Optimal Design and Analysis of Advanced Nuclear Reactors
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "B4: Nuclear Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 March 2025 | Viewed by 5282
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nuclear reactor design; safety and simulation of nuclear power system; nuclear reactor thermal hydraulic; artificial intelligence
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nuclear energy is an efficient and clean type of energy. The nuclear reactor-based energy supply is characterized by high energy density, low carbon emissions, long sustainable operation time and wide use. Reactor technology continues to evolve, with a large number of passive generation III+ and generation IV reactor designs emerging. All designs focus on the reactor's inherent safety improvement, while allowing for a more efficient and flexible energy supply. With the development of experimental measurement and computer simulation technology, more accurate analytical methods provide support for the design and optimization of advanced reactors; thus, the economy and safety of reactors would be enhanced.
This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent advances related to the theory, design, modeling and optimization of all types of advanced nuclear reactors. Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:
- Thermal-hydraulic characteristics of advanced reactors;
- Multi-physics coupling in the reactor core;
- Nuclear reactor systems design;
- Safety analysis of advanced reactors;
- Explicable machine learning in nuclear energy;
- Advanced optimization algorithms.
Dr. Jing Zhang
Dr. Yuan Yuan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- thermal hydraulics
- safety analysis
- multi-physics coupling
- explicable machine learning in nuclear energy
- severe accident
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