Valentin K. Tskhe

Dissertation topic

Physical and mechanical properties of the reactor core structural and fuel materials melt

Domestic scientific consultant

Nurzhan Mukhamedov, PhD, h-index=2, Branch "Institute of Atomic Energy" RSE NNC RK, head of laboratory, Kurchatov, Kazakhstan.

Scopus Author ID: 57191578278.

Foreign scientific consultant

Alexander V. Gradoboev, d.t.s., professor, h-index=6, Tomsk Polytechnic University, professor of the Experimental Physics Department, Tomsk, Russian Federation.

Scopus Author ID: 6506370250.

Main scientific results

Obtaining the melt of the of a nuclear reactor core fuel and structural materials in in-pile conditions, using the patented experimental device and a proven methodology for calculating the required reactivity margin for the Pulsed Graphite Reactor start-up.

Direct result

Patent of the Republic of Kazakhstan for invention No.34494 The device for studying the process of the lower base plate destruction of the CPS’s control rod guide tube under the nuclear power reactor severe accident conditions.

Scientific works

1. KazNRTU Bulletin, Thermal conditions of the irradiation ampoule device during test of the model Fuel Assemble at the IGR research reactor.

2. NNC RK Bulletin, Calculation and experimental determination of reactivity margin required for IGR reactor start-up.

The Hirsch index

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Funded research projects

«Properties and characteristics of the core materials melt of nuclear reactor produced in the IGR Research Reactor», №АР05133086.

Level of foreign language proficiency

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