During a severe accident, the lower head of a reactor pressure vessel (RPV) can be subjected to significant thermal and pressure loads. The lower head has the potential to fail, releasing large amoun...

The Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) Working Group on Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) initiated a co-ordinated programme on Steam Explosion Resolution for Nuclear ...

On 28 March 1979, a partial meltdown of the Three Mile Island unit 2 (TMI-2) reactor occurred at the TMI nuclear power plant near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States.

A TMI accident evaluation pr...

During a fuel crud removal operation on the Paks-2 unit on 10 April 2003, several fuel assemblies were severely damaged. The assemblies were being cleaned in a special tank of the Paks Nuclear Power ...

Paper about the Stress Corrosion Cracking and Cable Ageing Project (SCAP)

The goals of the Piping Failure Data Exchange (OPDE) Project were to:

• collect and analyse piping failure event data to promote a better understanding of underlying causes, impact on operations and s...

In 2006, two subjects, stress corrosion cracking and the degradation of cable insulation were selected as the focus of the Stress Corrosion Cracking and Cable Ageing Project (SCAP). The project ran f...

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...

SCIP phases

First phase (2004-2009)

Phase on...

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...