Nuclear Energy Systems (NES)

The mission of the Nuclear Energy System, Simulation and Safety (NE3S) research group is to contribute to the peaceful use of nuclear power within the UAE and in the world by identifying and tackling the existing problems and by developing advanced methods and systems in nuclear energy activities.

The objectives of the group are:

1. To be the first and new nuclear research center in UOS and second in the UAE.
2. To conduct research that will contribute to the advancement of nuclear power technology locally and internationally.
3. To share research findings with other professionals through written publications and presentations at conferences and workshops.
4. To attain continued professional growth and development by providing training of young and promising human resources to do research.

Main Research Areas:

• Transient analysis of APR1400 using nodal core simulator.
• Radiation protection and shielding by using MCNP software.
• Reactor Safety and Reliability Analysis by using Risk Spectrum and GPWR software.
• Radiation dispersion modelling and simulation.
• Molecular Dynamics of FeCrAl alloy.
• Uncertainty/sensitivity and model calibration, experimental validation and model verification.
• Computational reactor physics and thermal-hydraulics, surrogate modeling and complexity reduction.

Research Projects:

• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) coordinated research project # 131033. "Surrogate/Bayesian-Based analysis for severe accident scenarios in APR 1400 design". 2020-2024. (Dr. Bassam as PI)
• Neutronics and Thermal-Hydraulics Models Validation via Uncertainty Propagation and Parameter Space Analysis (Dr. Bassam as PI)
• Developing a Toolkit for Uncertainty, Sensitivity, Model Calibration and Validation for Nuclear Engineering Applications (Dr. Bassam as PI)
• Optimizing the Design of Nuclear Fuel Assembly Mixing Vanes using CFD Analysis. (Dr. Bassam as PI)
• Conceptual Core Design of Advanced Lead-cooled Modular Nuclear Reactor (ALMANAR). (Dr. Donny as PI)
• Reliability Evaluation of Reactor Protection System (RPS) Considering Different Failure Modes. (Dr. Zubair as PI)

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