Since 2019, Nicholas Terranova has been a research fellow at the Fusion and Technology for Nuclear Safety and Security Department (FSN) of ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Frascati Rome, Italy). He is currently working on safety and RAMI analyses for nuclear fusion technology applications. From 2017 to 2019, he was a research associate at the software development division of CNAF (Data processing and computing technology research centre of INFN, National Institute of Nuclear Physics), Bologna (Italy). From 2016 to 2017, he was a post-doctoral research fellow at the Stochastic and deterministic transport laboratory (SERMA-LTSD) of CEA (French Atomic Energy Commission) Saclay (France). From 2013 to 2016, he was a Ph.D. candidate at the physical research laboratory (SPRC-LEPh) of CEA Cadarache (France). He acquired his master's degree in Energy and Nuclear Engineering at the University of Bologna (Italy) in 2012.