STARS - A Multi-Physics Multi-Scale Analytical Facility

The essence of STARS translates into maintening and further developing an advanced "Analytical Facility" referred to as the "Swiss Simulation Platform" (SwissP) and aimed at

  • the validation and qualification of state-of-the-art Codes in each technical area;
  • the integration of reference safety analysis Platforms for all the Swiss reactors and operated cycles;
  • the development and verification of computational Methods and Tools to establish systematic and integrated schemes for multi-physics multiscale simulations with uncertainty quantifications;
  • the participation to the Co-development of nuclear simulation codes.

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