On 11 March 2011, a massive earthquake of magnitude 9.0 on the Richter scale jolted the eastern coast of Japan. An hour after the earthquake, a 14-15 m tsunami, as estimated at the Fukushima Daiichi ...
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9 March 2023
Thermodynamic databases and accident prevention
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24 February 2023
In the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi accident in March 2011, nuclear regulators, industry organisations, and operating companies across the globe began the process of understanding the lessons l...
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17 January 2023
NEA and NRA held joint conference on regulators' views in Tokyo, Japan 10 years after TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi NPS Accident.
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12 December 2022
Image: Microscopic examination of U-bearing particles collected at Fukushima-Daiichi, JAEA
TCOFF Phases
First Phase (2017-2020)
The TCOFF project established a framework for the exchange of technical...
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7 December 2022
End state of debris in the units 1-3 of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings. Photo: Japan Atomic Energy Agency
The Preparatory Study on Analysis of Fuel D...
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25 November 2022
Around 90 radiological protection professionals and researchers, representing regulators, research institutions and government entities from NEA member countries and beyond, joined Preparedness for P...
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24 November 2022
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28 October 2022
Headquarters of the Institute of Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) - Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
The NEA Committee on Radiological Protection and Public Health (CRPPH) through its Expert Group on Recovery Management (EGRM) invited all interested stakeholders to a workshop Preparedness for post-n...
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14 November 2022
Investigation for damage condition and radiation dose in Unit 3 at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (December 2019). Photo: Japan Nuclear Regulation Au...
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19 October 2022
Appearance of Unit 1 and 2 reactor buildings at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (June 2022). Photo: Japan Nuclear Regulation Authority
The FACE projec...
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17 October 2022
NEA News is the professional journal of the NEA. It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nuclear safety and regulatio...
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31 August 2022
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1 September 2022
Iwaki Business Innovation Center, Fukushima, Japan
The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation (NDF) are organising an international workshop on the characterisation of large quanti...
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17 August 2022
The new project assembled global experts at the NEA.
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25 July 2022
The goal of EGCUL is to share state-of-the-art knowledge and experience in characterising a large amount of unknown waste derived from nuclear accidents and past nuclear activities.
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12 July 2022
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1 June 2022
More than ten years after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, many lessons have been learnt that have helped improve preparedness for nuclear emergencies and awareness of the global r...
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18 May 2022
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident: Message from Director-General Magwood
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11 March 2022
The NEA is helping Japan and the wider international community better understand the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and the site’s current status.
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16 February 2022
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13 December 2021
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Vienna, Austria
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29 April 2021
Understanding the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is important for safe and timely decommissioning of the reactors. This objective, together with the development of better compu...
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28 September 2021
NEA/CRPPH/R(2020)1
事故後復旧への備え：経験からの教訓
ワークショップ要約レポート
Preparedness for Post-Accident Recovery: Lessons from Experience - Japanese Version
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7 September 2021
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...
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3 August 2021
東日本大震災とそれに続く福島第一原子力発電所事故から10年が経ち、多くの教訓が得られたが、まだ多くの課題が残っている。
この報告書は福島第一原子力発電所の現況と、事故後の日本の当局並びに国際社会の対応について報告するもので、事故に起因する多面的な問題を政策決定者と一般市民双方が理解することに役立つであろう。それには、災害復旧努力、損害賠償、原子力安全、原子力規制、放射線防護、廃炉作業、放射性廃棄物...
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28 July 2021
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22 July 2021
NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...
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15 July 2021
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)...
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27 May 2021
The NEA Expert Group on Recovery Management (EGRM) held a meeting on 6 May 2021.
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7 May 2021
NEA Task Group on Protective Measures Handbook (TGPMH) meeting, 29 April 2021.
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30 April 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(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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19 April 2021
NEA/CRPPH/R(2020)1
Workshop Summary Report Tokyo, Japan
18-19 February 2020
Post-accident recovery management is considered as a complex multidisciplinary process of multi-sectoral dimensions, with a priority expressed ...
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14 April 2021
Treated water currently stored at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station: Message from Director-General Magwood
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13 April 2021
The NEA has published a report that surveys the aftermath, lessons, and achievements in Japan and the global nuclear community in the decade since the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident.
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4 March 2021
Presentation by Dr Rosa Yang, Fellow at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), given during the launch of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident, Ten Years On: Progress, Lessons and Ch...
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4 March 2021
Much has been learnt in the ten years since the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and the subsequent accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, but significant challenges still remain.
This ...
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3 March 2021
Presentation by Mr Mike Weightman, given during the launch of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident, Ten Years On: Progress, Lessons and Challenges. Mr Weightman is formerly Her Majesty’s Ch...
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3 March 2021
The Senior Expert Group on Safety Research Opportunities Post-Fukushima (SAREF) was established at the June 2013 CSNI meeting to identify research activities to address safety research knowledge gaps...
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4 February 2021
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...
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23 November 2020
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20 November 2020
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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3 November 2020
NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...
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1 October 2020
8-10 November 2016, Fukushima, Japan
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28 May 2020
Preparedness for Post‑Accident Recovery Process: Lessons from Experience
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4 March 2020
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear safety research projects
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4 March 2020
The latest NEA International Mentoring Workshop in Science, Engineering and Decommissioning, organised in co‑operation with the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporatio...
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16 December 2019
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6 December 2019
NEA Expert Group on Recovery Management (EGRM) meeting, 1‑2 October 2019.
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18 November 2019
NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...
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27 July 2018
NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...
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4 August 2017
