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
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
Risk assessments are used to determine the probability of harmful events at a nuclear plant. They are valuable for determining the relative benefit and better selection of safety enhancements.
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17 March 2020
Reactor components and structures degrade by exposure to heat, environmental conditions and radiation. It is vital to understand ageing processes to ensure that safety criteria continue to be met.
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18 March 2020
Nuclear facilities rely on a robust electrical system to power primary and back-up systems required to safely respond to a wide variety of challenging events.
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17 March 2020
Disruptive technologies for nuclear safety applications
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13 August 2020
CANDU Owners Group (COG) and the NEA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to co-operate in research and activities related to pressurised heavy water reactor (PHWR) technology.
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30 September 2020
Accident analysis and management focusses on understanding the causes and consequences of an accident at a nuclear facility, and on how to manage an accident through prevention and mitigation.
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17 March 2020
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
This benchmark is based on a well-defined problem concerning a pressurised water reactor (PWR) main steam line break, which may occur as a consequence of the rupture of one steam line upstream of the...
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19 November 2003
The benchmark is based on a well-defined problem concerning a PWR main steam line break, which may occur as a consequence of the rupture of one steam line upstream of the main steam isolation valves....
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22 December 2000
This benchmark is based on a well-defined problem concerning a pressurised water reactor (PWR) main steam line break, which may occur as a consequence of the rupture of one steam line upstream of the...
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22 November 2002
The main mission of the Working Group on the Safety of Electrical Systems (WGELEC) is to advance the current understanding and address safety issues related to electrical systems of nuclear installat...
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16 February 2021
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)16
Several OECD member countries agreed to establish the OECD/NEA Piping Failure Data Exchange Project (OECD/NEA OPDE) to encourage multilateral co-operation in the collection and analysis of data relat...
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26 November 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)15
The maintenance of sufficient expertise, data, analytical and experimental capabilities to be able to develop the technical basis to resolve currently identified safety issues and respond to and inve...
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12 December 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)14
A number of OECD member countries expressed their interest in participating in an OECD/NEA joint international research project on the topic of fire propagation. The PRISME project (PRISME is the Fre...
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6 July 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)13
Both regulators and the nuclear industry recognise the need for licensees to develop a strong, positive safety culture to support successful and sustainable nuclear safety performance. In recognition...
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27 June 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)12
In 2005 the OECD/NEA Steering Committee agreed to establish the international Computer-based Systems Important to Safety (COMPSIS) project to encourage multilateral co-operation in the collection and...
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19 July 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)11
The main objective of the Working Group on Risk Assessment (WGRISK) of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)/Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) is to advance the probabilistic safety a...
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3 January 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)17
Probabilistic safety assessment/probabilistic risk assessment (PSA/PRA) for new and advanced reactors is recognized as an important approach to achieve improved safety for the future nuclear power pl...
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19 February 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)7
The objective of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Working Group on Fuel Cycle Safety (WGFCS) is to advance the understanding for both regulators and operators of relevant aspects of fuel cycle sa...
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1 January 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)6/VOL2
This report describes final prediction results by system analysis codes during the OECD/NEA ISP-50 exercise, targeting a 50% direct vessel injection (DVI) line break integral effect test performed wi...
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27 February 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)6/VOL1
This report describes final prediction results by system analysis codes during the OECD/NEA ISP-50 exercise, targeting a 50% direct vessel injection (DVI) line break integral effect test performed wi...
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23 February 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)5
The OECD/SETH-2 project was carried out during the period 2007-2010 under the auspices of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and with support provided by the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Ja...
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6 April 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)4
The objective of the Working Group on Fuel Cycle Safety (WGFCS) is to advance the understanding for both regulators and operators of relevant aspects of nuclear fuel cycle safety in member countries....
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3 July 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)3
A set of fuel-related safety criteria was presented – along with both the rationale for having such criteria and possible new design and operational issues which could have an effect on them – in the...
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1 January 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)1
In 2008, the NEA's Working Group on Risk Assessment (WGRISK) issued a report [NEA/CSNI/R(2008)9] addressing the feasibility of a joint international effort on human reliability analysis (HRA) data. T...
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2 May 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)12/add1
The document contains the appendices of an update of the 1995 state-of-the-art report (SOAR) “Knowledge Base for Emergency Core Cooling System Recirculation Reliability”. The content of the report go...
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19 December 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)12
The current document is an update of the 1995 state-of-the-art report (SOAR) “Knowledge Base for Emergency Core Cooling System Recirculation Reliability”. The content of the present report goes beyon...
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20 December 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)11/PART2
The Second Workshop on Seismic Observation in Deep Boreholes and Its Applications (Kashiwazaki WS) was held from 7-9 November 2012 in the City of Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Japan, and co-organised by the ...
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28 January 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)11/PART1
The Second Workshop on Seismic Observation in Deep Boreholes and Its Applications (Kashiwazaki WS) was held from 7-9 November 2012 in the City of Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Japan, and co-organised by the ...
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29 January 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)10
The NEA’s Working Group on Fuel Cycle Safety (WGFCS), in co-operation with the Working Group on Fuel Safety (WGFS), aimed within the current international workshop to advance the understanding within...
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23 January 2014
NEA Working Group on External Events (WGEV) meeting, 1-5 March 2021.
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24 March 2021
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Zoom webinar
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in collaboration with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) hosted an international, multi-sector workshop on 14-18 December 2020 on safely regulating inn...
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25 May 2021
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NEA/CSNI/R(1997)27
Lyon, France, 8-10 September 1997
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NEA/CSNI/R(1991)8
Three Mile Island Unit 2 Analysis Exercise Final Report
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1 January 1991
NEA/CSNI/R(2004)19
The Special Expert Group on Fuel Safety Margins (SEGFSM) was established by the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) with the objective to advance the current understanding and to ...
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NEA/CSNI/R(2004)17
The Nuclear Energy Agency Committe on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) addressed the issue of modifications at the workshop “Modifications at Nuclear Power Plants – Operating Experience, Sa...
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1 October 2004
NEA/CSNI/R(2004)16
The main objective of ISP exercises is to increase confidence in the validity and accuracy of the tools that are used in assessing the safety of nuclear installations. The secondary objective is to e...
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1 November 2004
NEA/CSNI/R(2004)12
The December 2000 meeting of the NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) accepted a proposal to set up a task group to prepare a report describing research efforts related to wire...
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11 August 2004
NEA/CSNI/R(2004)11
At the Committe on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) meeting of June 2002, a proposal for an International Standard Problem on containment integrity (ISP 48) based on the NRC/NUPEC/Sandia te...
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20 July 2004
NEA/CSNI/R(2004)10
In the report “Nuclear Safety Research in OECD Countries: Summary Report of Major Facilities and Programmes at Risk“ published by the NEA/CSNI Senior Group of Experts on Nuclear Safety Research Facil...
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7 July 2004
NEA/CSNI/R(2004)9
The Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) workshop on “International Development and Co-operation on Risk-Informed In-Service (RI-ISI) and Non-destructive Testing (NDT) Qualificatio...
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14 February 2005
NEA/CSNI/R(2004)8
The OECD-NEA/RILEM workshop on the “Use and Performance of Concrete in Nuclear Power Plant Fuel Cycle Facilities”, conducted based on a proposal of the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installation...
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8 July 2004
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
NEA/CSNI/R(2004)6
The “Current Severe Accident Research Facilities and Projects” list was compiled by the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations Working (CSNI) Group on the Analysis and Management of Acciden...
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9 March 2004
NEA/CSNI/R(2004)5
This revised document was reviewed and endorsed in September 2003 by the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) Working Group on the Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA), whi...
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9 March 2004