Applied Nuclear Physics and Technology Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

This PhD course in Applied Nuclear Physics and Technology is part of the Physics-led Applications for Nuclear Engineering & Technology (PLANET) programme – a UKRI Doctoral Focal Award led by the University of York with the Universities of Cambridge, Edinburgh, Lancaster and Surrey.

The PhD course in Applied Nuclear Physics and Technology will provide an excellent and inclusive training programme in applied nuclear physics that will graduate highly skilled PhD students in support of the UK’s growing nuclear energy and defence requirements into the next decades. The programme’s research philosophy will address strategic and sovereign UK priorities in civil and defence nuclear, e.g. developing/validation of nuclear physics codes; addressing gaps and uncertainties in datasets that support fuel performance, containment and criticality safety cases; support to advanced reactor challenges; validation of isotopic inventories for spent fuel and Plutonium disposition; waste storage and disposal; AI use in applied nuclear physics; ensuring abilities to ‘control, cool and contain’ and cross-section measurements at elevated neutron energies.