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28 May 2021
Videoconference, Zoom
In the aftermath of the Fukushima accident, the nuclear community has been re-evaluating seismic hazard at nuclear facilities worldwide. One of the major challenges in this effort is quantifying and ...
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1 December 2021
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25 November 2021
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25 February 2022
Liverpool, United Kingdom
The Symposium is free of charge for all participants and is scheduled to take place in person at ONR’s offices near Liverpool in the United Kingdom. However, if coronavirus restrictions on travel or ...
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19 November 2021
NEA/CSNI/R(2019)10
This report provides descriptions of the current status of PSA programmes in member countries; including basic background information, guidelines, various PSA applications, major results in recent st...
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15 September 2020
The Halden Reactor Project has been in operation since 1958 and is the oldest NEA joint project. It brings together an important international technical network in the area of nuclear safety ranging ...
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10 November 2021
The Working Group supports improved uses of Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) in risk-informed regulation and safety management through the analysis of results and the development of perspectives...
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14 October 2021
NEA/CSNI/R(2004)3
This document is the second in a series of CSNI Working Group on Operating Experience (WGOE) technical notes on recent events in nuclear power plants (NPPs). The purpose is to transmit WGOE views to ...
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16 January 2004
NEA/CSNI/R(2004)4
Several member countries of the Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD/NEA) established the International Common-Cause Failure Data Exchange Project...
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30 January 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
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)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)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)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)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
Major nuclear safety research facilities and programmes are facing increasing budgetary constraints, and in many cases are being closed or terminated. This report identifies major facilities of vital...
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20 April 2001
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)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)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)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)18
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1 July 2003
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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7 January 2005
The main mission of the Working Group on Fuel Safety (WGFS) is to advance the current understanding and address cross-cutting issues related to fuel behaviour in accident conditions, including work o...
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14 April 2020
The Senior Expert Group on Safety Research / Support Facilities for Existing and Advanced Reactors 2 (SESAR/SFEAR2) is responsible for reviewing and updating the previous SESAR assessments of researc...
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22 April 2020
NEA/CSNI/R(2007)6
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19 March 2007
NEA/CSNI/R(2011)7
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4 March 2011
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21 September 2011
NEA/CSNI/R(2017)17/REV1
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10 August 2021
NEA/CSNI/R(2014)9
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18 June 2014
NEA/CSNI/R(2008)12
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1 August 2008
NEA/CSNI/R(2009)8
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10 July 2009
NEA/CSNI/R(2015)2
Spent fuel pools (SFPs) are large accident-hardened structures that are used to temporarily store irradiated nuclear fuel. Due to the robustness of the structures, SFP severe accidents have long been...
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23 January 2015
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)12
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31 August 2010
NEA/CSNI/R(1991)8
Three Mile Island Unit 2 Analysis Exercise Final Report
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1 January 1991
NEA/CSNI/R(1992)9/VOL1
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1 January 1991
NEA/CSNI/R(1997)27
Lyon, France, 8-10 September 1997
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1 January 1997
NEA/CSNI/R(1998)13
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1 January 1998
NEA/CSNI/R(2019)16
Two important lessons learnt from the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (NPP) accident were: 1) there can be significant interactions between multiple co located radiological sources (...
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26 April 2021
CNRA/CSNI meetings, May-June 2021.
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10 June 2021
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19 May 2021
As the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (NPP) accident illustrates, many challenges have to be faced in maintaining safety over the long term in a damaged NPP following a severe accident. These ...
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29 April 2021
NEA/CSNI/R(2006)2
The Best Estimate Methods Uncertainty and Sensitivity Evaluation (BEMUSE ) Programme is an important step on the road to the reliable application of high-quality best-estimate and uncertainty evaluat...
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27 February 2006
NEA/CSNI/R(1996)17
This report deals with an internationally agreed integral test facility (ITF) matrix for the validation of best estimate thermal-hydraulic computer codes. Firstly, the main physical phenomena that oc...
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1 January 1996
NEA/CSNI/R(2015)15
Pavia, Italy
4-6 February 2015
This workshop was the fourth in a series of NEA meetings dedicated to probabilistic approach of seismic hazard or seismic risk. The main objectives were to foster exchan...
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29 June 2015
The Working Group on the Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) is responsible for activities related to potential accidental situations in nuclear power plants, including the following technic...
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30 April 2021
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11 February 2003
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5 February 2003
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9 July 2001
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/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)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
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