LABORATORY FOR REACTOR PHYSICS
AND SYSTEMS BEHAVIOUR

Paul Scherrer Institut
CH-5232 Villigen PSI
Tel: +41 56 310 25 92
Fax: +41 56 310 23 27

The Laboratory for Reactor Physics and Systems Behaviour (LRS) forms part of PSI's Nuclear Energy and Safety Research Department (NES). The laboratory is engaged in both analytical and experimental R&D related to the operation of current and future nuclear power plants. Its strategic goal is to strengthen the sustainability of nuclear power via research along the following two principal lines

• Improved understanding of the complex phenomenology of nuclear safety,
• Physics of complete fuel cycle closure in the context of plutonium management and waste reduction.

Thereby, the use of PSI’s major facilities, in particular the PROTEUS research reactor, plays a central role. Furthermore, the lab’s activities have a direct bearing on education in nuclear science and technology (fission) at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), the LRS projects largely determining the framework for both PhD and Master’s research topics at EPFL in this field.

In line with the above, the LRS range of activities cover:

• Nuclear Safety Phenomenology; (Project STARS Web Site)
• Physics of Fuel Cycle Closure; (Project FAST Web Site)
• Safety and Fuel Cycle Related Experiments; (Project PROTEUS Web Site)
• EPFL Teaching and PhD Research