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Open Access Journal for the communication of original research, ideas and developments in all areas of the peaceful use of nuclear energy, as well as on applications of nuclear particles and radiation.

This journal is edited in partnership with the Sfen (French Nuclear Energy Society) and the ENS (European Nuclear Society).

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Numerical assessment of spacer grid geometry on turbulence anisotropy in a rod bundle

Hugues Charton, Emmanuel Lo Pinto and Guillaume Ricciardi

EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol., 12 (2026) 10

Published online: 03 April 2026
Euratom Research and Training in 2025: ‘Excellence and Innovation in the Nuclear Sector’ - edited by Roger Garbil, Seif Ben Hadj Hassine, Patrick Blaise, and Christophe Girold

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Robotic system for fragmentation of steam generators (StarGate)

Ladislav Vargovcik, Jozef Varga and Jan Semjon

EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol., 12 (2026) 9

Published online: 04 March 2026
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Extension of the turbulent heat flux modelling in OpenFOAM for improved simulation of liquid metal flows

Hemish Mistry, Joachim Herb and Angel Papukchiev

EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol., 12 (2026) 8

Published online: 04 March 2026
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Reactive spark plasma sintering of UAl_x + Al powder mixtures, prospects for manufacturing targets for ⁹⁹Mo production

Xavière Iltis, Vincent Klosek, Kinam Kim, Jonghwan Kim, Yongjin Jeong, Stéphanie Lamy and Mathieu Pasturel

EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol., 12 (2026) 7

Published online: 11 February 2026
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Safety-related investigations designing a soluble-boron-free small modular reactor core at equilibrium

Yi Song and Victor Hugo Sanchez-Espinoza

EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol., 12 (2026) 6

Published online: 06 February 2026

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3508	Open Access A simplified analysis of the Chernobyl accident Bertrand Mercier, Di Yang, Ziyue Zhuang and Jiajie Liang EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol., 7 (2021) 1 Published online: 20 January 2021
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