Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

Original Research

Accepted on 18 Sep 2025

Uncertainty quantification and sensitivity analysis of a nuclear thermal propulsion reactor startup sequence

in Nuclear Reactor Design

Jackson Robert Harter
Mark David DeHart

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2025.1628866

Editorial

Published on 17 Sep 2025

Editorial: Nuclear reactor safety and accident mitigation management

in Nuclear Reactor Design

Amit Kumar
Sanjeev Gupta
Yuh-Ming Ferng

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2025.1691453

839 views

Original Research

Published on 16 Sep 2025

Optimizing laser powder directed energy deposition for Grade-91 and Grade-92 ferritic/martensitic steels for nuclear applications: linking process parameters to microstructure

in Nuclear Materials

Asif Mahmud
Subhashish Meher
Peter Renner
Ariel Rieffer
Chinthaka Silva
John Snitzer
Qianwen Zhang
Xiaoyuan Lou
Isabella Van Rooyen

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2025.1655503

516 views

Original Research

Published on 11 Sep 2025

Applications of ultra-high resolution microcalorimeter gamma-ray spectrometry

in Nuclear Materials

Katherine A. Schreiber
Katrina E. Koehler
Mark P. Croce
Emily N. Stark
Daniel G. McNeel
Matthew H. Carpenter
David J. Mercer
E. Paige Abel
Brian Archambault
Leah Arrigo

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2025.1654123

939 views

Original Research

Published on 05 Sep 2025

Study of the deposition and resuspension phase of aerosol particles in a straight test pipe

in Nuclear Safety

Manish Kumar
Manish Joshi
Anubhav Kumar Dwivedi
Sidyant Kumar
T. Saud
Arshad Khan
Gaurav Mishra
Nandan Saha
Sunil Ganju
S. N. Tripathi

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2025.1617991

540 views

Hypothesis and Theory

Published on 05 Sep 2025

Foundations of site selection procedures for deep geological repositories: an argument-based model to explain how site rejection decisions can be justified by inaccurate operationalizations and assessments of long-term protection

in Radioactive Waste Management

Martin Navarro

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2025.1664370

1,016 views

Original Research

Published on 03 Sep 2025

Hyperspectral x-ray imaging mapping capabilities for nuclear forensics

in Nuclear Materials

Matthew H. Carpenter
Emily N. Stark
Daniel G. McNeel
Stefania Dede
Christopher J. Godt
Eli S. R. Kurtz
Daniel E. Jackson
Travis J. Tenner
Benjamin E. Naes
Kimberly N. Wurth

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2025.1621780

666 views

Review

Published on 25 Aug 2025

An overview of research groups and their activities in the field of inertial electrostatic confinement fusion

in Nuclear Reactor Design

Jan-Philipp Wulfkühler
Mahmoud Bakr
Martin Tajmar

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2025.1620419

833 views

Review

Published on 21 Aug 2025

Role of additive manufacturing in developing functionally graded materials for nuclear applications

in Nuclear Materials

Amal Sasi
Madhulika Srivastava
K. Dash

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2025.1603437

887 views

Original Research

Published on 11 Aug 2025

Comparison of spatial dynamics and point kinetics approaches in multiphysics modeling of the molten salt reactor experiment

in Nuclear Reactor Design

Philip Pfahl
Mustafa K. Jaradat
Mauricio E. Tano
Ramiro O. Freile
Samuel A. Walker
Javier Ortensi

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2025.1617048

768 views

Original Research

Published on 05 Aug 2025

Experimental insights into the formation and characterization of iodine oxide aerosols

in Nuclear Safety

Mariam
Manish Joshi
Amruta Nakhwa
Pallavi Khandare
Samanta Soumen
Arshad Khan
B. K. Sapra

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2025.1599740

791 views

Original Research

Published on 01 Aug 2025

CTF development, verification, and validation for VVER core thermal-hydraulics and multi-physics modeling and simulation

in Nuclear Reactor Design

Yesim Kutlu
Ivan Spasov
Svetlomir Mitkov
Pascal Rouxelin
Agustin Abarca
Nikola Kolev
Maria Avramova
Kostadin Ivanov

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2025.1594698

878 views

Review

Published on 31 Jul 2025

EURAD state-of-the-art report: thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of clay buffers at high temperatures

in Radioactive Waste Management

María Victoria Villar
Katerina Cernochova
Jaime Cuevas
Antonio Gens
Natalia Gimeno
Caroline Graham
Jon Harrington
Vlastislav Kašpar
Stephan Kaufhold
Olivier Leupin

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2025.1436087

1,375 views

Original Research

Accepted on 26 Jul 2025

Nuclear Forensic Analysis of Thorium Materials: recreation of a legacy processing method

in Nuclear Materials

Matthew Higginson
Erin Holland
Philip Kaye
Thomas Scott
Tomas Martin
Christopher R D Gilligan
Karen Kennedy
Samuel Samuel Cross
Christopher Brook

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2025.1634367

609 views

Methods

Published on 25 Jul 2025

Data transfers for nuclear reactor multiphysics studies using the MOOSE framework

in Nuclear Reactor Design

Guillaume L. Giudicelli
Fande Kong
Roy Stogner
Logan Harbour
Derek Gaston
Alexander Lindsay
Zachary Prince
Lise Charlot
Stefano Terlizzi
Mahmoud Eltawila

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2025.1611173

947 views

Original Research

Published on 24 Jul 2025

Hydrodynamic characterization of the redox chemistry of crown-encapsulated uranyl complexes

in Nuclear Materials

Alexander C. Ervin
James D. Blakemore

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2025.1639874

782 views