Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering | Nuclear Materials section | New and Recent Articles https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nuclear-engineering/sections/nuclear-materials RSS Feed for Nuclear Materials section in the Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering journal | New and Recent Articles en-us Frontiers Feed Generator,version:1 2026-05-03T15:28:31.667+00:00 60 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2026.1823864 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2026.1823864 <![CDATA[Editorial: Analytical methods in nuclear forensics]]> 2026-04-01T00:00:00Z Editorial Kattathu J. MathewAmy E. HixonMatthew Higginson https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2026.1757155 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2026.1757155 <![CDATA[Shielding design for IECF devices: ensuring safety through material analysis]]> 2026-03-16T00:00:00Z Original Research Edward MartinThomas B. ScottMahmoud Bakr https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2025.1683702 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2025.1683702 <![CDATA[Assessment of structural materials in compact fusion reactor design]]> 2025-11-07T00:00:00Z Original Research Davide PettinariSamuele Meschini Raffaella Testoni  https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2025.1634367 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2025.1634367 <![CDATA[Nuclear forensic analysis of thorium materials: recreation of a legacy processing method]]> 2025-09-23T00:00:00Z Original Research Erin HollandMatthew A. HigginsonPhilip KayeThomas B. ScottTomas MartinChristopher R. D. GilliganKaren KennedySamuel CrossChristopher Brook https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2025.1655503 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2025.1655503 <![CDATA[Optimizing laser powder directed energy deposition for Grade-91 and Grade-92 ferritic/martensitic steels for nuclear applications: linking process parameters to microstructure]]> 2025-09-16T00:00:00Z Original Research Asif MahmudSubhashish MeherPeter RennerAriel RiefferChinthaka SilvaJohn SnitzerQianwen ZhangXiaoyuan LouIsabella Van Rooyen https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2025.1654123 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2025.1654123 <![CDATA[Applications of ultra-high resolution microcalorimeter gamma-ray spectrometry]]> 2025-09-11T00:00:00Z Original Research Katherine A. SchreiberKatrina E. KoehlerMark P. CroceEmily N. StarkDaniel G. McNeelMatthew H. CarpenterDavid J. MercerE. Paige AbelBrian ArchambaultLeah ArrigoGrey BatieDaniel T. BeckerDouglas A. BennettBrian M. BucherStefania DedeJoseph FowlerJohnathon D. GardDavid GlasgowK. C. GoetzCraig GrayCatalin HarabagiuJianwei HuMark W. KellerJ. A. Ben MatesChristine MathewGalen C. O’NeilNathan J. OrtizLuca PaganiBruce D. PiersonDaniel R. SchmidtRico U. SchoenemannEdward SeaburyDaniel S. SwetzJoel N. UllomSophie L. WeidenbennerAmmon N. Williams https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2025.1621780 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2025.1621780 <![CDATA[Hyperspectral x-ray imaging mapping capabilities for nuclear forensics]]> 2025-09-03T00:00:00Z Original Research Matthew H. CarpenterEmily N. StarkDaniel G. McNeelStefania DedeChristopher J. GodtEli S. R. KurtzDaniel E. JacksonTravis J. TennerBenjamin E. NaesKimberly N. WurthGregory L. WagnerMark P. Croce https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2025.1603437 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2025.1603437 <![CDATA[Role of additive manufacturing in developing functionally graded materials for nuclear applications]]> 2025-08-21T00:00:00Z Review Amal SasiMadhulika SrivastavaK. Dash https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2025.1639874 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2025.1639874 <![CDATA[Hydrodynamic characterization of the redox chemistry of crown-encapsulated uranyl complexes]]> 2025-07-24T00:00:00Z Original Research Alexander C. ErvinJames D. Blakemore https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2025.1619584 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2025.1619584 <![CDATA[Editorial: Structures and properties of fluorite-related systems for nuclear applications]]> 2025-06-05T00:00:00Z Editorial Gianguido BaldinozziThierry Wiss https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2025.1569103 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2025.1569103 <![CDATA[Uranium fluoride micromaterials: a new frontier in nuclear engineering]]> 2025-03-25T00:00:00Z Perspective Harry JangFrederic Poineau https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2025.1495360 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2025.1495360 <![CDATA[Impact of alpha-damage and helium production on the heat capacity of actinide oxides]]> 2025-02-24T00:00:00Z Original Research Thierry WissRudy J. M. KoningsDragos StaicuAlessandro BenedettiJean-Yves ColleVincenzo V. RondinellaEmilio MaugeriZeynep TalipArne JanssenOliver DiesteLuana CogniniEmanuele De BonaGianguido BaldinozziChristine Guéneau https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2025.1534820 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2025.1534820 <![CDATA[Effect of microstructure and neutron irradiation defects on deuterium retention in SiC]]> 2025-02-10T00:00:00Z Original Research Alex LeideWeicheng ZhongIsabel Fernandez-VictorioDuc Nguyen-ManhTakaaki Koyanagi https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2024.1487828 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2024.1487828 <![CDATA[Liquidus curve of uranium–plutonium mixed oxide (MOX) system]]> 2025-01-07T00:00:00Z Original Research Leonid BurakovskyDean L. PrestonAndrew A. Green https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2024.1544499 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2024.1544499 <![CDATA[Editorial: Applications of spectroscopy and chemometrics in nuclear materials analysis]]> 2025-01-07T00:00:00Z Editorial Luke R. SadergaskiRobert J. LascolaKyle C. Hartig https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2024.1486694 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2024.1486694 <![CDATA[Microstructure, electrical resistivity, and tensile properties of neutron-irradiated Cu–Cr–Nb–Zr]]> 2024-11-12T00:00:00Z Original Research Alice PerrinDai HamaguchiJosina W. GeringerSteve ZinkleYing YangSteve SkutnikJon PoplawskyYutai Katoh https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2024.1465080 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2024.1465080 <![CDATA[Insights into the UO2+x/U4O9 phase characterization in oxidized UO2 pellets as a function of hyper-stoichiometry]]> 2024-10-15T00:00:00Z Original Research C. GaillardH. LotzL. SarrasinY. PiponR. DucherN. Moncoffre https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2024.1446635 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2024.1446635 <![CDATA[Recovery of neutron-irradiated VVER-440 RPV base metal and weld exposed to isothermal annealing at 343°C up to 2,000 h]]> 2024-08-16T00:00:00Z Original Research Eberhard AltstadtFrank BergnerJann-Erik BrandenburgPaul ChekhoninJakub DykasMario HouskaAndreas Ulbricht https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2024.1379996 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2024.1379996 <![CDATA[Concept validation of separations for thorium-based radionuclide generator systems for medical application]]> 2024-08-08T00:00:00Z Brief Research Report Bianca SchacherlKiara MaurerMartin SchäferYvonne RemdeFrank GeyerAnnika FriedSteffen Alexander HappelMartina Benešová-Schäfer https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2024.1411840 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnuen.2024.1411840 <![CDATA[Leveraging design of experiments to build chemometric models for the quantification of uranium (VI) and HNO3 by Raman spectroscopy]]> 2024-08-08T00:00:00Z Original Research Luke R. SadergaskiJeffrey D. EinkaufLaetitia H. DelmauJonathan D. Burns