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Research at the IRSN

The mission of the IRSN in terms of research is not simply the acquisition of new scientific knowledge, but also the development of technical risk management tools and a contribution to the development of the expertise available within the Institute.

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04/05/2012

First announcement of NEUDOS12

The IRSN organises from 3rd to 7th june 2013 in Aix-en-Provence (France) the NEUDOS12 symposium (Neutron and Ion dosimetry) in cooperation with EURADOS whose the Institute is an active member, and IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency).

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24/04/2012

New dissertation in HDR series of the IRSN

The HDR series gets a new HDR dissertation, defended by Agnès François and untitled "Appréhender et gérer les lésions radiques digestives : importance de la réaction muqueuse et nouvelles orientations thérapeutiques".

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19/04/2012

PhD theses 2012 recruitment has begun

The recruitment for the PhD theses starting in 2012 has begun. The proposals are divided in two poles : radioprotection and safety. To send your application, you have to be graduated (or soon to be) in Master 2 in research and be under 26 years old (allowing duly motivated exception).

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03/04/2012

IRSN - partner of two Labex: CaPPA and Icome2

The IRSN is a partner of two Labex, the list of which was published on 14 February 2012 by the French government’s general commission for future investments: the laboratory of Chemical and Physical Properties of the Atmosphere (CaPPA) and the interdisciplinary centre on multi-scale materials for energy and environment (Icome2).

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26/03/2012

Miloud Chahlafi, winner of a 2011 EADS Foundation prize

In January 2012, Miloud Chahlafi was awarded the 2011 prize for the best engineering sciences thesis by the EADS Foundation. Miloud Chahlafi completed his thesis at LESAM (Laboratory for the Study and Simulation of Major Accidents) of IRSN.

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23/03/2012

Resoh: A research chair for studying sub-contracting relations

A research and teaching chair devoted to the organisational and human aspects of sub-contracting and joint venture relations has been created at EMN (Nantes School of Mines).

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19/03/2012

An international neutron metrology comparison

The CCRI-K11 comparison of the International Commission of Weights and Measures' Consultative Committee for Ionizing Radiation deals with verifying the accuracy of national references of countries around the world for the fluence at four neutron energies.

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07/02/2012

Launch of the Diadomi project

The Diadomi project, which involves developing a diamond dosimeter to measure the dose absorbed by the patient during radiotherapy using beams of very small dimensions, began on 1 April 2011.

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20/12/2011

The IRSN contributes to ELFE, the study of 20,000 children

The IRSN is participating in the French longitudinal study from childhood ("Etude longitudinale française depuis l'enfance", or ELFE) which aims to identify and analyse the effects of environmental and social factors on the development, health and socialisation of children.

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06/12/2011

The IRSN signs a framework agreement with Laval University

The IRSN and the Department of chemistry at Laval University (Quebec) have just signed a first framework agreement on the development of radionuclide metrology and its applications, including radioecology.

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03/12/2011

HDR defended

On 2nd December 2011, Denis Maro has defended his HDR on the subject "Transfert des radionucléides sous forme de gaz et d’aérosols dans les environnements complexes : études expérimentales de dispersion atmosphérique et d’échanges aux interfaces".

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09/09/2011

New dissertation in HDR series of the IRSN

The HDR series gets a new HDR dissertation, defended by Laurent Pourcelot and untitled "Variabilité des dépôts atmosphériques et des transferts de radioéléments dans les sols" (Variability of atmospheric deposits and artificials radio-elements transfers in the soils)

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  • Research on criticality

     

    MIRTE programme 

     

    MORET code
     

    PROMETHEE project

     
    CRISTAL criticality-safety package

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