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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.
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.
Editors
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Afaque Shams
Dr. Afaque Shams Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia E-Mail: afaque.shams@kfupm.edu.sa
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Iztok Tiselj
Dr. Iztok Tiselj Professor, Nuclear Engineering, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia E-Mail: Iztok.Tiselj@ijs.si
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Bojan Ničeno
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
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Khaled Al-Athel
Dr. Khaled Al-Athel Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia E-Mail: kathel@kfupm.edu.sa
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Ihsan Ulhaq Toor
Dr. Ihsan Ulhaq Toor Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia E-Mail: ihsan@kfupm.edu.sa
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Tomasz Kwiatkowski
Dr. Tomasz Kwiatkowski Researcher/Specialist, Department of Complex Systems National Centre for Nuclear Research, NCBJ, Poland Tomasz.Kwiatkowski@ncbj.gov.pl
Articles (7 in this collection)
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Part Strength Control Element Assemblies Effectiveness in APR1400 Reactivity Management During Transient Operation
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Nuclear Fission Energy Initiatives in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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