Systems Engineering in Nuclear Power Applications
A special issue of Systems (ISSN 2079-8954).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 April 2025 | Viewed by 110
Special Issue Editors
Interests: complex problems; systems engineering
Interests: nuclear and environmental policy and regulation; risk assessment and risk management; operational readiness and technology insertion in nuclear facilities; the nuclear fuel cycle
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Systems engineering is defined as the “interdisciplinary approach governing the total technical and managerial effort required to transform a set of stakeholder needs, expectations, and constraints into a solution, and to support that solution throughout its life” [1] (p. 455). Although widely accepted in several industries (e.g., the defense, aerospace, and automotive industries), to date, several high-hazard industries, including the nuclear power and chemical processing industries, have not widely adopted the concepts and international standards associated with the approaches and techniques utilized in systems engineering. However, the Guest Editor’s experience is that existing concepts of, and current approaches to, the design and management of such high-hazard facilities are indeed closely aligned with many aspects of systems engineering.
This Special Issue will address areas in which systems engineering approaches and techniques have been applied, or may be adopted, as part of the facility life cycle in high-hazard facilities. This life cycle starts with the conceptual need for a facility and concludes with its retirement and disposal. The goal of this Special Issue is to expose a broader set of industries to systems engineering approaches and techniques that may help improve processes associated with the life cycles of such facilities.
Reference
1. International Standard ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765; Systems and Software Engineering—Vocabulary. International Organization for Standardization. The International Electrotechnical Commission and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: New York City, NY, USA, 2017; p. 455. https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEESTD.2017.8016712.
Dr. Kevin Adams
Prof. Dr. Steven Krahn
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- systems engineering
- high-hazard industries
- nuclear power
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