A Unique and "Swiss Quality" Labelled Nuclear Simulation Competence Centre

The vision of STARS is to be THE leading national TSO unit with world-class reputation and who through its "Swiss Simulation Platform"

provides a unique computational capability at or beyond state-of-the-art and always at disposition for its partners to obtain the most reliable, objective, prompt and useful answers to challenging questions of high safety and/or operational relevance; 

sets the international standard for validation strategies and rigorous qualification procedures of complex multi-physics multi-scale computational schemes combined with uncertainty quantifications; 

acts as focal point where basic research meet safety analysis such that theoretical knowledge gained from first-principle simulations and/or experiments at large scale facilities converge into practical enhancements of nuclear safety analysis methodologies; 

constitutes the most attractive education framework for students strongly motivated by conducting challenging academic projects with close relationships to practical relevance and to nuclear safety best practices and standards.

General Contact

Research Division
Nuclear Energy and Safety (NES)

Laboratory for Reactor Physics and Thermal-Hydraulics (LRT)
Paul Scherrer Institute
5232 Villigen PSI
Switzerland

Hakim Ferroukhi
Head of the Laboratory
Office: OHSA/C10
Telephone: +41 56 310 4062
E-mail: hakim.ferroukhi@psi.ch

Petra Kull
Administration and Assistance
Office: OHSA/C18
Telephone: + 41 56 310 2685
E-mail: petra.kull@psi.ch

NES Open positions

Current job openings in the Research Division for Nuclear Energy and Safety