The 28-year old convinced the jury with his topic „Measurement and simulation of fission neutron spectra at the MEDAPP beam and subsequent developments“ and won against 8 other national laureates of Europe. Harald Breitkreutz had written his Master thesis at the instrument MEDAPP of the FRM II and has begun with his doctorate at the neutron source. Having received the prize for young scientists of the German association for radiation protection last year, he was sent to the congress of the International Radiation Protection Association in Helsinki, winning the young scientists’ award there.
His work and presentation were judged for scientific merit, relevance in radiation protection and clarity in text and presentation.