The CRISSUE-S Project was created to re-evaluate fundamental technical issues with the technology of light water reactors (LWRs).
The International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC) hosted its first Ministerial Conference since the COVID-19 pandemic on 1-3 November 2023. Organised in co-operation with the Ghana A...
NEA and CNIC announced plans for collaborative efforts to help ensure the supply of medical radioisotopes.
This report includes information provided confidentially by supply chain participants to support this new work of the NEA, which follows previous work undertaken by the High-level Group on the Securi...
Current status and future actions to ensure the reliable supply for molybdenum-99 (99Mo), and a conversation on a new generation of innovative radioisotopes for diagnostics and therapy
The NEA hosted...
Recent performance breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) have led to unprecedented interest in AI/ML among nuclear engineers. However, the lack of dedicated benchmar...
National legislation: Czechia
Analytical studies on nuclear legislation in OECD member countries and in Central and Eastern Europe and the NIS issued between 1995 and 2003.
The NPT aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology (non-proliferation), to promote co-operation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy (peaceful uses) and to further the g...
The Terrorist Bombings Convention's objective is to enhance international co-operation among states in devising and adopting effective and practical measures for the prevention of acts of terrorism...
The Espoo Convention sets out the obligations of parties to assess the environmental impact of certain activities at an early stage of planning and lays down general obligations of states to notify...
The Aarhus Convention obliges states and grants the public rights in three areas of the convention: access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environme...
Post-test view inside OLHF-4 vessel showing penetrations and resolidified weld material at the vessel bottom.
During a severe accident, the lower head of a reactor pressure vessel (RPV) can be subj...
EPICUR facility, IRSN.
The STEM Project was initiated with a first phase in 20...
The Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy held its 146th Session in Paris.
Experts from 16 countries met on 13-15 September for the 24th annual Working Group on Fuel Safety GFS meeting in Paris.
Photo: RBHT Test Facility. US NRC.
Modelling reactor core behaviour under accident conditions with delayed re-introduction of cooling water (commonly referred to as reflood) is a challenge for safety...
A new collaboration with the EPRI and the NEA will focus on waste management strategies for small modular reactors.