Energies (Dec 2021)

MARIA Reactor Irradiation Technology Capabilities towards Advanced Applications

  • Marek Migdal,
  • Emilia Balcer,
  • Łukasz Bartosik,
  • Łukasz Bąk,
  • Agnieszka Celińska,
  • Justyna Cybowska,
  • Krzysztof Dobrzelewski,
  • Janusz Jaroszewicz,
  • Krzysztof Jezierski,
  • Natalia Knake,
  • Wojciech Kubiński,
  • Jan Lechniak,
  • Maciej Lipka,
  • Gaweł Madejowski,
  • Adam Małkiewicz,
  • Łukasz Murawski,
  • Ireneusz Owsianko,
  • Bartłomiej Piwowarski,
  • Rafał Prokopowicz,
  • Anna Talarowska,
  • Emilia Wilińska,
  • Tomasz Witkowski,
  • Piotr Witkowski,
  • Grzegorz Wojtania,
  • Marcin Wójcik

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/en14238153
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 23
p. 8153

Abstract

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The MARIA research reactor is designed and operated as a multipurpose nuclear installation, combining material testing, neutron beam experiments, and medical and industrial radionuclide production, including molybdenum-99 (99Mo). Recently, after fuel conversion to LEU and rejuvenation of the staff while maintaining their experience, MARIA has been used to respond to the increased interest of the scientific community in advanced nuclear power studies, both fission and fusion. In this work, we would like to introduce MARIA’ s capabilities in the irradiation technology field and how it can serve future nuclear research worldwide.

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