Dr. Kostadin Ivanov, Professor and Department Head of Nuclear Engineering, has been elected as a Chair of Working Party on scientific issues of Reactor Systems (WPRS) at the Nuclear Science Committee (NSC), OECD/NEA

On February 22, 2018 in the NEA/OECD headquarters in Paris, France Dr. Kostadin Ivanov, Professor and Department Head of Nuclear Engineering, has been elected as a Chair of Working Party on scientific issues of Reactor Systems (WPRS) at the Nuclear Science Committee (NSC). The WPRS manages several Expert Groups and  International Databases as shown in the Figure below.

Nuclear Energy Agency – Working Party on Scientific Issues of Reactor Systems (WPRS)

This election comes as a recognition of the contributions of North Carolina State University (NCSU) Nuclear Engineering faculty to the WPRS activities. Dr. Kostadin Ivanov, Dr. Maria Avramova, and Dr. Jason Hou have been leading several high-visibility international benchmark projects such as OECD/NEA LWR UAM and C5G7-TD benchmarks along with active participation as part of benchmarks teams for OECD/NEA SFR UAM, Rostov-2 VVER-1000 Multi-Physics and CASL TVA Watts Bar 1 Multi-Cycle benchmarks.