The Centre for Energy Research has been re-designated for another 4 years period as the Collaborating Centre for nuclear forensics of the International Atomic Energy Agency

The Centre for Energy Research (EK) was designated to be the first Collaborating Centre for nuclear security (nuclear forensics) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for 4 years in 2016. Recently, this year, the EK has been redesignated for the period of 2021 – 2025. The nomination ceremony was Read more…

Reconstruction of concrete microstructure using complementarity of X-ray and neutron tomography

In the framework of the Visegrád Group (V4)-Korea Joint Research Program RADCON, the researchers of the Centre for Energy Research, Hungary, the Yonsei University, Seoul and the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, achieved the successful reconstruction of the microstructure of concrete specimens by taking advantage Read more…

Trends of complex network properties are revealed in historic power grid data

In their recent work, Bálint Hartmann and Viktória Sugár have assembled the 70-year-long historical dataset (1949–2019) of the Hungarian power grid to perform complex network analysis, which is the first attempt to evaluate small-world and scale-free properties on long-term real-world data. These properties strongly correlate with the robustness of the Read more…

Optimization of borosilicate glasses containing lanthanides for conditioning of high level radioactive waste

The final disposal of radioactive waste is an increasingly pressing issue for the present and for the future. According to the T/13628 act proposal, we have to take care of the waste generated in Hungary, applying the principle of multiple engineering barriers and depth protection. New borosilicate glassy samples suitable to retain the radionuclides, and to block access to the biosphere were Read more…

The Committee of the American Ceramic Society elected Dr. Csaba Balázsi as this year’s Fellow

The Committee of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS) elected  Dr. Csaba Balázsi, Scientific Advisor of the Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science, Centre for  Energy Research, Eötvös Loránd Reserach Network as this year’s Fellow. Dr. Balazsi was elected by ACerS on June 1, 2021. The American Ceramic Society (ACerS) has Read more…