Benjamin Jung
Benjamin Jung is an Associate Fellow in the Research Group Science for Nuclear Diplomacy at PRIF.
His research focuses on computational studies of verification techniques for nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament regimes.
CV
| Since 2026
Associate Fellow in the Research Group Science for Nuclear Diplomacy, PRIF
| Since 2025
Researcher in the Research Group Science for Nuclear Diplomacy, PRIF
| 2021–2025
Research Associate at Nuclear Verification and Disarmament group (NVD), RWTH Aachen
| Since 2021
Doctoral studies in physics, RWTH Aachen
| 2018–2020
Master of physics, RWTH Aachen
| 2014–2018
Bachelor physics, RWTH Aachen
Publications
- Reconstructing North Korea’s plutonium production history with Bayesian inference-based reprocessing waste analysis
| 2025
Jung, Benjamin; Bosse, Johannes; Göttsche, Malte (2025): Reconstructing North Korea’s plutonium production history with Bayesian inference-based reprocessing waste analysis, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 58: 1. DOI: 10.1016/j.net.2025.103849
Publication - Towards inferring reactor operations from high-level waste
| 2024
Jung, Benjamin; Figueroa, Antonio; Göttsche, Malte (2024): Towards inferring reactor operations from high-level waste, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 1–7. DOI: 10.1016/j.net.2024.02.031 - Assessing Uncertainty in Plutonium Production Estimates Based on the Isotope Ratio Method
| 2022
Jung, Benjamin; Göttsche, Malte (2022): Assessing Uncertainty in Plutonium Production Estimates Based on the Isotope Ratio Method, Science & Global Security, 30: 1, 3–21. DOI: 10.1080/08929882.2022.2060599
Further Activities
| 2025
“Reconstructing North Korea’s plutonium production history with Bayesian inference‑based reprocessing waste analysis”, Presentation at the Fourth Annual Conference of the Alva Myrdal Center for Nuclear Disarmament
| 2024
"Inferring Reactor Parameters from Nuclear Waste with Bayesian Inference", Presentation at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM)