The 28 year old PhD-student is honoured for his Diploma thesis, in which he analyzed the neutron spectrum of the medical irradiaton facility MEDAPP at FRM II. "The Diploma thesis of Mr. Breitkreutz is the basis for the three-dimensional simulation of the dose rate for the tumour patients", says Professor Dr. Winfried Petry, Scientific Director and PhD supervisor of Harald Breitkreutz.

The award of the German association for radiation protection includes the travel costs to the international radiation protection conference in Helsinki. Harald Breitkreutz will also take part at the competition for the European award for young academics of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA).

Publications:

H. Breitkreutz, F.M. Wagner, A. Röhrmoser, W. Petry. Spectral fluence rates of the fast reactor neutron beam MedApp at FRM II. Nucl. Instr. Methods A, 593 (2008) 466-471, DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2008.05.008

H. Breitkreutz. Spektrale Charakterisierung des Therapiestrahls am FRM II. Diplomarbeit, Physikdepartment E13, Technische Universität München, Sept. 2007