Alessio Pesetti

Dr. Alessio Pesetti

Current Position: Senior Researcher RTD-B ING-IND19
Email: alessio.pesetti@unipi.it
Phone: 050-2218031
Office: Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering
Orcid: 0000-0003-4658-4112

WORK EXPERIENCE
• Oct 2021 – ongoing: Senior Researcher (RTD-b) ING-IND19, Dept. of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa
• Mar 2021 – Sep 2021: Junior Researcher (RTD-a) ING-IND19, Dept. of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa
• Apr 2017 – Feb 2021: Research grant, Dept. of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa

EDUCATION
• PhD in Nuclear Engineering and Industrial Safety
Dept. of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa
• Master's Degree in Nuclear Engineering
Dept. of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa

SCIENTIFIC / ACADEMIC POSITIONS - AFFILIATIONS
Member of the School Committee of the PhD program in Industrial Engineering at the Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa.
Reviewer of many international journals such as Nuclear Engineering and Design, Fusion Engineering and Design, Heat and Mass Transfer, Applied Thermal Engineering.

MAIN RESEARCH PROJECTS / ACTIVITIES / LABS
PI of research activities (2023-2024) for newcleo company on numerical and experimental analysis of Steam Generator Tube Rupture accident in 4th generation Heavy Liquid Metal Fast Reactors.
European Commission projects: THINS 2010, LEADER 2010, MAXSIMA 2012, SESAME 2015, MYRTE 2015. For the safety and technology improvement of 4th generation Heavy Liquid Metal Fast Reactors.
Responsible for UNIPI DICI of the European Commission project LESTO 2024, for the safety of Lead Fast Reactors.
Experimental investigation of steam condensation at sub-atmospheric conditions for performance evaluation of ITER safety system Vacuum Vessel Pressure Suppression System (VVPSS, 2018). Experimental characterization of dust deposition in the VVPSS.

CURRENT RESEARCH FIELDS
Safety analysis of Heavy Liquid Metal Fast Reactors, study of multifluid-multiphase postulated accidental scenarios investigated with System Thermohydraulic and CFD codes.
Safety analysis of the DEMOnstration power plant (DEMO) Fusion Reactor.

PUBLICATIONS
Publications indexed in Scopus can be found at the following link:
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55757031700
A complete list of publications can be found at the following link:
https://arpi.unipi.it/cris/rp/rp02137