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Personal profile
Research Interests
Malcolm Joyce is Distinguished Professor of Nuclear Engineering at Lancaster University and interim Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise. He has a track record of over £25M in competitively sought research grants from UKRI, industry and government agencies and is author on > 350 articles.
Malcolm welcomes proposals for PhD study in the areas of radiation detection and measurement, and isotopic monitoring techniques relating to the environmental assessment of radiological consequences. Funded opportunities open currently are described here: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/engineering/study/phd/phd-opportunities/#accelerator-mass-spectrometry-studies-of-trace-radioactivity-in-industrial-effluents-343451-2.
Keywords
- Engineering
- Nuclear engineering
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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National Nuclear User Facilities access scheme management group
Joyce, M. (Principal Investigator) & Joyce, M. (Principal Investigator)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/04/25 → 31/03/30
Project: Research
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Small Scale Experiments for Tritium Breeding (SSETB)
Murphy, S. (Principal Investigator), Joyce, M. (Co-Investigator), Joyce, M. (Co-Investigator) & Pates, J. (Co-Investigator)
9/01/25 → 31/03/26
Project: Research
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Core Equipment 2024
Robinson, B. (Co-Investigator), Harley, S. (Co-Investigator), Joyce, M. (Principal Investigator), Joyce, M. (Principal Investigator), Griffin, J. (Co-Investigator), Halcovitch, N. (Co-Investigator), Griffin, J. (Co-Investigator), Cheneler, D. (Co-Investigator), Robinson, B. (Co-Investigator), Fagan, D. (Co-Investigator) & Urbaniak, M. (Co-Investigator)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/01/25 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
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DSI: Late-stage commercialisation for time-of-flight neutron spectrometer
Joyce, M. (Co-Investigator), Davies, N. (Principal Investigator), Aspinall, M. (Co-Investigator) & Joyce, M. (Co-Investigator)
1/10/24 → 30/09/26
Project: Research
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DSI: Late-stage commercialisation for time-of-flight neutron spectrometer
Joyce, M. (Principal Investigator), Aspinall, M. (Co-Investigator), Davies, N. (Co-Investigator) & Joyce, M. (Principal Investigator)
1/10/24 → 30/09/26
Project: Research
Research output
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A half-century of nuclear research, education and training: Story of the JSI TRIGA reactor
Snoj, L., Ambrožič, K., Barbot, L., Benedik, L., Bratkič, A., Capan, I., Reynard-Carette, C., Cindro, V., Čalič, D., Destouches, C., Geslot, B., Haghighat, A., Henry, R., Horvat, M., Huseynov, E. M., de Izarra, G., Jaćimović, R., Jazbec, A., Jenčič, I. & Jeraj, R. & 26 others, , 31/05/2025, In: Annals of Nuclear Energy. 214, 111122.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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A responsive integrated dry route for uranium hexafluoride conversion using machine intelligence
Bandala, M., Chard, P., Cockbain, N., Dunphy, D., Eaves, D., Hutchinson, D., Lee, D., Leech, G., Ma, X., Marshall, S., Murray, P., Parker, A., Stirzaker, P., Taylor, C. J., Zabalza, J. & Joyce, M. J., 31/10/2025, In: Energy Conversion and Management: X. 28, 101230.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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Bayesian Optimization for real-time γ-localization measurements with robotic platforms
Tsitsimpelis, I., West, A., Mathur, K., Jazbec, A., Snoj, L., Liu, S., Kennedy, A., Livens, F. R., Lennox, B., James Taylor, C. & Joyce, M. J., 6/11/2025, In: EPJ Web of Conferences. 338, 1 p., 07002.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Conference article › peer-review
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Boron-coated straw detector efficiency comparison with 3He proportional counters — A prospect for cosmic ray neutron monitoring
Mashao, D. C., Alton, T. L., Binnersley, C. L., Bradnam, S. C., Croft, S., Joyce, M. J., Packer, L. W., Turner, T., Wild, J. A. & Aspinall, M. D., 16/06/2025, In: International Journal of Modern Physics E. 34, 9, 15 p., 2545004.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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Detection of 2.223 MeV γ-rays for Water Identification in Spent Nuclear Fuel Assemblies
Folley, D. E., Green, B., Mathur, K., Croft, S., Kennedy, A. & Joyce, M. J., 6/11/2025, In: EPJ Web of Conferences. 338, 1 p., 05006.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Conference article › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
- 1 Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Agenda: UK - Japan Meeting and Workshop 2023/24
Aiouache, F. (Speaker) & Joyce, M. (Organiser)
15/02/2024 → 16/02/2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Datasets
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Counting Neutrons from the Spontaneous Fission of 238-U using Scintillation Detectors and Mixed Field Analysers [Dataset]
Parker, H. (Creator) & Joyce, M. (Supervisor), Lancaster University, 2015
DOI: 10.17635/lancaster/researchdata/4
Dataset
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Datasets for Diamond Detector by Exposure to Alpha source
Alrawash, S. (Creator), Aspinall, M. (Creator), Croft, S. (Creator), Zhang, Z. (Creator) & Joyce, M. (Creator), Lancaster University, 25/11/2024
DOI: 10.17635/lancaster/researchdata/708
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Simulation data for Exploring the Impact of Heterogeneous Cm-244 Distribution on Neutron Flux within Fukushima Daiichi Fuel Debris
Alrawash, S. (Creator), Joyce, M. (Creator), Zhang, Z. (Creator) & Aspinall, M. (Creator), Lancaster University, 2024
DOI: 10.17635/lancaster/researchdata/710
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Simulation for Prediction of Fuel Debris Location in Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant using Machine Learning
Alrawash, S. (Creator), Joyce, M. (Creator), Zhang, Z. (Creator) & Aspinall, M. (Creator), Lancaster University, 2024
DOI: 10.17635/lancaster/researchdata/709
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