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Aalo and Antares progress on Reactor Pilot Program
Two participants in the Department of Energy’s Reactor Pilot Program have recently announced significant milestones on their associated reactor projects. Aalo Atomics successfully completed its final design review (FDR), and Antares Nuclear has received DOE approval of its preliminary documented safety analysis (PDSA).
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An Evaluation and Qualification of U.S.-Based Research Reactors for Irradiation Capabilities Supporting Advanced Nuclear Systems
Palash K. Bhowmik, Richard H. Howard, Braden Clayton, Piyush Sabharwall, Susan Hogle, Allen Roach, Joseph W. Nielsen, Misti Lillo, Bryce D. Kelly, Brenden Heidrich, Andrew Zillmer
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 1 | January 2026 | Pages 1-17
Review Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2025.2512258
Accelerated Irradiation Testing and Post-Irradiation Characterization: U.S.-Based Capabilities for Advanced Nuclear Systems and Radioisotope Production
Palash K. Bhowmik, Changhu Xing, Richard Skifton, Piyush Sabharwall, Brenden Heidrich, Susan Hogle, Allen Roach, Andrew Zillmer, Richard H. Howard, Joseph W. Nielsen, Bryce D. Kelly
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 1 | January 2026 | Pages 18-38
Review Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2025.2550913
Conceptual Design of a Thermal–to–14-MeV Neutron Conversion Device for Use in the Advanced Test Reactor
Nicolas P. Martin, Andrew J. Bascom, Jason V. Brookman, Nicolas E. Woolstenhulme
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 1 | January 2026 | Pages 39-57
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2387967
Contribution of Lobe Power to Experiment Heating in the Advanced Test Reactor
Michael J. Worrall, Joseph W. Nielsen
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 1 | January 2026 | Pages 58-68
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2397623
Thermal Model of the AGR-5/6/7 Experiment with Offset Gas Gaps
Grant Hawkes, Binh Pham, Courtney Otani
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 1 | January 2026 | Pages 69-94
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2368994
Cross-Code Verification of Neutronics Analysis Tools at INL Applied for 238Pu Production in the Advanced Test Reactor
Brittany Grayson, Jill Mitchell
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 1 | January 2026 | Pages 95-104
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2444133
Projection Analysis for ATR Irradiation of the AFC-FAST Experiment
Andrew J. Bascom
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 1 | January 2026 | Pages 105-111
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2025.2456365
Evaluation of U10Mo Fuel Plate Performance Modeling Over Hot Isostatic Press and Hydraulic Bending for MURR DDE Plates
Kyle M. Paaren, Jason Schulthess, Jason Barney, Hakan Ozaltun
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 1 | January 2026 | Pages 112-122
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2025.2545155
Interaction of Polymethyl Methacrylate with Boehmite-Filmed Aluminum Cladding Under Gamma Irradiation
Daniel K. Sluder, Bryon J. Curnutt, Lorenzo Vega-Montoto, Joshua D. Orchard, Matthew D. Horkley, Trevor J. Skeen, Dean A. Stewart
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 1 | January 2026 | Pages 123-135
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2406714
Impact of High-Reactivity Advanced Test Reactor Experiments on Photon Heating in Nearby Experiment Locations
Paul E. Gilbreath, Michael J. Worrall, Joseph W. Nielsen, Greg K. Housley
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 1 | January 2026 | Pages 136-147
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2415813
The LYRA-10 Experiment: Irradiation of Light Water Reactor Pressure Vessel Steels with Systematic Variations in Ni, Mn, and Si Contents to Assess Long-Term Operation–Enhanced Embrittlement
E. D’Agata, B. Acosta Iborra, A. J. Magielsen, M. Kolluri, O. Martin, C. Sciolla, R. A. F. Okel, B. T. Straathof
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 1 | January 2026 | Pages 148-164
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2437938
Neutronic Design of the Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket
Zuolong Zhu, Dean Wang
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 1 | January 2026 | Pages 165-180
Regular Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2025.2480944
Nondestructive Measurement Method of Nuclear Materials for Sorting Nuclear Fuel Debris
Makoto Maeda, Masao Komeda, Yosuke Toh
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 1 | January 2026 | Pages 181-194
Regular Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2025.2480516
An Automatic Load-Balancing Domain Decomposition Scheme for Monte Carlo Simulation on Large-Scale Unstructured-Mesh Problems
Hanlin Shu, Liangzhi Cao, Qingming He, Tao Dai
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 1 | January 2026 | Pages 195-221
Regular Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2025.2480517
An Attention-Based CNN-LSTM Model to Diagnose Break Size in Loss-of-Coolant Accidents
Peiqi Huang, Liang Chen, Meng Xia, Guogang Bao, Haopeng Chen
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 1 | January 2026 | Pages 222-239
Regular Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2025.2480509
On MCNP Stochastic Volume Estimation Normalization
Joel A. Kulesza
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 2 | February 2026 | Pages 241-245
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2025.2483123
SCALE Shielding Calculations for Advanced Reactor Accident Scenarios
Georgeta Radulescu, Donny Hartanto, Friederike Bostelmann, William A. Wieselquist
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 2 | February 2026 | Pages 246-256
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2025.2503125
Toward Efficient Nuclear Data Uncertainty Quantification in Radiation Shielding Calculations
Juan A. Monleon de la Lluvia, Mariya Brovchenko, Dimitri Rochman, Eric Dumonteil
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 2 | February 2026 | Pages 257-279
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2025.2510048
Shielding Material Performance in a Preconcept Spherical Tokamak Power Plant
Kamya Chandrasekhar, Alexander Lin-Vines, Christopher Wilson, Gurdeep Singh Kamal, Mayank Rajput
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 2 | February 2026 | Pages 280-292
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2025.2548107
Methodologies and Shielding Analysis for the Design of Activated Cooling Water Components in Spallation Neutron Systems
Ahmad M. Ibrahim, Franz X. Gallmeier, Tucker C. McClanahan, Don Montierth, Igor Remec, Irina I. Popova
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 2 | February 2026 | Pages 293-311
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2025.2545733
Advancing the MCNP Unstructured Mesh Calculations at ORNL’s Second Target Station with Attila4MC-CottonwoodTM
Lukas Zavorka, Igor Remec, Andrew Cooper, Jonathan Rogers, Gregory Failla
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 2 | February 2026 | Pages 312-319
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2025.2551385
Analysis of Second Target Station Target Removal Dose Rates
Tucker C. McClanahan, Igor Remec
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 2 | February 2026 | Pages 320-334
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2025.2515656
Optimal Additive Dose Distributions for Minimizing Dose Estimate Error in Retrospective and Emergency Dosimetry with Heteroscedastic Effects
Melody G. Polk, Robert B. Hayes
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 2 | February 2026 | Pages 335-347
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2025.2480858
Study on Fission Decay Width of Superheavy Nuclei 298119 Synthesized Through the Various Fusion Reactions
N. Manjunatha, H. C. Manjunatha, N. Sowmya, T. Ganesh, T. Nandi
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 2 | February 2026 | Pages 348-356
Regular Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2025.2483595
Nonequilibrium Thermodynamic Analysis of High-Energy Neutron Scattering
Takashi Hirai, Shin Nakatani, Motoyasu Sato
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 2 | February 2026 | Pages 357-365
Regular Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2025.2486899
Image Style Transfer–Based High- and Low-Frequency Component Synthesis Neural Architecture for Low-Dose Computed Tomography Denoising
Shan Liao, Li Yang, Yanghui Wang, Sangang Li, Yi Cheng
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 2 | February 2026 | Pages 366-382
Regular Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2025.2483120
Accelerating Long-Term Xenon Dynamics Prediction: A Reduced-Order Hybrid Recurrent Neural Network with Intrinsic Physics
Helin Gong, Qing Li
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 2 | February 2026 | Pages 383-403
Regular Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2025.2487382
Development of Multiphysics Tests for Verification of Dry Storage Cask Content via the BERRU Framework
Zi Liang Tan, Eugene Shwageraus
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 2 | February 2026 | Pages 404-428
Regular Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2025.2483081
Statistical Study of Stress and Strain in Matrix of UO2-Zr Plate Type Fuel
S. Mirzaee, M. Aghaie
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 2 | February 2026 | Pages 429-443
Regular Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2025.2484878
Automated Hybrid Variance Reduction on Advanced Architectures in the Shift Monte Carlo Code
Thomas M. Evans, Katherine E. Royston, Steven P. Hamilton, Gregory G. Davidson, Elliott Biondo, Seth R. Johnson
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 2 | February 2026 | Pages 444-470
Regular Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2025.2484511
Validation and Verification of Serpent-Griffin Computational Sequence Using the SNAP 8 Experimental Reactor Dry Experiments
Isaac Naupa, Samuel Garcia, Ben Lindley, Stefano Terlizzi, Dan Kotlyar
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 2 | February 2026 | Pages 471-487
Regular Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2025.2483071
