Education
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, PhD. Nuclear
Engineering
- The Polytechnic Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, MS.
Automation of experimental researches
- The Institute of Aviation Appliance-Construction, St.
Petersburg, Russia, MS. Electronic Computing Machine
Membership
- The American Nuclear Society
Areas of Interest
- Research in the field of the neutron activation
analysis of the soil
- Research in the field of radiological
environmental monitoring, health physics
- Research in the field of metrology of ionizing
radiation
- Design of the nuclear batteries with vacuum and
solid dielectric and study its electrical
characteristics. Investigation of the space-charge behavior in
beta irradiated dielectrics
Experience
- Research in the field of the determination of carbon
in soil by neutron activation method.
- Data analysis of the gamma-spectra.
- Basic research in the field of direct charge nuclear
batteries. Development of alpha and beta direct charge
nuclear batteries with vacuum and solid dielectric.
Investigation of the internal space charge distribution
in the dielectric under beta irradiation.
- Data analysis of the charging process in nuclear
batteries, and electrical characteristics of the
devices.
- Managing all aspects of metrological documentation:
R&D reports, technical reports, specifications; device
certification programs and techniques, with emphasis on
the measurement of radiation-physical parameters of
ionizing radiation sources;
- Development of the metrological
certifications for ionizing radiation
instruments;
- Development of the measuring
technique for determination of the
radioactive isotope activity in the
ionizing radiations sources, tritium in
air, and other environmental samples;
- Development of the technique in the
field of health physics.
- Working knowledge of software: MatLab, MathCad,
KaleidaGraph, Origin, IGOR, Geant4
Publications
Kavetskiy A., Yakubova G., Bower K. et al. Efficiency
of Pm-147 Direct Charge Radioisotope Battery, Applied radiation and
isotopes, 69, 744, 2011.
Kavetsky A., Yakubova G., Yousaf S.M., Bower K.
Tritium battery with solid dielectric, Nuclear Science and Engineering,
168, 1, 2011.
Kavetsky A., Yakubova G., Lin Q., et al. Prometium-147
Capacitor, Applied radiation and isotopes, 67, 1057, 2009.
Kavetsky A., Yakubova G., Sychov M., et al.
Tritium-charged capacitor, Nuclear Science and Engineering, 158, 321,
2008.
Sychov M., Kavetsky A., Yakubova G., et al. Alpha
indirect conversion radioisotope power source. Applied radiation and
isotopes, 66,173, 2008.
Kavetsky A., Yakubova G., Sychov M., et al. Tritium
“atomic battery”. Investigation by chemistry, technology and application
of radioactivity. Proceedings of Technological institute,
Sankt-Petersburg, 2008, 46 (in Russian).
Representative Presentations
Sychov M., Kavetsky A., Yakubova G., et al. Alpha
indirect conversion radioisotope power source, The 232nd Meeting of the
American Chemical Society, San Francisco, 10-14 Sept., 2006.
Kavetsky A., Yakubova G., Sychov M., et al. Autonomous
direct charge alpha cell using tritium-charged capacitor to bias the
secondary electron mesh. The 232nd Meeting of the American Chemical
Society, San Francisco, 10-14 Sept., 2006.