The NEA convened a second high-level working meeting on improving the gender balance in nuclear energy on 11-12 February 2021.
Published date:
12 February 2021
NEA/CSNI/R(2014)5
The Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) approved in December 2008 a proposal of the Working Group on Integrity and Ageing of Components and Structures (WGIAGE) to conduct a round ...
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27 August 2014
NEA/CSNI/R(2014)5/ADD1
A round robin exercise (RRE) on Improving the Robustness Assessments Methodologies for Structures Impacted by Missiles (IRIS-2012) was instituted jointly by IRSN, France and CNSC, Canada based on exp...
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30 June 2014
NEA/CSNI/R(2011)8
In December 2008, the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) approved a proposal of the Working Group on Integrity and Ageing of Components and Structures (WGIAGE) to conduct a round...
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19 January 2012
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1 January 1997
Paper about the Stress Corrosion Cracking and Cable Ageing Project (SCAP)
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17 April 2020
NEA/CNRA/R(2001)3
As part of the recommendations made in the CNRA report on Future Nuclear Regulatory Challenges, the issue of regulatory effectiveness was considered of high importance. As a result of this report, a ...
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9 January 2001
The NEA Expert Group on Recovery Management (EGRM) held a meeting on 6 May 2021.
Published date:
7 May 2021
Ensuring that nuclear installations are operated and maintained in such a way that their impact on public health and safety is as low as reasonably practicable has been and will continue to be the co...
Published date:
3 May 2001
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...
Published date:
30 May 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...
Published date:
2 April 2009
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 ...
Published date:
13 May 2011
NEA/NSC/R(2020)2
The present report provides a summary of the experiments analysed and consensuses reached by NEA WPEC Subgroup 41, including final recommendations based on all experimental data available at the time...
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28 September 2020
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21 September 2005
Published date:
20 September 2005
Published date:
20 September 2005
The NEA High-Level Group on Low-Dose Research (HLG-LDR) held its fifth plenary meeting on 23 March 2021.
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9 June 2021
8 March 2023
13:30-15:00 CET, Online
Female scientists and engineers pioneered the nuclear and radiological fields, with leaders and innovators such as Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Lise Meitner, among many others, establishing the foundat...
Published date:
10 February 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.
Published date:
24 November 2023
In capacity building and gender balance, a key goal is to attract and retain more women in the technology and science fields by promoting education and development in those areas.
Published date:
8 June 2023
NEA/CSNI/R(2018)6
The Source Term Evaluation and Mitigation Project (STEM) project, hosted by the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and operated by the Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (French Institute of...
Published date:
17 March 2020
“Improving Cross-disciplinary and Transversal Skills for the Severe Accidents Community” approved by NEST Management Board.
Published date:
18 December 2023
NEA Expert Group on the Use of Real-Time Platforms (EGRT) held its kick-off meeting on 12 May 2021.
Published date:
19 May 2021
The NEA Expert Group on Comparison and Understanding of Dose Prognosis (EGDP) held its first meeting on 14 October 2020 via video conference.
Published date:
3 November 2021
NEA/NSC/R(2022)2
Under the guidance of the NEA Nuclear Science Committee (NSC), the Expert Group on Improvement of Integral Experiments Data for Minor Actinide Management (EGIEMAM-II) was established to recommend nec...
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4 March 2024
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2007)399
Published date:
8 July 2008
Published date:
1 January 1978
Un nombre significatif d’installations nucléaires devra être démantelé dans les prochaines décennies. Dans ce contexte, les pays membres de l’AEN accordent de plus en plus d’importance à l’implicatio...
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14 June 2007
Published date:
15 June 2004
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)10/VOL2
A joint workshop of the Working Group on the Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) and the Working Group on Risk Assessment (WGRISK) on implementation of severe accident management (SAM) measu...
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3 December 2010
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)10/VOL1
A joint workshop of the Working Group on the Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) and the Working Group on Risk Assessment (WGRISK) on implementation of severe accident management (SAM) measu...
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3 December 2010
NEA/CSNI/R(2001)20
The reason for the meeting was that the CSNI felt it timely to “follow-up” on the past activities in the area of severe accident management implementation and to take stock of the progress made since...
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22 November 2001
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25 June 2002
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1 January 1996
Defence in depth (DiD) is a concept that has been used for many years alongside tools to optimise nuclear safety in reactor design, assessment and regulation. The 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power...
Published date:
28 January 2016
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident has had an impact on the development of nuclear power around the world. While the accident was followed by thorough technical assessments of the saf...
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6 April 2017
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15 February 2000
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30 November 2023
De tous les acteurs institutionnels qui opèrent dans le domaine de la gestion à long terme des déchets radioactifs, c'est peut-être les autorités de sûreté qui ont renouvelé leur rôle de la manière l...
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20 October 2003
Dans le domaine de la gestion des déchets radioactifs, les dernières années ont vu émerger l’autorité de sûreté comme un acteur central aux yeux de la société civile. Cette étude montre comment les a...
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31 December 2013
Decision making for radioactive waste management: principles, action goals, confidence factors flyer – Italian A4
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26 May 2020
La notevole esperienza internazionale acquisita negli ultimi venti anni dimostra che gli impianti nucleari possono essere disattivati e smantellati (decommissioning) in sicurezza alla fine del loro e...
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3 April 2010
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
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7 December 2022
Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) flyer.
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24 September 2020
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1 December 2020
Published date:
29 August 2023
Radioactive waste management and decommissioning are knowledge-dependent activities that exist in robust regulatory frameworks and on long timescales, demanding IDKM and presenting unique challenges....
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25 June 2020
Radioactive waste management and decommissioning are knowledge-dependent activities that exist in robust regulatory frameworks and on long timescales, demanding IDKM and presenting unique challenges....
Published date:
25 June 2020
Published date:
1 January 1984
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)8
An NEA specialists’ meeting “Identifying and Overcoming Barriers to Effective Consideration of Human and Organisational Factors in Event Analysis and Root Cause Analysis” was held in Paris, France on...
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8 March 2011
NEA/CSNI/R(2004)7
The overall objective of the international OECD programme SERENA is to obtain convergence on the understanding of fuel-coolant interaction (FCI) processes and energetics, as well as on method(s) for ...
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12 March 2004
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2 March 2000
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19 November 1999
Published date:
1 January 1998
Published date:
19 February 1999
Published date:
1 February 2021
ICSBEP, SINBAD AND IRPhEP Technical Review Group meetings
Published date:
18 November 2019
This page contains a list of the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP) participants and evaluations if any.
Published date:
10 November 2022
The Technical Review Groups for both projects met at the NEA headquarters on 3-7 April 2023.
Published date:
24 April 2023
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1 February 2021
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1 February 2021
ICNC2019 Presentation on DICE and NDaST
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20 November 2020
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5 March 2024
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20 February 2024
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9 February 2024
Published date:
28 November 2023
This document describes the synthesis requirements for Master and PhD students to apply for the opportunities to deliver presentations in the Sixth International Conference on Geological Repositories...
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1 September 2020
Published date:
4 April 2022
This document provides hotel details for participants in the Sixth International Conference on Geological Repositories (ICGR).
Published date:
1 September 2020
This document describes the exhibition details of the Sixth International Conference on Geological Repositories (ICGR).
Published date:
1 September 2020
Published date:
28 January 2022
This is the concept paper of the Sixth International Conference on Geological Repositories (ICGR).
Published date:
17 July 2020
Published date:
28 January 2022
Published date:
3 February 2022
Published date:
28 January 2022
This is the draft agenda of the Sixth International Conference on Geological Repositories (ICGR).
Published date:
17 July 2020
Draft agenda for ICGR 2020: Advancing Geological Repositories from Concept to Operation, 8-12 November 2020, Helsinki, Finland
Published date:
10 July 2020
Concept paper for ICGR 2020: Advancing Geological Repositories from Concept to Operation, 8-12 November 2020, Helsinki, Finland
Published date:
10 July 2020
Act on Radiation Protection, No. 44/2002, as amended by Act No. 28/2008, Act No. 88/2008, Act No. 82/2010, Act No. 162/2010, Act No. 126/2011 and Act No. 121/2013
Published date:
18 March 2020
Nuclear legislation: Iceland
Published date:
25 April 2022
Published date:
3 November 2022
Published date:
3 November 2022
NEA/CSNI/R(2020)1
This report presents a study performed on a set of common-cause failure (CCF) events within the International Common-Cause Failure Data Exchange (ICDE) project. The topic of the study was intersystem...
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21 June 2022
NEA/CSNI/R(2019)4
The objective of the present report is to document a study that was performed on a set of common-cause failure (CCF) events. These events were derived from the International Common-cause Failure Data...
Published date:
21 August 2020
NEA/CSNI/R(2019)3
The ICDE project allows multiple countries to collaborate and exchange CCF data to enhance the quality of risk analyses, which include CCF modelling. Because CCF events are typically rare, most count...
Published date:
21 January 2019
NEA/CSNI/R(2020)17
Common-cause failure (CCF) events can significantly impact the availability of safety systems of nuclear power plants. For this reason, several Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) member countries initiated ...
Published date:
29 April 2024
Published date:
15 July 2002
NEA/CSNI/R(2008)1
Common-cause-failure (CCF) events can significantly impact the availability of safety systems of nuclear power plants. For this reason, the International Common Cause Failure Data Exchange (ICDE) pro...
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25 January 2008
Published date:
26 April 2001
NEA/CSNI/R(2008)8
Common-cause failure (CCF) events can significantly impact the availability of safety systems of nuclear power plants. For this reason, the International Common-Cause Failure Data Exchange (ICDE) Pro...
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1 July 2008
Published date:
23 August 2000
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)4
The purpose of the ICDE Project is to allow multiple countries to collaborate and exchange common cause failure (CCF) data to enhance the quality of risk analyses that include CCF modelling. Because ...
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3 July 2013
Published date:
16 February 1999
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)2
The purpose of the International Common Cause Data Exchange (ICDE) Project is to allow multiple countries to collaborate and exchange Common Cause Failure (CCF) data to enhance the quality of risk an...
Published date:
4 July 2013
Published date:
28 November 2003
Published date:
11 July 2003
NEA/CSNI/R(2004)4
Several member countries of the Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD/NEA) established the International Common-Cause Failure Data Exchange Project...
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30 January 2004
Published date:
30 June 2020
Published date:
1 January 1984
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2002)257
Published date:
1 October 2002
Published date:
6 July 2020
HYMERES phases
First phase (2013-2016)
The main objective of the first phase of the Hydro...
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6 April 2020
Published date:
1 January 1993
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11 March 2020
Nuclear legislation: Hungary
Published date:
19 September 2023
Published date:
22 December 1989
NEA/CSNI/R(2015)16
The workshop took place in Brugg, Switzerland on 24-26 February 2014. It was conducted with participation of a number of invited key speakers from academic research and a range of industries, includi...
Published date:
20 October 2015
NEA/CSNI/R(2016)17/ADD2
Thisi document contains Appendix C of the Proceedings of the Expert Workshop on Human Factors Validation of Nuclear Power Plant Control Room Designs and Modifications held in Charlotte, United States...
Published date:
1 March 2017
NEA/CSNI/R(2016)17/ADD1
This document is Appendix B of the Proceedings of the Expert Workshop on Human Factors Validation of Nuclear Power Plant Control Room Designs and Modifications, held in Charlotte, United States on 19...
Published date:
1 March 2017
NEA/CSNI/R(2016)17
The theme of this workshop, held in Charlotte, United States on 19-21 February 2015, was “Establishing Reasonable Confidence in the Human Factors Validation of Main Control Room Systems of Nuclear Po...
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2 June 2017
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1 January 1995
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1 January 1995
Human aspects is a multidisciplinary approach to nuclear safety that includes human and organisational factors and the promotion of a healthy nuclear safety culture.
Published date:
13 December 2019
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
NEA Working Group on Human and Organisational Factors (WGHOF) meeting in Palaiseau, France, 16‑17 October 2019.
Published date:
18 November 2019
NEA Working Group on Human and Organisational Factors (WGHOF) biannual meeting, 27‑29 October 2020
Published date:
29 October 2020
Human and organisational factors (HOF) is a multidisciplinary field that focuses on the complex and dynamic interactions between humans, technology and related organisations.
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7 May 2020
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9 November 2022
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3 October 2008
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12 May 2006
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1 February 2021
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17 May 2022
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20 November 2020
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
How the Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) serves as a platform to build and share knowledge about stakeholder confidence in radioactive waste management flyer – English A4
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26 May 2020
The Computer Program Service (CPS) is part of an intergovernmental organisation. As such, it follows the rules established by its participating countries.
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26 May 2020
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1 December 2015
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24 October 2022
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21 June 2022
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8 September 2022
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21 October 2022
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21 June 2022
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10 March 2022
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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1 January 1976
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31 December 2013
Flyer waarin wordt beschreven hoe het Forum on Stakeholder Confidence als platform dient om kennis over het vertrouwen van stakeholders in het beheer van radioactief afval op te bouwen en te delen.
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1 November 2017
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
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23 April 2019
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1 January 1986
The CRPPH held its annual meeting on 4-6 April 2023 at the NEA premises in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
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21 April 2023
7 October 2021
Online workshop
7 October 2021, 14:00-16:30 CEST
Reducing industrial carbon emissions is one of the most difficult challenges on the path to net zero by 2050, due to the magnitude of greenhouse gas emissions from th...
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23 September 2021
The NEA organised a virtual workshop on 7 October 2021 to explore the opportunities and challenges associated with High-temperature reactors for industrial heat applications.
Published date:
8 November 2021
16 June 2022
Online webinar
Reducing industrial carbon emissions is one of the most difficult challenges on the path to net zero by 2050, due to the magnitude of greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial sector and technolog...
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1 June 2022
Reducing industrial carbon emissions is one of the most difficult challenges on the path to net zero by 2050 due to the magnitude of greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial sector and technical ...
Published date:
16 June 2022
High-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs), also known as very-high-temperature reactors (VHTR) are Generation IV reactors that can operate at very high temperatures and use a graphite-moderated ga...
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22 June 2022
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
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
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2 July 2020
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1 January 1993
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(1995)131
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1 January 1995
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(1996)134
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1 January 1996
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1 January 1982
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1 January 1996
The NEA Expert Group on Innovative Structural Materials (EGISM) organised a workshop on 19-21 October 2021 together with the Spanish Center for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research (CIEMA...
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3 November 2021
A cabinet containing copper bus before the HEAF test (left) and after the test(right). Source: NRC
Massive electrical discharges, referred to as high energy arcing faults (HEAF), have occurred in nuc...
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19 April 2023
High Burnup Experiments in Reactivity Initiated Accident (HERA) is dedicated to the understanding of LWR fuel performance at high burn-up under reactivity-initiated accidents (RIA).
Published date:
6 March 2023
Historically, average discharge burn-ups in light water reactors (LWRs) have steadily increased with time as experience has accumulated and technological developments have progressed. The main benefi...
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30 September 2020
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24 June 2022
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5 January 2000
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13 January 2000
Independent safety regulation has been a hallmark of the global nuclear power sector from its beginnings. Industry and government have long understood the importance of a predictable and adaptable re...
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7 April 2022
Members of the Expert Group on comparison and understanding of Dose Prognosis (EGDP) met on 5-6 October 2022
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25 October 2022
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2000)211
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23 May 2001
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
As part of the development of advanced nuclear systems, including accelerator-driven systems (ADS) proposed for high-level radioactive waste transmutation and generation IV reactors, heavy liquid met...
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31 May 2007
This handbook makes international guidance on estimating decommissioning costs more accessible by compiling material from two key reports: the International Structure for Decommissioning Costing (ISD...
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8 February 2024
The Halden Reactor Project has been in operation at the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) in Norway since 1958 and is the oldest NEA joint project. It brings together a large international techni...
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26 April 2024
Halden Hammlab research facility for human factor research.
The NEA Halden HTO Project is a continuation of Man-Technology-Organisation (MTO) research carried out for more than 40 years as part of t...
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22 March 2024
Towards waste management facilities that become a durable and attractive part of the fabric of local community – relevant design features flyer – Spanish A4
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26 May 2020
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26 May 2020
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
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
National legislation: Greece
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25 April 2022
Graphical comparison of JEF-1 with EXFOR cross section data; Y. Nakajima. (November 1986).
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26 November 1986
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19 October 2022
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19 May 2022
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19 March 2020
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17 June 2022
French Ministry for Energy Transition and OECD Nuclear Energy Agency to hold joint conference in Paris.
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26 July 2023
The main objective of national energy policies in OECD countries is to ensure the availability of secure and economic supplies with minimal environmental impact. The means of achieving security and c...
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31 March 2004
NEA and French Ministry for Energy Transition hosted Roadmaps to New Nuclear conference.
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29 September 2023
L'objectif essentiel des politiques énergétiques des pays de l'OCDE est d'assurer la sécurité d'approvisionnement au meilleur coût tout en respectant l'environnement. Les moyens mis en oeuvre pour at...
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2 April 2004
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1 January 1998
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15 March 2013
NEA/RWM(2001)6/rev1
The NEA Co-ordinating Group on Site Evaluation and Design of Experiments for Radioactive Waste Disposal (SEDE) decided in late 1998 to prepare a technical position paper on Going Underground for Test...
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8 June 2001
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28 August 2023
Plant life management is becoming an increasingly important topic both in nuclear power plant operations and in international discussions on the role of nuclear energy. As in many other aspects of nu...
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1 January 1999
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13 December 2018
The first edition of the Fundamentals of International Nuclear Law (FINL) course was held on 16-18 February 2021 with a diverse international group of 41 professionals and graduate students from 27 c...
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18 February 2021
NEA International Nuclear Law Essentials (INLE), 17‑21 February 2020
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4 March 2020
Co-Chair: Ian Farnan (left), University of Cambridge and Man-Sung Yim (right), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
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25 May 2023
Co-Chair: Emanuela Colombo (left), Politecnico di Milano and Edward Obbard (right), The University of New South Wales Sydney (UNSW)
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25 May 2023
Co-Chair: Raul Barrachina (left), National Atomic Energy Commission and Kenichi Ishikawa (right), University of Tokyo
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25 May 2023
This Global Forum Working Group focuses on activities to increase the number of women in the nuclear field.
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25 May 2023
Despite the pandemic hindering international activities, the Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy was launched in January 2021 and made steady progress throughout the yea...
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21 January 2022
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12 April 2022
The NEA High-Level Group on Low-Dose Research (HLG-LDR) held its fifth plenary meeting on 23 March 2021.
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31 March 2021
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8 July 2022
Reims, France
The current energy supply crisis is reprioritising energy projects and accelerating plans for nuclear power development. Furthermore, it requires creating resilient nuclear energy systems for which t...
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13 August 2021
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10 November 2021
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6 July 2020
Human aspects of nuclear safety: Challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic (Flyer): Getting the balance right: Effective nuclear
regulation during a pandemic
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29 September 2020
Ce livre, préparé par des experts des pays membres de l'AEN, contient des données et des analyses relatives à la gestion et à la prolongation de la durée de vie des centrales nucléaires. Il couvre le...
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28 November 2006
L'intérêt pour l'énergie nucléaire va croissant dans de nombreux pays en raison de sa capacité d'accroître la sécurité d'approvisionnement énergétique et de réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de se...
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13 June 2007
L’AEN a organisé en avril 2002 un atelier sur la “Gestion des échelles de temps dans le cadre de l’évaluation de sûreté en phase post-fermeture” de stockages de déchets radioactifs en formation géolo...
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1 March 2004
D'importantes quantités d'uranium appauvri ont été produites par suite des activités d'enrichissement effectuées surtout aux Etats-Unis et en Fédération de Russie. Les pays qui en ont en stock ont do...
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22 August 2001
Nuclear legislation: Germany
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19 September 2023
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7 December 2005
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1 January 1997
GEOTRAP – the OECD/NEA Project on Radionuclide Migration in Geologic, Heterogeneous Media – was carried out in the context of site evaluation and safety assessment of deep repository systems for long...
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1 March 2002
Radioactive waste is associated with all phases of the nuclear fuel cycle as well as the use of radioactive materials in medicine, research and industry. For the most hazardous and long-lived waste, ...
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24 September 2010
Various long-term radioactive waste management options have been considered in order to protect humans and the environment both now and in the future. Most experts worldwide agree that disposal in en...
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25 February 2005
When preparing the safety case for a deep geological repository of radioactive waste, the integration of wide-ranging information from multidisciplinary sources is a complex task. This has provided t...
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1 June 2004
NEA/RWM(2011)16
Disposal in engineered facilities built in stable, deep geological formations is the reference solution for permanently isolating long-lived radioactive waste from the human biosphere. This managemen...
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28 November 2011
Geological disposal of radioactive wastes flyer – US letter
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26 May 2020
Geological disposal of radioactive wastes flyer – Japanese A4
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26 May 2020
Geological disposal of radioactive wastes flyer – English A4
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26 May 2020
Disposal in engineered facilities built in stable, deep geological formations is the reference solution for permanently isolating long-lived radioactive waste from the human biosphere. This managemen...
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13 March 2012
The concept of removing long-lived radioactive wastes from the human environment by disposal in deep geological repositories was developed several decades ago. In the intervening years, research effo...
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1 January 1999
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1 January 2000
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17 March 2022
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1 January 1988
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1 January 1994
Generation IV International Forum (GIF) updates
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2 December 2020
Generation II and III reactors are currently operating all over the world, providing the largest contribution of low-carbon electricity in OECD countries.
Published date:
6 May 2020
General Description of Fission Observables: JEFF Report 24; NEA Data Bank (June 2014).
The Joint Evaluated Fission and Fusion (JEFF) Project is a collaborative effort among member countries of the Da...
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1 June 2014
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24 June 2014
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24 June 2014
The GB-TG discussed the latest data, actions and objectives as part of their mission to improve gender balance in the nuclear energy sector.
Published date:
10 October 2022
Female scientists and engineers pioneered the nuclear and radiological fields, with leaders and innovators such as Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Lise Meitner, among many others, establishing the foundat...
Published date:
8 March 2023
Published date:
2 July 2020
In underground repositories for radioactive waste, significant quantities of gases may be generated as a result of several processes. The potential impact of gas generation, accumulation and migratio...
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20 April 2001
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1 January 1982
The assessment of the long-term safety of radioactive waste repositories includes examining natural or human disruptive events and evaluating their impact. This report reviews the main issues raised ...
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31 December 1996
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1 January 1996
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18 February 2022
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The 2022 Fundamentals of International Nuclear Law (FINL) has been designed by the NEA to provide a high-level, introductory review of the central aspects of internationa...
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26 April 2022
16 -
18 February 2021
Online course
The Fundamentals of International Nuclear Law (FINL) is a new online course developed by the NEA to provide a high-level, introductory review of the central aspects of international nuclear law in a ...
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16 February 2021
The Fundamentals of International Nuclear Law (FINL) is an online programme run by the NEA that provies a high-level, introductory review of the central aspects of international nuclear law.
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26 April 2022
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2 July 2020
NEA/SEN/HLGMR(2012)9
This document provides guidance to reactor and alternative production technology (e.g., cyclotrons, accelerators) operators on how to undertake full-cost identification and implement full-cost recove...
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2 July 2020
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2 July 2020
This workbook has been developed to aid reactor and alternative technology operators identify their full costs associated with the provision of irradiation services for 99Mo production. The workbook ...
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30 August 2020
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear safety research projects
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4 March 2020
Appearance of Unit 1 and 2 reactor buildings at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (June 2022). Photo: Japan Nuclear Regulation Authority
The FACE projec...
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17 October 2022
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident: Message from Director-General Magwood
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11 March 2022
Much has been learnt in the ten years since the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and the subsequent accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, but significant challenges still remain.
This ...
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3 March 2021
On 11 March 2011, a massive earthquake of magnitude 9.0 on the Richter scale jolted the eastern coast of Japan. An hour after the earthquake, a 14-15 m tsunami, as estimated at the Fukushima Daiichi ...
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The fuel for a nuclear reactor is both the source of the fission energy that is used to produce electricity and the source of radioactive material during an accident.
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18 March 2020
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1 January 1978
Fuel cycle technology and innovation relates to all stages of the nuclear fuel cycle, from the latest uranium enrichment technologies to design and implementation of small modular reactors (SMRs).
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6 May 2020
The nuclear fuel cycle is the chain of processes whereby nuclear fuel is prepared and managed before and after its use in a reactor.
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2 December 2019
The facilities associated with nuclear fuel from mining to fabrication to post-irradiation management have some specific safety concerns that are different from those of nuclear reactors.
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18 March 2020
Fuel cycle economics evaluates costs related to the nuclear fuel cycle. This includes uranium, its conversion and enrichment, fuel fabrication, spent fuel, high-level waste disposal and transport.
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20 February 2020
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NEA, Paris, France
Date: 21-24 May 2024
Place: OECD/NEA headquarters
46, Quai Alphonse Le Gallo
92100 Boulogne-Billancourt (Paris) - FRANCE
Minimum enrollment: 8 participants
Maximum enrollment: 22 participant...
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26 October 2006
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24 May 2007
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15 March 2010
The partnership approach to siting and developing radioactive waste management facilities flyer - US letter
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26 May 2020
The partnership approach to siting and developing radioactive waste management facilities flyer – Korean A4
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26 May 2020
The partnership approach to siting and developing radioactive waste management facilities flyer – Japanese A4
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26 May 2020
The partnership approach to siting and developing radioactive waste management facilities flyer – French A4
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26 May 2020
FSC national workshops flyer - Korean A4
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26 May 2020
FSC national workshops flyer – German A4
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26 May 2020
FSC national workshops - French A4
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26 May 2020
FSC national workshops (2014) - English A4
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26 May 2020
The Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) was established by the NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) in 2000 and serves as a platform for understanding stakeholder dialogue and discussi...
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18 January 2022
The Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) was established by the NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) in 2000 and serves as a platform for understanding stakeholder dialogue and discussi...
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18 January 2022
The objective of the symposium "From Thermodynamics to the Safety Case", organised jointly by the NEA TDB and Sorption Projects, was to present and discuss the principal outcomes of these two project...
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12 March 2012
The NEA is organising series of webinars to explore the use of disruptive technologies in nuclear applications and discuss the future shape of nuclear safety systems.
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17 March 2021
From information and consultation to citizen influence and power flyer – US letter
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26 May 2020
From information and consultation to citizen influence and power flyer – Korean A4
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26 May 2020
From information and consultation to citizen influence and power flyer – Japanese A4
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26 May 2020
From information and consultation to citizen influence and power flyer – English A4
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26 May 2020
A new NEA report on Ensuring the Adequacy of Funding for Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Management was launched in an online expert roundtable on 18 June 2021, where the NEA presented analysis...
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1 July 2021
For many politicians and members of the public, the very long life of some of the radio-nuclides in radioactive waste is an issue of particular importance in terms of its ultimate disposal. The devel...
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29 May 2006
Nuclear legislation: France
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19 September 2023
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3 May 2011
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7 November 2014
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31 January 2020
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31 January 2020
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31 January 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
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5 February 2024
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27 September 2024
Argonne National Laboratory, Building 240, Room 1416, Lemont, IL, United States
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Since its inception, the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has served as a flexible and powerful platform for multinational research co-operation, particularly in areas related to n...
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26 April 2024
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11 June 2015
Moscow, Russian Federation
Following the 2008 (Finland), 2009 (France) and 2012 (Japan) Science and Values in Radiological Protection workshops, which contributed to the integration of new scientific and technological developm...
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3 June 2020
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8 May 2012
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
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17 November 2020
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19 April 2023
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15 April 2024
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10 October 2019
Lisbon, Portugal
The Fourth International Workshop on the Indemnification of Damage in the Event of a Nuclear Accident aims to explore the practical application of the international nuclear third party liability inst...
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21 January 2020
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17 October 2019
Antwerp, Belgium
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) is organising the fourth international workshop on technology and components of accelerator driven systems (TCADS-4). The meeting will be held in Antwerp, Belgium...
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2 December 2019
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Antwerp, Belgium
The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) organised the fourth international workshop on technology and components of accelerator driven systems (TCADS-4). The meeting was held in Antwerp, Belgium on 14-17 Oct...
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21 April 2020
Fourth International Workshop on Structural Materials for Innovative Nuclear Systems (SMINS-4) – Programme
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3 March 2020
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University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) is organising the Fourth International Workshop on Structural Materials for Innovative Nuclear Systems (SMINS-4) in cooperation with IAEA and, with the support of the ...
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3 March 2020
Fourth Information Exchange Meeting on thr Nuclear Production of Hydrogen, 13-16 April 2009, Oakbrook, IL, USA - Programme
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24 November 2020
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
The NEA Nuclear Science Committee (NSC) had previously organised three information exchange meetings to discuss scientific and strategic matters pertaining to the nuclear production of hydrogen. Earl...
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14 April 2009
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Tokyo, Japan
The NEA Committee on Radiological Protection and Public Health (CRPPH) has actively supported the open process initiated by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) to revise it...
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8 June 2020
This page contains information about the founding documents of the OECD/NEA.
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14 September 2020
At the end of its first phase of RK&M work, the OECD/NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) observed that the context has changed considerably since the 1980s, when RK&M preservation was t...
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1 March 2014
NEA/RWM/RKM(2014)3/PROV
A Collective Statement of the NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee which describes the guiding principles of the Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations initiati...
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24 February 2014
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17 November 2023
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5 February 2007
Any long-term radioactive waste management project is likely to last decades to centuries. It requires a physical site and will impact in a variety of ways on the surrounding community over that whol...
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14 June 2007
In the field of long-term radioactive waste management, projects to construct repositories normally last from decades to centuries. Such projects will inevitably have an effect on the host community ...
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12 January 2015
L’un des nombreux enseignements tirés au sujet de la sûreté nucléaire au fil du temps est que les aspects humains sont tout aussi importants que les enjeux techniques de l’exploitation nucléaire. Si ...
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5 April 2024
Forum on Stakeholders Confidence 24-26 April 2002 Lessons Learnt and Open Questions: The view point of specialists
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21 September 2021
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22 September 2021
NEA/RWM(2003)4/REV2
The Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) is the Radioactive Waste Management Committee's (RWMC) main support group to keep under review the world-wide experience of its participating organizations i...
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10 February 2003
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8 April 2005
NEA/RWM/FSC(2006)7
The "COWAM Spain" Initiative and the Current Project under Consideration for a National Interim Storage Facility for Spent Fuel and High Level Waste: The Sixth Workshop of the Forum on Stakeholder Co...
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26 October 2006
NEA/RWM/FSC(2003)8
Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC): Canadian Site Visit and Workshop - Summary and International Perspective
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3 August 2020
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28 April 2004
NEA/RWM/FSC(2002)1
Stakeholder Involvement and Confidence in the Process of Decision-making for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Finland, Turku, Finland, 15-16 November 2001
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19 February 2002
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7 July 2005
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24 September 2020
The Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) was established by the NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) in 2000 and serves as a platform for understanding and enhancing stakeholder engagem...
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11 March 2024
This 2009 brochure describes the FSC mandate and profile, key milestones, focus areas, activities and publications.
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1 August 2009
Flyer, in dem das Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) als Plattform für den Aufbau und Austausch von Wissen über das Vertrauen der Beteiligten in die Entsorgung radioaktiver Abfälle.
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1 September 2018
The "Red Book", jointly prepared by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), was first published in 1965 and has since grown to be a recognised world re...
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13 September 2006
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28 February 2001
Forsmark 1 and 2 Boiling Water Reactor Stability Benchmark
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2 August 2022
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20 June 2001
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NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2003)284
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NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2006)385
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8 July 2008
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À l’heure où s’achève la première phase du travail de DCM, le Comité de la gestion des déchets radioactifs (RWMC) de l’OCDE/AEN constate que le contexte a beaucoup changé depuis les années 80, quand ...
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1 March 2014
Le présent rapport expose une position consensuelle sous la forme d’une Opinion collective du Comité de la gestion des déchets radioactifs (RWMC) de l’Agence de l’OCDE pour l’énergie nucléaire. Il tr...
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8 January 1995
The NEA participated in the 14th Clean Energy Ministerial in Goa, India.
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25 July 2023
Members of the NEA Working Group on Leadership and Safety Culture (WGLSC) discussed ongoing activities at a meeting in Budapest.
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12 April 2024
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6 December 2022
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Flyer Stakeholder Confidence Workshop on the Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities in the United Kingdom
16 September 2020
An International Learning and Sharing Experience
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31 May 2021
2-page flyer of the 4th International Workshop on the Indemnification of Damage in the Event of a Nuclear Accident, held in Lisbon, Portugal, on 8-10 October 2019.
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21 January 2020
1-page flyer of the 2017 Bratislava Workshop.
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21 January 2020
Conditions for release, rules and restrictions applying to the specifications of the Fluoride Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Reactor (FHR) Benchmark
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17 November 2020
Fluoride salt-cooled high-temperature reactors (FHRs), cooled with liquid (molten) salt, fueled with TRISO-based fuel are a potential molten salt reactor (MSR) design.
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14 June 2021
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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
An evaluation of the occurrence of fluid flow through faults and fractures is of primary importance for the performance assessment of radioactive waste repositories located in argillaceous settings.
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4 January 1998
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(1995)127
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29 February 2016
Countries around the world continue to implement safety improvements and corrective actions based on lessons learnt from the 11 March 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. This ...
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29 February 2016
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The NEA Data Bank organised its second online training session on FISPACT-II from 18 to 28 October 2021. Facilitated by the code developers at the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, the course a...
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2 November 2021
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NEA, Paris, France
Date: 18-20 June 2024
Place: OECD/NEA Headquarters
46, Quai Alphonse Le Gallo
92100 Boulogne-Billancourt (Paris) - FRANCE
Minimum enrollment: 10 participants
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12 March 2024
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Paris, France
FISPACT-II (currently at release version 4.0) is an enhanced multi-physics platform providing a wide variety of advanced simulation methods and employing the most up-to-date, TENDL-2017, ENDF/B-VIII....
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21 April 2020
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FISPACT-II (currently at release version 5.0) is an enhanced multi-physics platform providing a wide variety of advanced simulation methods and employing the most up-to-date, TENDL-2017, ENDF/B-VIII....
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14 December 2021
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NEA, Paris, France
FISPACT-II (currently at release version 5.0) is an enhanced multi-physics platform providing a wide variety of advanced simulation methods and employing the most up to date (TENDL-2019, ENDF/B-VIII....
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NEA, Paris, France
Date: 20-22 June 2023
Place: OECD/NEA Headquarters
46, Quai Alphonse Le Gallo
92100 Boulogne-Billancourt (Paris) - FRANCE
Minimum enrollment: 8 participants
Maximum enrollment: 16 participan...
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1 June 2023
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2 March 2023
The influence of national context on nuclear safety culture was the focus of the country‑specific forum held on 23‑24 January 2018 by the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in Stockholm, Sweden, in co‑opera...
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25 January 2018
NEA/CSNI/R(2015)7
CODAP is the continuation of the 2002-2011 “OECD/NEA Pipe Failure Data Exchange Project” (OPDE) and the work by the Stress Corrosion Cracking Working Group of the 2006–2010 “OECD/NEA SCC and Cable Ag...
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4 May 2015
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Helsinki, Finland
Key scientific challenges arising from ongoing radiobiological research have been identified recently. From this scientific base, the possible implications for radiological protection science are exp...
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3 June 2020
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Pennsylvania State University (PSU), United States
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9 November 2020
NEA/CNRA/R(2017)1
The WGIP Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Observed Inspection Practices Programme is intended to promote co-operation and learning among member countries and to collect and provide them with information for...
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16 June 2017
The first QUENCH-ATF joint project test was successfully completed by the KIT team on 17 July 2022.
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5 August 2022
Phase I - “How to better formulate problems for holistic, inclusive and sustainable decision making?”
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4 January 2023
2 September 2021
9:00-12:00 JST, Online
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) launched the Nuclear Education, Skills and Technology (NEST) Framework in 2019.
The activities of the NEST Framework are expected to contribute to nuclear-related...
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29 July 2021
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21 April 2023
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Karlsruhe, Germany
Materials research is a field of growing relevance for innovative nuclear systems, such as Generation IV reactors, critical and sub-critical transmutation systems and fusion devices. For these differ...
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5 March 2020
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23 May 2023
Online training & in-person event on 22-23 May 2023 in Bologna, Italy
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11 December 2023
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Tsuruga, Fukui, Japan
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19 April 2024
The benchmark will predict the Critical Heat Flux (CHF).
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22 November 2023
First Information Exchange Meeting on the Nuclear Production of Hydrogen, Paris, France, 2-3 October, 2000 - Programme and abstracts
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24 November 2020
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Paris, France
The world demand for energy will experience unprecedented growth in the coming decades to support both population increase and to fuel exceptional economic development which is underway especially in...
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2 October 2000
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NEA/CNRA/R(2012)2
This report is focused on the analysis of construction events currently reported to the WGRNR. In order to carry out this analysis, a construction event database (ConEx) has been developed within the...
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10 February 2012
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2004)325
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1 June 2004
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1 January 1984
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...
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31 August 2023
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23 December 1999
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
NEA/CSNI/R(2009)6
In 2000, the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) approved the establishment of a Fire Incident Records Exchange Project on collection of data on fire events at nuclear power plant...
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24 September 2009
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 second Country‑Specific Nuclear Safety Culture Forum held on 6‑7 March 2019 by the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in Helsinki, Finland, in co‑operation with the World Association of Nuclear Operator...
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8 March 2019
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11 March 2020
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10 February 2022
National legislation: Finland
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19 September 2023
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27 June 2002
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
13 June 2024
Prague, Czechia
Reaching ambitious net zero carbon emission targets requires a sizeable share of nuclear energy in the electricity mix. The value of nuclear energy as a scalable provider of dispatchable low carbon e...
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29 April 2024
Ce rapport de synthèse sur le Financement du démantèlement : éthique, mise en œuvre, incertitudes a été rédigé en s’appuyant sur la littérature récente et sur les informations présentées lors des réu...
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9 December 2005
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(1995)115
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1 January 1995
NEA/CSNI/R(2016)13/ADD1
Taking into account life extension of nuclear power plants (NPPs) there is a need to investigate degradation mechanisms of existing structures defining their aging management program. The Alkali Aggr...
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1 July 2017
NEA/CSNI/R(2016)13
Taking into account life extension, concrete degradation becomes one of the main issues for long-term operation (LTO). Concrete pathologies/degradation mechanisms – alkali-aggregate reaction (AAR), d...
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4 July 2017
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NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(1996)142
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NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2014)447
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NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2013)445
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NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2011)430
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NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2014)446
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NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2010)428
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NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2011)433
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NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2010)427
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17 December 2010
NEA/CSNI/R(2004)24
At its annual meeting in December 1999, the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) issued a recommendation to set up an international collaborative project in the field of thermal-hy...
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1 December 2004
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NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2005)359
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NEA/CSNI/R(2016)10
The use of computer codes is required in safety evaluation of light water reactors (LWRs) in order to simulate plant behaviour during design basis event (DBE) and beyond-DBE (BDBE). This involves co...
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1 June 2017
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)1
The OECD/NEA ROSA Project was performed to resolve issues in thermal-hydraulics analyses relevant to light water reactor (LWR) safety by using the ROSA/LSTF of JAEA for 4 years from April 2005. In pa...
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30 April 2013
NEA/CNRA/R(2001)8
In 1995 the WGIP issued Status Report on Inspection Philosophy, Inspection Organisation and Inspection Practices, NEA/CNRA/R(94)3, OCDE/GD(95)3. Included was information on the regulatory bodies in 1...
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9 November 2001
This NEA Policy Brief provides a concise outline of the current outlook for final disposal of radioactive waste in NEA member countries. It describes the challenges, context, stakeholders and potenti...
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30 July 2020
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21 September 2018
Milan, Italy
Four successful workshops on Science and Values in Radiological Protection Decision Making have thus far been held in 2008 (Finland), 2009 (France), 2012 (Japan) and 2015 (Russia). To continue advan...
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3 June 2020
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3 June 2020
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Kyoto, Japan
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) organised the Fifth International Workshop on Structural Materials for Innovative Nuclear Systems (SMINS-5). The workshop was held in Kyoto, Japan from 8 to 11 Ju...
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27 November 2020
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13 January 2004
The workshop was aimed at providing a structured forum whereby implementors, regulators and scientists could interact, contribute to the advancement of the state of the art in this area, discuss the ...
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5 January 1997
The FIDES-II framework is designed to do more than just produce data on transient fuel behavior and safety related issues.
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13 June 2023
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30 March 2022
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(1997)158
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9 June 1999
NEST Fellows can be Master’s students, PhDs, postdoctoral researchers, young professionals, etc. belonging to one of the NEST project’s participating organisations.
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24 May 2023
The NEA Committee on Decommissioning of Nuclear Installations and Legacy Management (CDLM) and the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the International Co-operative Programme for the Exchange of Scien...
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30 November 2022
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25 February 2021
The OECD/NEA Working Group on the Characterisation, the Understanding and the Performance of Argillaceous Rocks as Repository Host Formations for the disposal of radioactive waste (known as the "Clay...
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28 November 2003
Safety assessments of disposal sites for radioactive waste involve analyses of potential releases of radionuclides from the disposed waste and subsequent transport to the human environment. An import...
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19 January 2000
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10 June 2017
L’implication des parties prenantes, notamment par le dialogue et la délibération, peut améliorer la qualité et la durabilité des décisions prises par les pouvoirs publics. Cette publication offre au...
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6 December 2005
NEA/CSNI/R(2017)2/ADD1
International Conference on Fatigue of Nuclear Reactor Components on 28 September-1 October 2015 in Seville, Spain.
In this work, a complete algorithm for monitoring fatigue was developed for nuclear...
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17 July 2017
NEA/CSNI/R(2017)2
This is a summary report from the International Conference on Fatigue of Nuclear Reactor Components on 28 September-1 October 2015 in Seville, Spain. Over 90 specialists from 21 countries attended th...
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17 July 2017
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1 January 1997
NEA/CSNI/R(2005)2
At the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) meeting of June 2002, a proposal for a benchmark on thermal fatigue in fluid mixing areas based on the test performed by the Commissaria...
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1 August 2005
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1 January 1975
Fast Reactor Benchmark Tests on the JEF-1 Evaluated Nuclear Data File; H. Takano and E. Sartori, NEA Data Bank, (October 1985).
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NEA/CSNI/R(2014)16
The objective of the Digital System Reliability Failure Mode Taxonomy (DIGREL) task group, formed under the OECD/NEA Working Group on Risk Assessment (WGRISK), has been to develop a taxonomy of failu...
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16 February 2015
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8 March 2002
NEA Working Group on External Events (WGEV) meeting, 14-18 September 2020.
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9 October 2020
NEA Working Group on External Events (WGEV) meeting, 1-5 March 2021.
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24 March 2021
Demonstrating the safety of a nuclear facility requires that the consequences of all possible threats be considered, including external hazards such as severe weather, floods and earthquakes.
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18 March 2020
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)2
This document is an extension of the NEA/SEN/SIN/AMA(2006)2 report produced by Writing Group 3 on the extension of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to two-phase flow safety problems. Writing Group ...
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21 July 2010
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
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28 April 1998
Electricity provision touches upon every facet of life in OECD and non-OECD countries alike, and choosing how this electricity is generated whether from fossil fuels, nuclear energy or renewables aff...
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29 October 2018
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
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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
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5 January 1979
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7 February 2022
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7 February 2022
Paris Convention Exposé des Motifs - Bilingual (with disclosure)
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29 March 2023
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7 February 2022
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7 February 2022
Forty nuclearexperts came together to explore the latest developments in preparations for the LTO beyond sixty years of existing nuclear power plants.
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27 March 2024
Exploratory Meeting on Improving the Gender Balance in Nuclear Energy, 10-11 December 2019
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11 December 2019
Around 50 delegates from 22 countries and 2 international organisations gathered on 6-7 June 2023 for the 73rd CSNI meeting.
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14 June 2023
The NEA Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS) held its bi-annual meetings in June 2023
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24 July 2023