Advance safety by evidence
Develop knowledge, technologies and materials that strengthen nuclear safety and risk assessment in demanding environments.
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A centre advancing safer nuclear technology and sustainable progress.
ANSD brings together people, facilities and ideas to create the evidence needed for responsible nuclear technology and materials innovation.
Our vision
A world-class centre for safer nuclear technology and sustainable progress.
ANSD advances nuclear safety technologies and risk-assessment capability while providing technical leadership across energy and non-energy applications of nuclear science. We connect fundamental mechanisms with engineering decisions, education and public understanding.
Our mission
Four commitments, one shared direction.
ANSD turns its vision into action through evidence-led research, interdisciplinary capability and long-term knowledge exchange.
Enable discovery across disciplines
Bring together complementary expertise, facilities and methods to connect mechanisms, materials performance and engineering response.
Meet the communityBuild shared capability
Connect researchers to complementary facilities and methods through institutional collaboration.
View collaborative platformsShare knowledge responsibly
Support education, institutional partnerships and credible public dialogue on nuclear technology and its societal impact.
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People & partnership
A centre built around a community of inquiry.
ANSD brings together faculty, technical expertise, postdoctoral researchers, students and collaborators. This shared community makes it possible to move from scientific questions to practical knowledge and lasting partnerships.
Collaborative research platforms
Shared facilities that turn vision into verifiable evidence.
The Inter-University 3D Atom Probe Tomography Unit, computation, electron microscopy, focused-ion-beam preparation, ion milling, corrosion and irradiation platforms are hosted and operated by ANSD’s closely collaborating units. ANSD researchers access these platforms through collaboration; they are not ANSD-owned facilities.
From vision to impact
Research with a responsibility to inform, connect and endure.
Our work is sustained through education, research exchange and knowledge transfer, helping strengthen the evidence base for decisions about nuclear technology and sustainable development.
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Room 1511, Yellow Zone, G/F, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong
+852 3442 8071 jijkai@cityu.edu.hk