Scope

Nowadays, nuclear energy amounts to one eighth of the world energy source and one quarter of the electricity in nations representing two thirds of humanity. With an operating fleet of over 440 fission reactors in 2014 in the world, the nuclear energy industry is poised to grow with several countries adding new reactors. Advances in the reactor technology, streamlined construction and management have added to this growth with safety as an important integral part of this technology. With the best technology, diligence and key focus on safety, nuclear energy can provide safe and sustainable power for the foreseeable future to the world. There are challenges with existing and new designs of fission reactors. While the increase in power uprate in nuclear plants has added more power generation capacity, it has brought new challenges on materials, operation and maintenance of plants. There are concerns regarding nuclear power safety, the economics, and waste disposal issues that adversely affect the general acceptance of nuclear power. One of the key issues is not if nuclear energy will grow worldwide, but whether it will grow fast enough to make a decisive contribution to the global sustainable energy development. The journal section Nuclear Energy will promote the exchange of information in nuclear energy science and technology, international cooperation, long-term options for nuclear energy development while promoting global energy and environmental objectives.

Nuclear Energy aims to publish significant original research results on all aspect of nuclear energy science and technology covering both fission and fusion. Specifically this section welcomes papers on the following: reactor and neutron physics, advanced reactor designs, nuclear fuels, fuel cycles and management, instrumentation and control, human-machine system, related materials and processing, system and component technology, power conversion of nuclear energy, thermal hydraulics, safety and risk assessment, operation and maintenance, plant life extension, decommissioning, structural analysis, nuclear aerosol, fusion energy engineering, plasma engineering including inertial confinement fusion, fusion reactor materials and fuels, breeding materials, reactor component technology, fusion neutronics, fusion reactor safety, fusion reactor system, computational and code development and analysis, environmental effects, energy cost, nuclear non-proliferation and safeguard.

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