Nano-indentation for sub-miniaturized testing of irradiated materials: FEM analysis and experiments
SCK CEN mentors: Dmitry Terentyev & Giovanni Bonny
Promoter: Ludovic Noels (ULiège)

Effect of Cu, P, Ni and Mn content, individually and synergistically, on the microstructure of irradiated chemically-tailored RPV steels
SCK CEN mentors: Erich Stergar & Rachid Chaouadi
Promoters: Philippe Pareige (University of Rouen Normandie) & Jacques Pascal (UCL)

Microstructural investigation of irradiation assisted stress corrosion cracking mechanism based on focused ion beam analysis of tested and industrial specimens
SCK CEN mentors: Milan Konstantinovic & Rik-Wouter Bosch
Promoter: Nick Schryvers (UAntwerpen)

Fundamental understanding of the sensitivity of radiation hardening to nickel content and temperature in RPV materials
SCK CEN mentors: Rachid Chaouadi & Nicolas Castin
Promoters: Philippe Pareige & Bertrand Radiguet (University of Rouen Normandie)

Experimental and numerical investigations on the miniaturization for fracture toughness characterization of RPV materials
SCK CEN mentors: Inge Uytdenhouwen & Marlies Lambrecht
Promoters: Thomas Pardoen (UCL) & Ludovic Noels (ULiège)

Phase stability and oxidation behavior of high Pu content fast reactor MOX fuel
SCK CEN mentors: Rémi Delville & Gregory Leinders
Promoter: Jef Vleugels (KU Leuven)

Inorganic sorption materials tailored for 225Ra/225Ac and 225Ac/213Bi radionuclide generators for biomedical applications
SCK CEN mentors: Stephan Heinitz & Thomas Cardinaels
Promoters: Koen Binnemans & Thomas Cardinaels (KU Leuven)

Development of 225Ac- and 213Bi-labelled somatostatin analogues with improved tumour to kidney ratio for the treatment of neuroendocrine tumours
SCK CEN mentor: Maarten Ooms
Promoters: Guy Bormans, Thomas Cardinaels & Christophe Deroose (KU Leuven)

Development and preclinical evaluation of Terbium-based radiopharmaceuticals for imaging and treatment of cancer
SCK CEN mentor: Maarten Ooms
Promoters: Guy Bormans, Thomas Cardinaels & Frederik Cleeren (KU Leuven)

Aerosol formation, transport and deposition in lead based fast reactors
SCK CEN mentors: Kris Rosseel & Alexander Aerts
Promoter: Maria Rosaria Vetrano (KU Leuven)

The influence of heavy liquid metal environment on mechanical and corrosion properties of austenitic stainless steel welds
SCK CEN mentors: Jun Lim & Erich Stergar
Promoters: Roumen Petrov & Stijn Hertelé (UGent)

Improving the extraction of radioactive isotopes from MYRRHA linac targets by molecular sidebands
SCK CEN mentors: Donald Houngbo & Alexander Aerts
Promoter: Stefaan Cottenier (UGent)

Reduced order modelling techniques for coupled geomechanics problems
SCK CEN mentors: Suresh Seetharam & Guangjing Chen
Promoter: Thierry Massart (ULB)

Joint inversion of physical and chemical state variable data within a multi-model subsurface hydrology framework
SCK CEN mentors: Bart Rogiers & Koen Beerten
NIRAS/ONDRAF mentor: Laurent Wouters
Promoter: Kristine Walraevens (UGent)

Investigation of the long-term behavior of Boom Clay
SCK CEN mentors: Arnaud Dizier & Li Yu
NIRAS/ONDRAF mentor : Séverine Levasseur
Promoter : Yuyun Cui (Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech)