On 1 January 2021, Bulgaria became the 34th member of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and its Data Bank. On the occasion of this accession, a special ceremony was held online today to welcome Bu...

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...

This week the NEA Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy held its biannual meeting to review the main aspects of the NEA’s programme of work and co-operative activities. This was the first time that t...

Digital transformation: Opportunities and challenges for the nuclear sector, 27-28 May 2021.

The NEA will host the Sixth International Conference on Geological Repositories (ICGR-6) on 4-8 April 2022 in Helsinki, Finland.

The Contracting Parties to the Paris and Brussels Supplementary Conventions have decided to organise a ceremony for the deposit of the instruments of ratification in December 2021, with the Protocols...

The second edition of the Fundamentals of International Nuclear Law (FINL) course was held on 14-18 February 2022

The Protocols to amend the Paris Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy and the Brussels Convention Supplementary to the Paris Convention will enter force on 1 January 202...

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

The 2021 SMR Prize Competition brought together 28 students representing different academic and research organisations participating in the NEA Nuclear Education, Skills and Technology (NEST) Small M...

The NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) and the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) held their biannual meetings from 6 to 9 December 2021 and discussed the evol...

WGPC held its biannual plenary meeting on 9-10 November 2021 to discuss its ongoing work and the progress made in activities on public trust and risk communication.

The NEA Working Group on Safety Culture (WGSC) held its biannual meeting on 23-25 November 2021 to review the ongoing work on safety culture and leadership in nuclear regulators.

The NEA held a WebChat with H.E. Mohamed Al Hammadi, Chief Executive Officer of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC).

NEA Nuclear Education, Skills and Technology (NEST) Framework session at the Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 201) on 10 February 2021.

The NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) and the NEA Working Group on Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations (WGPC) organised a joint workshop “How to deal with misinformation?...

The NEA hosted an expert roundtable discussion on 8 October 2021 to reflect on twenty years of Regulators' Forum (RF) work and trace the evolution of the roles and responsibilities of nuclear safety ...

The NEA held its 142^nd Steering Committee meeting in October 2021.

The NEA Expert Group on Comparison and Understanding of Dose Prognosis (EGDP) held its first meeting on 14 October 2020 via video conference.

NEA Working Group on Human and Organisational Factors (WGHOF) held its biannual meeting on 25-26 October 2021.

The NEA spoke with Professor Okamoto, who leads the NEST ARTERD project on the NEST Framework and its objectives.

NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence held its annual plenary meeting on 12-14 October 2021.

The NEA Working Group on Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) organised a specialist workshop entitled “Reactor core and containment cooling systems: Long-term management and reliability (RCC...

The NEA Expert Group on International Recommendations (EGIR) met for the first time on 8 October 2021 to set out its proposed work plan and discuss initial findings for the review.

The Clean Energy Ministerial’s Nuclear Innovation: Clean Energy Future (NICE Future) initiative and the International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC) hosted a webinar on Earth Day, 22 April 2021, on Po...

NEA Working Party on the Legal Aspects of Nuclear Safety (WPLANS) meeting, 19-20 May 2021

The NEA Working Group on the Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) held its annual meeting virtually on 13-15 September 2021 to discuss its ongoing work and activities related to potential acc...

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...

The NEA Expert Group on the Dose limit for the Lens of the Eye (EGDLE) met on 24 September 2021.

A global nuclear science and engineering commencement, 27 August 2020.

The NEA has established the Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy, which entered into force on 28 January 2021.

A chat with Stephen King, PhD student and NEST Fellow.

The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) hosted an expert roundtable discussion on 29 July 2021 to present and discuss findings from a new report on the role of nuclear long-term operation (LTO) in decarbonis...

The NEA hosted an online expert roundtable discussion on 24 June 2021 on safety case projects of three different types of disposal facilities in member countries.

Nearly 100 experts from the NEA Analysis of Information from Reactor Buildings and Containment Vessels of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (ARC-F) Project and the Preparatory Study on Fuel Deb...

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...

The INEX-6 Preparatory Task Force met on 28 June 2021 to continue exchanges on objectives, methodologies and timelines for the exercise. 

Working Party on Scientific Issues of Advanced Fuel Cycles (WPFC) meeting, 8 June 2021.

Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) held a virtual symposium on 1-3 June 2021.

Virtual mission to Japan

CNRA/CSNI meetings, May-June 2021.

A chat with Todd Allen, Chair and Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, and co-lead of the NEST Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) project.

Preparatory meeting for Thermodynamic Characterisation of Fuel Debris and Fission Products Based on Scenario Analysis of Severe Accident Progression at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (TCOFF)...

The NEA participated in the Meeting of Senior Representatives of Organisations in Formal Relations with the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) on 2 June 2021.

NEA Expert Group on Archiving for Radioactive Waste Management Activities (EGAR) meeting, 31 May - 1 June 2021.

The importance of stakeholder involvement was one of the key messages highlighted by the NEA at the Virtual Nuclear Power Plants Expo & Summit (NPPES), hosted by the Nuclear Industry Association of T...

May 2021 in brief

MDEP VVER Working Group (VVERWG) meeting, 25-26 May 2021.

The NEA Working Group on Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations (WGPC) held its bi-annual meeting on 4-6 May 2021 and celebrated its 20^th anniversary.

NEA Task Group on Protective Measures Handbook (TGPMH) meeting, 29 April 2021.