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Nuclear safety and radiation protection for man and the environment
In 2018, the Association Vinçotte Nuclear (AVN) established a fund at VUB: the AVN Fund. AVN wishes to contribute in a fully independent manner to the protection of humans and the environment against industrial and radio-nuclear risks.
The AVN Fund finances a 4-year doctoral scholarship in the research field of nuclear safety and radiation protection. The fund finances one doctoral scholarship every four years.
Fast forward to:
Current doctoral scholarship
Doctoral student Tim Rubben is currently carrying out research into Closing the 'surface gap' in the understanding of Hydrogen Induced Cracking: Study of the influence of the steel surface state on the hydrogen-steel interaction, abbreviated as H-SURF. His research will conclude in 2022.
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