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    Joint project
    Framework for Irradiation Experiments (FIDES)

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    The NEA Framework for Irradiation Experiments (FIDES) supports the fuel and material experimental needs of nuclear safety regulators, technical support organisation...

    Fuel in nuclear safety Nuclear fuel Nuclear science FIDES Nuclear safety research Accident tolerant fuels Reactor fuel performance …
    Published date: 28 June 2022
    Activity
    FIDES Cross-Cutting Pillars

    The FIDES framework is designed to do more than just produce data on transient fuel behavior and safety related issues. 

    Fuel in nuclear safety Nuclear science Nuclear safety research Reactor fuel performance
    Published date: 28 June 2022
    Activity
    Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS)

    The Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS) studies the reactor physics, fuel performance, and radiation transport and shielding in present and future nu...

    Nuclear fuel Reactor physics Multi-physics simulations Fuel studies Light water reactors Thermal hydraulics WPRS Pressurised heavy water reactors Reactor physics Multiphysics …
    Published date: 22 June 2022
    Activity
    Benchmark for Uncertainty Analysis in Best-Estimate Modelling for Design, Operation and Safety Analysis of Light Water Reactors (LWR-UAM)

    The goal of the Benchmark for Uncertainty Analysis in Best-Estimate Modelling for Design, Operation and Safety Analysis of Light Water Reactors (LWR-UAM) is to determine the uncertainty in light wate...

    Modelling and simulation Reactor physics Light water reactors Verification and validation Validation Uncertainty quantification Uncertainty analysis Benchmark Reactor physics Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 22 June 2022
    Activity
    High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors

    High-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs), also known as very-high-temperature reactors (VHTR) are Generation IV reactors that can operate at very high temperatures and use a graphite-moderated ga...

    Cogeneration Generation IV reactors Nuclear science Gas-cooled reactors Multiphysics Reactor physics …
    Published date: 22 June 2022
    Activity
    Framework for Irradiation Experiments (FIDES)

    The FIDES framework will help regulators, their technical support organisations, research organisations and the industry to consolidate their needs and resources in order to create a dynamic for impl...

    Nuclear fuel Material science Nuclear science Materials science FIDES Experimental needs …
    Published date: 10 January 2020
    News
    Momentum building in the Framework for Irradiation Experiments

    Recent meetings of groups working under the aegis of the Framework for Irradiation Experiments (FIDES) have demonstrated that the international community is enthusiastic and on a strong course to ful...

    Nuclear fuel News brief Nuclear science Materials science FIDES Experimental needs …
    Published date: 5 May 2022
    News
    Discussing scientific issues and uncertainty analysis of nuclear reactor systems

    WPRS gathered 172 experts from 22 countries at the annual Benchmark Workshop.

    Nuclear fuel Reactor physics News brief Sodium-cooled reactor Light water reactors WPRS Reactor physics Multiphysics …
    Published date: 9 June 2022
    Publications and Reports
    NEA brochure

    The brochure provides background information about the NEA.

    English Nuclear law Human aspects of nuclear safety Nuclear law Radiological protection Nuclear science Nuclear economics Nuclear technology Regulation Decommissioning and legacy management Radioactive waste management Nuclear safety research Radiological protection Technology Safety research Radioactive waste management Human action Data Bank Nuclear safety regulation Nuclear economics …
    Published date: 10 September 2018
    Activity
    Lead-cooled Fast Reactor Benchmark (LFR)

    Lead-cooled Fast Reactors (LFR) are rather new concepts which have gathered increasing international attention after the Generation-IV International Forum (GIF) selected them as promising candidates ...

    Generation IV reactors Verification and validation Verification Validation Liquid metal reactors Benchmark Reactor physics …
    Published date: 7 June 2022
    Activity
    Burn-up credit criticality safety

    Burn-up credit is a safety approach that accounts for the reduction in the reactivity of configurations with spent nuclear fuel due to the change in their composition after irradiation.

    Criticality safety NSC Nuclear science Criticality WPNCS …
    Published date: 2 June 2022
    Event
    27th Meeting of the Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS)
    27 June 2022 - 1 July 2022
    OECD headquarters, Paris XVI

    Under the guidance of the  Nuclear Science Committee (NSC) , the Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS) focuses on technical and scientific issues related to criticality safety. Specific...

    Criticality safety Nuclear science Criticality WPNCS
    Published date: 1 June 2022
    News
    Joint Evaluated Fission and Fusion (JEFF) Nuclear Data Week 2022

    The NEA Data Bank Nuclear Data Service (NDS) organised the Joint Evaluated Fission and Fusion (JEFF) Nuclear Data Week (NDW) on 25-29 April 2022.

    News brief Nuclear data Data Bank
    Published date: 20 May 2022
    Activity
    Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS)

    The Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS) deals with technical and scientific issues relevant to criticality safety. Specific areas of interest include (but are not limited to) investig...

    Criticality safety NSC Nuclear science Criticality
    Published date: 17 May 2022
    Activity
    Nuclear Data Sensitivity Tool (NDaST)

     Nuclear Data Sensitivity Tool (NDaST), aims to provide rapid feedback on the effect of changes to nuclear data on integral benchmarks.

    Nuclear science Verification and validation Nuclear data Databases
    Published date: 17 May 2022
    Subtopic
    Accident-tolerant fuels

    Accident-tolerant fuels may offer opportunities to enhance the safety and competitiveness of commercial nuclear power plants.

    Accident Tolerant Fuels
    Published date: 16 December 2019
    Activity
    McMaster Core Thermal-Hydraulics Benchmark

    Building on the OECD-NEA BFBT and PSBT benchmarks, McMaster University, in collaboration with North Carolina State University, launched a CANDU thermal-hydraulic benchmark under the WPRS Expert Group...

    Nuclear science Thermal hydraulics Verification and validation Validation Benchmark Reactor physics …
    Published date: 29 April 2022
    Activity
    Database for ICSBEP (DICE)

    The International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP) released the first version of the Database for the International Handbook of Evaluated Criticality Safety Benchmark Experime...

    Criticality safety Information, data and knowledge management Databases Benchmark
    Published date: 25 April 2022
    Activity
    IRPhE primary documentation

    Collected sources of primary documentation for reactor physics benchmarks.

    Modelling and simulation Reactor physics Verification and validation Verification Validation Benchmark Reactor physics …
    Published date: 14 April 2022
    Activity
    Liquid Metal Fast Reactor Core Thermal-Hydraulics Benchmark (LMFR T/H)

    The Liquid Metal Fast Reactor (LFMR) is one of the next generation reactor designs. This benchmark consists of steady-state numerical predictions of Texas A&M University (TAMU) separate effect tests ...

    Thermal hydraulics Verification and validation Verification Validation Benchmark Reactor physics …
    Published date: 12 April 2022
    Joint project
    QUENCH-ATF project

    Image: QUENCH facility at KIT. Court. KIT. 

    The purpose of the QUENCH-ATF project is to investigate the chemical, mechanical and thermal-hydraulics behaviour of ATF claddings in Design Basis Accident...

    Nuclear science Nuclear safety research Joint project Accident Tolerant Fuels Accident tolerant fuels …
    Published date: 1 April 2022
    Event
    20th Meeting of the Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS)
    20 - 24 February 2023
    Paris, OECD NEA

    Under the guidance of the  Nuclear Science Committee (NSC) , the Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS) studies the reactor physics, fuel performance, ...

    Nuclear science WPRS Multiphysics Radiation transport and shielding Thermal hydraulics and mechanics Reactor physics …
    Published date: 31 March 2022
    NEA Document
    The Effects of the Uncertainty of Input Parameters on Nuclear Fuel Cycle Scenario Studies
    NEA/NSC/R(2016)4
    English Nuclear fuel WPFC Fuel studies NSC Nuclear science EGAFCS Partitioning and transmutation Fuel cycle physics and chemistry …
    Published date: 10 November 2016
    Activity
    Pellet-Cladding Mechanical Interaction (PCMI) Benchmark

    The aim of the benchmark is to improve understanding and modelling of pellet-cladding mechanical interaction (PCMI) amongst NEA member organisations. This is achieved by comparing PCMI predictions of...

    Nuclear fuel Reactor physics Light water reactors EGRFP Benchmark Reactor physics …
    Published date: 23 March 2022
    Event
    WPRS Benchmark Workshop 2022
    30 May 2022 - 3 June 2022
    Conference Center Hotel Aquabella, Aix-en-Provence, France (in-person meeting)

    The annual Benchmark Workshop of the Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems will be hosted by CEA Cadarache in Aix-en-Provence. During the week of 30 May to 3 ...

    Thermal hydraulics and mechanics Reactor physics Reactor fuel performance
    Published date: 29 March 2022
    Activity
    Expert Group on Physics of Reactor Systems (EGPRS)

    Under the guidance of the Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS), the Expert Group on Physics of Reactor Systems (EGPRS) performs specific tasks associa...

    Reactor physics Molten salt reactors Light water reactors Pressurised heavy water reactors Reactor physics …
    Published date: 29 March 2022
    Activity
    Expert Group on Reactor Fuel Performance (EGRFP)

    Under the guidance of the Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS) the expert group performs specific tasks associated with fuel performance aspects of pr...

    Nuclear fuel Reactor physics EGRFP Reactor physics
    Published date: 23 March 2022
    Activity
    Multi-physics Pellet Cladding Mechanical Interaction Validation (MPCMIV) Benchmark

    Multi-physics Pellet Cladding Mechanical Interaction Validation (MPCMIV) Benchmark

    Multi-physics simulations Nuclear science Multiphysics Benchmark
    Published date: 23 March 2022
    Activity
    International Reactor Physics Handbook Database and Analysis Tool (IDAT)

    The IRPhEP Database and Analysis Tool (IDAT) was first released in 2013 and is included on the IRPhE Handbook DVD. This database and corresponding user interface allows easy access to handbook inform...

    Verification and validation Information, data and knowledge management Databases Reactor physics
    Published date: 17 March 2022
    Event
    16th Information Exchange Meeting on Actinide and Fission Product Partitioning and Transmutation (16IEMPT)

    The NEA is organising the 16th Information Exchange Meeting on Actinide and Fission Product Partitioning and Transmutation (16IEMPT).

    Advanced nuclear fuel cycles to improve the safety, sustainabilit...

    Nuclear fuel WPFC Fission products Chemistry Actinides Advanced reactors Minor actinides Back-end Nuclear fuel cycle Partitioning and transmutation Fuel cycle physics and chemistry …
    Published date: 17 March 2022
    Activity
    Shielding Integral Benchmark Archive and Database (SINBAD)

    The Shielding Integral Benchmark Archive and Database (SINBAD) database contains compilations for 46 reactor shielding, 31 fusion neutronics and 23 accelerator shielding experiments.

    Transport Experiments Radiation Validation Databases Benchmark Radiation transport and shielding Reactor physics …
    Published date: 10 March 2022
    Activity
    Working Party on Scientific Issues of Advanced Fuel Cycles (WPFC)

    The Working Party on Scientific Issues of Advanced Fuel Cycles (WPFC) studies advanced nuclear fuel cycles, including fuel cycle scenarios, innovative fuels and materials, separation chemistry, waste...

    Nuclear fuel WPFC Fuel studies NSC Nuclear science Liquid metal reactors Partitioning and transmutation Fuel cycle physics and chemistry …
    Published date: 24 February 2022
    Activity
    WPFC Expert Group on Fuel Recycling and Waste Technology (EGFRW)

    Under the guidance of the Working Party on Scientific Issues of Advanced Fuel Cycles (WPFC), the Expert Group on Fuel Recycling and Waste Technology (EGFRW) focuses on the separation processes releva...

    Nuclear fuel WPFC EGFRC Fuel studies NSC Nuclear science Partitioning and transmutation EGFRW Fuel cycle physics and chemistry …
    Published date: 23 February 2022
    Publications and Reports
    The Strategic Plan of the Nuclear Energy Agency 2023-2028

    The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Strategic Plan serves as a guiding instrument that reflects the priorities of its member countries as the Agency addresses evolving needs in the exploration and a...

    English Nuclear law Human aspects of nuclear safety Nuclear law Radiological protection Nuclear science Nuclear safety Nuclear economics Nuclear technology Decommissioning and legacy management Nuclear decommissioning Radioactive waste management Nuclear safety research Safety Data Bank Nuclear safety regulation Nuclear economics …
    Published date: 25 January 2022
    News
    Addressing technical and scientific issues around nuclear criticality safety

    WPNCS bi-annual event brought together 80 experts from 17 member countries.

    News brief Criticality safety Criticality WPNCS
    Published date: 7 February 2022
    Event
    19th Meeting of the Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS)
    21 - 25 February 2022
    ZOOM virtual meeting

    Under the guidance of the  Nuclear Science Committee (NSC) , the Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS) studies the reactor physics, fuel performance, ...

    Nuclear science Multiphysics Radiation transport and shielding Thermal hydraulics and mechanics Reactor physics …
    Published date: 7 February 2022
    Activity
    Expert Group on Reactor Systems Multi-Physics (EGMUP)

    The Expert Group on Reactor Systems Multi-Physics (EGMUP) advances the state of the art in establishing processes and procedures for certifying experimental data and benchmarking multi-physics multi-...

    Multi-physics simulations Reactor physics
    Published date: 7 February 2022
    NEA Document
    Subgroup 27: Prompt Photon Production from Fission Products
    NEA/NSC/R(2020)8

    The following report is issued by the WPEC Subgroup 27, which builds upon the work of the previous Subgroups 21 and 23, critically reviewing the gamma emission data and providing recommendations to i...

    WPEC Fission products Nuclear data
    Published date: 1 February 2022
    News
    Recent webinar highlights Italy’s role in nuclear science and technology

    The webinar "Research and international dialogue in technology nuclear power - What role for Italy?", was held on 17- 18 November 2021.

    Nuclear science Italy
    Published date: 14 December 2021
    News
    International review of benchmark experiments

    ICSBEP, SINBAD AND IRPhEP Technical Review Group meetings, October 2021.

    News brief Criticality safety Nuclear science ICSBEP IRPhEP Reactor physics …
    Published date: 25 October 2021
    News
    Work on scientific issues around advanced nuclear fuel cycles

    Working Party on Scientific Issues of Advanced Fuel Cycles (WPFC) meeting, 8 June 2021.

    WPFC News brief Fuel studies Nuclear science Nuclear fuel cycle Partitioning and transmutation Fuel cycle physics and chemistry …
    Published date: 30 June 2021
    News
    Thermodynamic characterisation of severe accident analyses

    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)...

    News brief Nuclear science Fukushima Thermodynamic data TCOFF Nuclear safety research Joint project …
    Published date: 27 May 2021
    News
    Scientific issues and uncertainty analysis of nuclear reactor systems

    NEA Working Party on Scientific Issues of Reactor Systems (WPRS) annual meeting, 15-19 February 2021.

    Reactor physics News brief Nuclear science Reactor physics
    Published date: 24 February 2021
    News
    NEA Thermodynamics of Advanced Fuels International Database updates

    NEA Thermodynamics of Advanced Fuels International Database updates

    News brief Nuclear science Thermodynamics Thermodynamic data TAF-ID …
    Published date: 25 January 2021
    News
    New NEA task force on partitioning and transmutation kicks off

    New NEA task force on partitioning and transmutation kicks off

    Nuclear science Advanced reactor systems Nuclear technology Actinides Radioactive waste management Fuel cycle technology Partitioning and transmutation Fuel cycle physics and chemistry Sustainable development and nuclear energy …
    Published date: 27 January 2021
    News
    Benchmarking, single and multi-physics modelling and simulation tools for nuclear reactor analysis

    NEA Working Party on Scientific Issues of Reactor Systems (WPRS) workshops, 7-15 December 2020.

    Reactor physics News brief Nuclear science Reactor physics
    Published date: 17 December 2020
    Subtopic
    Nuclear data

    Nuclear data refers to the probabilities, statistics and measurements of the physical interactions associated with atomic particles.

    Nuclear data
    Published date: 16 December 2019
    News
    New NEA reports on nuclear data evaluation

    New NEA reports on nuclear data evaluation

    News brief Nuclear energy data WPEC NSC Nuclear science Nuclear data …
    Published date: 5 August 2020
    Joint project
    Thermodynamics of Advanced Fuels – International Database (TAF-ID) public version

    The TAF-ID public version contains only data already published in open literature. Currently, the following systems are available in the public version:

    • oxide-carbide fuel (U-Pu-O-C, released Decemb...
    Material science Fuel studies Nuclear science Materials science Thermodynamics Thermodynamic data Databases TAF-ID Codes and programs …
    Published date: 31 March 2020
    Publications and Reports
    The Strategic Plan of the Nuclear Energy Agency 2017-2022

    This Strategic Plan is intended to guide the NEA as it seeks to meet the evolving needs of member countries in the application and exploration of nuclear science and technology. The plan includes an ...

    English Nuclear law Human aspects of nuclear safety Nuclear law Radiological protection Decommissioning Nuclear science Nuclear economics Nuclear technology Decommissioning and legacy management Nuclear decommissioning Stakeholder Radioactive waste management Nuclear safety research Safety Safety culture Safety research Decontamination Data Bank Nuclear safety regulation Nuclear economics …
    Published date: 22 December 2016
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