Nuclear Energy Systems

Dear Colleagues,

The Topic “Nuclear Energy Systems” comprises articles reporting original and innovative contributions to the nuclear science and engineering activities aimed at the design of nuclear reactors, from radioisotope power systems for deep space exploration to advanced small and large reactors employing light water, gas, liquid-metal or molten salt coolants, designed not only for electricity generation but also for desalination and/or production of process heat for industrial applications. Authors can submit manuscripts to any MDPI journal participating in the Topic. Published papers will be collected together on the Topic website.

The Topic “Nuclear Energy Systems” includes the following subtopics:

• Reactor Statics
  
  • Reactor physics
  • Reactor shielding
  • Radiation and particle transport and detection

• Reactor Dynamics and Nuclide Depletion/Transmutation
  
  • Reactor thermal hydraulics
  • Reactor kinetics
  • Reactor control
  • Reactor safety
  • Reactor fuels and fuel cycles

• Reactor Systems
  
  • Light water reactors
  • Sodium-cooled reactors
  • Heavy-metal-cooled reactors
  • Gas-cooled reactors
  • Molten-salt reactors
  • Radioisotope power systems

• Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Quantification with Applications to Nuclear Energy Systems
  
  • Deterministic and statistical methods for sensitivity analysis
  • Deterministic and statistical methods for uncertainty quantification
  • Predictive modeling: combining experimental and computational information to obtain best-estimate results with reduced predicted uncertainties.

Prof. Dr. Dan Gabriel Cacuci
Prof. Dr. Michael M.R. Williams
Dr. Andrew Buchan
Prof. Dr. Ruixian Fang
Topic Editors