The conferences and symposia listed below are organised by national or international bodies for which NEA co-sponsorship or co-operation has been granted.
| 8‑11 January | ISOE International ALARA Symposium on Occupational Exposure Management at Nuclear Facilities |
| Organiser | North American Technical Centre (NATC) |
| Where | Ft. Lauderdale, Florida USA |
| 3‑4 February | ISTC/STCU Symposium and Seminar |
| Organisers | Institute of Applied Energy (IAE) (Secretariat), ISTC (International Science and Technology Center) and STCU (Science and Technology Center in Ukraine) |
| Where | Tokyo and Fukushima, Japan |
| 12‑15 February | Public Information Materials Exchange (PIME) Conference 2012 |
| Organiser | European Nuclear Society (ENS) |
| Where | Warsaw, Poland |
| 25‑26 February | Second Dialogue on Rehabilitation of Living Conditions after the Fukushima Accident |
| Organiser | International Commission on Radiation protection (ICRP), in co-operation with Date City, Fukushima Medical University, Autorité de sûreté nucléaire (ASN), Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority (NRPA) |
| Where | Date City (Fukushima Province); Japan |
| 14 March | International Symposium on the Decommissioning of TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1-4 |
| Organisers | Government-TEPCO Council of Mid and Long Term Response for Decommissioning, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and Secretariat: The Institute of Applied Energy (IAE) |
| Where | Tokyo, Japan |
| 13‑18 May | Thirtieth International Congress of the International Radiaction Protection Association (IRPA) |
| Organisers | The Society for Radiological Protection (SRP) in association with the Association of University Radiation Protection Officers (AURPO), the British Institute of Radiology (BIR), the British Nuclear Medicine Society (BNMS), the College of Radiographers (SCoR), the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM) and the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) |
| Where | Glasgow, United Kingdom |
| 14‑18 May | Third International Conference on Nuclear Power Plant Life Management (PLiM) |
| Organiser | International Atomic Energy Agency |
| Where | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
| 20‑22 June | ISOE European Regional ALARA Symposium 2012 |
| Organiser | European Technical Centre (ETC) |
| Where | Prague, Czech Republic |
| 24‑28 June | International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) |
| Organiser | American Nuclear Society |
| Where | Chicago, United States |
| 5‑11 August | Seventh International Youth Nuclear Congress IYNC2012 |
| Organiser | International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC) |
| Where | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States |
| 2‑7 September | The 12th International Conference on Radiation Shielding(ICRS-12) and The 17th Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division (RPSD2012) |
| Organisers | American Nuclear Society, The Atomic Energy Society of Japan |
| Where | Nara, Japan |
| 11‑13 September | 11th Meeting of the Task Force on Shielding Aspects of Accelerators, Targets and Irradiation Facilities (SATIF-11) |
| Organiser | High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) |
| Where | Tsukuba, Ibaraki (Japan) |
| 25‑28 September | Third Workshop on Nuclear Data Evaluation for Reactor Applications (WONDER) |
| Organiser | French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) |
| Where | Aix-en-Provence, France |
| 12‑15 November | 3rd workshop on Long-term Performance of Cementitious Barriers and Reinforced Concrete in Nuclear Power Plant and Radioactive Waste Storage and Disposal (NUCPERF 2012) |
| Organiser | French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) |
| Where | Cadarache, France |
| 1‑2 October | International Conference on Geological Repositories (ICGR 2012) |
| Organisers | Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Canada |
| Where | Toronto, Canada |
| 9‑12 December | European Nuclear Conference (ENC) |
| Organisers | European Nuclear Society (ENS) |
| Where | Manchester (United Kindgom) |
