Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

Methods

Published on 01 Jun 2026

The safety case for a deep geological repository in Switzerland: assessment and modelling of the biosphere

in Radioactive Waste Management

Ashley Brown
Raphael A. J. Wüst
Russell Walke
Rebecca Newson
Louise Bruffell
Valentyn Bykov
Priska A. Hunkeler
Angela Landgraf
Urs H. Fischer
Jens K. Becker

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2026.1840800

530 views

Original Research

Accepted on 25 May 2026

RADRISK Inspector: A Mobile Application for Shielding Design and Safety Distance Calculation in Industrial Gamma Radiography

in Radiation Measurements

Miguel Suffo
David Brea-Piñero
Juan F. Molina-Pérez
José M. Mota-Macías

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

165 views

Original Research

Accepted on 19 May 2026

Neutronic and Safety Evaluation of a Hybrid UO2-U3Si2 Accident Tolerant Fuel Assembly for VVER-1000 Reactors

in Nuclear Reactor Design

Saidur Rahman Turjak

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

264 views

Review

Accepted on 19 May 2026

The Safety Case for a Deep Geological Repository in Switzerland: Engineered Barriers for High-Level Waste Disposal

in Radioactive Waste Management

Nikitas Diomidis
Typhaine Guillemot
Lukas Martin
Alexandros Papafotiou
Olivier X Leupin

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

271 views

Methods

Published on 15 May 2026

The safety case for a deep geological repository in Switzerland: concepts for waste disposal and methodology for safety assessment

in Radioactive Waste Management

Paul Smith

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2026.1840901

779 views

Perspective

Published on 14 May 2026

Rethinking Germany’s energy transition: a role for nuclear power to meet climate targets and keep economic competitiveness

in Nuclear Reactor Design

Friedbert Pflüger

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2026.1837826

1,000 views

Original Research

Accepted on 13 May 2026

Full-core high-burnup BWR LOCA fuel performance analysis and FFRD Susceptibility

in Nuclear Reactor Design

Ian Greenquist
Aaron Wysocki
Mehdi Asgari
Pierre-Clément A. Simon
Asher Hansen
Baris Sarikaya
Ian Porter
James Tusar
Robert Salko Jr.

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

263 views

Original Research

Published on 08 May 2026

Enhancing fast neutron irradiation in thermal neutron spectrum reactors through python-based multi-objective optimization

in Nuclear Reactor Design

Mustafa K. Jaradat
Jason V. Brookman
Andrew Bascom
Tommy Holschuh
Nicolas E. Woolstenhulme

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2026.1776967

653 views

Review

Accepted on 07 May 2026

The Safety Case for a Deep Geological Repository in Switzerland: Site and Geological Barrier Characteristics

in Radioactive Waste Management

Raphael A.J. Wüst
Michael Schnellmann
Angela Landgraf
Silvio Giger
Nicolas Roy
Daniel Traber
Gaudenz Deplazes
Raphael Schneeberger
Jens K. Becker
Nathan Looser

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

302 views

Review

Accepted on 04 May 2026

The Safety Case for a Deep Geological Repository in Switzerland: Engineered Barriers for Low-and Intermediate-level Waste Disposal

in Radioactive Waste Management

Lukas Martin
Georg Kosakowski
Typhaine Guillemot
Alexandros Papafotiou

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

365 views

Hypothesis and Theory

Accepted on 04 May 2026

On the Feasibility of Fissile Material Production with Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Devices

in Nuclear Reactor Design

Alex Martin Little
Yannick Verbelen
Mahmoud Bakr Arby
Thomas Scott

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

404 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Apr 2026

Activity release calculation from the near-field of a repository for spent fuel

in Radioactive Waste Management

Ping Chen
Qi Zhang
Chengming Shang

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2026.1798989

581 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Apr 2026

Transformation of discrete fracture networks into equivalent continuum models for sparsely fractured rocks: comparing flow-based and geometry-based upscaling for flow and transport

in Radioactive Waste Management

Caroline Darcel
Quentin Courtois
Urban Svensson
Romain Le Goc
Benoît Pinier
Jan-Olof Selroos
Philippe Davy

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2026.1760157

778 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Apr 2026

Research on a strongly generalizable fault diagnosis method based on adversarial transfer learning

in Nuclear Reactor Design

Biwei Zhu
Zhiguang Deng
Xuemei Wang
Sijie Xu
Chenlong Dong

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2026.1771702

606 views

Editorial

Published on 07 Apr 2026

Editorial: Advanced modeling techniques in radioactive waste disposal

in Radioactive Waste Management

Yuankai Yang
Tao Wu

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2026.1836941

539 views

Editorial

Published on 01 Apr 2026

Editorial: Analytical methods in nuclear forensics

in Nuclear Materials

Kattathu J. Mathew
Amy E. Hixon
Matthew Higginson

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2026.1823864

537 views

Original Research

Published on 20 Mar 2026

Validation of SIMULATE5-K and CASMO5 with the SPERT-III E-Core

in Nuclear Reactor Design

William Dawn
Gerardo Grandi
Tamer Bahadir

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2026.1771859

660 views

Original Research

Published on 16 Mar 2026

Shielding design for IECF devices: ensuring safety through material analysis

in Nuclear Materials

Edward Martin
Thomas B. Scott
Mahmoud Bakr

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2026.1757155

626 views

Review

Published on 13 Mar 2026

Advanced modeling and management strategies for nuclear and radiological incidents: from decision support to adaptive governance

in Nuclear Safety

Petre Cornel Min

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2026.1790523

648 views

Original Research

Accepted on 10 Mar 2026

Multiphysics Methods for Species Tracking in Molten Salt Reactors

in Nuclear Reactor Design

Samuel Walker
Mauricio Tano
Parikshit Bajpai
Abdalla Abou-Jaoude

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

480 views

Original Research

Accepted on 09 Mar 2026

Analysis of Gamma-emitting Radionuclides in Circulating Cooling Water for Two Kinds of High-energy Accelerators

in Radiation Measurements

Zhen Zhang
Qiang Xiong
Jing Liang
Yuwen Li
Xinyue Jiang

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

421 views

Original Research

Published on 09 Mar 2026

Identification of safety-relevant radionuclides for performance assessment modeling

in Radioactive Waste Management

Stefan Finsterle
Michael J. Hannon
Jesse Sloane

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2026.1787346

528 views

Editorial

Published on 25 Feb 2026

Editorial: EURAD: state of the art in research and development on radioactive waste management and disposal

in Radioactive Waste Management

Tara Beattie
Bernd Grambow

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2025.1765005

725 views

Original Research

Published on 24 Feb 2026

Evaluation of the Lawson criterion for aneutronic proton-boron-11 fusion: effects of ion temperature and bremsstrahlung losses

in Nuclear Reactor Design

Irfan Maulana Ahmad
Abd. Djamil Husin
Duong Thanh Tai
Nissren Tamam
Abdelmoneim Sulieman
Sitti Yani

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2026.1714531

1,474 views

205 articles

articles

The safety case for a deep geological repository in Switzerland: assessment and modelling of the biosphere

RADRISK Inspector: A Mobile Application for Shielding Design and Safety Distance Calculation in Industrial Gamma Radiography

Neutronic and Safety Evaluation of a Hybrid UO2-U3Si2 Accident Tolerant Fuel Assembly for VVER-1000 Reactors

The Safety Case for a Deep Geological Repository in Switzerland: Engineered Barriers for High-Level Waste Disposal

The safety case for a deep geological repository in Switzerland: concepts for waste disposal and methodology for safety assessment

Rethinking Germany’s energy transition: a role for nuclear power to meet climate targets and keep economic competitiveness

Full-core high-burnup BWR LOCA fuel performance analysis and FFRD Susceptibility

Enhancing fast neutron irradiation in thermal neutron spectrum reactors through python-based multi-objective optimization

The Safety Case for a Deep Geological Repository in Switzerland: Site and Geological Barrier Characteristics

The Safety Case for a Deep Geological Repository in Switzerland: Engineered Barriers for Low-and Intermediate-level Waste Disposal

On the Feasibility of Fissile Material Production with Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Devices

Activity release calculation from the near-field of a repository for spent fuel

Transformation of discrete fracture networks into equivalent continuum models for sparsely fractured rocks: comparing flow-based and geometry-based upscaling for flow and transport

Research on a strongly generalizable fault diagnosis method based on adversarial transfer learning

Editorial: Advanced modeling techniques in radioactive waste disposal

Editorial: Analytical methods in nuclear forensics

Validation of SIMULATE5-K and CASMO5 with the SPERT-III E-Core

Shielding design for IECF devices: ensuring safety through material analysis

Advanced modeling and management strategies for nuclear and radiological incidents: from decision support to adaptive governance

Multiphysics Methods for Species Tracking in Molten Salt Reactors

Analysis of Gamma-emitting Radionuclides in Circulating Cooling Water for Two Kinds of High-energy Accelerators

Identification of safety-relevant radionuclides for performance assessment modeling

Editorial: EURAD: state of the art in research and development on radioactive waste management and disposal

Evaluation of the Lawson criterion for aneutronic proton-boron-11 fusion: effects of ion temperature and bremsstrahlung losses