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Challenges and Recent Advancements in Nuclear Energy Systems

Nowadays, most countries are interested in ensuring the sustainable and low-cost energy sources that have minimal impact on the environment. In that context, considerable attention has been given to nuclear energy. In the framework of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030, nuclear energy is envisaged to play a prominent role. Accordingly, significant efforts have been put forward that will make Saudi Arabia as the biggest nuclear power producer in the middle east. In that spirit, first of a kind special issue will be published in the Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (AJSE) to promote the nuclear engineering initiatives, as well as encourage nuclear research and development within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Subject Coverage

Suitable topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Nuclear initiatives in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Nuclear thermal-hydraulics.
  • Nuclear reactor design enhancements: from evolutionary to innovative systems.
  • Codes verification and validation: Transient and accident performance, severe accident analysis, nuclear plant security, natural disaster initiated severe accidents.
  • Recent advances in experimental thermal hydraulics analysis and testing.
  • Improved nuclear thermal hydraulics code development and qualification.
  • Innovative hybrid nuclear-renewable energy systems.Nuclear materials for fuel, cladding, reactor pressure vessel, internal structures.
  • Material degradation challenges in nuclear facilities
  • Nuclear reactor dynamics and control
  • High performance computing for nuclear reactor design and safety assessment.
  • Readiness of codes and standards for the design of new reactor concepts.
  • Overview of the global trends in nuclear engineering as a guideline for the Saudi Arabia market.
  • Perspective and implementation of SMRs in Saudi Arabia’s energy program.
  • Technical and economic feasibility of nuclear poly-generation.
  • Market, policy and socio-economic impact of the nuclear program in Saudi Arabia.
  • Risk assessment of nuclear installations.
  • Technical Support Organizations (TSO) for nuclear energy development in Saudi Arabia.
  • Preparation of legal, organizational and technical instruments for nuclear program implementation in Saudi Arabia.
  • Nuclear power safety and the role of international cooperation/organizations.
  • Best practices guidelines in nuclear engineering.


Guest Editors

Dr. Afaque Shams
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia
E-Mail: afaque.shams@kfupm.edu.sa (this opens in a new tab)
Dr. Iztok Tiselj
Professor, Nuclear Engineering, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
E-Mail: Iztok.Tiselj@ijs.si (this opens in a new tab)
Dr. Bojan Ničeno
Leader of the CFD group, Scientific Computing, Theory and Data Department
Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland
E-Mail: bojan.niceno@psi.ch (this opens in a new tab)
Dr. Khaled Al-Athel
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia
E-Mail: kathel@kfupm.edu.sa (this opens in a new tab)
Dr. Ihsan Ulhaq Toor
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia
E-Mail: ihsan@kfupm.edu.sa (this opens in a new tab)
Dr. Tomasz Kwiatkowski
Researcher/Specialist, Department of Complex Systems
National Centre for Nuclear Research, NCBJ, Poland
Tomasz.Kwiatkowski@ncbj.gov.pl (this opens in a new tab)



ONLINE SUBMISSION

Manuscript should be submitted online at: (this opens in a new tab)https://www.editorialmanager.com/ajse/default2.aspx (this opens in a new tab)
You are kindly requested to select during the online submission the following:  

Article Type:              CRANS - 2023

Section/Category: ENG - CRANS 2023 


PROCESSING OF MANUSCRIPTS:  
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.All submissions will be checked for originality using “iThenticate” and Turnitin. No copied materials from any published sources, including the authors’ publications, are allowed in the new submissions.All manuscripts will undergo the regular peer review process; acceptance for publication will be based on a minimum of two positive review reports and the positive report of the editor
 

ONLINE PUBLICATION OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE 
The accepted papers in the Special Issue will be published online in 2023.
 

SUBMISSION DEADLINE 
Authors should submit online their papers by April 30, 2024.


For more information please visit the AJSE Webpage:
http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/13369 (this opens in a new tab)
The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (AJSE) is an ISI research journal covering Science and Engineering subjects. AJSE is published by Springer-Nature for King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. 

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