Mathematics and Computational Methods in Nuclear Energy Technology

Dear Colleagues,

Mathematics and computation play an important role in nuclear energy technologies, since they enable us to predict the behaviors of nuclear systems through mathematical and computational models. Nuclear analysis software empowered with precise computational models has been supporting the entire process of nuclear power plant design, safety analysis, construction, operating, and decommission.

With the increasing requirements for nuclear reactor safety and economics as well as the rapid development of advanced nuclear systems, new generations of mathematics and computational methods and tools with improved accuracy and resolution, robustness, reliability, efficiency, etc., are highly anticipated in the field of nuclear energy. Advanced mathematics and computational methods will provide irreplaceable guidance for the design and optimization of current and next-generation reactors with newer and better models, including the ability to incorporate more underlying physical factors, to use models with higher fidelity, and to comprise different scales, etc.

This Special Issue aims to present the most recent research and developments in mathematics and computational methodologies (including theories, methods, models, frameworks, tools, etc.) applied to the nuclear energy technologies. Themes of interest include but are not limited to:

1. Multi-scale/multi-physics simulation for existing and advanced nuclear energy systems
2. Artificial intelligence applications in nuclear energy
3. Deterministic, Monte Carlo, and hybrid methods in reactor physics analyses
4. Thermal-hydraulics and safety analysis
5. Computational fluid dynamics and applications
6. Computer code development, verification, and validation
7. Uncertainty quantification, sensitivity analysis, and optimization
8. High-performance computing, visualization for fluid flow and radiation transport problems
9. Other applications related to advanced mathematics and computational methods in nuclear energy

We welcome submissions on novel concepts and innovations of original research articles as well as communications and review articles from different disciplines that are relevant to the abovementioned topics.

Dr. Jingang Liang
Dr. Shichang Liu
Dr. Zhaoyuan Liu
Guest Editors

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