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EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies

Volume 11 (2025) (in progress)

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Euratom Research and Training in 2025: ‘Challenges, achievements and future perspectives’, edited by Roger Garbil, Seif Ben Hadj Hassine, Patrick Blaise, and Christophe Girold

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Predisposal Radioactive Waste Management (PREDIS) Project Final Achievements and Impacts Overview 39

Erika Holt, Maria Oksa, Anthony Banford, Paul Carbol, Abdesselam Abdelouas, Isabelle Giboire, Thierry Mennecart and Ernst Niederleithinger

Published online: 24 July 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025028

Open Access

NUCOBAM European project: NUclear COmponents based on additive manufacturing 38

Jorge E. Muñoz Garcia and Myriam Bourgeois

Published online: 24 July 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025031

Open Access

ASVAD - A new safety element to avoid the complications of the undesired nitrogen injection to PWR reactors 37

Arnaldo Laborda

Published online: 22 July 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025037

Open Access

Coordination of the European Research Community on Nuclear Materials for Energy Innovation: the research agenda of the CONNECT-NM co-funded European partnership 36

Lorenzo Malerba, Maria Luisa Férnandez Vanoni, Michał Pecelerowicz, Marialuisa Gentile, Massimo Angiolini, Madalina Rabung, Maria Oksa and Marjorie Bertolus

Published online: 22 July 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025029

Open Access

Main goals and research outcomes of the EU Projects ELSMOR, McSAFER, and EASI-SMR: regulatory, experimental and analytical safety-related investigations 33

Ville Tulkki, Victor Hugo Sanchez-Espinoza and Nicolas Sobecki

Published online: 07 July 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025023

Open Access

Supporting trans-national access to key nuclear research infrastructures – OFFERR and JRC OASIS: two complementary projects – One goal 32

Charles Toulemonde, Alice Seibert, Eric Colineau, Christiano F. Fontana, Karl-Fredrik Nilsson, Philippe Raison, Laura Aldave de las Heras, Konstantinos Boboridis, Rachel Eloirdi, Gwladys Marabeau et al. (7 more)

Published online: 02 July 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025027

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Safety assessment for internal and external events on nuclear power plants and on mitigation strategies 31

Atte Helminen and Nathalie Girault

Published online: 01 July 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025016

Open Access

Exploring the safety and performance of molten salt reactors for their deployment in the European Union: the MIMOSA and ENDURANCE projects 30

Isabelle Morlaes, Stefano Lorenzi, Sophie Deanesi, Anna L. Smith, Dirk C. Visser, Evzen Losa, Jaén A. Ocádiz Flores, Elisa Capelli, Sylvie Delpech, Ondrej Beneš et al. (13 more)

Published online: 30 June 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025026

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Research on the safety of heavy-liquid-metal-cooled reactors 29

Simone Gianfelici and Giacomo Grasso

Published online: 20 June 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025020

Open Access

Looking ahead to severe accident research 28

Luis E. Herranz, Bastien Poubeau, Lionel Chailan and Fulvio Mascari

Published online: 20 June 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025025

Open Access

Advancing Gas-cooled Fast Reactor Technology: Outcomes of the Euratom SafeG Project on ALLEGRO Research and Development 25

Boris Kvizda, Slavomír Bebjak, Gusztáv Mayer, Petr Vácha, Tomáš Melichar and Congjin Ding

Published online: 09 June 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025021

Open Access

The Euratom PULSAR project 24

Alessia Simonini, Nicolas Delannay and Brieuc Spindler

Published online: 04 June 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025006

Open Access

Towards improvement of the operation and safety of European nuclear power plants through enhanced thermal-hydraulics experiments and analysis 20

Kevin Zwijsen, Angel Papukchiev and Michaël Montout

Published online: 16 June 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025010

Open Access

European collaborations for safe and efficient dismantling: digital twins, ontology and data exchange 19

Marie-Bénédicte Jacques, Antti Räty, Joseph A. Ridao Cabrerizo and Dusan Daniska

Published online: 27 May 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025022

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Qualification of advanced LEU fuels for high-power research reactor conversion designs 18

Stefan Holmström, Bruno Baumeister and Jared Wight

Published online: 27 May 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025012

Open Access

Synergies in VVER reactor long-term operation and aging: A comprehensive review of CAMIVVER, DELISA-LTO, and EVEREST projects 17

Mathieu Hursin, Yann Perin, Denis Verrier, Vladimir Slugen and Jana Simeg Veternikova

Published online: 20 May 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025011

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Link between material properties and integrity assessment of NPP components within EU funded projects APAL, INCEFA-SCALE and FRACTESUS 16

Vladislav Pištora, Alec McLennan and Giovanni Bonny

Published online: 16 May 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025015

Open Access

From robots to drones, the future of decommissioning operations – The CLEANDEM and XS-ABILITY projects 15

Maugan Michel and Guillaume Amoyal

Published online: 16 May 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025013

Open Access

Using nuclear observations to improve climate research and GHG emission estimates – the NuClim project 14

Susana Barbosa, Scott Chambers, Wlodzimierz Pawlak, Krzysztof Fortuniak, Jussi Paatero, Annette Röttger, Stefan Röttger, Xuemeng Chen, Anca Melintescu, Damien Martin et al. (13 more)

Published online: 14 May 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025017

Open Access

The PIANOFORTE partnership: Elevating European research for enhanced radiation protection 13

Jacqueline Garnier-Laplace, Jean-Christophe Gariel, Filip Vanhavere, Florian Rauser, Andrzej Wojcik, Elizabeth Ainsbury, Simon Bouffler, Marie Davídková, Tomasz Kalita and Christoph Hoeschen

Published online: 07 May 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025009

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Outcomes of three Euratom projects on cogeneration of electricity, heat and hydrogen 12

Canet Serin, Martin Glückler, Michel Pasquet and Claire Vaglio-Gaudard

Published online: 07 May 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025007

Open Access

Enhancing severe accident management through research 10

Luis E. Herranz, Gonzalo Jiménez and Teemu Kärkelä

Published online: 07 April 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025004

Special Issue on ‘Overview of recent advances in HPC simulation methods for nuclear applications’, edited by Andrea Zoia, Elie Saikali, Cheikh Diop and Cyrille de Saint Jean

Open Access

Fundamental properties and characteristics of flux distribution tallies using proper orthogonal decomposition 21

Ryoichi Kondo, Akio Yamamoto and Tomohiro Endo

Published online: 04 June 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025019

Status and advances of Monte Carlo codes for particle transport simulation

Andrea Zoia, Cheikh Diop and Cyrille de Saint Jean (Guest editors)

Open Access

ARCHER-a Monte Carlo code for multi-particle radiotherapy through GPU-accelerated simulation and DL-based denoising 11

Yankui Chang, Xuanhe Wang, Bo Cheng, Yuxin Wang, Shijun Li, Zirui Ye, Xi Pei, Jingfang Zhao and Xie George Xu

Published online: 24 April 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025008

Open Access

The MCNP^®6 code: A decade of progress 9

Michael E. Rising, Jerawan C. Armstrong, Simon R. Bolding, Jeffrey S. Bull, Laura Casswell, Alexander R. Clark, R. Arthur Forster, Cole S. Frederick, Jesse F. Giron, Fred B. Jones et al. (10 more)

Published online: 28 March 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025003

Open Access

Capability overview of the DIANE multiparticle transport code 8

Benoit Avez, Eric Brière de l’Isle, Bertrand Cochet, Johan Durand, Frédéric Fernex, Brunella Martin, Amine Nasri and Amaury Walbron

Published online: 04 March 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025002

Open Access

Current capabilities and future developments of Monte Carlo code MCS 7

Yunki Jo and Deokjung Lee

Published online: 04 March 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025001

Open Access

Development of TopMC 1.0 for nuclear technology applications 6

Shanqi Chen, Bin Wu, Zhengyun Dong, Shaoheng Zhou, Guangyao Sun, Li He, Dong Yao, Shengpeng Yu, Quan Gan, Lijuan Hao et al. (8 more)

Published online: 06 February 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2024033

Open Access

Status of GPU capabilities within the Shift Monte Carlo radiation transport code 5

Elliott Biondo, Gregory Davidson, Thomas Evans, Steven Hamilton, Seth Johnson, Tara Pandya, Katherine Royston and José Salcedo-Pérez

Published online: 31 January 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2024034

Open Access

Optimization progress of large-scale radiation shielding Monte Carlo simulation software based on AIS variance reduction technique system: MCShield 4

Jiajun Wu, Zhen Wu, Ankang Hu, Yisheng Hao, Yanheng Pu, Hui Zhang, Rui Qiu and Junli Li

Published online: 24 January 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2024032

Open Access

Status of Serpent Monte Carlo code in 2024 3

Jaakko Leppänen, Ville Valtavirta, Antti Rintala and Riku Tuominen

Published online: 21 January 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2024031

Open Access

COG 11.3 New Features 2

David Heinrichs, Edward Lent and Chuck Lee

Published online: 08 January 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2024017

Open Access

Review of JAEA’s Monte Carlo codes for nuclear reactor core analysis 1

Yasunobu Nagaya

Published online: 08 January 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2024020

Open Access

Study of radiolysis bubbles in bitumen used for nuclear waste management with ultrasounds and X-Ray microtomography 35

Didier Laux, Georges Matta, Hanaa Houjeij, Céline Monsanglant, Stéphane Poirier, François Millet, Valentin Leroy and Jean-Yves Ferrandis

Published online: 17 July 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025033

Open Access

Doppler broadening of neutron elastic scattering cross section using S_CLM(α,β) thermal scattering laws 34

Aitor Bengoechea Fernández, Gilles Noguere and David Bernard

Published online: 17 July 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025032

Open Access

Representativity studies of GEN-III large cores to ZPR experiments with respect to nuclear data - A first step towards transposition 27

Eric Karson Njayou Tsepeng, Patrick Blaise, David Couyras, Jean-Philippe Argaud, Laura Clouvel and Nicolas Dos Santos

Published online: 13 June 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025018

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ASSAS project, Artificial intelligence for Simulation of Severe AccidentS; Simulator development and Isotopic Source Term proposals 26

Rafael J. Caro and Isabel Parrado

Published online: 09 June 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025014

Open Access

In-core thermal and fast neutron measurements with 4H-SiC P+N junction diodes in the JSI TRIGA Mark II research reactor 23

Valentin Valero, Laurent Ottaviani, Abdallah Lyoussi, Christophe Destouches, Vladimir Radulović, Luka Snoj, Adrien Volte, Michel Carette and Christelle Reynard-Carette

Published online: 04 June 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025024

Open Access

Has natural radioactivity contributed to the evolution of living organisms? Validation of a dedicated calculation scheme (for isotopic concentrations and deposited energies) on Oklo's natural nuclear reactors 22

Jean-Claude Nimal, Tan-Dat Huynh and Aimé Tsilanizara

Published online: 04 June 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025005

EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies

Volume 11 (2025) (in progress)

Euratom Research and Training in 2025: ‘Challenges, achievements and future perspectives’, edited by Roger Garbil, Seif Ben Hadj Hassine, Patrick Blaise, and Christophe Girold

Predisposal Radioactive Waste Management (PREDIS) Project Final Achievements and Impacts Overview 39

NUCOBAM European project: NUclear COmponents based on additive manufacturing 38

ASVAD - A new safety element to avoid the complications of the undesired nitrogen injection to PWR reactors 37

Coordination of the European Research Community on Nuclear Materials for Energy Innovation: the research agenda of the CONNECT-NM co-funded European partnership 36

Main goals and research outcomes of the EU Projects ELSMOR, McSAFER, and EASI-SMR: regulatory, experimental and analytical safety-related investigations 33

Supporting trans-national access to key nuclear research infrastructures – OFFERR and JRC OASIS: two complementary projects – One goal 32

Safety assessment for internal and external events on nuclear power plants and on mitigation strategies 31

Exploring the safety and performance of molten salt reactors for their deployment in the European Union: the MIMOSA and ENDURANCE projects 30

Research on the safety of heavy-liquid-metal-cooled reactors 29

Looking ahead to severe accident research 28

Advancing Gas-cooled Fast Reactor Technology: Outcomes of the Euratom SafeG Project on ALLEGRO Research and Development 25

The Euratom PULSAR project 24

Towards improvement of the operation and safety of European nuclear power plants through enhanced thermal-hydraulics experiments and analysis 20

European collaborations for safe and efficient dismantling: digital twins, ontology and data exchange 19

Qualification of advanced LEU fuels for high-power research reactor conversion designs 18

Synergies in VVER reactor long-term operation and aging: A comprehensive review of CAMIVVER, DELISA-LTO, and EVEREST projects 17

Link between material properties and integrity assessment of NPP components within EU funded projects APAL, INCEFA-SCALE and FRACTESUS 16

From robots to drones, the future of decommissioning operations – The CLEANDEM and XS-ABILITY projects 15

Using nuclear observations to improve climate research and GHG emission estimates – the NuClim project 14

The PIANOFORTE partnership: Elevating European research for enhanced radiation protection 13

Outcomes of three Euratom projects on cogeneration of electricity, heat and hydrogen 12

Enhancing severe accident management through research 10

Special Issue on ‘Overview of recent advances in HPC simulation methods for nuclear applications’, edited by Andrea Zoia, Elie Saikali, Cheikh Diop and Cyrille de Saint Jean

Fundamental properties and characteristics of flux distribution tallies using proper orthogonal decomposition 21

Status and advances of Monte Carlo codes for particle transport simulation

ARCHER-a Monte Carlo code for multi-particle radiotherapy through GPU-accelerated simulation and DL-based denoising 11

The MCNP®6 code: A decade of progress 9

Capability overview of the DIANE multiparticle transport code 8

Current capabilities and future developments of Monte Carlo code MCS 7

Development of TopMC 1.0 for nuclear technology applications 6

Status of GPU capabilities within the Shift Monte Carlo radiation transport code 5

Optimization progress of large-scale radiation shielding Monte Carlo simulation software based on AIS variance reduction technique system: MCShield 4

Status of Serpent Monte Carlo code in 2024 3

COG 11.3 New Features 2

Review of JAEA’s Monte Carlo codes for nuclear reactor core analysis 1

Study of radiolysis bubbles in bitumen used for nuclear waste management with ultrasounds and X-Ray microtomography 35

Doppler broadening of neutron elastic scattering cross section using SCLM(α,β) thermal scattering laws 34

Representativity studies of GEN-III large cores to ZPR experiments with respect to nuclear data - A first step towards transposition 27

ASSAS project, Artificial intelligence for Simulation of Severe AccidentS; Simulator development and Isotopic Source Term proposals 26

In-core thermal and fast neutron measurements with 4H-SiC P+N junction diodes in the JSI TRIGA Mark II research reactor 23

Has natural radioactivity contributed to the evolution of living organisms? Validation of a dedicated calculation scheme (for isotopic concentrations and deposited energies) on Oklo's natural nuclear reactors 22

The MCNP^®6 code: A decade of progress 9

Doppler broadening of neutron elastic scattering cross section using S_CLM(α,β) thermal scattering laws 34