Sara Boarin

Sara Boarin is a Research Assistant at the Department of Energy (Politecnico di Milano), affiliated with the NRGroup. She holds an MSc (2011) and PhD (2017) in Nuclear Engineering from the same institution. Her research focuses on advanced nuclear reactor technologies, including GenIV systems like Lead-Cooled Fast Reactors (LFR) and Molten Salt Reactors (MSR). Key areas include control-oriented modeling, reduced order methods, and neutronics/CFD integration.

Her PhD thesis ('Analytical and numerical investigation of single-phase natural circulation dynamics', 2017) explored thermal-hydraulic dynamics in nuclear systems, while subsequent work ('A multi-physics modelling approach for GenIV MSR', 2020) addressed integrated design challenges for next-generation reactors. She has collaborated extensively on Reduced Order Models and reactor dynamics analysis, contributing to both academic and industrial applications through NRGroup's R&D programs.

Professional experience includes roles at Acciaieria Arvedi SpA (ITA) and POLIMI's NRGroup, with ongoing involvement in MSR and LFR projects since 2016. Her work bridges theoretical modeling with practical reactor control systems, emphasizing energy economics and sustainable nuclear technologies.