NEČAS, V.; FILOVÁ, V.; KATOVSKÝ, K.; ŠŤASTNÝ, O.; GLOGINJIC, M.; ERICH, M.; MRAVIK, Ž.; PETROVIC, S. The Mini Labyrinth Benchmark for Radiation Protection and Shielding Analysis. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE, 2022, roč. 69, č. 4, s. 745-752. ISSN: 0018-9499. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2022.3144838
- ŠTEVANKA, K.; KRÁL, D.; ŠŤASTNÝ, O.; HOLOMB, R.; KATOVSKÝ, K.; SOUSA MARTINS, H. Comparison of Neutron Flux Density in Carbon Prism filled with NaCl and Air. In Proccedings of the 2020 21th International Scientific Conference on Electric Power Engineering (EPE). New York: IEEE, 2020. s. 372-376. ISBN: 978-1-7281-9479-0. https://doi.org/10.1109/EPE51172.2020.9269170
- PETROSYAN, T.; ŠTEVANKA, K.; NESVADBA, L.; KATOVSKÝ, K.; VLČEK, D. Experimental Investigation of Critical Heat Flux. In 2023 23rd International Scientific Conference on Electric Power Engineering (EPE). Proceedings of the ... International Scientific Conference on Electric Power Engineering. 1. Piscataway, New Jersey, USA/Brno, Czech Republic: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - IEEE, 2023. ISBN: 979-8-3503-3593-4. ISSN: 2376-5631. https://doi.org/10.1109/EPE58302.2023.10149270
