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30 September 2022
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9 June 2022
Liverpool, United Kingdom
The Symposium is free of charge for all participants and is scheduled to take place in person at the ONR’s offices near Liverpool in the United Kingdom.
Key Dates
31 March 2022 |
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6 April 2022
NEA/CSNI/R(2020)7
The cold leg mixing computational fluid dynamics (CFD) – uncertainty quantification (CLM-UQ) benchmark is the fifth benchmark concerning CFD applications to nuclear reactor safety to be organised in ...
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3 November 2022
Submitting a computer program to the NEA Data Bank
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21 April 2020
CPS access for Canada and the United States
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20 April 2020
Commonly requested NEA Data Bank Codes
Published date:
30 June 2020
The Data Bank NDS hosts an archive of past evaluated library releases, for consultation and download. Please note many of the libraries available here have been superseeded, some are no longer mainta...
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20 July 2020
The Data Bank is responsible, through its Nuclear Data Service, for the compilation into the EXFOR database, of experimental nuclear reaction data coming from Data Bank member countries, as a foundin...
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3 June 2020
The Nuclear Data Service of the Data Bank supports the development, compilation, testing, verification, benchmarking and dissemination of experimental and evaluated nuclear data, and develops in-hous...
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3 June 2020
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30 April 2021
Virtual meetings
The Joint Evaluated Fission and Fusion File (JEFF) Nuclear Data Library Project is a collaboration between NEA Data Bank participating countries. The JEFF library combines the efforts of its differen...
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5 April 2021
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26 November 2021
OECD The Château de La Muette, Paris / Hybrid meeting
The Joint Evaluated Fission and Fusion File (JEFF) Nuclear Data Library Project is a collaboration between NEA Data Bank participating countries. The JEFF library combines the efforts of its differen...
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22 November 2021
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9 March 2022
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15 March 2022
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10 May 2022
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20 June 2022
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22 June 2022
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18 July 2022
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8 August 2022
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10 August 2022
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20 July 2022
Tokyo, Japan
The NEA Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy Workshop was held on 19-20 July 2022 at Mita Kaigisho Conference Centre in Tokyo, Japan.
Organised in co-operation with Japan...
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11 August 2022
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9 September 2022
Stolberg, Germany
Nuclear Education, Science, Technology (NEST) Building competence, Expert knowledge, Applied techniques, Safe decommissioning, Train fellows (BEAST) summer school "Expert Knowledge – Research and Dev...
Published date:
11 August 2022
The webinar served as a kick-off meeting for the NEST fellows and the organisations participating in the NEST Building competence, Expert knowledge, Applied techniques, Safe decommissioning, Train fe...
Published date:
11 August 2022
This report from the NEA Working Group on Human and Organisational Performance establishes a common understanding around the terms human performance (HP), organisational performance (OP), and human a...
Published date:
10 October 2022
The NEA Data Bank distributes nuclear computer codes and processed nuclear data libraries to eligible IAEA Member countries upon request. Requesters in this category are encouraged to familiarise t...
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27 January 2023
The Nuclear Data Service of the Data Bank supports the development, compilation, testing, verification and dissemination of experimental and evaluated nuclear data, and develops in-house analysis and...
Published date:
28 May 2020
The Joint Evaluated Fission and Fusion (JEFF) Nuclear Data Library is a collaboration between NEA Data Bank member countries. The JEFF library combines the efforts of its different Working Groups to ...
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28 May 2020
NEA DB Services to non-NEA DB countries
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1 June 2023
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31 July 2020
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31 July 2020
Presentation by David Newbery, Emeritus Professor and Director of The Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG), University of Cambridge, delivered during the workshop Issues in the financing of nuclear ne...
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18 January 2021
Presentation by Cécilia Tam, Team Leader, Clean Energy Finance and Investment Mobilisation, OECD, delivered during the workshop Issues in the financing of nuclear new build, 14-15 January 2021.
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18 January 2021
Presentation by Edward Merrow, Founder and CEO, Independent Project Analysis, Inc. (IPA), delivered during the workshop Issues in the financing of nuclear new build, 14-15 January 2021.
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18 January 2021
Presentation delivered by François Dassa, Head of Prospective and International Relations, EDF during the workshop Issues in the financing of nuclear new build, 14-15 January 2021.
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18 January 2021
Presentation by Fabien Roques, Associate Professor, Dauphine University & Executive Vice President, Compass Lexecon delivered during the workshop Issues in the financing of nuclear new build, 14-15 J...
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18 January 2021
Presentation by John Parsons, Senior Lecturer, MIT delivered during the workshop Issues in the financing of nuclear new build, 14-15 January 2021.
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18 January 2021
Presentation by Mike Middleton, Independent Consultant & Former Chair, OECDNEA REDCOST Expert Group, delivered during the workshop Issues in the financing of nuclear new build, 14-15 January 2021.
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18 January 2021
Presentation by Fiona Reilly, Managing Director, FiRe Energy Ltd, delivered during the workshop Issues in the financing of nuclear new build, 14-15 January 2021.
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18 January 2021
Presentation by Raffaele Dellacroce, Senior Economist, OECD, delivered during the workshop Issues in the financing of nuclear new build, 14-15 January 2021.
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18 January 2021
Presentation by Jean Bensaid, Managing Director, FIN INFRA, French Treasury, delivered during the workshop Issues in the financing of nuclear new build, 14-15 January 2021.
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18 January 2021
Presentation by Steven Vaughan, Co-Head of Power, Rothschild & Co, during the workshop Issues in the financing of nuclear new build, 14-15 January 2021.
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18 January 2021
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14 January 2022
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14 January 2022
A wealth of technical information exists on nuclear fuel cycle options – combinations of nuclear fuel types, reactor types, used or spent nuclear fuel (SNF) treatments, and disposal schemes – and mos...
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22 February 2021
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19 May 2022
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29 September 2020
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29 June 2023
Tokyo (Japan) - Hitotsubashi Hall, National Center of Sciences Building
The NEA in collaboration with the Japanese Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) hosted an international workshop on 28-29 June 2023 on the topic of Ageing management considerations in mechanical codes ...
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3 July 2023
The NEST Secretariat monitors the progress of the different NEST Projects, supports the Management Board in the Monitoring and Evaluation process and provides the interface between the NEST Projects ...
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24 May 2023
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23 June 2023
IRSN, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
In the early decades of nuclear reactor development, many countries built and operated zero-power facilities in which many different critical arrangements of materials were studied. These flexible ex...
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6 June 2023
The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law. It provides readers with authoritative and comprehensive information o...
Published date:
5 July 2023
The overall objective of the High-level Group on Low Dose Research (HLG-LDR) is to support radiological protection policy, regulation and implementation choices by improving the effectiveness and eff...
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12 May 2023
The NEA High-level Group on Low-Dose Research (HLG-LDR) met on 27-28 June 2023.
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6 July 2023
Nuclear decommissioning activities can greatly benefit from research and development (R&D) projects. This report examines applicable emergent technologies, current research efforts and innovation nee...
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21 July 2014
Experience from decommissioning projects suggests that the decommissioning of nuclear power plants could be made easier if it received greater consideration at the design stage and during the operati...
Published date:
21 April 2010
This status report on Selecting Strategies for the Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities is based on the viewpoints and materials presented at a seminar held in Tarragona, Spain on 1-4 September 2003...
Published date:
2 October 2006
Releasing the site of a nuclear installation from radiological control is usually one of the last steps of decommissioning. To date, site release has been practised in a limited number of cases only ...
Published date:
27 September 2006
Low-level and very low-level waste represent the vast majority of radioactive waste by volume from decommissioning activity at nuclear facilities around the world, but they are only a small fraction...
Published date:
4 November 2020
The transition from an operating nuclear facility to the decommissioning phase is critical in the life cycle of every facility. A number of organisational and technical modifications are needed in or...
Published date:
25 May 2018
The number of nuclear reactors approaching decommissioning, or already in the process of decommissioning, is increasing globally. Planning and performing decommissioning and dismantling activities ra...
Published date:
10 June 2022
NEA/RWM/R(2012)10
This cost control guide was prepared in response to the request from the OECD/NEA Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) – Decommissioning Cost Estimation Group (DCEG) to offer the i...
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13 February 2013
Cost estimation for the decommissioning of nuclear facilities can vary considerably in format, content and practice both within and across countries. These differences may have legitimate reasons but...
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2 March 2012
The nuclear sector has in recent years been placing increasing attention on the need to better understand variations between cost estimates for the decommissioning of nuclear power plants, as well as...
Published date:
27 May 2019
Decommissioning of both commercially used and R&D nuclear facilities is expected to increase significantly in the coming years, and the largest of such industrial decommissioning projects could comma...
Published date:
1 June 2015
Currently, the format, content and practice of cost estimation vary considerably both within and between countries, which makes it very difficult to compare estimates, even for similar types of facil...
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22 March 2010
Peer reviews are a standard co-operative OECD working tool that offer member countries a framework to compare experiences and examine best practices in a host of areas. The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency...
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8 December 2014
The cost estimation process of decommissioning nuclear facilities has continued to evolve in recent years, with a general trend towards demonstrating greater levels of detail in the estimate and more...
Published date:
28 September 2017
Decommissioning of both commercial and R&D nuclear facilities is expected to increase significantly in the coming years, and the largest of such industrial decommissioning projects could command cons...
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18 August 2016
The world’s nuclear power reactors are ageing, with the majority approaching the end of their planned operational lifetimes in the coming years. The adequacy of funding for decommissioning and radioa...
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18 June 2021
This report is based on a study carried out by the NEA Decommissioning Cost Estimation Group (DCEG) on decommissioning cost elements, estimation practices and reporting requirements. Its findings ind...
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17 May 2010
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10 July 2023
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10 July 2023
TCOFF-2 members discuss future activities.
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10 July 2023
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31 May 2024
INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
Published date:
18 July 2023
The Expert Group on a Data and Information Management Strategy for the Safety Case (EGSSC) shall address activities that help RWMOs to describe and better understand the data and information they hol...
Published date:
18 July 2023
Most countries with a nuclear energy programme have adopted special liability and compensation legislation to ensure that third parties that suffer nuclear damage caused by a nuclear incident have ac...
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8 July 2020
The WP-IDKM supports member countries to tackle problems in managing and preserving information, data and knowledge of radioactive waste and decommissioning over generations.
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15 January 2021
High-temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactors are one of the next generation reactor designs. This benchmark consists of a multi-staged code-to-code-to-data thermal hydraulics code validation benchmar...
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19 July 2023
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20 July 2023
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19 July 2023
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21 July 2023
Co-organised with the UK Atomic Energy Authority, the course took place on 20-22 June 2023.
Published date:
24 July 2023
The NEA Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS) held its bi-annual meetings in June 2023
Published date:
24 July 2023
The NEA workshop gathered experts to discuss the challenges and opportunities related to the demise of zero power reactors.
Published date:
4 July 2023
The long-term hazard of radioactive waste arising from nuclear energy production is a matter of continued discussion and public concern in many countries. Through partitioning and transmutation (P&T)...
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7 May 2002
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7 May 2002
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2 August 2023
Nuclear Energy Agency welcomes the United States' decision to join the NEA Data Bank
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15 August 2023
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22 August 2023
The EGCDL will address costing issues for decommissioning of nuclear installations and legacy management as a level three expert group.
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22 August 2023
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2 December 2019
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13 December 2019
NEA headquarters at 46 Quai Alphonse Le Gallo, Boulogne Billancourt 92100
The central aim of this workshop was to explore how insights from the social sciences and humanities can be used to inform the decision-making of practitioners in nuclear energy organisations. The wo...
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28 November 2019
A one-day course, sponsored by the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) TDB project, on the topic of thermodynamic data collection and assessment was offered in conjunction with Migration 2019 (Kyoto, Japan)....
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28 November 2019
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7 February 2020
Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Fisica, Diagonal 645 08028 Barcelona Spain
This course was addressed to researchers in Radiation Physics and its applications. The main objective was to provide the participants with a detailed description of PENELOPE, with an ample perspecti...
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29 November 2019
The NEA's nuclear data evaluation co-operation activities involve the following evaluation projects: ENDF (United States), JENDL (Japan), ROSFOND/BROND (Russia), JEFF (other Data Bank member countrie...
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28 August 2023
The HDCS will develop a holistic process for decision making and provide guidelines to allow an integral progression from recognition to resolution, to support the decommissioning and management of c...
Published date:
28 August 2023
The WPMO addresses management and organisational issues for decommissioning of nuclear installations and legacy management projects.
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28 August 2023
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28 August 2023
NEA/CSNI/R(2021)8
The objective of the NEA THAI-3 project was to address open questions concerning the behaviour of hydrogen, iodine and aerosols under severe accident conditions in the containment of water cooled rea...
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28 August 2023
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10 March 2023
Paris, France
This advanced course is designed for people who have experience in running MCNP Monte Carlo calculations, but who would like to advance their skills and develop greater depth of understanding of theo...
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28 August 2023
This expert group was set up to conduct a study, and the overall objective was to identify the key issues addressed by governments for facilitating the financing of nuclear power plants when nuclear ...
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18 June 2020
This expert group was established in 2009 to assess the potential role of nuclear energy in reducing CO2 emissions, particularly in the 2030 to 2050 timescale, and the challenges to be overcome if th...
Published date:
24 February 2020
The Ad hoc Expert Group on Climate Change: Assessment of the Vulnerability of Nuclear Power Plants and Cost of Adaptation (NUCA) was responsible for assesing the vulnerability of nuclear power plants...
Published date:
16 June 2020
Education, training and knowledge management in nuclear science and technology are very high priority, topical issues for the international community, notably in the context of a prospective nuclear ...
Published date:
11 May 2021
The goal of the Ad Hoc Expert Group on Physical Limits to the Development of Nuclear Energy was to analyse and document the physical limits, if any, arising from a possible significant increase in nu...
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23 June 2020
The EGLTO was formed to assess the key factors from a policy, technical, operational, regulatory and economic perspective necessary to enable long-term operation decisions of nuclear power plants in ...
Published date:
20 October 2020
The purpose of the Ad hoc Expert Group on Managing Environmental and Health Impacts of Uranium Mining was to produce an account of the practices employed by modern uranium miners and to review up-to-...
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8 July 2020
The NEA Ad hoc Expert Group on Reducing the Costs of Nuclear Power Generation was established in 2018 to evaluate the construction cost reduction opportunities arising at different levels and timefra...
Published date:
21 October 2020
The overall aim of this expert group was to produce a definitive study across NEA member countries of the costs of management and disposal of radioactive waste from the nuclear fuel cycle on a common...
Published date:
16 June 2020
Extending the lifetime of nuclear power plants is becoming common practice in OECD member countries. While applying for an extended operating licence, most operators are planning technical improvemen...
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22 June 2020
The objective of the Ad hoc Expert Group was to develop a standardised methodology for assessing the technical and economic case for nuclear cogeneration.
Published date:
16 June 2020
Scheme of the DIVA Facility, IRSN
The Fire Risk Assessment through Innovative Research Project is a follow-up of the PRISME project series which addresses new fire scenarios and new topics of inter...
Published date:
31 August 2023
PANDA vessel assembly (construction phase, 1993), PSI.
The PANDA project is a follow-up of the HYMERES-2 project, and its general objective is to advance the knowledge on the containment of thermal...
Published date:
31 August 2023
Irradiation Vessel with Coupons, CNL
The NEA Behaviour of Iodine Project (BIP) was created to provide separate effects and modelling studies of iodine behaviour in a nuclear reactor containment bui...
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31 August 2023
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15 September 2022
Idaho Falls (ID, US), Idaho National Laboratory
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), Idaho National Laboratory, and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) co-organised the Sixth International Workshop on Structural Materials for Innovative Nuc...
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31 August 2022
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31 August 2023
NEA Stakeholder Involvement Workshop on Optimisation in Decision Making - Programme Overview
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31 August 2023
NEA/NSC/R(2022)3/CORR
Please note that this report was initially published in November 2022 (NEA/NSC/R(2022)3) under erroneous benchmark number IIB; in this updated version (NEA/NSC/R(2022)3/CORR) this has been corrected ...
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30 November 2022
A CRPPH's task force to provide a high-level analysis report on radiological protection challenges related to the deployment of SMRs.
Published date:
1 September 2023
The CRPPH assists NEA member countries in the implementation and enhancement of the system of radiological protection. It contributes to the adoption and the maintenance of high standards of protecti...
Published date:
14 April 2021
The scope of the proposed project is therefore to perform practical exercises of demonstration of the SAPIUM approach.
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1 September 2023
20 September 2023
NEA, 46 Quai Alphonse Le Gallo, 92100, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
The NEA nuclear data stakeholder meeting, hosted at the NEA headquarters, will gather representatives from organisations that are end-users of nuclear modelling and simulation tools to exchange views...
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4 September 2023
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8 April 2022
Congress Hall, Paasitorni Helsinki, Finland
Spent nuclear fuel repository site, Olkiluoto, Finland. Photo: Kallerna.
Introduction
The Sixth International Conference on Geological Repositories (ICGR) took place in Helsinki, Finland from 4-8 A...
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3 November 2022
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4 September 2023
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13 September 2023
IRSN, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
Published date:
4 September 2023
The main decision body of the NEST Framework is the Management Board which includes one member and one alternate from each NEST Country.
Published date:
4 September 2023
The NEST Framework comprises several countries and organisations who wish to co-operate through international exchanges and activities to strengthen nuclear-related technology education and training ...
Published date:
4 September 2023
A comprehensive, internally consistent, quality-assured and internationally recognised chemical thermodynamic database of selected chemical elements in order to meet the specialised modelling require...
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28 November 2019
6 September 2023 -
27 October 2023
Image: Microscopic examination of U-bearing particles collected at Fukushima-Daiichi, JAEA
Published date:
5 September 2023
This expert group investigated what are the cogeneration capabilities of various advanced reactor designs, as well as the flexibility they may have to switch from electricity generation to heat produ...
Published date:
15 October 2020
The goal of the Expert Group on Back-end Strategies (BEST) was to identify aspects of significant importance to countries’ decisions on whether to deploy partially and fully closed nuclear fuel cycle...
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22 July 2020
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5 September 2023
The Expert Group conducted an appraisal of existing studies and data on the economic costs of severe nuclear accidents that have occurred in civil nuclear energy.
Published date:
16 June 2020
Challenges related to extended storage are topical in most countries with mature nuclear programmes. Effort to address this issue is ongoing in individual countries. Available knowledge from member c...
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18 June 2020
The group analysed the potential contribution of uranium mining in economic and social development, and explored whether uranium activities are managed to ensure a positive benefit to local and natio...
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9 June 2020
The NEA established the High-level Group on the Security of Supply of Medical Radioisotopes (HLG-MR) in April 2009 to examine the underlying reasons for the global 2009-10 supply shortage and to deve...
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28 April 2020
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6 September 2023
Stakeholder engagement promotes nuclear safety by the way an organisation actively involves people affected by the decisions they make or by influencing the implementation of its decisions.
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7 May 2020
Community and industry come together to workshop radioactive waste management strategies
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5 December 2022
NEA forms Women in Nuclear Global Chapter
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30 January 2023
International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2023
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10 February 2023
NEA delegation participates in discussions at the Regulatory Information Conference in Washington D.C.
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27 March 2023
International Nuclear Law Essentials course
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15 March 2023
FACE project members met on 28-30 June 2023 in Paris, France.
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24 July 2023
The NEA co-organised the International Workshop on Disruptive Technologies for Nuclear Safety Applications on 16-17 May 2023 in Jeju, Korea.
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4 June 2023
NEA Director-General William D. Magwood, IV was in Poland on 30-31 May 2023 for a series of meetings.
Published date:
6 June 2023
38 OECD countries formally adopt the Recommendation of the Council on Improving the Gender Balance in the Nuclear Sector.
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8 June 2023
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7 September 2023
21 August 2023 -
1 September 2023
Montpellier, France
The application period for the 2023 session is now closed.
Published date:
7 September 2023
Burn-up credit is a safety approach that accounts for the reduction in the reactivity of configurations with spent nuclear fuel due to the change in their composition after irradiation.
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11 September 2023
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5 September 2023
ISNL 2023 gathered 60 graduate students and professionals from across the world.
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11 September 2023
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12 September 2023
Workshop: The medium and the message: Challenges and solutions in selecting and preserving records of radioactive waste
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12 September 2023
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12 September 2023
The WPTES aims to address technical, environmental and safety issues in the decommissioning of nuclear installations and legacy management.
Published date:
12 September 2023
The NEA launched the Nuclear Education, Skills and Technology (NEST) Framework in partnership with its member countries to help address important gaps in nuclear skills capacity building, knowledge t...
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13 September 2023
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13 September 2023
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13 September 2023
28 November 2023
Online Event
To celebrate the achievements of the Nuclear Education, Skills and Technology (NEST) Framework since its inception in 2019, the NEA will hold a virtual NEST Fellows Award Competition on 28 November 2...
Published date:
13 September 2023
The main mission of the Working Group on External Events (WGEV) is to improve the understanding and treatment of external hazards that would support the continued safety performance of nuclear instal...
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10 February 2022
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10 November 2023
NEA, Paris, France
Date: 6-10 November 2023
Place: OECD/NEA Headquarters
46, Quai Alphonse Le Gallo
92100 Boulogne-Billancourt (Paris) - FRANCE
Minimum enrollment: 15 participants
Maximum enrollment: 20 partic...
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14 September 2023
Experts attended NEA event in France.
Published date:
14 September 2023
NEA/CNRA/R(2020)3
The main objectives of the Special International Nuclear Regulatory Inspection Workshop on Digital Instrumentation & Control (DI&C), which was jointly held by the Nuclear Energy Agency’s (NEA) Workin...
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25 August 2023
NEA/CSNI/R(2022)2
The eighth instalment of the workshop on computational fluid dynamics for nuclear reactor safety (CFD4NRS-8) was organised by the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Instal...
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28 August 2023
Nuclear Energy Agency Welcomes Assistant Secretary Huff’s Announcement on the United States’ Decision to Join the NEA Data Bank
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16 August 2023
More than 50 participants from 25 countries took part in the five-day course.
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15 September 2023
The NEA Working Group on the Analysis and Management of Accidents convened for its annual meeting to discuss ongoing work related to accident strategy and management.
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14 September 2023
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19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: Canada
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19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: India
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19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: Spain
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19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: Australia
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19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: Argentina
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19 September 2023
National legislation: Denmark
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19 September 2023
National legislation: Finland
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19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: Korea
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19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: Netherlands
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19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: Poland
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19 September 2023
National legislation: Portugal
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19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: Russian Federation
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19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: Slovak Republic
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19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: Slovenia
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19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: Sweden
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19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: Switzerland
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19 September 2023
National legislation: Republic of Türkiye
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19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: United States
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19 September 2023
National legislation: United Kingdom
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19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: Bulgaria
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19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: France
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19 September 2023
National legislation: China
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19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: Germany
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19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: Hungary
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19 September 2023
National legislation: Japan
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19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: Mexico
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19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: Belgium
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19 September 2023
NEA/NSC/R(2022)6
The goal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS) Subgroup on Experimental Needs for Criticality Safety Purposes (SG-5) was to highlight the needs of int...
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15 September 2023
Published date:
19 September 2023
NEA/NSC/R(2023)8
The Task Force on Dose Rate Calculations for Irradiated Fuel Assembly was launched in 2015 to assess code predictions of dose rates from bare spent fuel assemblies and to benchmark multiple codes and...
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19 September 2023
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22 September 2023
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28 September 2023
Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
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22 September 2023
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25 September 2023
NEA Working Group on Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) initiated this activity focusing on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in nuclear reactor safety (NRS).
Published date:
1 September 2023
With the growing importance of SMRs, following the proposal of the CSNI Bureau, the CSNI has decided to create an Expert Group on SMRs (EGSMR), at its 69th meeting held on 2-3 June 2021.
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7 April 2023
NEA and French Ministry for Energy Transition hosted Roadmaps to New Nuclear conference.
Published date:
29 September 2023
The Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy acts as an inclusive network of experts in the nuclear energy sector, primarily from academia, focused on enabling the generation...
Published date:
2 October 2023
View looking down onto the LOFT reactor
The Loss-of-fluid Test (LOFT) Research Programme was originally set up by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Part of the programme was later broadened int...
Published date:
2 October 2023
Multi-compartment THAI+ test facility, Becker Technologies GmbH.
In the wake of the OECD/NEA THAI project, conducted in three phases from 2007 until 2019, a new project, THAI Experiments on Mitigat...
Published date:
2 October 2023
Image at melt distribution and its contour at MBC (KAERI).
The Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) Working Group on Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) initiated a co...
Published date:
2 October 2023
PAKS Nuclear Power Plant, Hungary.
During a fuel crud removal operation on the Paks-2 unit on 10 April 2003, several fuel assemblies were severely damaged. The assemblies were being cleaned in a sp...
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2 October 2023
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17 November 2023
NEA, Paris, France
Date: 14-17 November 2023
Place: NEA Headquarters
46, Quai Alphonse Le Gallo
92100 Boulogne-Billancourt (Paris) - FRANCE
Minimum enrollment: 12 participants
Maximum enrollment: 20 participants...
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2 October 2023
NEA/CSNI/R(2014)13/REV1
This document is an extension of the NEA/SEN/SIN/AMA(2006)2 report produced by the Writing Group 3 on the extension of CFD to two-phase flow safety problems, which was formed following the recommen...
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1 November 2014
WPLANS members gathered on 27 September 2023.
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4 October 2023
Electrical cable fire test, IRSN.
The NEA PRISME project addressed in a series of 3 phases from 2006 till 2022 fire risk research. Operating experience shows that fire is one of the highest risks i...
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4 October 2023
The EGMUP Task Force on artificial intelligence and machine learning will design benchmark specifications to evaluate the performance of AI/ML in multi-physics modeling and simulation of reactor syst...
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4 October 2023
The OECD NEA RASPLAV Project provided experiments with prototypical material and data on the behavior of molten core material (corium) in the reactor pressure vessel lower head during a severe accide...
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6 October 2023
23 September 2023
Nantes, France
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24 August 2023
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9 October 2023
The Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) is responsible for NEA programmes and activities that support maintaining and advancing the scientific and technical knowledge base of the ...
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10 October 2023
Ahmad Sleiman, a PhD student in neurotoxicology at IRSN, talks about his NEST Framework Fellowship.
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10 October 2023
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11 October 2023
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11 October 2023
Uranium is the raw material used to produce fuel for nuclear power plants and refers to the global markets study of its supply and demand.
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25 February 2020
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Sendai International Center, Miyagi, Japan
The 12th International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety (ICNC) was held in Sendai, Japan, on 1-6 October 2023. Twenty years after the last conference in Japan, which was held in Tokai-mura as...
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13 December 2022
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23 October 2023
Leaders from regulation, government, industry, academia, international organisations and NGOs on 5-7 September 2023 in Paris.
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23 October 2023
The Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) is jointly sponsored by the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Since 1992, ISOE has provided a forum...
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18 March 2021
The Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) is jointly sponsored by the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Since 1992, ISOE has provided a forum...
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21 November 2022
NEA member countries and dates of accession
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15 June 2022
Image: QUENCH facility at KIT. Court. KIT.
The purpose of the QUENCH-ATF project is to investigate the chemical, mechanical and thermal-hydraulics behaviour of ATF claddings in Design Basis Accident...
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17 May 2023
The Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) provides advice to the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) on major and emerging issues to facilitate the development of waste management st...
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17 March 2022
Cabri Reactor (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives)
The Cabri International Project (CIP) began in March 2000 to study the behaviour of nuclear fuel rods and cladding durin...
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26 April 2023
Left: Test facility for qualification of melt spreading tests. Photo: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL).
Right: Example of corium melt pouring for a melt spreading preparatory test. Photo: Argonne Nat...
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6 April 2023
Studsvik’s pool facility for storage and inspection of SMILE materials, left: 29 tonnes transportation flask, three pools each about 8 meters deep; and right: pool-in-pool for cutting and inspections...
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11 October 2022
HYMERES phases
First phase (2013-2016)
The main objective of the first phase of the Hydro...
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6 April 2020
PKL facility. Photo: FRAMATOME, Germany
The Experimental Thermal Hydraulics for Analysis, Research and Innovations in Nuclear Safety (ETHARINUS) project serves the objectives of investigating phenome...
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9 December 2022
This page contains a list of the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP) participants and evaluations if any.
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10 November 2022
The International Reactor Physics Experiment Evaluation (IRPhE) Technical Review Group provides the nuclear community with qualified benchmark data sets by collecting reactor physics experimental dat...
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10 November 2022
NEA Data Bank participating countries and years of accession
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17 June 2020
The Senior Expert Group on Safety Research / Support Facilities for Existing and Advanced Reactors 2 (SESAR/SFEAR2) is responsible for reviewing and updating the previous SESAR assessments of researc...
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22 April 2020
The Senior Expert Group on Safety Research Opportunities Post-Fukushima (SAREF) was established at the June 2013 CSNI meeting to identify research activities to address safety research knowledge gaps...
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4 February 2021
Information on the waste management and decommissioning programmes of individual member countries of the NEA are presented in country profiles and country reports. Both documents aim to provide topic...
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5 November 2020
The Thermochemical Database (TDB) Project develops a reference database of chemical thermodynamic values for elements and compounds relevant to the safety of radioactive waste repositories and vital ...
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28 May 2020
Sorption is a combination of physical and chemical processes by which the migration of radionuclides in the geosphere (and possibly from a radioactive waste repository) can be slowed down under certa...
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28 May 2020
This working group's objective was to advance the current understanding and to address safety issues related to fuel safety margins, in particular to systematically assess the technical basis for cur...
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29 April 2020
This task group was set up to carry out a pilot project using the methodology propsed in the final SMAP report published in 2007. In this pilot project, the SMAP methodology was applied to the Zion n...
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27 April 2020
A Task Group on Advanced Reactor Experimental Facilities (TAREF) had been set up to provide an overview of facilities suitable for carrying out safety research on gas-cooled and sodium fast reactors....
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28 April 2020
The Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA), at its June 2006 meeting, agreed to form a Senior-level Expert Group to produce a report called "The Regulatory Goal of Assuring Nuclear Safety"...
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13 March 2020
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...
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27 October 2023
Experts from 16 countries met on 13-15 September for the 24th annual Working Group on Fuel Safety GFS meeting in Paris.
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27 October 2023
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OECD Conference Centre, Paris, France
NEA projections show that in order to successfully achieve net zero by 2050, nuclear energy capacity will need to at least double and potentially triple compared to today. As a result, the topic of n...
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30 August 2023
EPICUR facility, IRSN.
STEM phases
First phase (2011-2015)
The STEM Project was initiated with a first phase in 20...
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27 October 2023
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...
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27 October 2023
Analytical studies on nuclear legislation in OECD member countries and in Central and Eastern Europe and the NIS issued between 1995 and 2003.
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27 October 2023
National legislation: Czechia
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27 October 2023
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...
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27 October 2023
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...
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27 October 2023
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...
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27 October 2023
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...
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27 October 2023
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30 October 2023
New NEA-UK programme to bring Ukrainian nuclear energy experts to the Agency.
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5 October 2023
NEA/NDC/R(2023)1
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...
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30 October 2023
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24 October 2023
NEA/SEN/HLGMR(2019)2
At the request of its member countries, the NEA became involved in global efforts to ensure an economically sustainable secure supply of molybdenum-99/technetium-99m. This final concluding report of ...
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15 February 2021
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27 September 2023
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29 August 2023
The CRISSUE-S Project was created to re-evaluate fundamental technical issues with the technology of light water reactors (LWRs).
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2 November 2023
Since 2001, the NEA has been consistently providing educational and training programmes in international nuclear law to students and professionals from around the world. The NEA’s goal is to serve as...
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8 July 2020
NEA/NSC/R(2022)1
There is significant international interest in the effects of temperature on criticality safety evaluations. Improved access to nuclear data, notably thermal scattering data S(α,β) for hydrogen in ic...
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2 November 2023
The International Co-operative Programme for the Exchange of Scientific and Technical Information Concerning Nuclear Installation Decommissioning Projects (CPD) is a joint undertaking of a limited nu...
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3 November 2023
Illustration of the Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory and locations of the in situ experiments planned in each of the three HIP Joint Project task
The Horonobe International Project (HIP) is a...
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13 October 2023
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3 November 2023
NEA and CNIC announced plans for collaborative efforts to help ensure the supply of medical radioisotopes.
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31 October 2023
International Workshop on Medical Radioisotopes Supply
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6 November 2023
International Workshop on Medical Radioisotopes Supply
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6 November 2023
International Workshop on Medical Radioisotopes Supply
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6 November 2023
International Workshop on Medical Radioisotopes Supply
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6 November 2023
International Workshop on Medical Radioisotopes Supply
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6 November 2023
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OECD Conference Centre, Paris, France
NEA analysis highlights that meeting global net zero targets necessitates a tripling of installed nuclear capacity by 2050. Concurrently, nuclear new build has become a top priority in several OEC...
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7 November 2023
COVID-19 caused a series of major changes in society, including in the way people communicate and engage with each other. The impact on communication and stakeholder engagement activities was particu...
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7 November 2023
Control room, PAKS NPP.
Software-based systems are used and retrofitted in operating nuclear power plants worldwide. The failure modes of both hardware and software in these systems are to some ext...
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7 November 2023
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Labadi Beach Hotel, Accra, Ghana
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...
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21 August 2023
A new collaboration with the EPRI and the NEA will focus on waste management strategies for small modular reactors.
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26 October 2023
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9 November 2023
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9 November 2023
As part of the NEA Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy, the Rising Stars Programme leverages the weight of the Agency and the academic institutions to build new pipeline...
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OECD Conference Centre, Paris, France
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...
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10 November 2023
The CTBT bans all nuclear explosions anywhere on Earth whether for military or peaceful purposes.
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13 November 2023
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15 November 2023
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15 November 2023
The INCA experiments will provide comparative data on the irradiation induced creep of current Zr alloys and Cr coated samples
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15 November 2023
View of the RASPLAV-3 Facility.
The Material Scaling (MASCA) Project was a follow-up of the RASPLAV Project and investigated in-vessel phenomena during a severe accident with core melt. Specifica...
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6 October 2023
Scheme of the PSB-VVER facility, EREC
The NEA PSB-VVER project provided unique and useful experimental data for code validation using the PSB-VVER test facility. The PSB-VVER facility is a large-scal...
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6 October 2023
PKL facility. Photo: FRAMATOME, Germany
The Primärkreislauf-Versuchsanlage (Primary Coolant Loop Test Facility [PKL]) is a facility owned and operated by Framatome GmbH (formerly AREVA NP) in Erlange...
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6 October 2023
General view of the EREC test facility BC V-213, source: EREC
There are several VVER-440/213* type nuclear power plants operating in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovak Republic, Russia and Ukraine...
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6 October 2023
Image: Microscopic examination of U-bearing particles collected at Fukushima-Daiichi, JAEA
TCOFF Phases
First Phase (2017-2020)
The Thermodynamic Characterisation of Fuel Debris and Fission Products ...
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6 October 2023
In a core melt accident, if the molten core is not retained in-vessel despite severe accident mitigation actions, the core debris will relocate to the reactor cavity region and interact with the stru...
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2 October 2023
Scheme of the THAI+ facility, Becker Technologies.
The experimental investigations carried out in the frame of the THAI (2007-2009), THAI-2 (2011-2014) and THAI-3 (2016-2019) projects contributed s...
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2 October 2023
Scheme of the PKL facility, Framatome GmbH.
The SESAR Thermal-hydraulics (SETH) Project began in 2001 and consisted of thermal-hydraulic experiments in support of accident management, which were ca...
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2 October 2023
Scheme showing the technical scope of NEA ICDE project activities, NEA
Common-cause failure (CCF) events can significantly affect the availability of safety systems of nuclear power plants. In recog...
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30 November 2022
Photos: SFP testing. Left: fuel assembly after a Zr fire; right: fire ignition test. SNL/USNRC.
The goal of the Sandia Fuel Project was to provide experimental data relevant for hydraulic and ignitio...
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9 December 2022
Left: Scheme of Studsvik LOCA test facility Right: Microstructure of fragmented nuclear fuel, Studsvik
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7 December 2022
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6 October 2023
Scheme of the ROSA LSTF facility, JAEA
The Rig-of-safety Assessment (ROSA) Project aimed to resolve issues in thermal-hydraulics analyses relevant to light water reactor (LWR) safety using the Japa...
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6 October 2023
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14 November 2023
Le Bulletin de droit nucléaire est une publication internationale unique en son genre destinée aux juristes et aux universitaires en droit nucléaire. Ses lecteurs bénéficient d’informations exhaustiv...
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16 November 2023
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16 November 2023
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17 November 2023
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17 November 2023
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17 November 2023
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17 November 2023
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NEA, Paris, France
The course is full
Date: 4-7 December 2023
Place: OECD/NEA Headquarters
46, Quai Alphonse Le Gallo
92100 Boulogne-Billancourt (Paris) - FRANCE
Minimum enrollment: 15 participants
Maximum e...
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17 November 2023
The expert group monitored the feedback from version 0 of the Lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE) handbook, collected, analysed and checked the consistency of expected new results from ongoing heavy liquid m...
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28 February 2020
The task force developed best practice guidelines by performing a benchmark study on thermo-hydraulic modelling of heavy liquid metal coolant, e.g. lead and lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE) alloy.
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28 February 2020
The Regulators' Forum (RF) is made up of regulators who participate in the work of the RWMC and CDLM, helping to address common regulatory issues of NEA member countries.
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26 October 2020
The Frameworks Agreement provides a legal framework designed to promote co-operation in the field of the safety of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste management in the Russian Federation dealin...
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17 November 2023
Status of accession of the Framework Agreement and Protocol on a Multilateral Nuclear Environmental Programme in the Russian Federation (MNEPR).
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17 November 2023
Nuclear emergency preparedness and response management are essential components to ensure safety and radiation protection in any nuclear or non-nuclear country. While international guidelines for eme...
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30 June 2022
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US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, United States
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20 November 2023
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McMaster University, Hamilton, ON (Canada)
The Materials Modelling and Simulation for Nuclear Fuels (MMSNF) Workshop is a forum for the discussion of state-of-the-art modelling and simulation techniques for nuclear fuels and cladding material...
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20 November 2023
The Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) has been organising a series of symposia every five years focusing on the development of a competent and robust safety case since 2007, in co‑operatio...
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21 November 2023
International workshop convened experts in the field to United States.
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20 November 2023
The Terrorist Financing Convention's objective is to enhance international co-operation among states in devising and adopting effective measures for the prevention of the financing of terrorism, as...
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21 November 2023
The NEA Second Framework for Irradiation Experiments (FIDES-II) supports the fuel and material experimental needs of nuclear safety regulators, technical support organisations, research institutions ...
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21 November 2023
Established in 2014, the WGDECOM unites 19 experts from 12 countries in developing a process to better share radiological protection data.
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21 November 2023
The NEA and IAEA jointly organised an international workshop in Vienna, Austria, on 2-6 October 2023.
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21 November 2023
The Fire Incidents Records Exchange (FIRE) Project started in 2002 and phase 7 of the project began in 2023 for a duration of three years, with 14 countries currently participating. The main purpose ...
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23 November 2023
The NEA ATLAS3 and NEA ETHARINUS projects organised a workshop on 7-9 November 2023.
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23 November 2023
In preparation for INEX-G, the NEA Expert Group on the Sixth International Nuclear Emergency Exercise held a briefing session on 19 October.
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23 November 2023
FIDES-II member assembled at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) in Mito, Japan.
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23 November 2023
On 11-12 October 2023, the NEA Task Group on Improving the Gender Balance in the Nuclear Sector (GB-TG) met in Paris to discuss ongoing work and future activities.
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24 November 2023
In November 2023, the NEA Data Bank held two beginner level courses in Paris, France.
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21 November 2023
The benchmark will predict the Critical Heat Flux (CHF).
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22 November 2023
NEA/CNRA/R(2019)3
The CNRA-MDEP workshop was held at the NEA Headquarters in Boulogne-Billancourt (France) on 5-6 November 2018 on the subject of nuclear supply chain management activities. The following topics were s...
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17 May 2019
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27 November 2023
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NEA headquarters (46, quai Alphonse Le Gallo, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France), remote access only under exceptional circumstances
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29 November 2023
JANIS TRANS Checker is a command line tool for EXFOR compilers to check PRELIM or TRANS files and reports potential deviations from EXFOR coding rules.
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30 November 2023
The Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy held its 146th Session in Paris.
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27 October 2023
The Working Group on Reactor Oversight (WGRO) works to provide a mechanism for nuclear safety regulators and Technical Support Organisations (TSOs) to share their knowledge and experience on both, th...
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30 November 2023
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30 November 2023
The NEA and CAEA held the NEA-China Forum on Nuclear Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Management in Beijing.
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23 October 2023
The world’s effort to decarbonise is one of the defining challenges for this generation and the window for action is rapidly narrowing. Nuclear energy is playing an important role today and can do mo...
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27 October 2021
A wave of near-term innovation in nuclear energy promises to revolutionise nuclear safety and economics and open up new applications in hard-to-abate sectors. Small modular reactor (SMR) designs unde...
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27 October 2021
9 November 2021
16:00-17:00 CET, Online
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21 October 2021
Limiting the rise of global temperature to less than 2°C represents an enormous challenge for the whole electricity sector. Decarbonising the electricity sector in a cost-effective manner while maint...
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27 October 2021
NEA News is the professional journal of the NEA. It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nuclear safety and regulatio...
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31 August 2022
NEA workshop addresses the importance of a secure supply chain of medical radioisotopes to save lives.
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30 November 2023
The NEA hosted the 16th edition of information exchange meetings on actinide and fission product partitioning and transmutation (16IEMPT).
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22 November 2023
The 13th National Workshop organised by the NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) took place on 23-25 October in Ohio, United States.
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22 November 2023
The Working Group on Supply Chain (WGSUP) works to provide a mechanism for nuclear safety regulators and technical support organizations (TSOs) to share their knowledge and experience on regulatory a...
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1 December 2023
Declaration draws on NEA analysis which shows that that tripling nuclear energy capacity by 2050 provides the world with a realistic and practical path to meet net zero carbon emissions goals.
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2 December 2023
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4 December 2023
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4 December 2023
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4 December 2023
The WGNT is responsible for supporting and advising the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) in carrying out its programme in work areas related to new technologies.
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21 November 2023
NEA Leaderership Series brought together three leaders in the nuclear sector to discuss what creates effective leadership and why it's essential for the nuclear sector's success.
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4 December 2023
The NEA held its second Risk Communication Training Course on 13-16 November in Abu Dhabi.
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4 December 2023
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5 December 2023
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5 December 2023
The Joint Convention is an incentive convention that aims to, inter alia, achieve and a high level of safety worldwide in spent fuel and radioactive waste management, through the enhancement of nat...
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6 December 2023
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6 December 2023
Created in 2019, under the guidance of the Working Party on Scientific Issues of Reactor Systems (WPRS) the expert group will perform specific tasks associated with core thermal-hydraulics aspects of...
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6 December 2023
Under the guidance of the Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS), the Expert Group on Physics of Reactor Systems (EGPRS) performs specific tasks associa...
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6 December 2023
The Expert Group on Reactor Systems Multi-Physics (EGMUP) advances the state of the art in establishing processes and procedures for certifying experimental data and benchmarking multi-physics multi-...
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6 December 2023
30 October 2023
13:00-15:00 CET, Online
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...
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6 December 2023
The Working Party on Multi-scale Modelling of Fuels and Structural Material for Nuclear Systems (WPMM) was established to deal with the scientific and engineering aspects of fuels and structural mate...
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6 December 2023
P2M includes in-pile tests and Post-Irradiated Examinations in Hot-Laboratory to assess the operational margins at high power.
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6 December 2023
The NEA nuclear science programme is developed and executed by the Nuclear Science Committee (NSC), comprising high-level scientific experts from all NEA member countries.
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6 December 2023
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6 December 2023
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Oslo, Norway
While the ongoing war in Ukraine has not thus far resulted in any major radiological threats to public health and safety, it is the first time in history that a country with significant nuclear and r...
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6 December 2023
The NEA Annual Report 2019 provides an overview of the status of nuclear power in NEA member countries and illustrative descriptions of the Agency's activities and international joint projects. 2019 ...
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12 June 2020
Published every year, the NEA Annual report includes an overview of NEA's activities and publications produced during the year, as well as the latest developments in nuclear energy sector around the ...
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24 October 2022
L’année 2020 a été marquée par une forte activité et des résultats importants pour l’AEN, en dépit de la pandémie de Covid-19. L’Agence s’est rapidement adaptée à une situation pourtant inédite et a ...
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21 June 2021
Publié chaque année, le Rapport annuel de l’AEN présente un aperçu des activités et publications de l’AEN pour une année donnée, ainsi que les derniers développements du secteur de l’énergie nucléair...
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24 October 2022
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Online training & in-person event on 22-23 May 2023 in Bologna, Italy
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11 December 2023
NEA/CSNI/R(2020)12
As noted in the Joint CSNI/CNRA Strategic Plan and Mandates (NEA, 2019), the safe operation of current, new and advanced nuclear facilities is a key challenge for nuclear regulators and technical saf...
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11 December 2023
NEA/CSNI/R(2021)9
This synthesis report summarises the technical programme and the outcome of the 2018 International Severe Accident Management Conference (ISAMC-2018) organised in Ottawa, Ontario on 15-18 October 201...
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11 December 2023
JANIS software description
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11 December 2023
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OECD Conference Centre, 2 rue André Pascal, 75016 Paris, France
Optimisation has always been a fundamental concept in decision making for all parts of society, but the way decisions are taken has changed in recent years. Societal considerations towards nuclear-re...
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18 December 2023
PAKS control room.
Under an agreement with the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, (JAERI), the NEA supported an international research project with the goal of developing a plant safety monito...
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19 December 2023
In the framework of the WGAMA/WGFS activity "Status Report on Good Practices for Analyses of Design Extension Condition without Significant Fuel Degradation (DEC-A) for Operating Nuclear Power Plants...
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20 December 2023
The Working Group on the Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) focuses on the NEA activities related to potential design-basis and beyond design-basis accidents in nuclear reactors and related...
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20 December 2023
The Management Board of the Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) held its 33rd meeting in Vienna on 4-7 December 2023.
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19 December 2023
The NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) and the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) convened on 4-8 December to discuss current activities and plan future body o...
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18 December 2023
Workshop gathers global experts to better understand the situation in Ukraine and increase co-operation.
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21 December 2023
JEFF Nuclear Data Week promotes co-operation between experimentalists, evaluators, producers and end-users of nuclear data.
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19 December 2023
Fourth Country-Specific Safety Culture Forum brings together operators, regulators, local governments, international observers.
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21 December 2023
The mission of the CRPPH Working Party on Nuclear Emergency Matters (WPNEM) is to improve nuclear emergency management systems within member countries, and to share its knowledge and experience widel...
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17 November 2023
The project participants, who come from 19 organisations in 8 countries, met in December 2023 in Karlsruhe.
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21 December 2023
More than 20 international experts gathered for the second meeting of the third phase of the TAF-ID project.
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21 December 2023
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21 December 2023
“Improving Cross-disciplinary and Transversal Skills for the Severe Accidents Community” approved by NEST Management Board.
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18 December 2023
The 2023 MMSNF takes place in Canada.
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14 December 2023
A total of 16 countries are parties to the Paris Convention.
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11 December 2023
WPNEM held its 48th meeting in Oslo on 21 November 2023.
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4 December 2023
Some 100 international experts convened in New Jersey, U.S for the Workshop on Extended Storage and Transportation of Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste from Current and Future Reactor Technologies.
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21 December 2023
The International School on Simulation of Nuclear Reactor Systems (SINUS) provides hybrid, hands-on-training encompassing multiphysics modelling and simulation (M&S) and associated validation, verifi...
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21 December 2023
The Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS) studies the reactor physics, fuel performance, and radiation transport and shielding in present and future nu...
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21 December 2023
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22 May 2024
Online training & in-person event on 20-22 May 2024 in Lucca, Italy
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21 December 2023
The Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS) and its expert groups co-ordinate benchmark activities on Reactor Single- and Multi-Physics. The benchmark ac...
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21 December 2023
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4 January 2024
Under the guidance of the Nuclear Science Committee (NSC), the Task Force on Demonstration of Fuel Cycle Closure including Partitioning and Transmutation (P&T) for Industrial Readiness by 2050 (TF-FC...
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8 January 2024
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7 November 2024
Warsaw, Poland
The International Nuclear Law Association (INLA) was founded in Brussels in 1970 by a group of nuclear lawyers, with finalisation of its Statutes and incorporation taking place in 1972. Its purpose i...
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8 January 2024
The Shielding Integral Benchmark Archive and Database (SINBAD) database contains compilations for 46 reactor shielding, 31 fusion neutronics and 23 accelerator shielding experiments.
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10 January 2024
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16 November 2023
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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8 August 2023
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11 January 2024
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18 January 2024
The Subgroup on Uncertainty Analysis in Modelling (UAM) for Design, Operation and Safety Analysis of Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors (SFR-UAM) was formed to check the use of best-estimate codes and data....
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18 January 2024
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18 January 2024
International Fuel Performance Experiments (IFPE) is a data collection of nuclear fuel performance experiments for the purpose of code development and validation.
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18 January 2024
Accelerating SMRs for Net Zero will establish a practical, solutions-oriented platform with a defined plan of work for collaboration and knowledge exchange to support decision makers in maximising th...
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11 December 2023
Small modular reactors (SMRs) are nuclear reactors with power output less than 300 megawatts electric (MWe), with some as small as 1-10 MWe.
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21 October 2022
The International School of Nuclear Law (ISNL) Commemorative Brochure highlights the history, academics and unique features of the ISNL that contribute to the "Spirit of Montpellier". In addition, th...
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19 January 2024
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19 January 2024
NEA Committee Structure, January 2024
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4 October 2022
Structure des comités et organes subsidiaires de l’Agence pour l’énergie nucléaire, janvier 2024.
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4 October 2022
A group of researchers and experts operating under the aegis of the High-Level Group of Low Dose Research, a working party of the Committee on Radiological Protection and Public Health (NEA CRPPH)
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22 January 2024
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22 January 2024
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8 December 2023
Camden, New Jersey, United States
The NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) created the Ad-hoc Group on the Extended Storage and Transportation (AhGEST) in 2021. Following the work on these two topics, AhGEST presented it...
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22 January 2024
The group met in Paris to discuss future activities.
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23 January 2024
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1 September 2020
Structure de management de l’AEN en vigueur le 1er janvier 2023.
English version.
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14 September 2020
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24 January 2024
Concerned with the rapidly increasing energy needs of post-World War II European economic recovery, and particularly the possibilities presented by nuclear power, the Council of the OEEC (OECD predec...
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28 September 2020
The expert group conducts joint and comparative studies to support the development, selection and characterisation of innovative structural materials that can be implemented in advanced nuclear fuel ...
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28 February 2020
Convention/treaty status of each member country of the OECD or the NEA.
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24 January 2024
The Kiev Protocol requires states to evaluate the consequences of their official draft plans and programmes, and, to the extent appropriate, policies and legislation that are likely to have signifi...
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24 January 2024
Aims to prohibit all nuclear weapon activities, including the development, testing, production, acquisition, possession, stockpiling, use, or threats to use nuclear weapons.
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24 January 2024
NEA/RWM/R(2022)4
Safe disposal of radioactive waste (RW), including spent fuel, must take into consideration long timescales as implied by radioactive waste management (RWM). The NEA Radioactive Waste Management Comm...
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24 January 2024
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24 January 2024
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25 January 2024
Under the guidance of the Working Party on Scientific Issues of Advanced Fuel Cycles (WPFC), the Expert Group on Fuel Recycling and Waste Technology (EGFRW) focuses on the separation processes releva...
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25 January 2024
Under the guidance of the Working Party on Scientific Issues of Advanced Fuel Cycles (WPFC), the Expert Group on Reactor Coolants and Components Technology (EGCoCoT) undertakes activities to collect,...
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25 January 2024
Under the guidance of the Working Party on Scientific Issues of Advanced Fuel Cycles (WPFC), the Expert Group on Advanced Fuel Cycle Scenarios (EGAFCS) studies the needs associated with the transitio...
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25 January 2024
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8 March 2024
Paris, France
Photo credit: Joel A. Kulesza, LANL LA-UR-21-25545
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26 January 2024
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15 March 2024
Paris, France
Photo credit: Joel A. Kulesza, Roger Lee Martz, LANL LA-UR-17-23854
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26 January 2024
Heavy liquid metals such as lead or lead-bismuth have been proposed and investigated as coolants for fast reactors since the 1950s. More recently, there has been renewed interest worldwide in the use...
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26 January 2024
International experts seek solutions on how regulators and implementers build effective dialogue on radioactive waste management.
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26 October 2020
The NEA Data Bank serves as the premier international centre of reference for basic nuclear tools, such as computer codes, nuclear and thermochemical data, experimental and evaluated microscopic nucl...
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8 June 2020
NEA Director-General William D. Magwood was in Spain on 16-17 January for a series of meetings.
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25 January 2024
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8 March 2024
OECD Conference Centre, Paris
4-8 March 2024
The application period is now closed.
Programme
The 2024 International Nuclear Law Essentials (INLE) programme will be conducted under the leadership of Paul Bowden, Honorary Professo...
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1 February 2024
Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy of 29 July 1960, as amended by the Additional Protocol of 28 January 1964, by the Protocol of 16 November 1982 and by the Protocol o...
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2 February 2024
Convention du 29 juillet 1960 sur la responsabilité civile dans le domaine de l’énergie nucléaire, modifiée par le Protocole additionnel du 28 janvier 1964, par le Protocole du 16 novembre 1982 et pa...
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2 February 2024
The Expert Group on Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations (EGPC) is responsible for supporting and advising the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) in carrying out it...
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2 February 2024
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19 April 2024
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), California, USA
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2 February 2024
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2 February 2024
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5 February 2024
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5 February 2024
Joint workshop on initiatives of low-dose research co-ordination
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6 February 2024
Joint workshop on initiatives of low-dose research co-ordination
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6 February 2024
NEA/CSNI/R(2021)14/ADD
During the 28-30 January 2019 meeting on Digital I&C PSA – Comparative application of Digital Instrumentation and Control (I&C) Modelling Approaches for Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) hosted b...
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6 February 2024
NEA/CSNI/R(2021)14
In June 2017, the NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installation (CSNI) approved the Working Group on Risk Assessment (WGRISK) activity Digital I&C PSA – Comparative application of Digital Instr...
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6 February 2024
Online services for official delegates to NEA meetings.
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6 October 2020
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Barcelona, Spain
Date: 8-12 July 2024
Place: Universitat de Barcelona
Facultat de Fisica
Diagonal 645
08028 Barcelona - SPAIN
Minimum enrolment: 6 participants
Maximum enrolment: 15 participants
Course fee: 1500 EUR
Registra...
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7 February 2024
NEA/CNRA/R(2014)3
Following a special topical discussion held on the characteristics of an effective regulator at the 27th CNRA meeting on 4-5 June 2012 and subsequent discussions at the 28th CNRA meeting on 3-4 Decem...
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19 February 2014
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)10
Over the previous decade, the CNRA has produced a series of regulatory guidance reports known as the "green booklets". These reports are prepared and peer reviewed by senior regulators. They provide ...
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13 May 2011
Both national and international organisations agree that the fundamental objective of all nuclear safety regulatory bodies -- the regulator's prime purpose -- is to ensure that nuclear licensees oper...
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4 July 2014
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)4
The CNRA has procuded a series of reports, known as regulatory guidance booklets or "'green booklets", which examine various regulatory challenges and adress the major elements and contemporary issue...
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20 January 2011
A common theme throughout the series of NEA regulatory guidance reports, or “green booklets”, is the premise that the fundamental objective of all nuclear safety regulatory bodies is to ensure that n...
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2 April 2009
A common theme throughout the series of NEA regulatory guidance reports, or “green booklets”, is the premise that the fundamental objective of all nuclear safety regulatory bodies is to ensure that n...
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30 May 2011
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8 February 2024
The Working Party on Scientific Issues of Advanced Fuel Cycles (WPFC) studies advanced nuclear fuel cycles, including fuel cycle scenarios, innovative fuels and materials, separation chemistry, waste...
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8 February 2024
Under the guidance of the Working Party on Scientific Issues of Advanced Fuel Cycles (WPFC), the Expert Group on Innovative Fuel Elements (EGIFE) conducts joint and comparative studies to identify te...
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8 February 2024
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18 January 2024
NEA/WKP(2023)2
In November 2022, the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) launched an international survey in the framework of the Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy. The survey sought to...
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9 February 2024
The Critical Heat Flux (CHF) benchmark exercise of the Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Scientific Computing in Nuclear Engineering leverages the recently published CHF ...
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9 February 2024
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9 February 2024
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28 November 2023
Data available in the JANIS 'NEA' database
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12 February 2024
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14 February 2024
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14 February 2024
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14 February 2024
Principles and Practice of International Nuclear Law examines the various interrelated legal issues for the safe, efficient and secure use of nuclear energy. It provides an overview of the complex bo...
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14 February 2022
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15 February 2024
27 February 2024
Laurier Room - Fairmont Château Laurier, Ottawa, Canada
The NEA will host an international workshop on the economics of small modular reactors (SMRs) at Fairmont Château Laurier in Ottawa, Canada, on Tuesday, 27 February 2024. This international workshop ...
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19 January 2024
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18 August 2023
Stockholm University, Sweden
The 2023 edition of the IRPS took place in person in Stockholm, Sweden from 14-18 August 2023, in co-operation with the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) and the Centre for Radiation Protectio...
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2 October 2023
International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology
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28 September 2020
The Working Group in Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations (WGPC) provided a forum for nuclear regulatory organisation communicators and outreach officers to exchange information, ...
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16 February 2024
The Working Group on Digital Instrumentation and Control (WGDIC) promoted harmonisation and improvements in nuclear safety through the development of regulatory guidance to address digital instrument...
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16 February 2024
The Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) is an international committee created in 1989 to guide the NEA concerning safety in the regulation, licensing and inspection of nuclear installat...
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16 February 2024
The Working Group on Policy and Licensing (WGPL) is responsible for supporting and advising the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) in carrying out its programme of work in areas relate...
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16 February 2024
The EGOE facilitates an active and timely exchange of operating experience information to establish, implement, assess, and continuously improve regulatory oversight practices and programmes.
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16 February 2024
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19 February 2024
The Working Party on Boiling Water Reactors (WPBWR) covered all boiling water reactors, including advanced boiling water reactors (ABWRs) and the Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR).
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19 February 2024
The Working Group on Codes and Standards (WGCS) aimed to facilitate and promote international co-operation, convergence and reconciliation of codes, standards and regulatory requirements for pressure...
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19 February 2024
The Working Group on the Regulation of New Reactors (WGRNR) examined the regulatory issues of the siting, licensing and regulatory oversight for all new commercial nuclear power reactors. The WGRNR f...
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19 February 2024