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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).

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

Ville Tulkki, Victor Hugo Sanchez-Espinoza and Nicolas Sobecki

EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol., 11 (2025) 33

Published online: 07 July 2025
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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Supporting trans-national access to key nuclear research infrastructures – OFFERR and JRC OASIS: two complementary projects – One goal

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)

EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol., 11 (2025) 32

Published online: 02 July 2025
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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Safety assessment for internal and external events on nuclear power plants and on mitigation strategies

Atte Helminen and Nathalie Girault

EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol., 11 (2025) 31

Published online: 01 July 2025
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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Exploring the safety and performance of molten salt reactors for their deployment in the European Union: the MIMOSA and ENDURANCE projects

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)

EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol., 11 (2025) 30

Published online: 30 June 2025
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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Research on the safety of heavy-liquid-metal-cooled reactors

Simone Gianfelici and Giacomo Grasso

EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol., 11 (2025) 29

Published online: 20 June 2025

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1044	Open Access An introduction to Spent Nuclear Fuel decay heat for Light Water Reactors: a review from the NEA WPNCS Dimitri Rochman, Alejandro Algora, Francisco Àlvarez-Velarde, Aurélie Bardelay, Øystein Bremnes, Oscar Cabellos, Daniel Cano-Ott, Luigi Capponi, Coralie Carmouze, Stefano Caruso et al. (45 more) EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol., 10 (2024) 9 Published online: 07 October 2024
802	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
711	Open Access Karlsruhe Nuclide Chart – New 10th edition 2018 Zsolt Sóti, Joseph Magill and Raymond Dreher EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol., 5 (2019) 6 Published online: 13 May 2019
676	Status and advances of Monte Carlo codes for particle transport simulation Open Access The FLUKA code: Overview and new developments The FLUKA Collaboration, Francesca Ballarini, Konstantin Batkov, Giuseppe Battistoni, Maria Giuseppina Bisogni, Till T. Böhlen, Mauro Campanella, Mario P. Carante, Daiyuan Chen, Angelica De Gregorio et al. (34 more) EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol., 10 (2024) 16 Published online: 02 December 2024
610	Open Access Extraction of uranium from seawater: a few facts Joel Guidez and Sophie Gabriel EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol., 2 (2016) 10 Published online: 04 March 2016

2877	Open Access An introduction to Spent Nuclear Fuel decay heat for Light Water Reactors: a review from the NEA WPNCS Dimitri Rochman, Alejandro Algora, Francisco Àlvarez-Velarde, Aurélie Bardelay, Øystein Bremnes, Oscar Cabellos, Daniel Cano-Ott, Luigi Capponi, Coralie Carmouze, Stefano Caruso et al. (45 more) EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol., 10 (2024) 9 Published online: 07 October 2024
2585	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
2321	Open Access Karlsruhe Nuclide Chart – New 10th edition 2018 Zsolt Sóti, Joseph Magill and Raymond Dreher EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol., 5 (2019) 6 Published online: 13 May 2019
1726	Open Access Extraction of uranium from seawater: a few facts Joel Guidez and Sophie Gabriel EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol., 2 (2016) 10 Published online: 04 March 2016
1578	Status and advances of Monte Carlo codes for particle transport simulation Open Access The FLUKA code: Overview and new developments The FLUKA Collaboration, Francesca Ballarini, Konstantin Batkov, Giuseppe Battistoni, Maria Giuseppina Bisogni, Till T. Böhlen, Mauro Campanella, Mario P. Carante, Daiyuan Chen, Angelica De Gregorio et al. (34 more) EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol., 10 (2024) 16 Published online: 02 December 2024