The annual WPRS Benchmarks Workshops took place on 22-26 May 2023 in Bologna, Italy.
10-year FIDES-II strategic plan will define key research needs in a variety of technical disciplines.
Kick-off workshop of the thermal hydraulic code validation benchmark for high temperature gas-cooled reactors using High Temperature Test Facility (HTTF) data.
The first International School on Simulation of Nuclear Reactor Systems (SINUS) took place on 22-23 May 2023.
WPFM held meetings on 23-25 May 2023.
The FIDES-II framework is designed to do more than just produce data on transient fuel behavior and safety related issues.
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 ...
Under the guidance of the Nuclear Science Committee (NSC), the Working Party on Materials Science Issues in Nuclear Fuels and Structural Materials (WPFM) addresses materials science aspects of nuclea...
Sustained performance of nuclear technology depends on access to a talented and well-qualified workforce, thus it is important to ensure that adequate infrastructures exist for education and training...
The annual Benchmark Workshops of the Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems will be hosted by the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sus...
This report presents the results of a benchmark study on innovative fuels for fast reactors using fuel performance codes. Irradiation results were shared among participants of the expert group and co...
Monte Carlo criticality calculations involve a two-step procedure based on a stochastic implementation of the power iteration method: first, achieve convergence of the fission source distribution dur...
Since the early 2000s there is an increasing demand from nuclear research, industry, safety and regulation for best-estimate predictions to be provided with their confidence bounds. Consequently, an ...
The NEA thermal hydraulic code validation benchmark for high temperature gas-cooled reactors using HTTF data (HTGR T/H), supervised by the Expert Group on Reactor Core Thermal-Hydraulics and Mechanic...
The Technical Review Groups for both projects met at the NEA headquarters on 3-7 April 2023.
Members of FIDES-II from 12 countries assembled in Prague, Czech Republic, on 17-21 April 2023 for meetings of its Technical Advisory Group and Governing Board.
The WPRS met from 20-24 February 2023.
Expert groups on structural and fuel materials meet to advance materials science activities
Thermodynamic databases and accident prevention
International experts gathered at the NEA for the commencement of the third phase TAF-ID on 16-17 February 2023.