Nuclear Reactor Safety Systems

Dan Gabriel Cacuci holds a Ph.D. in Applied Physics and Nuclear Engineering (Columbia University NYC, 1978) and is currently a Distinguished Emeritus Professor at the University of South Carolina (UofSC), where he has served until 01/2024 as the SmartState Chaired Professor and Director of the Center for Nuclear Science and Energy. Professor Cacuci’s career spans over 55 years in the fields of nuclear science and energy, sensitivity and uncertainty analysis, predictive modelling and applications, encompassing both academia and large-scale multidisciplinary national research centers. In April 2024, ScholarGPS ([email protected]) has named Prof. Cacuci Highly Ranked Scholar, having the following “Lifetime Achievements: #2 in the world in the field of Uncertainty Analysis; #5 in the world in the field of Sensitivity Analysis; Ranked in the top 0.05% of all scholars worldwide.” Professor Cacuci has received many prestigious awards, including: four titles of Doctor Honoris Causa, the E. O. Lawrence Award and Gold Medal (awarded by the US DOE on behalf of President Clinton, 1998); and major awards bestowed by the American Nuclear Society: the Presidential Citation (2020), the Arthur Holly Compton Award (2011), the Eugene P. Wigner Award (ANS, 2003), the Glenn Seaborg Medal (ANS, 2002), the Young Members Engineering Achievement Award, (1988), ANS Fellow (1986). Prof. Cacuci also received the Alexander von Humboldt Prize for Senior Scholars (Germany, 1990) and the Fred C. Davidson Distinguished Scientist Award, Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness (2019). Prof. Cacuci is a member of several international and national academies of arts and sciences, has made over 600 presentations worldwide, has authored 12 books (on predictive modelling, data assimilation, sensitivity and uncertainty analysis), 320 peer-reviewed articles, and has edited the Handbook of Nuclear Engineering (5 volumes, 29 chapters, 3580 pages, Springer, 2010).