Topics requested for admission to the doctoral study at NSSF

Nuclear Safety, Security and Forensics

The required knowledge base for admission examination differs according to the topic chosen for PhD. thesis and according to the department

Guarantor of the topic: Department of Nuclear Reactors

1. Currently operated nuclear power facilities around the world, nuclear reactors of the 2^nd and 3^rd generation, their mutual comparison.
2. Planned and projected nuclear power facilities around the world, concepts of nuclear reactors of the generation III+ and IV, their advantages compared to the current ones.
3. Experimental nuclear facilities around the world, areas of their usage.
4. Neutron-physical calculations and analyzes of the nuclear reactors' cores, used calculation methods.
5. Thermo-hydraulic calculations and analyzes of the nuclear reactors' cores, used calculation methods.
6. Aspects of safe operation of nuclear facilities, safety analyzes of power and experimental nuclear reactors, approaches and methods, role of national regulatory body and international organizations in the field of peaceful use of nuclear energy.
7. Overview of sources of neutrons and ionizing radiation, their comparison and application in various fields of science, research, industry, medicine etc.
8. Overview and properties of nuclear fuels, trends in nuclear fuels development, optimization of fuel cycles, management of spent nuclear fuel.
9. Detection and dosimetry of neutrons and ionizing radiation with a focus on nuclear facilities.

Guarantor of the topic: Department of Nuclear Chemistry

1. Motivation for the doctoral studies; Characteristics of the Diploma Thesis; Links between the fundamental and applied research 

2. Stoichiometry of chemical reactions; Shell-structure of the atom; Types of chemical bonds in compounds; Redox reactions; Ground and excited states

3. States of matter and their description; Laws of Thermodynamics; Thermochemistry; Chemical equilibria; Kinetics of chemical reactions; Electrochemical processes

4. Chemistry of alkali and alkaline earth metals; Metals, metalloids and transition elements and their compounds; Non-metals, halogens, and noble gases; Lanthanoids and actinoids; Coordination compounds

5. Chemistry of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons; Heterocyclic and natural compounds; Reactions of organic compounds and methods of their studies

6. Analytical methods – gravimetric and volumetric analyses, conductometry, potentiometry, titrimetry, spectroscopic methods

7. Fundamentals of nuclear sciences – atomic nucleus, isotopes, ways and kinetics of nuclear transformations

Guarantor of the topic: Department of Dosimetry and Application of Ionizing Radiation

1. Interaction of ionizing radiation with matter
2. Radioactive decays
3. Nuclear reactions
4. Gas detectors
5. Scintillation detectors
6. Semiconductor detectors
7. Quantities in radiation physics
8. Dosimetric quantities
9. Microdosimetry
10. Biological effects of ionizing radiation
11. Ionization cavity theory
12. Sources of ionizing radiation for applications
13. Applications gamma and X beams
14. Applications of beta particles
15. Radiation technologies
16. Instrumental analytical methods
17. Activation analysis
18. Radioisotope dating methods
19. X-ray diagnostics and computed tomography
20. Nuclear medicine and radiation oncology
21. Principles of radiation protection
22. Radiation monitoring
23. Natural irradiation
24. Assessment of internal contamination
25. Epidemiological studies
26. Personal dosimetry
27. Neutron dosimetry

Guarantor of the topic: Faculty of Informatics

1. Algebra, Number theory (within the range of standard course on technical university)

2. Statistics (probability, statistical distributions, elementary testing of hypotheses) 

3. Calculus (integral and differential calculus) 

4. Information theory (basics of Shanon theory of information) 

5. Physics (electricity and magnetism, basics of elmag wave propagation) 

6. Programing and algorithmization