The NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) and the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) held their biannual meetings from 6 to 9 December 2021 and discussed the evol...
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14 December 2021
CNRA/CSNI meetings, May-June 2021.
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10 June 2021
The NEA Working Group on Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations (WGPC) held its bi-annual meeting on 4-6 May 2021 and celebrated its 20th anniversary.
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6 May 2021
The NEA Working Group on the Safety of Advanced Reactors (WGSAR) held its biannual meeting via video conference on 21-23 April 2021, welcoming a new member representing Poland’s National Centre for N...
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28 April 2021
CNRA/CSNI meetings, December 2020
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7 December 2020
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is having a major impact on the workforce around the world, from how people carry out their work under necessary social distancing rules to the unavailability of workers...
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4 May 2020
NEA/CSNI/R(2014)16
The objective of the Digital System Reliability Failure Mode Taxonomy (DIGREL) task group, formed under the OECD/NEA Working Group on Risk Assessment (WGRISK), has been to develop a taxonomy of failu...
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16 February 2015
NEA/CSNI/R(2005)5/VOL1
At the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) meeting in June 2002, the proposal for an International Standard Problem on containment integrity (ISP 48) based on the NRC/NUPEC/Sandia...
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6 September 2005
NEA/CSNI/R(2005)5/VOL2
At the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) meeting in June 2002, the proposal for an International Standard Problem on containment integrity (ISP 48) based on the NRC/NUPEC/Sandia...
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6 September 2005
NEA/CNRA/R(2019)1
This report describes the regulatory perspectives on safety aspects related to the calculation and justification of neutronic characteristics and criticality safety assessment of advanced sodium fast...
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1 October 2021
Major nuclear safety research facilities and programmes are facing increasing budgetary constraints, and in many cases are being closed or terminated. This report identifies major facilities of vital...
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20 April 2001
The working group will be responsible for the programme of work in the CNRA regarding regulatory activities in the primary area of advanced reactors and associated installations. The term “advanced r...
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2 April 2020
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10 August 2021
Countries around the world continue to implement safety improvements and corrective actions based on lessons learnt from the 11 March 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. This ...
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29 February 2016
Major nuclear safety research facilities and programmes are facing increasing budgetary constraints, and in many cases are being closed or terminated. This report identifies major facilities of vital...
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23 May 2001
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The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in collaboration with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) hosted an international, multi-sector workshop on 14-18 December 2020 on safely regulating inn...
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25 May 2021
The International Reporting System for Operating Experience (IRS) is an essential system for the exchange of information on safety related events at nuclear power plants worldwide. The fundamental ob...
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21 April 2020
The application of lessons learnt from the International Reporting System for Operating Experience (IRS) is an essential element for enhancing the safe operation of nuclear power plants (NPPs) throug...
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31 December 2013
Operating experience is the collection and dissemination of knowledge gained via the operation of nuclear facilities.
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18 March 2020
Inspection practices are the means by which a regulatory body verifies that a holder of a nuclear licence is complying with the conditions of that licence.
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18 March 2020
New reactors are light-water reactors that are in the design or construction phases. Advanced reactors refers to reactors under consideration that are cooled by fluids other than water.
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18 March 2020
NEA/CNRA/R(2010)5
These proceedings cover the 10th International Workshop held by WGIP on regulatory inspection activities. The focus of this workshop was regulatory inspection activities in 3 main areas:
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4 August 2010
Ce panorama présente un synopsis facile à aborder du contrôle réglementaire de la gestion des déchets radioactifs de 15 pays membres de l'AEN. Il traite la question de la gestion des déchets radioact...
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16 August 2005
The NEA Working Group on Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations (WGPC) held its annual meeting on 4 November 2020 via video conference.
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5 November 2020
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4 November 2020
Disruptive technologies for nuclear safety applications
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13 August 2020
Boiling water reactors (BWRs) use light water as a coolant and a moderator. This water is converted to steam in the core and then passes through a turbine.
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18 March 2020
Digital instrumentation and control equipment (DI&C) transmits information in ones and zeros, and provides a number of advantages in nuclear safety.
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18 March 2020
Codes and standards are technical positions that govern specific activities such as welding, fabrication, testing and non-destructive examination, and are crucial to nuclear safety operations.
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18 March 2020
The International Reporting System for Operating Experience (IRS) is an essential system for the exchange of information on safety related events at nuclear power plants worldwide. The fundamental ob...
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19 September 2018
The Incident Reporting System (IRS) is an essential element of the international operating experience feedback system for nuclear power plants. IRS reports contain information on events of safety sig...
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1 January 2000
Incident reporting has become an increasingly important aspect of the operation and regulation of all public health and safety-related industries. Diverse industries such as aeronautics, chemicals, p...
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16 December 2003
The Incident Reporting System (IRS) is an essential element of the international operating experience feedback system for nuclear power plants. The IRS is jointly operated and managed by the Nuclear ...
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17 May 2006
An important factor for public confidence in the nuclear regulator is the general public trust of the government and its representatives, which is clearly not the same in all countries. Likewise, cul...
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16 May 2006
One of the main missions of nuclear regulators is to protect the public, and this cannot be completely achieved without public confidence. The more a regulatory process is transparent, the more such ...
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16 November 2007
Good governance and efficiency in decision making by governmental authorities are increasingly dependent upon mutual trust and confidence between those authorities and the public. This workshop provi...
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16 May 2001
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NEA/CNRA/R(1992)3
This report provides the proceedings of the WGIP international workshop held from August 29 to September 4, 1992 at the Technical Training Center of the US NRC in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The objectiv...
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1 January 1992
NEA/CNRA/R(1994)4
This is the proceedings of the WGIP International Workshop held on 23-25 May 1994 in Helsinki (Finland).
The main objectives were:
- To meet with inspectors from other organisations,
- To exchange inf...
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1 January 1994
NEA/CNRA/R(1996)1
An International Workshop on Steam Generator Tube Integrity in Nuclear Power Plants, sponsored by the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) and the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Inst...
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1 January 1996
NEA/CNRA/R(1997)1
This was the 3rd international workshop held by WGIP on regulatory inspection activities. The focus of this workshop was on 3 main topics: Inspection Planning, Plant Maintenance and Assessment of Saf...
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1 January 1997
NEA/CNRA/R(1999)2
These proceedings cover the 4th international workshop held by WGIP on regulatory inspection activities. The focus of this workshop was regulatory inspection activities in 3 main areas; Older Operati...
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11 March 1999
NEA/CNRA/R(2001)4
These proceedings cover the 5th International Workshop held by WGIP on regulatory inspection activities.
The focus of this workshop was regulatory inspection activities in 3 main areas: activities re...
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20 July 2001
NEA/CNRA/R(2001)5
This appendix to the workshop proceedings contains a compilation of the responses to the survey issued to all participants.
These proceedings cover the 5TH International Workshop held by WGIP on regu...
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23 July 2001