Advances in Nuclear Technology with Symmetry/Asymmetry

Dear Colleagues,

Symmetry and asymmetry are fundamental organizing principles in nuclear technology, governing phenomena from the microscopic behavior of nuclear materials to the macroscopic design of reactors, fuel cycles, shielding, and detection systems. Exploiting underlying symmetries can lead to elegant theoretical descriptions, computational efficiency, and robust performance metrics, while deliberately engineered asymmetries and heterogeneities often enable improved safety margins, enhanced passive responses, and optimized resource utilization across nuclear applications.

This Special Issue aims to gather recent advances where symmetry/asymmetry concepts are explicitly used to design, model, or optimize nuclear systems within the broad scope of Symmetry. Relevant topics include symmetric and asymmetric reactor core and lattice designs; advanced fuels and claddings with heterogeneous architectures; symmetry aspects in radiation transport, criticality, and shielding; group-theoretical and topological approaches in reactor and nuclear engineering; symmetry-aware optimization, inverse design, and machine learning; as well as asymmetric loading and operation strategies for lifetime management, accident mitigation, and waste minimization. Contributions addressing symmetry/asymmetry in radiation detection, dosimetry, safeguards, and nuclear security systems are also encouraged.

In this Special Issue, original research articles, short communications, and review papers are welcome. We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Ouadie Kabach
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Symmetry is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.