Periodical type: Scientific and technical journal

Distribution area: National

Year of establishment: 1998

Issues: general issues of nuclear energy use; nuclear energy (reactor theory and calculations, operation of reactors and nuclear power plants, research reactors, engineering safety, reactor measurements); nuclear fuel and structural materials, fuel elements; neutron physics; general safety issues; decommissioning of nuclear reactors; management of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste; radiation safety; instrumentation and control systems;

Periodicity: each quarter, 4 issues per year

ISSN: 2073-6231

State Registration Certificate: KV No. 3146 of 26 March 1998

Language of Publication: Ukrainian, Russian, and English

Founders: State Scientific and Technical Center for Nuclear and Radiation Safety (SSTC NRS), Odessa National Polytechnic Institute

Department: Nuclear physics and energy

Editor-in-Chief: Nosovskyy Anatoliy

Deputy Editor-in-Chief: Dubkovsky Viacheslav

Responsible Editor:

Editorial staff:

Editor: State Scientific and Technical Center for Nuclear and Radiation Safety

Editorial Office Address: 35/37 V. Stusa St., 03142, Kiev, p/o box 124, State Scientific and Technical Center for Nuclear and Radiation Safety

Contact phone: (044) 422-49-69, (044) 422-49-72

e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , na_bilokrinicka@ sstc.kiev.ua

Web-site: http://sstc.kiev.ua/journal

Additional information:

Periodical category: Journals of NASU Institutions

Anatoly Nosovsky
Editor-in-Chief, ScD
Phone: (044)422-49-69 (2-48)
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Viacheslav Dubkovsky
Deputy Editor-in-Chief, ScD
Phone: (048)779-71-55
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Natalia Belokrinitska
Responsible Editor
Phone: (044)422-49-72 (3-65)
Facsimile: (044)452-89-90
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• general issues of nuclear energy use;
• nuclear energy (reactor theory and calculations, operation of reactors and nuclear power plants, research reactors, engineering safety, reactor measurements);
• nuclear fuel and structural materials, fuel elements;
• neutron physics;
• general safety issues;
• decommissioning of nuclear reactors;
• management of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste;
• radiation safety;
• instrumentation and control systems;
• other.

1. A manuscript submitted for publication in the journal should be in a hard copy including signatures of all authors on the last page and in an electronic copy (on electronic media or by e-mail).
2. An article should contain a UDC number. The article abstract and title and the author's full name and affiliation are provided in Ukrainian, Russian and English.
3. An article including graphics should not exceed 18 A4 pages. One page may contain no more than 30 lines, each line including up to 60 characters (taking into account punctuation marks and word spaces). The font size should be 14 and line spacing 1.5. The margins are 30 mm (left), 10 mm (right), 20 mm (up) and 25 mm (down).
4. The text is typed in Microsoft Word using Times New Roman font. Graphics (black-and-white) are submitted as EPS, TIFF or JPG files with 300-600 dpi. Illustrations are submitted separately from the text.
5. Articles that result from efforts undertaken by organizations should be provided with an accompanying document from those organizations.
6. The authors should provide a statement to declare that the proposed material contains no confidential information belonging to third parties.
7. A sheet of paper is attached to the original article to indicate the author's full name, affiliation, academic degree, title, mobile, office and home telephone numbers, office and home addresses.
8. Abbreviations and acronyms of words, word combinations and terms, excepting generally accepted ones, may only be used after their first mention in the text.
9. The contents of scientific articles should fit into the following structure:
   • abstract – brief information on the article (to 10 lines);
   • introduction – statement of the scientific problem, its relevance and association with state scientific and applied programs, significance of its solution (1-2 pages);
   • basic research efforts and publications – analytical review of recent research efforts and publications on the problem, identification of issues NOT solved previously (2-3 pages);
   • objective – description of the main idea of the publication, its difference from and contribution to known approaches, statement of new facts, patterns, relationships (to 15 lines);
   • description of research – main body of the article to state basic aspects of the research, experimental program and procedure, experimental results and their justification, established relationships, analysis of results, personal contribution of the author (8-12 pages);
   • conclusions – basic findings and recommendations, their significance for theory and practice, prospects for further research (to 1 page);
   • references – a list of literature sources referred to in the article; a reference should include the author and title of the article, place of its publication (city and publisher for a book and digest or journal for an article, its number or issue), publication date, number of pages in the book or pages of the article.
   • Submittals that do not meet the above requirements are not considered by the editors.
10.  Submittals that do not meet the above requirements are not considered by the editors.
11. Material submitted for publication is not returned to the authors.

Four issues of the journal are to be published in 2011. The journal is distributed upon requests of interested organizations and individuals. To obtain an issue, the payment for a certain number of copies should be transferred to the SSTC NRS bank account, with indication of number(s) of Nuclear and Radiation Safety Journal. Payment may be based on an invoice issued by the editorial office. The cost of one number for 2011 is 100 UAH, taking into account postage within Ukraine. The annual cost for four numbers is 400 UAH.

One may subscribe for the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Journal also at post offices (subscription index is 37781).

For individual issues of the Journal, ask the responsible editor at SSTC NRS address:
35/37 V. Stusa St., 03142, Kyiv
Phone: (044)422-49-72 (3-65)
A request may be submitted to:
Facsimile: (044)452-89-90
E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

• create information space for efficient exchange of data on scientific, technical and analytical activities in the area of nuclear and radiation safety;
• promote comprehensive research efforts related to nuclear and radiation safety by publishing scientific papers that focus on basic areas in one journal;
• collect and prepress analytical and information material on nuclear and radiation safety at nuclear energy facilities in Ukraine;
• involve scientific potential of Ukraine to deal with significant issues related to nuclear and radiation safety through publication of data on programs for nuclear energy development and problems.