- General thermal hydraulics
- Two-phase flow phenomena
- Core and sub-channel simulations
- Experimental studies in thermal hydraulics
- Computational modeling in thermal hydraulics
Reactor Physics
- Computational reactor physics
- Water-cooled reactor technologies
- Accident Tolerant Fuel (ATF) and High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium(HALEU) fuel
- Reactor operations and performance optimization
- Advanced reactor modeling and design
- Nuclear data validation and verification
- Benchmarking of nuclear codes
Nuclear Materials
- Innovation in nuclear fuel manufacturing
- Additive manufacturing in nuclear applications
- Structural material challenges and integrity
- Molten salt nuclear fuel technologies
-TRISO fuel development and associated challenges
Fuel Cycle and Waste Management
- HALEU production and supply chain considerations
- Nuclear waste storage, immobilization, and disposal strategies
- In-core fuel management and optimization - Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) fuel reprocessing and management
Education and Training
- Evaluation and testing of nuclear reactor operators
- Promoting a strong nuclear safety culture
- Development and advancement of educational tools
Safety and Severe Accidents
- Severe accident scenarios and source term simulations
- Fuel-concrete interaction and accident consequences
- Probabilistic safety assessment methodologies
- Risk-informed safety assessment approaches
- Severe accident mitigation strategies for advanced reactors
- Severe accident analysis in Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs)Radiationprotection and nuclear safety
Fusion and Advanced Reactors
- Challenges and advancements in fusion reactor technologies
- Modeling and simulation of fusion systems- Generation IV nuclear reactors and beyond
- Advanced thermal propulsion reactor technologies
- Applications and future potential of Advanced Modular Reactors (AMRs) in Saudi Arabia
- Microreactors for water desalination- High
- Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors (HTGRs) for hydrogen and petrochemical processing Design and deployment of transportable microreactors- HALEU production and supply chain considerations
- Nuclear waste storage, immobilization, and disposal strategies
- In-core fuel management and optimization - Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) fuel reprocessing and management
Research Reactors
- Utilization of thermal research reactors- Production of therapeutic isotopes in nuclear reactors
- Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) applications
- Education and experimental research in research reactors
- Beamline applications in research reactor facilities Silicon doping and industrial innovations using research reactors
Nuclear Applications and Radiation Processing
- Food and agriculture’s irradiation
- Medical physics
- Nuclear characterization: spectroscopy, neutron scattering, and Neutron Activation Analysis(NAA)
- Radiation protection
- Irradiator and accelerator
- Radioisotopes and radiopharmaceutical
- Radio tracing Radiometric dating
Student Competition Encouraging
student participation in nuclear engineering research and innovation
