Image: Microscopic examination of U-bearing particles collected at Fukushima-Daiichi, JAEA

TCOFF Phases

First Phase (2017-2020)

The Thermodynamic Characterisation of Fuel Debris and Fission Products ...

Th projects addressed key technical challenges highlighted by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident and have delivered critical insights into melt and debris coolability, fission product...

Project members met in France and online to discuss the ongoing and future activities.

Project members discussed the results and the second phase foreseen to start in 2026.

Project members met in Cadarache, France, on 1-3 April 2025.

This report presents a study performed on a set of common-cause failure (CCF) events within the International Common-cause failure Data Exchange (ICDE) project. The topic of the study was external fa...

The NEA held a workshop on the topic in Madrid, Spain.

The NEA Working Group on Integrity and Ageing of Components and Structures (WGIAGE) discussed ongoing activities.

Background
Bridge cranes, which are components that handle devices designed to lift and transfer heavy loads, are widely used in the nuclear sector. Assessing the dynamic behaviour of bridge cranes is...

The aim of this second revision of the Best Practice Guidelines (BPG) is to provide guidance to the user of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes, both novice and experienced, in the field of nucl...