About this journal

The Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology (JNST) publishes internationally peer-reviewed papers that contribute to the exchange of research, ideas and developments in the field of nuclear science and technology, to contribute peaceful and sustainable development of the World.

First established by the Atomic Energy Society of Japan (AESJ) in 1964, JNST is published bimonthly in print and monthly online. JNST is continued to be organized by, and an official publication of AESJ. The journal is listed in Thomson Scientific’s Science Citation Index (SCI).

JNST aims to serve its academic community, industry professionals, research institutions, government agencies and policy-makers concerned with the research, technological development and application of nuclear science and technology by:

• Providing authoritative and up-to-date information on the field of nuclear science and technology
• Promoting the exchange of ideas and research within the nuclear/atomic science community
• Identifying areas of growth by assessing the conditions and constraints affecting the peaceful use of nuclear energy
• Supporting the development of nuclear technology and applications in various markets for peaceful purposes
• Responding to global energy and environmental needs and objectives through the study of nuclear science, technology and resources

JNST ’s broad scope covers a wide range of topics within its subject category, including but are not limited to:

General Issues related to Nuclear Power Utilization: Philosophy and Ethics, Justice and Policy, International Relation, Economical and Sociological Aspects, Environmental Aspects, Education, Documentation and Database, Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Safeguard

Radiation, Accelerator and Beam Technologies: Nuclear Physics, Nuclear Reaction for Engineering, Nuclear Data Measurement and Evaluation, Integral Verification/Validation and Benchmark on Nuclear Data, Radiation Behaviors and Shielding, Radiation Physics, Radiation Detection and Measurement, Accelerator and Beam Technology, Synchrotron Radiation, Medical Reactor and Accelerator, Neutron Source, Neutron Technology

Nuclear Reactor Physics: Reactor Physics Experiments, Reactor Neutronics Design and Evaluation, Reactor Analysis, Neutron Transport Calculation, Reactor Dynamics Experiment, Nuclear Criticality Safety, Fuel Burnup and Nuclear Transmutation,

Reactor Instrumentation and Control, Human-Machine System: Reactor Instrumentation and Control System, Human Factor, Control Room and Operator Interface Design, Remote Control, Robotics, Image Processing

Thermal Hydraulics: Thermal Hydraulic Experiment and Analysis, Thermal Hydraulic Design, Thermal Hydraulics of Single/Two/Multi Phase Flow, Interactive Phenomena with Fluid, Measurement Technology

Operational Management of Reactor, Nuclear Safety Engineering: Operational Management, Inspection and Maintenance, Design of Nuclear Power Station and Component, Aseismatic Design, Construction and Examination of Nuclear Power Station, Nuclear Safety Engineering, Nuclear Installation Safety, PSA

Nuclear Materials and Nuclear Fuels: Fabrication/Development and Properties of Nuclear Materials and Fuels, Corrosion and Environmentally Assisted Cracking, Solid State Chemistry of Actinide Compounds as Fuels, Thermodynamics and High Temperature Chemistry of Fuels, Irradiation Behavior and Characteristics of Materials and Fuels, Irradiation Technique and Post-Irradiation Experiments

Reactor Chemistry, Radiochemistry, Fuel Reprocessing, Safeguards Technology: Reactor Chemistry, Radiation Chemistry, Corrosion, Decontamination, Isotope Separation, Application of Isotopes, Uranium Enrichment, Nuclear Chemistry, Radiochemistry, Chemistry of Actinides, Fuel Reprocessing, Group Partitioning, Nuclear Transmutation and Partitioning Process, Accountancy, Safeguards Technology

Radioactive Waste Management: Radioactive Waste Treatment, Radioactive Waste Disposal and Environment, Decommissioning and Dismantling, Design and Manufacturing of Transportation Vessel and Storage Facility

Fusion Energy Engineering : Plasma Engineering including Inertial Confinement Fusion, Fusion Reactor Materials and Fuels, Breeding Materials, Reactor Component Technology, Fusion Neutronics, Fusion Reactor Safety, Fusion Reactor System

Health Physics and Environmental Science: Medical and Biological Application of Radiation, Nuclear Medicine, Biological Effects, Radiation and Radioactivity Measurement, Radiation Dosimetry, Radiation Control, Environmental Radioactivity, Radiation Dose and Environmental Safety Assessments, Philosophy and Standards for Radiation Protection

All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees.

Peer Review Policy

All peer review is single anonymized.

© 2015 Atomic Energy Society of Japan. All rights reserved.

Editor-in-Chief:
Toyohiko Yano, Prof. Emeritus of Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Associate Editors-in-Chief:
Toshihiko Ohnuki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Cheolho Pyeon, Kyoto University, Japan

Committee Chairperson:
Masahiro Hino, Kyoto University, Japan

Executive Editors:
Akio Gofuku, Okayama University, Japan
Ikuo Kanno, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan
Yoshiaki Kiyanagi, Former Prof. of Hokkaido University, Japan
Kazuo Minato, Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corp., Japan
Toshihiko Ohnuki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Cheolho Pyeon, Kyoto University, Japan
Kei-ichi Shibata, Former Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan
Jun Sugimoto, Former Prof. of Kyoto University, Japan
Naoki Yamano, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Toshimasa Yoshiie, Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Kyoto University, Japan

Associate Editors:
Naoto Aizawa, Tohoku University, Japan
Masami Ando, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Japan
Tatsumi Arima,   Kyushu University, Japan
Alain Chartier, CEA-Saclay, France
Sheng Fang, Tsinghua University, China
Masayuki Hagiwara, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Japan
Tsuyoshi Hagiwara, TOSHIBA Corporation Energy Systems & Solutions Company, Japan
Masahide Harada, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan
Hirokazu Hayashi, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan
Tetsushi Hino, Hitachi, Ltd., Japan
Jun Hirouchi, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan
Yoshihisa Iida, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan
Masako Ikegami, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Kazushige Ishida, Hitachi, Ltd., Japan
Sunghyon Jang, Hokkaido University, Japan
Jae-Ho Jeong, Gachon University, South Korea
Kenji Kamiyama, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan
Junya Kaneda, Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd., Japan
Hiroaki Kato, University of Tsukuba, Ltd., Japan
Eung Soo Kim, Seoul National University, South Korea
Tadahiro Kin, Kyushu University, Japan
Taishi Kobayashi, Kyoto University, Japan
Shigeo Kodama, Nuclear Engineering, Ltd., Japan
Kazuaki Kusakabe, Fukushima Prefectural Centre for Environmental Creation, Japan
Hyung Chul Lee, Pusan National University, South Korea
Hiroyuki Makii, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan
Kenichi Matsuba, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan
Kenji Matsuzaki, TOSHIBA Corporation Energy Systems & Solutions Company, Japan
Hitoshi Muta, Tokyo City University, Japan
Taku Nagatake, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan
Masahiko Nakase, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Kotaro Nakata, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Japan
Tatsuhiko Ogawa, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan
Yuji Ohishi, Osaka University, Japan
Naoko Oono-Hori, Yokohama National University, Japan
Marco Pellegrini, The Unviersity of Tokyo, Japan
Jun Saegusa, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan
Hiroshi Sagara, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Daiki Sato, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan
Isamu Sato, Tokyo City University, Japan
Tomonori Sato, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan
Hisashi Serizawa, Osaka University, Japan
Kenji Shimazoe,  The Unviersity of Tokyo, Japan
Daisuke Shinma, Hitachi, Ltd., Japan
Alexey Stankovskiy, Studiecentrum voor Kernenergie - Centre d'étude de l'Energie Nucléaire, Belgium
Kenichi Tada, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan
Koichiro Takao, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Yoshihito Takeda, Hokkaido University, Japan
Hiroki Takezawa, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan
Teruya Tanaka, National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan
Takehiko Tsukahara, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Akihiro Uchibori, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan
Naotaka Uchimichi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Japan
Hiroshi Ujita, AdvanceSoft Corporation, Japan
Kenichi Watanabe, Kyushu University, Japan
Sou Watanabe, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan
Yuezhou Wei, University of South China, China
Yumi Yaita, TOSHIBA Corporation Energy Systems & Solutions Company, Japan
Masaaki Yamato, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Japan
Sachiko Yoshihashi, Nagoya University, Japan

International Advisory Board:
Hisashi Ninokata,  Politecnico di Milano, Italy  (Chair)
Ronald G. Ballinger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Nam Zin Cho, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
Jas S. Devgun, Sargent & Lundy LLC, USA
Shiori Ishino,  Former The University of Tokyo, Japan
Chang-Hyo Kim,  Seoul National University, South Korea
Imre Pazsit, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Bal Raj Sehgal, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
WeiQun Shi, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Anatoly Shmelev, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Russia
Chul-Hwa Song,  Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, South Korea
Yves Thiry,  ANDRA, France
Lou Vance,  ANSTO, Australia
Steven J. Zinkle, University of Tennessee , USA

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News, offers and calls for papers

News and offers

• Most Cited Article Award
• Most Popular Article Award
• Special Issue : Nuclear Data and Code Systems as a Basis of Nuclear Technology

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The Atomic Energy Society of Japan (AESJ), founded in 1959, is the only organization in Japan that aims to contribute towards progress in the development of nuclear energy including use of radiation, giving the highest priority to safety of the public, by seeking academic and technological advances pertaining to the peaceful use of nuclear energy. These activities intend to achieve sustainable development of the World through contribution to environmental reservation while also improving human lives and health.

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