volumes

Volume 5 - 2026

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

Paul Smith

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2026.1840901

255 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

Friedbert Pflüger

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2026.1837826

485 views

Original Research

Accepted on 13 May 2026

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

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

Original Research

Published on 08 May 2026

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

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

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2026.1776967

470 views

Review

Accepted on 07 May 2026

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

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

107 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

Lukas Martin
Georg Kosakowski
Typhaine Guillemot
Alexandros Papafotiou

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

183 views

Hypothesis and Theory

Accepted on 04 May 2026

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

Alex Martin Little
Yannick Verbelen
Mahmoud Bakr Arby
Thomas Scott

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

193 views

Methods

Accepted on 30 Apr 2026

The Safety Case for a Deep Geological Repository in Switzerland: Assessment and modelling of the biosphere

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

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

188 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Apr 2026

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

Ping Chen
Qi Zhang
Chengming Shang

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2026.1798989

394 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

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

545 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Apr 2026

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

Biwei Zhu
Zhiguang Deng
Xuemei Wang
Sijie Xu
Chenlong Dong

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2026.1771702

404 views

Editorial

Published on 07 Apr 2026

Editorial: Advanced modeling techniques in radioactive waste disposal

Yuankai Yang
Tao Wu

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2026.1836941

394 views

Editorial

Published on 01 Apr 2026

Editorial: Analytical methods in nuclear forensics

Kattathu J. Mathew
Amy E. Hixon
Matthew Higginson

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2026.1823864

374 views

Original Research

Published on 20 Mar 2026

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

William Dawn
Gerardo Grandi
Tamer Bahadir

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2026.1771859

497 views

Original Research

Published on 16 Mar 2026

Shielding design for IECF devices: ensuring safety through material analysis

Edward Martin
Thomas B. Scott
Mahmoud Bakr

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2026.1757155

443 views

Review

Published on 13 Mar 2026

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

Petre Cornel Min

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2026.1790523

520 views

Original Research

Accepted on 10 Mar 2026

Multiphysics Methods for Species Tracking in Molten Salt Reactors

Samuel Walker
Mauricio Tano
Parikshit Bajpai
Abdalla Abou-Jaoude

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

328 views

Original Research

Accepted on 09 Mar 2026

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

Zhen Zhang
Qiang Xiong
Jing Liang
Yuwen Li
Xinyue Jiang

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

268 views

Original Research

Published on 09 Mar 2026

Identification of safety-relevant radionuclides for performance assessment modeling

Stefan Finsterle
Michael J. Hannon
Jesse Sloane

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2026.1787346

420 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

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

1,155 views

Perspective

Published on 19 Feb 2026

A future design approach to nuclear waste repository siting: activating futurability and cultivating pride

Tatsuyoshi Saijo

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2026.1795642

504 views

Volume 4 - 2025

Editorial

Published on 25 Feb 2026

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

Tara Beattie
Bernd Grambow

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2025.1765005

608 views

Original Research

Published on 11 Feb 2026

First evaluation of geopolymer encapsulation of simulated alkaline aluminum-rich liquid waste from Mo-99 production

Whitney Talavera Ramos
Adrián Tellería Narváez
Lucas Dos Santos
Daniel Arcone
Ayelén Manzini

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2025.1738676

570 views

Original Research

Published on 04 Feb 2026

High-fidelity multi-physics guidelines for model validation and uncertainty quantification

Gregory K. Delipei
Quentin Faure
Maria Avramova
Kostadin Ivanov

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering

doi 10.3389/fnuen.2025.1720142

1,338 views