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  • Perspective
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,844 Views
15 Pages

27 May 2025

Global peace, security, and sustainable energy development depend on effective nuclear energy governance. While the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has served as a cornerstone in this domain, it faces challenges such as trust deficits, inequit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,105 Views
19 Pages

29 July 2025

This paper proposes a strategic framework to enhance nuclear energy governance by advancing the Qudrat-Ullah Nuclear Peace and Trust (Q-NPT) framework. Designed to complement existing treaties such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and In...

  • Article
  • Open Access
732 Views
14 Pages

15 October 2025

The Qudrat-Ullah Nuclear Peace and Trust (Q-NPT) framework offers a governance model for nuclear energy that foregrounds trust, equity, transparency, and stakeholder inclusion. This paper provides an empirical synthesis of Q-NPT by integrating quanti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,936 Views
20 Pages

30 August 2025

The Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) is framed as a flagship of Türkiye’s national low-carbon transition. This study examines how domestic economic actors perceive the project’s socio-economic and environmental impacts, and how those...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,679 Views
22 Pages

As a way of enhancing urban sustainability, Seoul Special City, the capital of South Korea, has shown strong enthusiasm for urban energy transition by tackling climate change and expanding renewable energy. The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) has...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,756 Views
19 Pages

24 December 2020

By analyzing survey data on nuclear energy policy in South Korea, this study examined the influence of citizens’ knowledge on the perceptions of and attitudes to government communication initiatives that are characterized by symmetry and transp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,146 Views
30 Pages

30 July 2020

This paper investigates how participatory knowledge production may contribute to more democratic sustainability governance. It develops an analytical framework in order to perform a systematic analysis of the GammaSense project in the Netherlands, on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,713 Views
14 Pages

6 July 2018

This study examined how the perceptions of the risks from nuclear power have changed as the government policy has changed from nuclear-friendly to nuclear phase-out. In 2009, the concern about climate change was growing, and the government’s new poli...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
8,773 Views
18 Pages

Legal and Regulatory Development of Nuclear Energy in Bangladesh

  • Ridoan Karim,
  • Firdaus Muhammad-Sukki,
  • Mohammad Ershadul Karim,
  • Abu Bakar Munir,
  • Imtiaz Mohammad Sifat,
  • Siti Hawa Abu-Bakar,
  • Nurul Aini Bani and
  • Mohd Nabil Muhtazaruddin

21 October 2018

The adequacy of legal and regulatory framework relating to nuclear energy in Bangladesh has sparked many questions since the government took the formal decision to establish a nuclear power plant (NPP) at Rooppur. Consequently, the government has tak...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,237 Views
26 Pages

The purpose of this study is to compare and analyze the factors influencing the public’s attitude toward policy support and intention to pay for energy transition from nuclear to renewable energy. We focus on inconsistency issues between attitu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,275 Views
22 Pages

2 October 2020

This study is a preliminary and experimental one to analyze Japan’s energy transitions to mitigate climate change from anticipatory governance aspects. Japan’s energy policy principles have been energy security, environmental consideratio...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,841 Views
17 Pages

30 October 2020

The current South Korean government headed by President Moon Jae-in has put a great deal of effort into electricity mix reform by pushing forward the phasing out of coal and nuclear power and the expansion of natural gas and new renewable energy in t...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,066 Views
19 Pages

7 June 2021

This article extends the coverage of the trust–acceptability model to a new situation of nuclear phase-out by investigating the effect of trust on the public acceptance of nuclear power, with South Korea as the research setting. Through the structura...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,272 Views
16 Pages

10 July 2020

Since the start of the new Korean government in 2017, the Korean nuclear energy system has undergone a major change. This change in national energy policy can be forecasted by analyzing social big data. This study verifies whether future forecasting...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
10,032 Views
16 Pages

12 December 2016

Quantification of nuclear liability insurance is difficult without arbitrary liability caps; however, post-mortem calculations can be used to calculate insurance costs. This study analyzes the Fukushima (Daiichi) nuclear power plant disaster to quant...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,876 Views
19 Pages

Nuclear Power Risk Perception in Serbia: Fear of Exposure to Radiation vs. Social Benefits

  • Vladimir M. Cvetković,
  • Adem Öcal,
  • Yuliya Lyamzina,
  • Eric K. Noji,
  • Neda Nikolić and
  • Goran Milošević

26 April 2021

Nuclear power remains one of the most accessible choices in addressing environmental and social concerns due to the continuously increasing energy needs around the world. While it remains an excellent source of energy due to its low price and low lev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
56 Citations
7,899 Views
19 Pages

9 March 2018

Recently, trust has been in vogue in the social sciences. However, in risk studies, there have been few causal models of trust. This study proposes and tests a causal model of trust in which (1) source credibility influences trust and (2) two kinds o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,291 Views
19 Pages

Exploring the Factors Influencing Expansion of Nuclear Energy in Croatia

  • Krešimir Trontl,
  • Mario Matijević,
  • Dubravko Pevec and
  • Radomir Ječmenica

1 December 2021

Nuclear energy is an option that enables a significant reduction of greenhouse gases emissions at the national and European Union (EU) level. However, it is also an option that is mostly influenced by public opinion and an option that has strong cros...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,746 Views
38 Pages

10 December 2024

UK Government projections anticipate increasing electricity use, provided by variable renewables (i.e., wind and solar PV). A side effect of increasing the proportion of variable renewable generation is increased support costs, including curtailment,...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
6,909 Views
31 Pages

Nuclear Energy as a Strategic Resource: A Historical and Technological Review

  • Héctor Quiroga-Barriga,
  • Fabricio Nápoles-Rivera,
  • César Ramírez-Márquez and
  • José María Ponce-Ortega

21 August 2025

Nuclear energy has undergone a significant transformation over the past decades, driven by technological innovation, shifting safety priorities, and the urgent need to mitigate climate change. This study presents a comprehensive review of the histori...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,127 Views
20 Pages

Public Acceptance and Willingness to Pay for Nuclear Energy in Saudi Arabia

  • Fahad Alzahrani,
  • Rady Tawfik,
  • Latefa A. Alnaim and
  • Raga M. Elzaki

3 September 2025

This study investigates the public acceptance and willingness to pay (WTP) for nuclear energy in Saudi Arabia, a country seeking to diversify its energy portfolio under Vision 2030. Utilizing a cross-sectional survey of 403 residents, the research em...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,178 Views
14 Pages

8 June 2020

Utilizing the data of a large nationwide household survey conducted in 2014, we investigate public preferences on nuclear power in Japan after the Fukushima nuclear accident and the role of four sets of factors: (1) household/individual socioeconomic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
16,052 Views
20 Pages

4 March 2025

Indonesia’s commitment to the early retirement of coal-fired power plants (CFPPs) underscores the urgent need to transition to renewable energy due to coal’s significant contribution to environmental degradation and rising CO2 emissions....

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,692 Views
25 Pages

Nuclear Power in Poland’s Energy Transition

  • Janusz Gierszewski,
  • Łukasz Młynarkiewicz,
  • Tomasz R. Nowacki and
  • Jacek Dworzecki

18 June 2021

This article presents an analysis of the future role of nuclear energy in Poland’s path to a low-carbon energy transition. The arguments in favor of implementing nuclear power are to be found on three levels: energy security, economic competitiveness...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
9,469 Views
23 Pages

How Social Impressions Affect Public Acceptance of Nuclear Energy: A Case Study in China

  • Jie Yang,
  • Jie Wang,
  • Xiaofeng Zhang,
  • Chunqi Shen and
  • Zhijuan Shao

7 September 2022

Expanding the proportion of nuclear energy to shift the current energy structure and reduce carbon emission has been acknowledged by the China National Energy Administration. As a typical NIMBY facility, nuclear power plants are faced with a dilemma....

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,597 Views
24 Pages

19 January 2020

This study examines the performance of Japanese electric power companies from 2003 to 2020. We use an observed data set from 2003 to 2015 and a forecasted data set from 2016 to 2020. The Japanese deregulation of the industry needs to be completed by...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
13,796 Views
26 Pages

Shortly after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011, the Federal Government of Germany decided to change the structure of the country’s energy supply system by ending nuclear energy conversion and strongly promoting the development of renewa...

  • Review
  • Open Access
24 Citations
10,555 Views
26 Pages

Overview of the Role of Energy Resources in Algeria’s Energy Transition

  • Youcef Himri,
  • Shafiqur Rehman,
  • Ali Mostafaeipour,
  • Saliha Himri,
  • Adel Mellit,
  • Mustapha Merzouk and
  • Nachida Kasbadji Merzouk

28 June 2022

Algeria is a wealthy country with natural resources, namely, nuclear, renewable, and non-renewable sources. The non-renewable energy sources are considered the lion’s share for energy production (98%). Algeria’s efforts to ensure and stre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,998 Views
16 Pages

23 October 2018

Social acceptance of nuclear power has become a decisive factor in framing a sustainable energy policy. This study examines social acceptance for cancelling the construction of planned nuclear power plants (NPPs) and replacing them with other energy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,798 Views
43 Pages

Systems Genome: Coordinated Gene Activity Networks, Recurring Coordination Modules, and Genome Homeostasis in Developing Neurons

  • Siddhartha Dhiman,
  • Namya Manoj,
  • Michal Liput,
  • Amit Sangwan,
  • Justin Diehl,
  • Anna Balcerak,
  • Sneha Sudhakar,
  • Justyna Augustyniak,
  • Josep M. Jornet and
  • Michal K. Stachowiak
  • + 3 authors

As human progenitor cells differentiate into neurons, the activities of many genes change; these changes are maintained within a narrow range, referred to as genome homeostasis. This process, which alters the synchronization of the entire expressed g...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,746 Views
20 Pages

Optimization of Electricity Generation Technologies to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Egypt

  • Ahmed Abdel-Hameed,
  • Juyoul Kim,
  • Joung-Hyuk Hyun,
  • Hilali Hussein Ramadhan,
  • Soja Reuben Joseph and
  • Mercy Nandutu

21 September 2021

In February 2016, the Egyptian government introduced Egyptian Vision 2030. An important pillar of this vision is energy. Egyptian Vision 2030 presented renewable energy as the best solution to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the ene...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,928 Views
27 Pages

8 June 2025

Weather-dependent, volatile energy sources, such as wind power and solar photovoltaics (PV), contribute considerably to the German electric energy supply. The current German government aims to substantially increase their market share. Using high-res...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,877 Views
32 Pages

5 April 2019

This study compares the impacts of economic incentives on attitudes related to the acceptance of fossil fuels, renewable, and nuclear energies. Linear and nonlinear regression models are applied for the robust estimation results. Empirical findings b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,823 Views
20 Pages

24 March 2022

Adequate recognition of the offshore wind energy potential may help coastal states frame proper energy policies for replacing nuclear and fossil fuel energy. In this study, we examined the application potential of the offshore wind energy generated b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
57 Citations
5,350 Views
21 Pages

The Energy Mix Dilemma and Environmental Sustainability: Interaction among Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Nuclear Energy, Urban Agglomeration, and Economic Growth

  • Abdul Rehman,
  • Hengyun Ma,
  • Magdalena Radulescu,
  • Crenguta Ileana Sinisi,
  • Loredana Maria Paunescu,
  • MD Shabbir Alam and
  • Rafael Alvarado

17 November 2021

In this paper we examined the interaction between greenhouse gas emissions, nuclear energy, coal energy, urban agglomeration, and economic growth in Pakistan by utilizing time series data during 1972–2019. The stationarity of the variables was...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
9,505 Views
25 Pages

Modeling of Future Electricity Generation and Emissions Assessment for Pakistan

  • Abdullah Mengal,
  • Nayyar Hussain Mirjat,
  • Gordhan Das Walasai,
  • Shoaib Ahmed Khatri,
  • Khanji Harijan and
  • Mohammad Aslam Uqaili

12 April 2019

Electricity demand in Pakistan has consistently increased in the past two decades. However, this demand is so far partially met due to insufficient supply, inefficient power plants, high transmission and distribution system losses, lack of effective...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,787 Views
37 Pages

An Analysis of National Position, Opportunity, and Challenge of Indonesia’s Nuclear Program to Support Net-Zero Emissions by 2060

  • Mujammil Asdhiyoga Rahmanta,
  • Andrew Cahyo Adhi,
  • Handrea Bernando Tambunan,
  • Wigas Digwijaya,
  • Natalina Damanik and
  • Rahmat Adiprasetya Al Hasibi

15 December 2023

Coal contributed 303 million tons of CO2 (49% of total emissions) in Indonesia in 2021. The Indonesian government plans to retire all coal-fired power plants (CFPPs) to achieve net-zero emissions by 2060. Nuclear power plants (NPPs) have low CO2 emis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,408 Views
16 Pages

19 September 2022

Since the nuclear energy leakage that occurred at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, people have paid more attention to the danger of environmental radiation. Environmental radiation is monitored using Geiger counters, which are not easy to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
49 Citations
12,587 Views
32 Pages

8 February 2018

This study examines how various actors influence the transition to a renewable-energy economy. We employ a conceptual framework derived from a literature review and text-mining analysis and establish a panel data model for an empirical test using unb...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,335 Views
24 Pages

The Landscape and Roadmap of the Research and Innovation Infrastructures in Energy: A Review of the Case Study of the UK

  • Zoya Pourmirza,
  • Seyed Hamid Reza Hosseini,
  • Sara Walker,
  • Damian Giaouris and
  • Philip Taylor

12 June 2022

Research and development are critical for driving economic growth. To realise the UK government’s Industrial Strategy, we develop an energy research and innovation infrastructure roadmap and landscape for the energy sector looking to the long t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
5,126 Views
27 Pages

Flexible Fuzzy Goal Programming Approach in Optimal Mix of Power Generation for Socio-Economic Sustainability: A Case Study

  • Mohammad Faisal Khan,
  • Asif Pervez,
  • Umar Muhammad Modibbo,
  • Jahangir Chauhan and
  • Irfan Ali

23 July 2021

The demand for cost-efficient and clean power energy cannot be overemphasised, especially in a developing nation like India. COVID-19 has adversely affected many nations, power sector inclusive, and resiliency is imperative via flexible and sustainab...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,264 Views
22 Pages

10 November 2021

In Japan, graduates who become independent professionals in society have the right to choose energy providers given the liberalization of the electricity market in the country. This issue renders student perceptions regarding various types of energy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,477 Views
23 Pages

Economic Methods for the Selection of Renewable Energy Sources: A Case Study

  • James DiLellio,
  • George Aggidis,
  • David Vandercruyssen and
  • David Howard

26 May 2025

Governments need to evaluate technologies generating electricity from different sources; levelised cost of energy (LCOE) is a widely used metric. However, LCOE is weak at comparing disparate technologies, especially where they have different operatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
3,028 Views
11 Pages

9 August 2021

Energy safety is multifaceted and is not limited only to nuclear plants. The research on local energy safety is not considerable. This article creates new ground by analysing the Polish local energy safety system in the cause–effect context. Consiste...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
6,051 Views
12 Pages

Are Energy Security Concerns Dominating Environmental Concerns? Evidence from Stakeholder Participation Processes on Energy Transition in Jordan

  • Nadejda Komendantova,
  • Love Ekenberg,
  • Leena Marashdeh,
  • Ahmed Al Salaymeh,
  • Mats Danielson and
  • Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer

1 November 2018

To satisfy Jordan’s growing demand for electricity and to diversify its energy mix, the Jordanian government is considering a number of electricity-generation technologies that would allow for locally available resources to be used alongside imported...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,707 Views
14 Pages

2 June 2021

Nowadays, cleaner production is getting more and more attention, and nuclear power has been widely used due to its low energy consumption and lower pollution. Most nuclear power plants in China, including those under construction and constructed ones...

  • Article
  • Open Access
303 Views
19 Pages

6 January 2026

The Australian public and broader society have little awareness of the seminal relationship between water supply and data usage/storage. Most data centers (DCs) consume large volumes of water to operate servers that supply digital society’s ins...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,241 Views
20 Pages

Nanoconfined Water in Pillared Zeolites Probed by 1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

  • Marina G. Shelyapina,
  • Denis Y. Nefedov,
  • Anastasiia O. Antonenko,
  • Gleb A. Valkovskiy,
  • Rosario I. Yocupicio-Gaxiola and
  • Vitalii Petranovskii

2 November 2023

Here, we report the results of our 1H nuclear magnetic resonance study of the dynamics of water molecules confined in zeolites (mordenite and ZSM-5 structures) with hierarchical porosity (micropores in zeolite lamella and mesopores formed by amorphou...

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