The project brings together seven NEA member countries.

Participants  in the NEA joint project Loss of Forced Coolant (LOFC) discussed key experimental findings on 10-11 March 2025.

Low-dose research and radiological protection in armed conflict emerge as key topics at 82^nd meeting of the NEA Committee on Radiological Protection and Public Health

NEA Working Party on Information, Data and Knowledge Management (WP‑IDKM) held a topical session on IDKM timescales on 1-2 September 2021 towards building a common understanding of the timescales inv...

March 2021 in brief

The NEA held its second Risk Communication Training Course on 13-16 November in Abu Dhabi.

May 2021 in brief

The Contracting Parties provided an update on their respective national legislative and administrative processes.

The Contracting Parties to the Paris Convention met remotely on 16 October 2020 to discuss the final steps towards the ratification of the Protocols.

A total of 16 countries are parties to the Paris Convention.

Project members met in Cadarache, France, on 1-3 April 2025.

NEA Director-General William D. Magwood, IV and senior staff met with the leading officials from the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (M...

The meeting marked an important transition for the framework with the launch of four new Joint Experimental Programmes (JEEPs).

Members of FIDES-II from 12 countries assembled in Prague, Czech Republic, on 17-21 April 2023 for meetings of its Technical Advisory Group and Governing Board.

FIDES-II member assembled at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) in Mito, Japan.

The NEA Expert Group on Non-radiological Public Health Aspects of Radiation Emergency Planning and Response (EGNR) provided input to the development of the recently launched World Health Organization...

The NEA and Women in Nuclear (WiN) Globalco-organised a mentoring session for young professionals in Tokyo, Japan

“You can do it!” was the theme of the International Mentoring Workshop in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics held jointly by the NEA, the International Framework for Nuclear Energy Coop...

The NEA held its first Indigenous International Mentoring Workshop for female students in Ontario on 7-10 May 2023.

NEA Director-General William D. Magwood was in Spain on 16-17 January for a series of meetings.

The NEA was in Japan on 12-13 February 2025.

A Nuclear Energy Agency delegation recently travelled to Korea for a series of meetings and events.

Addressing the mental health impacts of radiological and nuclear emergencies

The NEA Expert Group on Non‑Radiological Public Health Aspects of Radiation Emergency Planning and Response (EGNR) is developing an operational approach for mitigating the mental health and psychosoc...

The NEA seminar gathered nuclear regulators to discuss the topic on 3-4 December.

The NEA has started preparing its third Stakeholder Involvement Workshop which will focus on optimisation in decision-making.

International experts discussed plans for an upcoming workshop.

Recent meetings of groups working under the aegis of the Framework for Irradiation Experiments (FIDES) have demonstrated that the international community is enthusiastic and on a strong course to ful...

The OECD NEA organised the Safety Case Symposium 2024 in Budapest, Hungary, from 8-11 October. Nearly 200 experts gathered to discuss the role of safety cases in managing radioactive waste.

The NEA organised a virtual workshop in collaboration with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) on 14-18 December 2020 to discuss the best regulatory practices that the nuclear sector can ad...

The Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP) begins operation under a new framework agreement.

The Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP) continues under a new organisational structure after the second Management Board meeting.

NEA delegation participates in discussions at the Regulatory Information Conference in Washington D.C.

The NEA and the World Association of Nuclear Operators have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

The NEA has made progress on two activities that seek to bolster member countries’ nuclear and radiological emergency preparedness and their ability to co-ordinate response actions.

NEA and CAEA discuss further enhancements to co‑operation

The OECD NEA and the Government of Sweden announced a new collaboration on a system cost study of the Swedish electricity and energy system.

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed during NEA mission to Japan.

NEA Annual Report 2019

The NEA participated in the COP 26 United Nations Climate Change Conference from 31 October to 12 November 2021 for dialogues on the role that nuclear energy could play in achieving the decarbonisati...

The COP27 NEA delegation were at the forefront of several discussions on the pathways that nuclear energy can offer to reduce carbon emissions.

Events explored financing challenges and the potential of SMRs in the Arctic.

The Regulators’ Forum (RF), the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) and the Committee on Decommissioning of Nuclear Installations (CDLM) held their annual plenary meetings and a joint commi...

CSNI and CNRA meetings took place on 4-7 June.

CSNI and CNRA members gathered for bi-annual meetings.

Th projects addressed key technical challenges highlighted by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident and have delivered critical insights into melt and debris coolability, fission product...

NEA conducts virtual missions to Canada, Japan, the Russian Federation and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

NEA Data Bank meeting with stakeholders in Russia, 2 December 2019

NEA Data Bank organises PHITS workshop in co‑operation with the Argentine National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA)

In November 2023, the NEA Data Bank held two beginner level courses in Paris, France.