NEA/NSC/R(2019)7
The modelling and simulation of nuclear systems allow scientists and engineers to probe aspects of the operation of these systems beyond what has been precisely measured. This has numerous applicatio...
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11 October 2022
NEA/NSC/R(2020)4
Advanced nuclear fuel cycles to improve the safety, sustainability and economics of nuclear energy are being investigated worldwide. Partitioning and transmutation (P&T) is one of the candidate techn...
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11 October 2022
NEA/NSC/R(2020)8
The following report is issued by the WPEC Subgroup 27, which builds upon the work of the previous Subgroups 21 and 23, critically reviewing the gamma emission data and providing recommendations to i...
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1 February 2022
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Strategic Plan serves as a guiding instrument that reflects the priorities of its member countries as the Agency addresses evolving needs in the exploration and a...
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25 January 2022
NEA/NSC/R(2021)2
Proceedings of the Fourteenth Workshop, 30 October-2 November 2018, Gyeongju, Korea.
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16 December 2021
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8 December 2021
NEA/NSC/R(2020)7
In the past decade, a large amount of effort has been made towards the direct simulation of the boiling transition (BT) for boiling water reactor (BWR) fuel bundles. This international benchmark, bas...
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2 December 2021
NEA/NSC/R(2019)6
The purpose of this prismatic High Temperature Reactor (HTR) benchmark is to provide a solution set that can be used in future code benchmarking and to better understand the effects induced by the pr...
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18 November 2021
NEA/NSC/R(2020)5
This benchmark focuses on FHR reactors with plates and triso fuel. Several phases are planned, starting with neutronics on a simple fuel element simulation without burn-up, and gradually extending to...
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4 June 2021
NEA/NSC/R(2020)6
In the past decade, a large amount of effort has been made towards the direct simulation of the boiling transition (BT) for Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) fuel bundles. This international benchmark, bas...
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1 June 2021
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12 October 2020
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29 September 2020
NEA/NSC/R(2020)3
The following report is issued by WPEC Subgroup 28, which builds upon the work of the previous Subgroup 20 for developing new methods for cross-section covariance evaluation. Subgroup 28 was tasked w...
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28 September 2020
The NEA Annual Report 2019 provides an overview of the status of nuclear power in NEA member countries and illustrative descriptions of the Agency's activities and international joint projects. 2019 ...
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12 June 2020
NEA/NSC/DOC(1995)3
Document content and format guide for the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP) – NEA/NSC/DOC(95)03
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24 March 2020
NEA/NSC/DOC(2013)9
Workshop Proceedings, 10-12 December 2012
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25 February 2020
NEA/NSC/R(2019)1
The high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) is a Generation IV reactor concept that uses a graphitemoderated gas-cooled nuclear reactor with a once-through uranium fuel cycle. This design permits ...
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18 January 2019
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12 December 2018
As part of a broader spectrum of collaborative activities underpinning nuclear materials research, the Nuclear Energy Agency is supporting worldwide efforts towards the development of advanced materi...
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28 September 2018
The brochure provides background information about the NEA.
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10 September 2018
NEA/NSC/R(2018)1
LACANES – Phase II: Natural Convection
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4 April 2018
The implementation of advanced nuclear systems requires that new technologies associated with the back end of the fuel cycle are developed. The separation of minor actinides from other fuel component...
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19 March 2018
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6 December 2017
This Strategic Plan is intended to guide the NEA as it seeks to meet the evolving needs of member countries in the application and exploration of nuclear science and technology. The plan includes an ...
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22 December 2016
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2 December 2016
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10 November 2016
NEA/NSC/R(2016)3
In 2013, the Expert Group on Reactor Physics and Advanced Nuclear Systems (EGRPANS) published a report that investigated fuel depletion effects in a pressurised water reactor (PWR). This was entitled...
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14 June 2016
NEA/NSC/R(2016)2
Numerical benchmark for the analysis of small-sample reactivity experiments
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9 June 2016
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23 February 2016
NEA/NSC/R(2015)9
Sodium fast reactors offer the most promising type of reactors to achieve such Generation IV goals at a reasonable time scale given the experience accumulated over the years. However, it is recognise...
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5 November 2015
NEA/NSC/R(2015)7
The need to refine models for best-estimate calculations based on good-quality experimental data has arisen for various nuclear applications. One of the most extensive and valuable databases availabl...
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2 October 2015
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10 September 2015
NEA/NSC/R(2015)5
State-of-the-Art Report on Multi-scale Modelling of Nuclear Fuels
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3 September 2015
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29 July 2015
NEA/NSC/R(2015)4
The objective of the benchmark was twofold. First, the benchmark aimed to evaluate currently available computational approaches in an effort to understand the strengths and weaknesses of current ther...
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24 June 2015
NEA/NSC/R(2015)3
Twelfth Workshop Proceedings, Batavia, Illinois, United States, 28-30 April 2014
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2 June 2015
NEA/NSC/DOC(2015)9
Primary Radiation Damage in Materials – Review of Current Understanding and Proposed New Standard Displacement Damage Model to Incorporate in Cascade Defect Production Efficiency and Mixing Effects
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26 February 2015
Spent nuclear fuel contains minor actinides (MAs) such as neptunium, americium and curium, which require careful management. This becomes even more important when mixed oxide (MOX) fuel is being used...
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17 February 2015
Development of innovative fuels such as homogeneous and heterogeneous fuels, ADS fuels, and oxide, metal, nitride and carbide fuels is an important stage in the implementation process of advanced nuc...
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12 December 2014
Materials performance is critical to the safe and economic operation of any nuclear system. As the international community pursues the development of Generation IV reactor concepts and accelerator-dr...
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21 October 2013
Particle accelerators have evolved over the last decades from simple devices to powerful machines, and are having an increasingly important impact on research, technology and daily life. Today they h...
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8 October 2013
Future fuel cycle characteristics, feasibility and acceptability will be crucial for the continued development of nuclear energy, especially in the post-Fukushima context. Fuel cycle choices have bot...
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18 July 2013
NEA/NSC/DOC(2013)10
This report defines the “OECD/NEA/NSC PBMR Coupled Neutronics/Thermal-hydraulics Transient Benchmark of the PBMR-400 Core Design”. This chapter gives more information on the day-to-day management of ...
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19 June 2013
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16 May 2013
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31 December 2013
NEA/NSC/WPFC/DOC(2012)15
Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Flowsheet
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12 June 2012
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4 January 2012
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29 September 2011
NEA/NSC/WPNCS/DOC(2011)5
Spent Nuclear Fuel Assay Data for Isotopic Validation - State-of-the-art Report
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6 June 2011
Particle accelerators have evolved over the last decades from simple devices to powerful machines, and are having an increasingly important impact on research, technology and daily life. Today they c...
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15 December 2010