Inauguration of two facilities at VKI

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Inauguration of the sloshing tableIn the presence of the State Minister Philippe Courard, the VKI and the SCK•CEN inaugurate this morning two unique facilities: a sloshing table reproducing the seismic activity (Shakespeare) and a water model (MYRRHABelle) of the research infrastructure Myrrha.

Myrrha is a multifunctional research infrastructure developed by "le Centre d’Etude de l’Energie Nucléaire" (SCK•CEN). Myrrha is the innovative and unique high energy accelerator and Lead-Bismuth-Eutectic cooled reactor project, initiated by the SCK•CEN of Mol, and supported by BELSPO.

From everywhere in Belgium, scientists contribute to the development of this research infrastructure. The Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) and IBA work on accelerator, the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL) on the infrastructure of radioactive beam ISOL, the Vrije Universiteit Brussels on robotics, the Universiteit Gent on materials, ... and VKI gives his expertise in fluid dynamics.

In the frame of MYRRHA, the VKI supported by Belspo has launched in 2011 the DEMOCRITOS research program. The VKI is involved in the following five dedicated studies:

 

On the picture, from left to right: Mr. Jean-Pierre Contzen (Chairman of the VKI Board of Directors), Mr. Hamid Aït Abderrahim (Myrrha Project Director), Mr. Philippe Courard (Secrétaire d'Etat à la Politique scientique), Mr. Jean Muylaert (VKI Director), Mr. Philippe Mettens (Chairman of the Board of Directors, BELSPO), Mr. Derrick Gosselin (Chairman of the SCK•CEN Board of Directors)

Shakespeare: sloshing table Skakespeare: The sloshing table
Water model: MyrrhaBelle

 

MYRRHABelle: the water model

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