Left: Test facility for qualification of melt spreading tests. Photo: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL).
Right: Example of corium melt pouring for a melt spreading preparatory test. Photo: Argonne Nat...

The present report summarises the main results and learnings from the third phase of the NEA Behaviour of Iodine Project (BIP-3), which was conducted between 2016 and 2019 by the Canadian Nuclear Lab...

Second Workshop on International Harvesting Co-operation focused on the status of aged metals harvesting and opportunities for international collaborative research.

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...

Two new reports from the WGFS highlight the latest developments in RIA research.

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...

Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities Safety Week

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 was multi-unit CCF events.

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This report presents a study performed on a set of common-cause failure (CCF) events within the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) International Common-cause Failure Data Exchange (ICDE) Project. The topic ...

As a follow-up to the 2010 NEA report Nuclear Fuel Behaviour under Reactivity-initiated Accident (RIA) Conditions: State-of-the-art Report 2010, this report presents the state-of-the-art knowledge on...

Since its inception in 2002, the operating experience with thermal fatigue mechanisms has been an intrinsic aspect of the technical scope of CODAP, which is a joint database project within the Commit...

This report summarises the work done for the activity: “Benchmark analysis on the eXtended Finite Element Method (X-FEM) calculation technology in its use to evaluate the fracture mechanics stress in...

The Country-Specific Safety Culture Forum takes place in Canada.

The VeRCoRs facility mock-up is a reactor containment building at 1/3 scale. The mock-up is instrumented so that its behaviour is monitored from the beginning of construction. More than 700 sensors a...

Within the context of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Advanced Thermal-hydraulic Test Loop for Accident Simulation (ATLAS) project, a series of tests were performed to resolve key thermal-hydraulic s...

The CNRA believes in the importance of having a working group dedicated to safety culture. The Working Group on Safety Culture (WGSC) provides a senior level regulatory forum for exchanging informati...

This activity of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) Working Group on Integrity and Ageing of Components and Structures (WGIAGE) is entitled “Asses...

The NEA Working Group on the Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) held its annual meeting virtually on 13-15 September 2021 to discuss its ongoing work and activities related to potential acc...

Experimental facilities in nuclear energy are key to addressing safety issues. The recent loss of some critical infrastructure, from facilities to industry expertise, has therefore become a concern f...