The PSB-VVER is a large-scale thermal-hydraulics testing facility operated by the Electrogorsk Research and Engineering Centre (EREC) in Russia. The PSB-VVER Project was intended to provide the exper...

The RASPLAV* Project was regarded as a successor to the Three Mile Island Vessel Investigation Project (TMI-VIP) completed in 1993. The TMI-VIP Project was set up to examine and assess the conditio...

The NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) established a task group to examine Defence in Depth of Electrical Systems and Grid Interaction (DIDELSYS). The DIDELSYS Project, carri...

The objective of the Working Group on Fuel Cycle Safety (WGFCS) is to advance the understanding of relevant aspects of nuclear fuel cycle safety, including: uranium mining and milling; uranium refini...

SCIP phases

First phase (2004-2009)

Phase on...

The Rig-of-safety Assessment (ROSA) Project aimed to resolve issues in thermal-hydraulics analyses relevant to light water reactor (LWR) safety using the Japanese rig-of-safety assessment/large-scale...

STEM phases

First phase (2011-2015)

The STEM Project was initiated with a first phase in 2011 to improve the general ...

The goal of the Reduction of Severe Accident Uncertainties (ROSAU) Project is to reduce knowledge gaps and uncertainties associated with severe accident progression by performing large-scale tests in...

The goal of the Rod Bundle Heat transfer (RBHT) Project is to conduct experiments in the RBHT facility in the United States in order to:

• simulate reflood scenarios in a prototypical PWR rod bundle s...

The Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) Task Group on Advanced Reactor Experimental Facilities (TAREF) was established in 2007 and issued a report on the experimental facilities f...

Common-cause failure (CCF) events can significantly affect the availability of nuclear power plant safety systems. In recognition of this, CCF data is systematically collected and analysed in several...

HYMERES phases

First phase (2013-2016)

The main objective of the first phase of the Hydro...

The HEAF Project was planned as a three-year programme to be conducted by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) at a facility in the US. The project's aim was to conduct experiments i...

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 ...

The acronym PRISME comes from the French phrase propagation d’un incendie pour des scénarios multi-locaux élémentaires, which in English can be translated as "fire propagation in elementary, multi-ro...

The main purpose of the project is to encourage multilateral co-operation in the collection and analysis of data relating to fire events. The objectives of the NEA Fire Project are to:

• collect fire ...

The Programme Review Group is established to perform a programme quality review function within the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) and to provide scientific assistance to the...

The Cabri International Project (CIP) began in March 2000 to study the behaviour of fuel rods, specifically cladding, during a reactivity-initiated accident (RIA) in a pressurised-water reactor (PWR)...

The NEA Behaviour of Iodine Project (BIP) was created to provide separate effects and modelling studies of iodine behaviour in a nuclear reactor containment building following a severe accident. This...

NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) meeting, 4‑5 December 2019.