The Expert Group on Reactor Coolants/Components Technology (EGCoCoT), operating under the auspices of the Working Party on Scientific Issues of Advanced Fuel Cycles (WPFC), launched an activity to pr...

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...

Panda facility under construction. Photo courtesy of the Paul Scherrer Institute

HYMERES phases

First phase (2013-2016)

The main objective of the first phase of the Hydrogen Mitigation Experiments fo...

NEA's ETHARINUS joint project held a meeting of its programme review group on 27-28 June 2024 in Erlangen, Germany.

This report aims to establish the status of current 3D capabilities in T/H system codes, covering all aspects and limitations, including the equations and simplifications considered, the time and spa...

Under the guidance of the NEA Nuclear Science Committee (NSC), the Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS) studies the reactor physics, fuel performance,...

The NEA ATLAS3 and NEA ETHARINUS projects organised a workshop on 7-9 November 2023. 

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...

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...