Academic Journal
Q1Nuclear Engineering and Design
About Nuclear Engineering and Design
Nuclear Engineering and Design is a scholarly journal published by Elsevier B.V.. SCImago 2025 places it in Q1 with an SJR of 0.741 and an H-index of 136.
Its listed coverage is 1965-2026 and its research categories include Mechanical Engineering (Q1); Nuclear Energy and Engineering (Q1); Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality (Q1); Materials Science (miscellaneous) (Q2); Nuclear and High Energy Physics (Q2); Waste Management and Disposal (Q2). The 2025 dataset reports 710 documents and 4399 citations across the latest three-year reporting window.
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Aims & Scope
The journal publishes research related to Nuclear reactor physics and engineering, Nuclear Materials and Properties, Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics, Nuclear and radioactivity studies, Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies, Fatigue and fracture mechanics.
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2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2026.115179The oxide evolution of 316 L in 180 °C high-temperature water and alternating 430 °C steam/180 °C water environments
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2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2026.115209The history of reactor physics studies for fast-spectrum reactor application in Japan
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2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2026.115227An operating-experience–augmented fragility framework for SiC in TRISO fuel
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2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2026.115191Temperature-dependent fretting Wear of zirconium alloy cladding tubes in simulated PWR primary water
Quanyao Ren, Kaidong Chen, Zhong Xiao, Zhengyang Li et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2026.115188International study of fuel performance codes for failure predictions of pre-hydrided Zircaloy cladding during RIAs
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Charie A. Tsoukalas, Akshay Khandelwal, Mamoru Ishii
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2026.115208An available assay method for uranium enrichment in plate-type fuel elements based on dual-peak ratio
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2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2026.115190Synthesis and use of potassium copper hexacyanoferrates(II) for the separation of cesium and rubidium from boric acid solutions
Pavel Kůs, Martin Kovář, Šárka Lásková, Semen Gogulin et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2026.115189Deformation and fracture modeling of nuclear vessel penetration nozzles under severe accident: part II – modeling for alloy 82 and comparison with OLHF test data
Jun-Won Park, Hwang-Young Choi, Yun-Jae Kim, Yukio Takahashi et al.
2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2026.115198Assessment of temperature-based and vapor-pressure-driven models for CFD simulation of volatile species deposition
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2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2026.115201Subgrid-based analytical wall function for steam condensation in the presence of air
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2026-12 · DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2026.115176Reviews
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