Peter Andersson
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Physics and Astronomy; Applied Nuclear Physics
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 225 69 63
- E-mail:
- peter.andersson@physics.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ångströmlaboratoriet, Regementsvägen 10
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 516
751 20 UPPSALA
Short presentation
Peter Andersson conducts research on nuclear instrumentation and measurement techniques. His work focuses on innovative neutron and gamma-ray techniques for non-destructive characterization of complex objects. Applications include nuclear disarmament verification and post-irradiation examination of nuclear fuel.

Publications
Selection of publications
Characterization of a Be (p, xn) neutron source for fission yields measurements
2014
Part of Review of Scientific Instruments, 2014
Correction for dynamic bias error in transmission measurements of void fraction
Part of Review of Scientific Instruments, p. 125110, 2012
Part of Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, p. 110-116, 2011
Neutron tomography for void distribution measurements
Part of ENC 2010 Transactions, p. 40-45, 2010
Recent publications
Analys av Minsta Detekterbara Aktivitet i gamma-koincidensspektrometern GeCo
2025
2025
Part of Data in Brief, 2025
- DOI for Timestamped list-mode data from coincidence γ-ray spectrometry with HPGe detectors on air-filter samples
- Download full text (pdf) of Timestamped list-mode data from coincidence γ-ray spectrometry with HPGe detectors on air-filter samples
Position-sensitive detectors for gamma ray imaging
2025
Addressing Model Inadequacy In Fuel Performance Model Calibration Using Mh-Within-Gibbs Sampling
2024
All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Data in Brief, 2025
- DOI for Timestamped list-mode data from coincidence γ-ray spectrometry with HPGe detectors on air-filter samples
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Part of Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2024
- DOI for Model inadequacy in fuel performance code calibration: Derivative-based parameter uncertainty inflation
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Part of Nuclear Technology, p. 532-541, 2024
- DOI for First experimental demonstration of the use of a novel planar segmented HPGe detector for gamma emission tomography of mockup fuel rods
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Part of Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, 2023
- DOI for Multi-parameter Optimization of Gamma Emission Tomography Instruments for Irradiated Nuclear Fuel Examination
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Plutonium Production under Uranium Constraint
Part of Science and Global Security, p. 115-136, 2023
Passive methods for spent fuel characterisation at the Finnish geological repository
Part of Nuovo cimento della societa italiana de fisica. C, Geophysics and space physics, 2023
- DOI for Passive methods for spent fuel characterisation at the Finnish geological repository
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Part of Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, 2023
- DOI for Experimental evaluation of the performance of a novel planar segmented HPGe detector for use in gamma emission tomography
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Performance evaluation of a novel gamma transmission micro-densitometer for PIE of nuclear fuel
Part of Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2023
- DOI for Performance evaluation of a novel gamma transmission micro-densitometer for PIE of nuclear fuel
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Treating model inadequacy in fuel performance model calibration by parameter uncertainty inflation
Part of Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2022
- DOI for Treating model inadequacy in fuel performance model calibration by parameter uncertainty inflation
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Part of IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, p. 703-713, 2022
- DOI for A computational methodology for estimating the detected energy spectra of the gamma-ray flux from irradiated nuclear fuel
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Part of IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, p. 714-721, 2022
- DOI for Calculation of Spatial Response of a Collimated Segmented HPGe detector for Gamma Emission Tomography by MCNP Simulations
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Part of Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, 2021
- DOI for Evaluation of gamma-ray transmission through rectangular collimator slits for application in nuclear fuel spectrometry
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Part of Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, 2021
- DOI for Geometrical optimisation of a segmented HPGe detector for spectroscopic gamma emission tomography: A simulation study
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Part of SN Applied Sciences, 2020
- DOI for Simulation of the response of a segmented High-Purity Germanium detector for gamma emission tomography of nuclear fuel
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The degradation of gamma-ray mass attenuation of UOX and MOX fuel with nuclear burnup
Part of Progress in nuclear energy (New series), 2020
- DOI for The degradation of gamma-ray mass attenuation of UOX and MOX fuel with nuclear burnup
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Part of Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, p. 85-91, 2018
Part of Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, p. 67-78, 2018
Part of Annals of Nuclear Energy, p. 88-97, 2017
- DOI for A computerized method (UPPREC) for quantitative analysis of irradiated nuclear fuel assemblies with gamma emission tomography at the Halden reactor
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Part of ESARDA Bulletin, p. 10-28, 2017
Part of Annals of Nuclear Energy, p. 886-895, 2017
A neutron source for IGISOL-JYFLTRAP: Design and characterisation
Part of European Physical Journal A, 2017
- DOI for A neutron source for IGISOL-JYFLTRAP: Design and characterisation
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Part of Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, p. 99-108, 2016
Part of Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, 2016
Applying image analysis techniques to tomographic images of irradiated nuclear fuel assemblies
Part of Annals of Nuclear Energy, p. 223-229, 2016
Part of Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, p. 82-93, 2014
Part of Review of Scientific Instruments, 2014
Characterization of a Be(p,xn) neutron source for fission yields measurements
Part of Nuclear Data Sheets, p. 416-418, 2014
Correction for dynamic bias error in transmission measurements of void fraction
Part of Review of Scientific Instruments, p. 125110, 2012
Fragment-mass distributions in neutron-induced fission of 232Th and 238U at 33, 45, and 60 MeV
Part of Physical Review C. Nuclear Physics, 2011
Part of Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, p. 110-116, 2011
Comprehensive doctoral thesis
Comprehensive licentiate thesis
Conference papers
2025
Addressing Model Inadequacy In Fuel Performance Model Calibration Using Mh-Within-Gibbs Sampling
2024
Calibration of Fuel Performance Modelling Using Metropolis-Hastings-Within-Gibbs
Part of TopFuel 2024, p. 365-372, 2024
2024
2024
Exploring methods to reconstruct historic reactor operation
Part of Alva Myrdal Centre AMC Annual conference 2024, 18-19 June, 2024., 2024
Modelling fissile production in the Experimental Light Water Reactor (ELWR) of DPRK
Part of Alva Myrdal Centre AMC Annual conference 2024, 18-19 June, 2024, 2024
Part of TopFuel 2022 Light Water Reactor Fuel Performance Conference, p. 375-381, 2023
- DOI for Surrogate Modeling with Derivative Prediction for Implementation in Inverse Uncertainty Quantification Methods for Fuel Performance Modeling
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2023
2022
2022
A technical view on Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme
2022
Non-proliferation and safeguards activities within the Alva Myrdal Centre for nuclear disarmament
Part of Proceedings of the Symposium on International Safeguards: Reflecting on the Past and Anticipating the Future, 2022
Coincidence spectroscopy for increased sensitivity in radionuclide monitoring
2022
Part of SIAM 2022, p. 6-6, 2022
2021
Feasibility study of gamma-ray micro-densitometry for the examination of nuclear fuel swelling
2021
Part of ND 2019, 2020
- DOI for Gamma spectroscopy methodology for large amounts of environmental samples in Sweden 30 years after the Chernobyl accident
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2019
Inspection of LOCA Test Rod IFA-650.16 Using Gamma Emission Tomography
2019
Gamma Emission Tomography for Nuclear Fuel Diagnostics
2019
Gamma Emission Tomography of LOCA-transient test rods
2017
2017
2017
Quantitative Gamma Emission Tomography Inspection of LOCA rod IFA-650.15
Part of EHPG, 2017
Gamma Emission Tomography Measurements of Fuel Assemblies at the Halden Reactor
Part of LWR Fuels with Enhanced Safety and Performance Meeting (Top Fuel 2016), p. 1601-1611, 2016
Inspection of a LOCA Test Rod at the Halden Reactor Project using Gamma Emission Tomography
Part of Top Fuel 2016 - LWR Fuels with Enhanced Safety and Performance, 2016
p. 202-209, 2015
- DOI for Neutron Tomography Using Mobile Neutron Generators for Assessment of Void Distributions in Thermal Hydraulic Test Loops
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2015
Monte Carlo simulations of a Universal Gamma-Ray Emission Tomography Device
2015
2015
Characterization of a Be (p, xn) neutron source for fission yields measurements
2014
Target thickness dependence of the Be(p,xn) neutron energy spectrum
Part of INPC 2013 - INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR PHYSICS CONFERENCE, VOL. 2, p. 11032, 2014
- DOI for Target thickness dependence of the Be(p,xn) neutron energy spectrum
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Measurement of the energy spectrum from the neutron source planned for IGISOL
Part of Proceedings of the ERINDA Workshop, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, 1-3 October 2013, CERN-Proceedings-2014-002, p. 39-45, 2014
Part of EFNUDAT, 2010
Neutron tomography for void distribution measurements
Part of ENC 2010 Transactions, p. 40-45, 2010
Manuscripts (preprints)
Reports
Analys av Minsta Detekterbara Aktivitet i gamma-koincidensspektrometern GeCo
2025
Position-sensitive detectors for gamma ray imaging
2025
Serpent modelling of pressurized heavy water CANDU reactors
2023
2022
2022
IAEA Tomography Challenge Report
2019
2019
Inspection of LOCA Test Rod IFA-650.16 Using Gamma Emission Tomography
2018
2016
Part of Geant4 simulation results for the designed UGET-v1 tomographic measurement device., 2016
Inspection of LOCA Test Rod IFA-650.15 Using Gamma Emission Tomography
2016
Other
Kärnkraftssäkerhet i Ukraina efter 2022
2024
Att tillverka ett kärnvapen - Hur svårt är det?
2022
2021
2021
- Download full text 1 (pdf) of Spent fuel characterization research at Uppsala University: Presented at kick-off meeting for IAEA CRP on spent fuel characterisation, 2021-02-16
- Download full text 2 (zip) of Spent fuel characterization research at Uppsala University: Presented at kick-off meeting for IAEA CRP on spent fuel characterisation, 2021-02-16
Att vara forskare - Presentation för Ekuddenskolan ÅK 2
2020
2019
Notes on the world energy supply
2017
2016