Operation Safety and Simulation of Nuclear Energy Power Plant
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "B4: Nuclear Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 September 2025 | Viewed by 77
Special Issue Editors
Interests: dynamic reliability and probabilistic safety evaluation of complex industrial safety-critical systems; nuclear power plant operation safety and simulation
Interests: nuclear fuel design and fuel behaviour analysis; optimisation of nuclear fuel performance under extreme operating conditions; uncertainty quantification and sensitivity analysis of the nuclear fuel behaviour
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Safety is always paramount with nuclear energy power plant operations. Simulation is widely considered one of the pillars of nuclear reactor safety, as it acts as a virtual testing ground to simulate complex multi-physics and multi-scale phenomena in high-fidelity but without risking real-world harm to plant personnel or the environment. Benefiting from the rapid development of emerging technologies such as Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), big data, digital twin, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and cloud computing, the operational safety and simulation of nuclear energy has also undergone a renaissance in recent years. The intersection of AI and advanced simulation technologies has become a new trend in delivering realistic and real-time insights into nuclear safety.
This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent advances in the design and operational safety and simulation of nuclear energy power plants. Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) AI-driven simulation technologies;
(2) Big data and IoT applications in intelligent operation and maintenance;
(3) Prognostics and health management of nuclear safety-critical equipment;
(4) System reliability modelling and analysis;
(5) Human reliability analysis;
(6) Alarm analysis and fault diagnosis;
(7) Risk assessment and safety management;
(8) Nuclear physics design and reload safety evaluation;
(9) Nuclear emergency preparedness and response;
(10) Uncertainty quantification and sensitivity analysis;
(11) Digitalization and standardization in nuclear applications;
(12) Nuclear fuel design and fuel behaviour analysis;
(13) Optimization of nuclear fuel performance under extreme operating conditions.
Dr. Jun Yang
Dr. Rong Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nuclear safety and simulation
- operator support system
- prognostic and health management
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