Nuclear Energy Power: Innovations in Nuclear Reactor, Fuel Cycles, and Waste Management
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "B4: Nuclear Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 24 October 2025 | Viewed by 1062
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nuclear fuel cycle; advanced reactor’s fuel cycle; radioactive waste management; recovery of valuable metals from waste; circular economy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is difficult to imagine modern human life without using nuclear techniques. Nuclear technologies have various applications. It is well known that nuclear power contributes much of the world’s electricity. The life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of nuclear power plants are very close to those of hydropower and wind, making it a sustainable and clean source of energy that can supply the needs of industry and achieve climate goals. Many innovative and advanced nuclear reactor concepts are currently being developed to provide efficient, clean energy production while improving safety, such as Small Modular Reactors, Liquid- and Metal-Cooled Fast Reactors, Gas-Cooled Reactors, and Molten Salt Reactors. These designs use new nuclear fuel types with features that differ from currently used nuclear fuels. Like all electricity generation technologies, including renewable energy, nuclear energy generates waste. The suitable, safe and effective management of radioactive waste remains problematic for nuclear technology applications.
This Special Issue will present research on innovations in nuclear reactors, fuel cycles and waste management, as well as discuss advanced reactors’ energy efficiency and safety.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- The role of new-generation reactors in future electricity generation;
- The key chemical and engineering aspects related to the development of Generation III+ and IV reactors;
- Chemical and engineering aspects related to SMR development;
- The safety of the advanced nuclear fuel cycle;
- The challenges associated with reprocessing fuel used in advanced reactors;
- novel strategies for radioactive waste management;
- The advanced protection of the radioactive waste in disposal and storage;
- Challenges associated with the management of radioactive waste generated by SMRs.
Dr. Katarzyna Kiegiel
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- advanced nuclear reactors
- advanced nuclear fuel cycle
- innovations in radioactive waste management
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