On Eight Years of the NERS and Vision of the Nuclear Engineering Division

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Jovica RiznicIt is with immense pleasure to write this column and join all of you, the Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science (NERS) readers and contributors, in celebrating the journal’s eighth birthday. As is true from the very beginning, the ASME Nuclear Engineering Division (NED) once again wishes the Journal and, in particular, Editor-in-Chief Igor Pioro and the whole Editorial Board every success in continued publication of the excellent Journal. Nuclear energy is faced with major challenges ranging from public perception and acceptance to nonproliferation and continued operation and enhanced safety of existing fleet with lessons learned from past accidents. On the other side, nuclear energy has enormous potential to help the World to mitigate climate change effects and transition to carbon free energy. Having in mind the global nature of these societal and technological issues, it is imperative that professional forums such as international journals and technical professional meetings provide a global communication channel to foster the exchange of ideas and critical information and to enhance cross-fertilization of research and development activities through our professional community.