Progress in Nuclear Energy

Papers
(The TQCC of Progress in Nuclear Energy is 7. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
High-fidelity microreactor load follow simulations with model predictive control310
Development of a numerical model for disassembly phase of hypothetical core disruptive accident and application to a medium-sized mixed oxide fuelled fast reactor256
Study of fluid-elastic instability of the spatially bent tube structure in fast reactor intermediate heat exchanger195
Post-irradiation examination of silicide fuel (U3Si2-Al) with 4.8 gU/cm3 for RSG-GAS154
Analysis schemes to evaluate HELB-induced blast waves130
Uncertainty propagation of prompt fission neutron spectrum for physics analysis of fast and thermal reactors120
Weierstrass function methodology for uncertainty analysis of random media criticality with spectrum range control118
CFD simulation on sub-channel blockage in the fuel plate of RSG-GAS reactor111
Eigenvalues of the neutron transport equation in X105
Calculation acceleration for fuel cycle simulation of molten salt reactor based on multi-group cross section method98
Static output feedback H81
Theoretical study on pressure oscillation dominant frequency of bubbles submerged jet under rolling condition78
Primary study on the recovery of lead from waste flexible X/Gamma ray shielding materials using pyrolysis76
A comparison study on the burnup of HTR-10 fuels using radiometric and mass spectrometric methods67
Detail CFD simulation of the integrated reactor pressure vessel of SMART62
A non-destructive model for thermal-hydraulics of wire-wrapped rod bundle and wire-rod contact corner microscopic behavior55
Improvement on Fourier fundamental mode coefficient for Monte Carlo criticality calculations54
Application of response surface methodology for modeling and optimization of the extraction and separation of Se(IV) and Te(IV) from nitric acid solution by Cyanex 301 extractant53
Self-sustainability and energy-balance in a fast Fusion–Fission Hybrid Reactor (FFHR) based on Dense Plasma Focus (DPF) and multiplicative cascade53
Research on equipment survivability assessment in severe accidents for CANDU649
Neutron and gamma radiation effects on thermal storage properties of polyethylene wax48
Influence of throat and diverging section on the performance of venturi scrubber by using computational fluid dynamics48
Study on transient characteristics for bypass valve regulation and load rejection of microreactor with helium Brayton cycle48
Elucidating the influences of strontium (II) oxides in TeO2–B2O3–BaO: Fabrication, Raman spectroscopy, and γ-ray protection properties for the novel high-density glasses45
Bus based emergency evacuation organization strategy of nuclear power plant planning restricted area42
An evaluation of techniques for the measurement of fission gas in irradiated fuel rods42
Significant improvement in the gamma ray attenuation properties of bismuth tellurite glass using molybdenum oxide reinforcement42
Performance analysis of indirect contact heat pipe radiator for space nuclear power system42
Potential flame retardancy of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) composite for possible use as a radiation shield42
Prediction of 3D natural convection heat transfer characteristics in a shallow enclosure with experimental data41
Surrogate modeling of heat transfer under flow fluctuation conditions using Fourier Basis-Deep Operator Network with uncertainty quantification40
Improved dynamic fuzzy neural network-based power control for the load following of lead-cooled fast reactor40
Numerical study of forced circulation and natural circulation transition characteristics of a small modular reactor equipped with helical-coiled steam generators38
U(VI) speciation studies by Raman spectroscopy technique in the production of nuclear fuel37
Physics-Informed Neural Networks for the safety analysis of nuclear reactors37
Research and development of the neutron-photon coupled transport method in the fast reactor code system MOSASAUR37
Effect of tip injection on performance of high-load helium compressor cascade in high temperature gas-cooled reactor36
Accident event progression, gaps, and key performance indicators for steam generator tube rupture events in water-cooled SMRs: A review36
Gamma radiation shielding performance of CuxAg(1-x)-alloys: Experimental, theoretical and simulation results36
Assessment of thermal shock resistance of refractory magnesia lining under simulated core melt impingement for application to SFR core catcher35
Fault diagnosis in reactor coolant pump with an automatic CNN-based mixed model35
Comprehensive analysis of the effects of Mo and Co on the synthesis, structural, and radiation-shielding properties of TiO2 based composites34
Numerical study on the interface debonding effect on FCM fuel behavior34
Study on bubble growth interphase heat transfer of rapid decompression33
Thermal-hydraulic performance of natural circulation system with narrow rectangular channel under heaving condition based on 1D/3D coupling analysis33
Thermo-neutronic integrated coupling effects on nuclear reactor core calculations32
Assessment of RELAP5/SCDAPSIM code against NACIE-UP facility tests32
Prediction of core unmeasurable parameters during loss of coolant accident using deep neural network method31
Quantitative analysis of contributing factors to the resilience of emergency response organizations in nuclear power plants30
Atlas of historical and proposed nuclear devices and power systems in the Earth-Moon System and wider Solar System30
Numerical research on the influence of inlet shape on the air flow and heat transfer characteristics inside the reactor channel30
Simulation of the effect of partial and total blockage of a sub-channel on two-phase flow through a 5 x 5 square rod bundle29
Numerical investigation on effects of fuel rod with different bow deformation ratio X on two-phase boiling and flow performances of coolant in fuel assembly29
Scaling deep learning for whole-core reactor simulation29
Editorial Board28
Investigation of heat transfer characteristics of carbon dioxide transcritical flow in a reactor channel28
Development and validation of a general two-fluid thermal-hydraulic analysis code for reactors with plate-type fuel assemblies28
Radiological characterization plan for decommissioning IFIN-HH's Cyclotron28
Analysis of loss of flow without scram test in the FFTF reactor – Part II: System thermal hydraulics with point neutron kinetics28
Automated power-following control for nuclear thermal propulsion startup and shutdown using MOOSE-based applications28
Experimental estimates of hygroscopic growth of particulate fission product species (mixed CsI–CsOH) with implications in reactor accident safety research27
Experimental investigations of Critical Heat Flux re-occurrence on post-CHF surfaces27
Neutronic and fuel cycle performance of VVER-1000 for dual cooled annular fuel with coated burnable poison27
Separation anion and cation exchange resins using fluidization and adjusted NaOH solution density methods27
Investigation of the pulsed neutron source method measuring the fission decay properties of a subcritical assembly with low-Z reflectors26
Evaluation of the success of in-vessel corium retention using external reactor vessel cooling mechanism for a small PWR26
A world's dilemma ‘upon which the sun never sets’: The nuclear waste management strategy (part III): Australia, Belgium, Czech Republic, Netherlands, and Romania26
The impact of Co addition on neutron-photon protection characteristics of red and yellow clays-based bricks: An experimental study25
Experimental and theoretical investigation on the effect of surface porosity on the nucleate flow boiling heat transfer25
Availability assessment of a nuclear reactor limitation system by a Timed Petri Net25
Effect of smectite illitization on swelling behavior of Gyeongju bentonite24
Unsupervised anomaly detection for Nuclear Power Plants based on Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models24
Experimental study on polydisperse aerosol removal under multi-parameter spray conditions in containment24
Molecular dynamics simulation of the evaporation of thin liquid sodium film on the conical nanostructure surface23
Enhancing the radiation shielding performance of polyepoxide composites based on cement bypass dust23
Experimental study on bubble dynamics in narrow rectangular blistering channels – Part Ⅰ: Bubble nucleation23
Deterministic and probabilistic Deep Learning in predicting reactor physics of subcritical system driven by a pulsed source23
The time for revolutionizing small modular reactors: Cost reduction strategies from innovations in operation and maintenance22
METAL: Methodology for liquid metal fast reactor core economic design and fuel loading pattern optimization22
Development of higher order deterministic approaches of forward and inverse uncertainty quantification for nonlinear engineering systems22
Advances in technology, design and deployment of microreactors- a review22
Effects of elevated temperature steam oxidation and subsequent quenching on light water reactor clad22
Advanced and Small Modular Reactors’ supply chain: Current status and potential for global cooperation22
Analysis on the results of CAP1400 passive containment cooling system during LOCA scenario via integral test22
Thermal air oxidation of UO2: Joint effect of precursor's nature and particle size distribution22
Fragility analysis of nuclear containment under inner pressure based on a simplified method and program (NCMC)22
Reliability Analysis of Safety-Critical Systems using Optimized Petri Nets22
Revealing the nexus between nuclear energy and ecological footprint in STIRPAT model of advanced economies: Fresh evidence from novel CS-ARDL model21
Experimental study of three-dimensional trajectory and dynamic characteristics of rising bubbles21
Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of neutron activation source terms based on statistical sampling method21
A study on nuclear hydrogen production using a novel approach cobalt-chlorine thermochemical cycle in a laser driver fission fusion blanket for various molten salt fuels21
Neighboring country's nuclear power plant? “No, thanks”: An energy justice analysis20
Developing a robust and flexible smart tool to predict a full range Critical Heat Flux (CHF) in different LWRs by using deep learning Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) via parallel multi-processing20
Experimental analysis of forced convection heat transfer of Hybrid Nanofluids in a vertical annulus with cosine heat flux20
Bold application of the sNDM diffusion method to REA in a D2O/H2O-cooled thorium-fueled SMR core with azimuthal mesh20
Research on the radioactive safety of industrial steam supplied by PWR nuclear power plant20
A state-aware adaptive pathfinder for dynamic minimum dose path planning during an emergency in a complex radioactive environment20
Assessment of interfacial area model for two-phase flows in rod bundles implemented in RELAP5 code20
A detailed design for a radioactive waste safety management system using ICT technologies20
A novel correlation for bubble size variation in the swarm region under pool scrubbing conditions20
Investigation of flow-induced vibration in core sub-assemblies of sodium-cooled fast reactors20
Advancements to generalized equivalence theory for preserving cross-sections of whole core simulations20
CFD analysis of iodine mass transfer coupled with a chemical reaction in a filtered containment venting system19
Pilot study of response-order effects on survey on young Chinese's perceptions of nuclear power19
An attempt to find the optimal loading pattern of minor actinides in the PWR fuel rods19
Transient fuel behavior analysis of U3Si2 fuel and FeCrAl cladding based on multiphysics method19
Editorial Board19
Upgradation of fission gas release model in the nuclear fuel analysis code FuSPAC19
Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of effective multiplication factor of KRITZ-1 benchmark using ENDF/B-VIII.0 and JEFF3-3 nuclear data libraries18
Development and integration of a tool for physics-based shape and topology optimization in the MOOSE multiphysics simulation framework18
Simulation model for investigating safety margin of three-layer molten pool after late phase in-vessel water injection18
Optimized fuel cycle and burnup analysis for pebble-bed reactors18
Nonlinear vibrations analysis of a fuel rod in nuclear heating reactor18
A Newton-Krylov method with dense row decomposition for steady-state neutronics/thermal-hydraulics problems18
Evaluation of Accident Management (AM) actions in a Westinghouse 2-loop PWR during MSGTR using best estimate approach with TRACE v5p8 code18
Design of fractional-order NPID controller for the NPK model of advanced nuclear reactor18
CFD analysis of spent fuel dry cask storage system for High burnup nuclear fuel18
Improvement of the CLUTCH method for sensitivity analysis of k-eigenvalue to continuous-energy nuclear data in NECP-MCX18
Research on radiation monitoring schemes for industrial steam supply from the secondary loop of PWR18
Preliminary neutronics optimization on the concept of multi-beam accelerator driven system18
Study of the behavior of cesium and strontium in co-melting basalt and silica gel containing cesium or strontium nitrates for the development of a potential material for radioactive waste immobilizati18
Radiometric techniques for the detection and assessment of tritium in aqueous media - a review17
Low-temperature heat capacities for EMoO4 (E=Mg, Sr, Ba) substances formed in nuclear fuel waste glasses17
Uncertainty analysis of HPR-1000 LOCA with probabilistic and deterministic methods17
Development of fuel depletion code for molten salt reactor with very deep burnup17
Numerical study of hydraulic fragmentation of melt jet in coolant: Breakup length and melt-coolant contact area17
Investigation of optical, mechanical, and shielding properties of zirconia glass capsule17
Numerical approximation of a fractional neutron diffusion equation for neutron flux profile in a nuclear reactor16
Hybrid IACO-A*-PSO optimization algorithm for solving multiobjective path planning problem of mobile robot in radioactive environment16
The development of high temperature heat-pipe transient model for system analysis of heat pipe cooled microreactor16
Experimental study on startup performance of sodium heat pipe with high ratio of length-to-diameter under different coolant flow rates16
Bootstrapped artificial neural network model for uncertainty analysis in MELCOR simulation of severe accident16
Meso-scale numerical analysis for transport and deposition behaviors of radioactive aerosols under severe nuclear accident16
SBLOCA analysis of a floating nuclear reactor under ocean conditions using MARS-KS moving reactor model16
A world's dilemma ‘upon which the sun never sets’: The nuclear waste management strategy (part IV): Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine, and United Arab Emirates16
Large leakage sodium-water reaction accident analysis in a sodium-cooled fast reactor with paralleling steam generators16
Assessment of neutronics performance of U3Si, U3Si2, and U–9Mo fuels for the support of MNSR conversion using SCALE 6.2.3 computational tools16
Lithium isotopic analysis in depleted lithium salts15
Verification of the NACAC atmospheric dispersion calculation using a hypothetical accident in a neighboring nuclear power plant15
Effect of cationic substitution in the oxidative decontamination processes of nickel chromium ferrites15
Preliminary validation of the 1D modeling of the DYNASTY natural circulation loop against results from water experimental campaign15
Modeling a three-layer container based on halloysite nano-clay for radioactive waste disposal15
Development of a liquid metal subchannel code applied to ocean conditions and study on the effect of core geometry parameters and ocean motions on flow and heat transfer characteristics15
Investigating the effects of natural gas, nuclear energy, and democracy on environmental footprint and energy risk in France: Does financial inclusion matter?15
Experimental research on the two-phase turbulent mixing between rod bundle subchannels with spacer grid15
Simultaneous use of bismuth trioxide and mill scale for ternary blended geopolymer composite in radiation shielding applications15
Neutron sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of rhodium self-powered neutron detectors for reactor monitoring in HPR100015
Numerical and experimental study on natural convection outside tube bundle under small convection temperature difference15
Corrigendum to ‘First-principles study of the doping mechanism of the electrochemical oxygen pump electrolyte in liquid lead-bismuth eutectic’ [Prog. Nucl. Energy, 185 (2025), 105794]15
3-D gamma dose rate reconstruction for a radioactive waste processing facility using sparse and arbitrarily-positioned measurements15
CFD investigation on thermal-hydraulic characteristics of a helical cruciform fuel bundle15
Experimental study on heat transfer and flow resistance performance of a microchannel heat exchanger with zigzag flow channels15
Analysis on waterproofing design in CCS pump building of PWR under main feed water pipe broken accident15
Numerical simulation study of liquid sodium contact angle on gradient sodium-philic nanostructure surface based on Lattice Boltzmann method for heat pipe rector application15
CoCrFeNiSi high entropy alloy: Synthesis, structural and radiation shielding properties15
Interfacial behaviors, kinetic analysis and dynamic parameters of disturbance waves in 3 × 3 rod bundle channels15
Transient characteristics of supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle system with or without control strategy under accident conditions15
Characteristics of cerium doped aluminosilicate glass as simulated radioactive waste forms: Effect on structures and properties14
Linked calculation method based on next event estimation for directional shielding problems14
Application of similarity analysis method in neutronics design of multi-purpose experimental reactor14
Numerical modelling of catalytic hydrogen combustion in passive autocatalytic recombiners: A review14
Prediction and analysis of decay heat transfer in the core of the pebble bed reactor14
Concurrent fault diagnosis of small pressurized water reactors based on long-short term memory networks14
Editorial Board14
Review of melt-coolant interaction phenomenon in liquid metal cooled reactors: studies on low-temperature coolant impinging into high-temperature melt pool14
Accident simulation and control strategy of feedwater system of sodium-cooled fast reactor14
The technology of shielding design for nuclear reactor: A review14
Numerical simulation of flow and heat transfer phenomenon of helical cruciform fuel assembly under subcooled boiling14
An intelligent active fault tolerant control strategy for pressurized water reactor: Addressing sensor faults14
Design and simulation of neutron radiography system for an aqueous homogeneous solution reactor14
Numerical simulation study on the filtration performance of metal fiber filters14
Multi-step prediction of main pump leakage in nuclear power plants with an additive model14
Analysis of unprotected loss of flow accident in a sodium cooled fast reactor using coupled thermal hydraulics neutronics code ASTRA14
Transient characteristics and adjustment ranges of key parameters in supercritical CO2 direct-cooled microreactor system with simplified control strategies13
Analysis of UO2, UN and U–10Zr fuels burning in a MegaPower reactor with solid monolithic and independent fuel element core designs13
Editorial Board13
Equilibrium core modeling of a pebble bed reactor similar to the Xe-100 with SCALE13
Onset and evolution of counter-rotating baroclinic vortex pair in shock induced aerobreakup of droplets13
Investigation on aerosol removal by spray droplets under severe accident conditions13
Hydrogen risk analysis in small containment with a pressure suppression tank13
Oxidation and dissolution behavior of UZr alloys for aqueous reprocessing applications13
Security measurement of instrumentation systems: A case study of NPP13
Modification of the turbulent model for flow in bare rod bundle based on data assimilation technology13
A First collision source method using spherical harmonics method for arbitrary shape and order finite element mesh13
Optimization of synthesis conditions for preparation of radiation grafted polymeric fibers and process variables of adsorption with response surface methodology13
A molecular-kinetic theory based model for alkali liquid metal boiling incipience analysis13
A simple model of prompt neutron leakage self-multiplication for use in nuclear materials assay13
Analysis on the influence of protection electrodes on the capacitance control rod position sensor13
Development of a practical control-oriented mathematical model for gas pressurizer13
Mitigating medium break loss of coolant accidents: Optimizing control system setpoints using genetic algorithms13
Equivalence method and transient flow characteristics of the integrated valve13
Effect of H and Pd atoms on the migration of He atoms in 3C–SiC13
Availability analysis of safety-critical systems of nuclear power plant using ordinary differential equations and reachability graph13
Experimental study and numerical simulation on hydro-dynamic characteristics of cylindrical floating nuclear power platform13
Anti-carburization strategies for superalloys Inconel 617 and Incoloy 800H during service in VHTR coolant: Pre-oxidation and continuous oxidation12
Upgrading the compressive strength and radiation shielding properties of high strength concrete supported with nano additives of lead monoxide and granodiorite12
Gels, coatings and foams for radioactive surface decontamination: State of the art and challenges for the nuclear industry12
Numerical simulation study of boiling Critical Heat Flux characteristics of graphene nanofluids12
RHR water intake pipeline special hydraulic phenomenon test verification12
A novel automated thickness measurement method and device for nuclear fuel plates12
Investigation of radiation shielding properties of basalt-based glasses: Binodal/Spinodal decomposition effect theory12
Experimental and theoretical studies (DFT) on technetium extraction as HTcO4 using dicyclohexano-18-crown-6 in a blend of isodecyl alcohol and n-dodecane from acidic medium12
Measurement of helium thermophysical properties and modification of the calculation models in the KTA 3102.1 report12
Flow distribution characteristics of parallel narrow rectangular channels under deformation conditions -Part I: An experimental study12
Development of subchannel thermal-hydraulic analysis code for dual cooled annular fuel12
Detailed transient modeling and FPGA-based real-time digital-twin development for sodium-cooled fast reactor12
An axisymmetric multiphase moving particle semi-implicit method for simulation of 3D axisymmetric flow12
The potential of bi2–xZrxO3+x/2@ZrO2 (BZO) as a heavyweight radiation shielding material: Fabrication and characterization using a hydrothermal technique directly from zircon mineral12
Numerical study on the thermohydraulics of near-critical water in rod bundle with spacer grids12
Causative process related method for the design of a reduced scale test facility for boron dispersion analysis in the pressurizer of SMRs11
Static performance of capacitance control rod position sensor: A review11
Development of a plug-and-play anti-noise module for fault diagnosis of rotating machines in nuclear power plants11
Corrosion behaviors of Inconel 617 and Incoloy 800H in impure helium with different CO contents at high temperatures11
LOFA and LOUHS analysis on the energy well SMR using TRACE code11
Using advanced machine learning techniques to improve equipment health monitoring in NPPs11
How does nuclear energy consumption contribute to or hinder green growth in major nuclear energy-consuming countries?11
Review of researches on flow blockage accident in liquid-metal-cooled reactor11
Electrochemical decladding of used nuclear fuel11
A losses and hazards identification process (LHIP) when connecting an additional system11
Experimental study on convective heat transfer of S–CO2 under high heat flux11
Characterization of plasma catalytic system degradation of low concentration 14CH411
Thaumasite formation in cementitious composites used in underground repositories – Conditions and impact on composite's properties: A review11
Performance comparison of the optimized k-section squared-off cascades for enrichment of 124Te using two meta-heuristic paradigms11
Development of thermo-physical property database and code of fusion materials for CFETR blankets11
Research on fluctuation attenuation and optimization of passive residual heat removal system based on spring vibrator11
Study on flow heat transfer characteristics and mechanism of lithium-lead and helium-xenon11
Investigation of hybrid nanofluids effects on heat transfer characteristics in VVER-1000 nuclear reactor11
The Lagrangian particle-based simulation of finned freeze plugs melting in the molten salt reactor11
A probabilistic model for the simulation of radioactivity transport through a heterogeneous porous medium11
Synthesis and characterization of rare-earth doped aluminium phosphate glasses11
Evaluating the performance of passive second-stage hydro accumulators to enhance safety margins at Bushehr NPP11
A review on properties required for FB-CVD fabricated SiC for TRISO fuel production11
Enhancing fuel breed-burn performance in a sodium-cooled fast reactor using a novel reactivity control method11
Experimental and numerical study of single bubble migration behavior in stagnant molten LBE11
Neutronic analysis of a tokamak hybrid blanket cooled by thorium-molten salt fuel mixture11
Response function for optical fiber based gamma thermometer in data analytic methodology for OFBGT array11
Role of Sm3+ ions as network-modifying on elastic, mechanical, and radiation shielding properties of MgO–B2O3–TeO2 glasses11
Supercritical carbon dioxide critical flow model based on deep learning11
Experiment investigation of a secondary PRHR cooling effect on an integral facility after a LOCA accident11
Thermal-hydraulic analysis of PWR fuel assemblies based on the MSM11
Assessment of the grid-related loss of offsite power to the nuclear power plants in the presence of wind farms10
Numerical safety analysis on a conceptual design of fluoride-salt-cooled high-temperature reactors under the influence of ocean conditions10
Numerical study of gas pocket distribution and pressurization deterioration mechanism in a centrifugal pump10
Sensitivity of Bayesian source reconstruction to likelihood functions: analyses based on ETEX field experiments10
Effect of interface control on pressurization deterioration and gas-phase distribution characteristics of a multistage mixed flow nuclear main pump10
Experiments on countercurrent flow in a vertical pipe through perforated plate10
Impact of adding high-concentration neutron poisons to reactor moderator system for guaranteed shutdown10
A simplified calculation method and algorithm for mechanical responses of nuclear containment10
Relaxation effects in nuclear fuel coupled calculations using serpent-OpenFOAM codes10
Data and modeling sensitivity analysis for molten salt fast reactor benchmark – Static calculations10
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