New reactors are light-water reactors that are in the design or construction phases. Advanced reactors refers to reactors under consideration that are cooled by fluids other than water.
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18 March 2020
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1 January 1997
NEA/CNRA/R(2022)5
This report outlines first the safety concerns and the regulatory basis for reactor water level measurement diversity and reliability in participating countries. After that the measurement methods an...
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25 March 2024
NEA/CSNI/R(2020)10
Following the recommendations from the technical workshop on “Nuclear Fuel Behaviour during Reactivity-Initiated Accidents” organised by the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in September 2009, a first ben...
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18 October 2022
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4 June 2020
The NEA Working Group on Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations (WGPC) held its annual meeting on 4 November 2020 via video conference.
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5 November 2020
NEA/SEN/NRA/WGPC(2006)5
There is an increasing expectation from the general public for information on abnormal situations occurring at a nuclear or a radiation facility. Historically communication of this information was re...
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22 June 2006
The Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP) entered a new phase on 14 December 2021. The MDEP will continue in its role as a unique multinational initiative leveraging the resources and know...
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15 December 2021
NEA/CNRA/R(1994)4
This is the proceedings of the WGIP International Workshop held on 23-25 May 1994 in Helsinki (Finland).
The main objectives were:
- To meet with inspectors from other organisations,
- To exchange inf...
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1 January 1994
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11 February 2003
NEA/CNRA/R(2005)2
In some countries, there is a growing demand for information about NPP performance from the executives, public and media. Such a demand has to be responded to and the information provided need to be ...
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11 May 2005
NEA/CNRA/R(1992)3
This report provides the proceedings of the WGIP international workshop held from August 29 to September 4, 1992 at the Technical Training Center of the US NRC in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The objectiv...
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1 January 1992
NEA/CNRA/R(1996)1
An International Workshop on Steam Generator Tube Integrity in Nuclear Power Plants, sponsored by the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) and the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Inst...
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1 January 1996
NEA/CNRA/R(2010)1
These proceedings cover the 9th International Workshop held by the WGIP on regulatory inspection. THe focus of this workshop was regulatory inspection activities in 3 main areas:
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4 February 2010
NEA/CNRA/R(2007)1
The NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) believes that an essential factor in ensuring the safety of nuclear installations is the continuing exchange and analysis of technical inform...
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26 April 2007
NEA/CNRA/R(2013)3
The WGRNR organised an international workshop aimed to provide a forum to exchange information on lessons learned from siting, licensing and constructing new nuclear power plants around the world. Ke...
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7 October 2013
NEA/CNRA/R(2012)6
The NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) believes that an essential factor in ensuring the safety of nuclear installations is the continuing exchange and analysis of technical inform...
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2 July 2012
NEA/CNRA/R(2005)4
The NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) believes that an essential factor in ensuring the safety of nuclear installations is the continuing exchange and analysis of technical inform...
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27 June 2005
NEA/CNRA/R(2012)3
The purpose of WGOE is to facilitate the exchange of information, experience, and lessons learnt related to operating experience between CNRA Member countries. The WGOE continues its mission to ident...
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10 February 2012
NEA/CNRA/R(2000)2
These commandable practices are extracts from the topcs, which were discussed by the WGIP and were thought to ber reference for Member countries. These are neither international standards nor guideli...
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11 April 2000
This report presents practical guidance to enhance leadership for safety in nuclear regulatory bodies. It identifies the effective characteristics, competencies and behaviours of leaders in regulator...
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12 March 2024
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31 May 2005
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3 August 2018
NEA/CNRA/R(1998)3
As a follow-up to the 1995 document on Compilation of Responses to a Questionnaire on the Evaluation of the Safety Performance of Licensees, WGIP members identified several issues where additional in...
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1 January 1998
NEA/CNRA/R(2017)4
The Working Group on Operating Experience (WGOE) has observed that events with heavy loads are a contemporary issue to address after several operating experiences in recent years. The WGOE made a pro...
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3 October 2017
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10 August 2021
NEA/CNRA/R(2006)3
These guidelines have been produced in conjunction with the development of the CNRA Operating Plan. The purpose behind this is to establish a systematic and transparent approach to how the CNRA and i...
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27 June 2006
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)6
At its May 2009 meeting, the WGOE identified transformer failures as an issue of generic importance. The US NRC had identified that transformer failures had an increasing trend. Transfortmers are non...
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17 February 2011
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)5
The purpose of this task group report is to show existing national trending tasks and to assess the possibilities in trending of internationally reported events. The report discusses the opportunitie...
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17 February 2011
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)9
The report provides the proceedings from the WGOE meeting discussion on the item of generic interest from September 2010. Additionally, this report aims to analyse the WGOE member country responses t...
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31 March 2011
Operating experience is the collection and dissemination of knowledge gained via the operation of nuclear facilities.
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18 March 2020
The NEA has undertaken a number of activities following the March 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. This brochure contains three extracts from NEA News published in...
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27 June 2012
Major nuclear safety research facilities and programmes are facing increasing budgetary constraints, and in many cases are being closed or terminated. This report identifies major facilities of vital...
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20 April 2001
Major nuclear safety research facilities and programmes are facing increasing budgetary constraints, and in many cases are being closed or terminated. This report identifies major facilities of vital...
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23 May 2001
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28 March 2007
CNRA/CSNI meetings, December 2020
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7 December 2020
Nuclear safety can be understood as accident prevention in nuclear installations, via its systems and its human resources, and the mitigation of risks and consequences if an accident should occur.
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2 December 2019
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has just published a new report entitled Five Years after the Fukushima Daiichi Accident: Nuclear Safety Improvements and Lessons Learnt.
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29 February 2016
Licensee self-assessment (LSA) by nuclear power plant operators is described as all the activities that a licensee performs in order to identify opportunities for improvements. An LSA is part of an o...
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30 June 2003
NEA/CNRA/R(2017)6/ADD1
This supplementary document contains the appendices that are referred to in the proceedings report for the NEA Workshop on Regulatory Oversight of New Licensee Organisational Capability [NEA/CNRA/R(2...
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13 June 2018
NEA/CNRA/R(2017)6
Regulatory bodies must consider how to develop and deploy its own resources in order to deliver the right level of regulatory oversight against these and other areas of organisational development.
In...
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6 November 2017
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27 June 2014
“Social media” is a term referring to various activities that integrate technology, social interaction and content creation. Social media can also be thought of as a way of using technology to “enabl...
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15 June 2020
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13 April 2015
This report was prepared by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) Working Group on Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations (WGPC). Th...
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15 June 2020
The fundamental objective of all nuclear safety regulatory bodies is to ensure that nuclear utilities operate their plants at all times in an acceptably safe manner. In meeting this objective, the re...
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25 March 2005
In June 2003, the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) organised a topical session on the importance of human performance to nuclear safety and the facto...
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2 December 2004
In recent years a world-wide trend has been developing to introduce competition in electricity markets. As market competition unfolds, it produces a wide range of safety challenges for nuclear power ...
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12 February 2001
NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) meeting, 2‑3 June 2020.
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1 July 2020
NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) meeting, 2‑3 December 2019.
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6 December 2019