Nuclear Reaction Research Group

The group performs is active in the field of nuclear data research. We measure especially various observables for neutron-induced reactions and contribute to model development.Our aim is to improve the understanding of the infleunce of microscopic nuclear data on large scale systems. Examples are:

• dosimetry and fast neutron cancer therapy,
• radiation effects in microelectronics, and
• nuclear power reactors, especially fast reactors within GenIV.

This means in practice that we

• measure cross-sections for light-ion production and fission, as well as fragment mass distributions and fission yields,
• calculate parameters for large systems such as fast reactors in dependence of microscopic nuclear data, and
• develop measurement methods for reactor parameters. 

Our experimental activities are concentrated towards the neutron facility of The Svedberg Laboratory ( TSL ), with the Medley and SCANDAL set-ups, the IGISOL facility in Jyväskylä, Finland, and Neutrons for Science (NFS) at GANIL, Caen, France.

The work is carried out in collaboration with partners from several different universities and research institutes, both on the national and international level. Besides groups from the above mention facilities, this includes especially KTH and Chalmers in Sweden, the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in Geel, Belgium, Kyushu University in Japan, NRG Petten in The Netherlands and Chiang Mai University in Thailand. We have furthermore well developed contacts to industry and offical authorities like SKB, Vattenfall and SSM.