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    NEA Document
    Summary Report of the Joint Symposium on Decommissioning, Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, and Food Safety: Rebuilding Post-Accident Confidence
    NEA/CRPPH/R(2019)5

    The Joint Symposium on “Decommissioning, Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, and Food Safety: Rebuilding Post-Accident Confidence” – organised by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developmen...

    English
    Published date: 22 June 2022
    Publications and Reports
    High-temperature Gas-cooled Reactors and Industrial Heat Applications

    Reducing industrial carbon emissions is one of the most difficult challenges on the path to net zero by 2050 due to the magnitude of greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial sector and technical ...

    English Cogeneration Generation IV reactors Gas-cooled reactors Nuclear technology …
    Published date: 16 June 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Organisational Capabilities for Decommissioning Nuclear Installations

    The number of nuclear reactors approaching decommissioning, or already in the process of decommissioning, is increasing globally. Planning and performing decommissioning and dismantling activities ra...

    English WGHOF Human and organisational factors Organisational aspects of decommissioning and legacy management Nuclear decommissioning Human and organisational factors …
    Published date: 10 June 2022
    Other
    StatLink files for Nuclear Energy Data 2021

    StatLink files from Nuclear Energy Data 2021. Download all the Excel files from the volume in one click.

    English
    Published date: 8 June 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Nuclear Energy Data 2021

    Nuclear Energy Data is the Nuclear Energy Agency’s annual compilation of statistics and country reports documenting nuclear power status in NEA member countries and in the OECD area. Information prov...

    English Nuclear energy data Nuclear economics Nuclear technology
    Published date: 1 June 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Building a Framework for Post-Nuclear Accident Recovery Preparedness

    More than ten years after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, many lessons have been learnt that have helped improve preparedness for nuclear emergencies and awareness of the global r...

    English Radiological protection in nuclear or radiological emergencies Radiological protection Environmental protection Fukushima Chernobyl WPNEM CRPPH Radiological protection EGRM Accident management Emergency preparedness and response …
    Published date: 18 May 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Meeting Climate Change Targets: The Role of Nuclear Energy

    All credible models show that nuclear energy has an important role to play in global climate change mitigation efforts (e.g. IEA, 2021; BNEF, 2021; IIASA, 2021). Despite clear analyses from many sour...

    English Generation IV reactors Nuclear technology Climate change SMR Long-term operation Small modular reactors Generation II and III reactors Generation III reactors Nuclear innovation Sustainable development and nuclear energy …
    Published date: 12 May 2022
    NEA Document
    Proceedings of the Workshop on Source Term: A Report by the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations Working Group on the Analysis and Management of Accidents
    NEA/CSNI/R(2020)4

    The investigation conducted in the last 15 years on different aspects of Source Term worldwide, and particularly in the context of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in the form of projects and the Work...

    English WGAMA Accident analysis and management Nuclear safety research CSNI …
    Published date: 14 April 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Reactivity-Initiated Accident Fuel Rod Codes Benchmark Phases I-III: Synthesis Report

    One of the key areas in fuel safety is the analysis of fuel behaviour under reactivity-initiated accident conditions. Reactivity-initiated accident fuel rod codes have been developed for a significan...

    Fuel in nuclear safety English Nuclear safety research CSNI WGFS …
    Published date: 13 April 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Harmonising the Nuclear Licensing Process for Emerging Technologies: A Global Path Forward

    Independent safety regulation has been a hallmark of the global nuclear power sector from its beginnings. Industry and government have long understood the importance of a predictable and adaptable re...

    English Nuclear safety Regulation Policy Brief Nuclear safety research CSNI Regulation of new and advanced reactors SMR Small modular reactors Advanced reactor systems CNRA Nuclear innovation Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 7 April 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Principles and Practice of International Nuclear Law

    Principles and Practice of International Nuclear Law examines the various interrelated legal issues for the safe, efficient and secure use of nuclear energy. It provides an overview of the complex bo...

    English Nuclear law Nuclear law Liability and compensation Nuclear safety Education International conventions and agreements Nuclear liability Publications programme ISNL Education and training opportunities Training …
    Published date: 24 March 2022
    Publications and Reports
    ISNL Commemorative Brochure

    The International School of Nuclear Law (ISNL) Commemorative Brochure highlights the history, academics and unique features of the ISNL that contribute to the "Spirit of Montpellier". In addition, th...

    English Nuclear law Nuclear law Education Training ISNL Education and training opportunities …
    Published date: 24 March 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 104 – Volume 2020/1

    The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law. It provides readers with authoritative and comprehensive informatio...

    English Nuclear law Nuclear law Publications programme Nuclear Law Bulletin …
    Published date: 10 March 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Clay Club Catalogue of Characteristics of Argillaceous Rocks - 2022 Update

    The NEA Clay Club has been gathering the key geoscientific characteristics of the various argillaceous formations that are – or have been – studied in NEA member countries in the context of radioacti...

    English Radioactive waste management Clay Club
    Published date: 9 March 2022
    NEA Document
    Regulatory Implementation of the Equivalent Dose Limit for the Lens of the Eye for Occupational Exposures
    NEA/CRPPH/R(2021)1

    Successes and Challenges to the Approaches Identified Through a Survey of Regulators

    This report summarises the practical experiences of regulators and stakeholders worldwide in implementing the Inte...

    English EGDLE Radiological protection CRPPH Radiological protection Radiological protection regulation and implementation …
    Published date: 2 March 2022
    NEA Document
    RepMet Tools and Guidelines - A Report of the Radioactive Waste Repository Metadata Management (RepMet) Initiative
    NEA/RWM/R(2019)5

    This document is the fifth of the five interrelated reports of the Radioactive Waste Repository Metadata Management (RepMet) Initiative. The series of reports discusses the key aspects of data and re...

    English IDKM of radioactive waste management Metadata RepMet Radioactive waste management Information, data and knowledge management IGSC Repository Radioactive waste …
    Published date: 1 March 2022
    NEA Document
    The Use of Quantitative Safety Guidelines in Member Countries
    NEA/CSNI/R(1994)15/REV1
    English WGRISK CSNI
    Published date: 26 January 2022
    NEA Document
    Level 2 PSA Methodology and Severe Accident Management
    NEA/CSNI/R(1997)11
    English WGRISK CSNI
    Published date: 26 January 2022
    NEA Document
    Research Strategies for Human Performance
    NEA/CSNI/R(1997)24
    English WGRISK CSNI
    Published date: 26 January 2022
    NEA Document
    Improving Low Power and Shutdown PSA Methods and Data to Permit Better Risk Comparison and Trade-off Decision Making - Summary Report
    NEA/CSNI/R(2005)11/VOL1
    English WGRISK CSNI
    Published date: 26 January 2022
    NEA Document
    Improving Low Power and Shutdown PSA Methods and Data to Permit Better Risk Comparison and Trade-off Decision Making - Responses to the WGRISK Survey
    NEA/CSNI/R(2005)11/VOL2
    English WGRISK CSNI
    Published date: 26 January 2022
    NEA Document
    Improving Low Power and Shutdown PSA Methods and Data to Permit Better Risk Comparison and Trade-off Decision Making - Responses to the COOPRA Survey
    NEA/CSNI/R(2005)11/VOL3
    English WGRISK CSNI
    Published date: 26 January 2022
    NEA Document
    Evaluation of Uncertainties in Relation to Severe Accidents and Level-2 Probabilistic Safety Analysis: Workshop Proceedings
    NEA/CSNI/R(2007)2

    Uncertainty in relation to several severe accident phenomena plays a major role in probabilistic safety analyses involving beyond-design-basis accident scenarios for nuclear power plants. The technic...

    English Risk assessment WGRISK Accident analysis and management Uncertainty quantification Nuclear safety research Uncertainty analysis CSNI …
    Published date: 26 January 2022
    NEA Document
    Use and Development of Probabilistic Safety Assessment
    NEA/CSNI/R(2007)12
    English WGRISK CSNI
    Published date: 26 January 2022
    NEA Document
    Specialist Meeting on the Seismic Probabilistic Safety Assessment of Nuclear Facilities: Proceedings
    NEA/CSNI/R(2007)14
    English WGRISK WGIAGE CSNI Proceedings …
    Published date: 26 January 2022
    NEA Document
    Recent Developments in Level 2 PSA and Severe Accident Management
    NEA/CSNI/R(2007)16
    English WGRISK CSNI
    Published date: 26 January 2022
    NEA Document
    HRA Data and Recommended Actions to Support the Collection and Exchange of HRA Data: CSNI WGRisk Report
    NEA/CSNI/R(2008)9
    English WGRISK CSNI
    Published date: 26 January 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
    NEA Document
    Status of PSA programmes in member countries, 1989
    NEA/CSNI(1989)172
    English WGRISK CSNI
    Published date: 25 January 2022
    Activity
    Nuclear Law Bulletin (NLB)

    The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law.

    English Nuclear law French Publications programme Nuclear Law Bulletin …
    Published date: 21 January 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Stakeholder Confidence in Radioactive Waste Management. An Annotated Glossary of Key Terms – 2022 Update

    The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) acts as a centre for informed exchange of knowledge and experience regarding stakeholder interaction and public participatio...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Decommissioning and legacy management Stakeholder engagement FSC …
    Published date: 20 January 2022
    NEA Document
    Workshop on Experimental Validation and Application of CFD and CMFD Codes to Nuclear Reactor Safety Issues, CFD4NRS-7
    NEA/CSNI/R(2020)5

    The Workshop on Experimental Validation and Application of CFD and CMFD Codes to Nuclear Reactor Safety Issues, CFD4NRS-7 was the seventh in a series of workshops focusing on Computational Fluid Dyna...

    English CFD WGAMA Nuclear safety Accident analysis and management CSNI …
    Published date: 19 January 2022
    Other
    FSC Flyer - Added value in nuclear waste management facilities and processes

    The Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) was established by the NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) in 2000 and serves as a platform for understanding stakeholder dialogue and discussi...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Stakeholder Stakeholder engagement FSC …
    Published date: 18 January 2022
    Other
    FSC - Intergenerational connections in radioactive waste management: Involving children and youth

    The Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) was established by the NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) in 2000 and serves as a platform for understanding stakeholder dialogue and discussi...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Stakeholder Stakeholder engagement FSC …
    Published date: 18 January 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 106 – Volume 2021/1

    The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law. It provides readers with authoritative and comprehensive information o...

    English Nuclear law Nuclear law Publications programme Nuclear Law Bulletin …
    Published date: 12 January 2022
    NEA Document
    Proceedings of the CSNI Workshop on Structural Reliability Evaluation and Mechanical Probabilistic Approaches of NPP Components
    NEA/CSNI/R(2007)18

    The Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) Workshop on Structural Reliability Evaluation and Mechanical Probabilistic Approaches of NPP Components was held in Lyon, France on 25-27 S...

    English WGIAGE Nuclear safety research CSNI Benchmark Proceedings Probabilistic risk assessment …
    Published date: 20 December 2021
    NEA Document
    CSNI Collective Statement on the Support Facilities for Existing and Advanced Reactors: The Function of OECD/NEA Joint Projects
    NEA/CSNI/R(2008)5

    In 2007, the NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) issued a report titled Nuclear Safety Research in OECD Countries: Support Facilities for Existing and Advanced Reactors (SFEAR...

    English French Bilingual Nuclear safety research CSNI Joint project …
    Published date: 20 December 2021
    NEA Document
    Shielding Aspects of Accelerators, Targets and Irradiation Facilities (SATIF-14)
    NEA/NSC/R(2021)2

    Proceedings of the Fourteenth Workshop, 30 October-2 November 2018, Gyeongju, Korea.

    English NSC Radiation shielding Proceedings
    Published date: 16 December 2021
    Other
    Recovery from the Nuclear Accident and Public Participation: The Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident, Law and Policy
    English Nuclear law Nuclear law Fukushima Japan Publications programme …
    Published date: 13 December 2021
    NEA Document
    Shielding Aspects of Accelerators, Target and Irradiation Facilities (SATIF-13) - Proceedings of the Thirteenth Meeting, 10-12 October 2016, Dresden, Germany
    NEA/NSC/R(2018)2
    English NSC Radiation shielding Proceedings
    Published date: 8 December 2021
    NEA Document
    NUPEC BWR Full-size Fine-mesh Bundle Test BFBT Benchmark - Volume IV: Results of Phase II on Pressure Drop and Critical Power
    NEA/NSC/R(2020)7

    In the past decade, a large amount of effort has been made towards the direct simulation of the boiling transition (BT) for boiling water reactor (BWR) fuel bundles. This international benchmark, bas...

    English Reactor physics Boiling water reactors Nuclear safety Benchmark Reactor physics …
    Published date: 2 December 2021
    Publications and Reports
    Advanced Nuclear Reactor Systems and Future Energy Market Needs

    Energy markets will be significantly different in the future. The electricity generation system is becoming more diverse with the development of energy-related technologies including renewable energy...

    English Advanced reactor systems Industrial and market frameworks Nuclear economics Nuclear technology Advanced reactors Nuclear economics …
    Published date: 2 December 2021
    NEA Document
    Coupled Neutronic/Thermal-Fluid Benchmark of the MHTGR-350 MW Core Design: Results for the Lattice Physics Exercises
    NEA/NSC/R(2019)6

    The purpose of this prismatic High Temperature Reactor (HTR) benchmark is to provide a solution set that can be used in future code benchmarking and to better understand the effects induced by the pr...

    English NSC
    Published date: 18 November 2021
    Other
    MHTGR-350-Vol III-Benchmark Lattice.r0
    English
    Published date: 18 November 2021
    Publications and Reports
    Climate Change: Assessment of the Vulnerability of Nuclear Power Plants and Approaches for their Adaptation

    Climate change will create specific risks and challenges for nuclear power plants and the electricity system as a whole. Extreme weather events caused by climate change – such as floods, storms, heat...

    English Nuclear installations Nuclear technology Nuclear innovation Climate change COP26 …
    Published date: 4 November 2021
    NEA Document
    Summary Report on the Licensing Process of New Reactor Applications
    NEA/CNRA/R(2020)1

    During the six decades of commercial nuclear power operation so far, nuclear programmes in Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) member countries have grown significantly. Effective communication among member ...

    English WGRNR Nuclear safety Licensing
    Published date: 7 October 2021
    NEA Document
    Optimisation: Rethinking the Art of Reasonable: Workshop Summary Report
    NEA/CRPPH/R(2020)2

    Optimisation of protection, to keep radiological exposures as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA), taking into account social, economic and, more recently, environmental circumstances, has been cent...

    English Optimisation CRPPH Radiological protection
    Published date: 5 October 2021
    NEA Document
    Regulatory Perspectives on Safety Aspects Related to Advanced Sodium Fast Reactors - Part 2. Neutronics and Criticality Safety of Sodium Fast Reactors
    NEA/CNRA/R(2019)1

    This report describes the regulatory perspectives on safety aspects related to the calculation and justification of neutronic characteristics and criticality safety assessment of advanced sodium fast...

    English Criticality Nuclear safety Regulation WGSAR Regulation of new and advanced reactors Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 1 October 2021
    Publications and Reports
    Benchmark Study of the Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

    Understanding the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is important for safe and timely decommissioning of the reactors. This objective, together with the development of better compu...

    English Fukushima Benchmark Accident management
    Published date: 28 September 2021
    Publications and Reports
    CSNI Technical Opinion Paper - No. 18

    Seismic probabilistic safety assessment (SPSA) is a systematic method for examining and evaluating the risk from earthquake-initiated accidents. The significant advances in the area of SPSA since the...

    English WGRISK WGIAGE WGEV Safety Nuclear safety regulation Probabilistic risk assessment Technical Opinion Papers …
    Published date: 27 September 2021
    Publications and Reports
    Nuclear Energy in the Circular Carbon Economy (CCE)

    This report highlights the potential role of nuclear in contributing to the circular carbon economy as a low-carbon source of electricity, but also as a source of heat and system integration services...

    English Climate change Technology Nuclear economics
    Published date: 23 September 2021
    NEA Document
    Proceedings of the Topical Session of 6th FSC Meeting on the Link Between R&D and Stakeholder Confidence, held on 9 June 2005 in Paris, France
    NEA/RWM/FSC(2006)4/REV1
    English RWMC FSC Proceedings
    Published date: 22 September 2021
    NEA Document
    Organisational changes: cultural and structural aspects. Proceedings of a Topical Session held during the 7th Session of the NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence, 7-9 June 2006
    NEA/RWM/FSC(2007)3
    English RWMC FSC Proceedings
    Published date: 22 September 2021
    NEA Document
    Forum on Stakeholder Confidence: Tools to Help Society in Decision Making: Legal and Policy Trends. Proceedings of a Topical Session, Issy les Moulineaux, France, 5 June 2008
    NEA/RWM/FSC(2008)4
    English RWMC FSC Proceedings
    Published date: 22 September 2021
    NEA Document
    10-year FSC Record of Learning. The List of Fact Activities and Investigated Topics, and of People Who Contributed to Them
    NEA/RWM/FSC(2010)2
    English RWMC FSC
    Published date: 22 September 2021
    Publications and Reports
    Nuclear Safety Research Support Facilities for Existing and Advanced Reactors: 2021 Update

    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...

    English Boiling water reactors Molten salt reactors Nuclear safety Light water reactors Safety Advanced reactors Safety research Sodium-cooled reactor Gas-cooled reactors Pressurised heavy water reactors Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 8 September 2021
    Publications and Reports
    Long-Term Operation of Nuclear Power Plants and Decarbonisation Strategies

    The existing nuclear fleet remains the largest low-carbon source of electricity generation in OECD countries. In 2021 the average nuclear power plant had already been operating for 31 years and some ...

    English Policy Environmental protection Decarbonisation Regulation LTO Nuclear economics …
    Published date: 29 July 2021
    Publications and Reports
    NEA News 38.2

    NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...

    English Public health Fukushima Nuclear safety International co-operation Radiological protection Radioactive waste Radioactive waste management Webinar Generation III reactors Cost control Nuclear economics Accident management …
    Published date: 15 July 2021
    Publications and Reports
    2020 NEA Annual Report

    Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic 2020 was a very active and impactful year at the NEA. The Agency quickly adjusted to the situation, switched to virtual methods of interaction, and continued to ...

    English
    Published date: 21 June 2021
    Publications and Reports
    Ensuring the Adequacy of Funding for Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Management

    The world’s nuclear power reactors are ageing, with the majority approaching the end of their planned operational lifetimes in the coming years. The adequacy of funding for decommissioning and radioa...

    English Nuclear economics Radioactive waste Financing
    Published date: 18 June 2021
    NEA Document
    NUPEC BWR Full-size Fine-mesh Bundle Test BFBT Benchmark - Volume III: Results of Phase I on Void Distribution
    NEA/NSC/R(2020)6

    In the past decade, a large amount of effort has been made towards the direct simulation of the boiling transition (BT) for Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) fuel bundles. This international benchmark, bas...

    English Boiling water reactors Nuclear safety Benchmark Reactor physics …
    Published date: 1 June 2021
    Other
    2nd IGSC - FSC Workshop: Managing uncertainty in siting and implementation –9 October 2019

    Managing uncertainty in siting and implementation – Creating a dialogue between science and society
    Second Joint IGSC - FSC  Workshop, 9 October 2019

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Societal aspects of decommissioning and legacy management Stakeholder engagement IGSC FSC Human and organisational factors …
    Published date: 31 May 2021
    Publications and Reports
    Methods for Assessing and Strengthening the Safety Culture of the Regulatory Body

    This report further explores some of the key elements presented in The Safety Culture of an Effective Regulatory Body (2016), commonly known as the NEA Green Booklet, and provides both an overview an...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Human and organisational factors Nuclear safety WGSC Nuclear safety research Safety culture Safety research CNRA Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 10 May 2021
    Other
    nlb103-cover
    English Nuclear law Publications programme Nuclear Law Bulletin
    Published date: 6 May 2021
    Publications and Reports
    Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 105 – Volume 2020/2

    The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law. It provides readers with authoritative and comprehensive information o...

    English Nuclear law Publications programme Nuclear Law Bulletin
    Published date: 3 May 2021
    Publications and Reports
    Long-Term Management and Actions for a Severe Accident in a Nuclear Power Plant

    As the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (NPP) accident illustrates, many challenges have to be faced in maintaining safety over the long term in a damaged NPP following a severe accident. These ...

    English Three Mile Island Fukushima WGAMA Chernobyl Accident analysis and management Nuclear safety research CSNI Accident management …
    Published date: 29 April 2021
    Other
    Convention on the Liability of Operators of Nuclear Ships and Additional Protocol
    English Nuclear law Nuclear law French Liability and compensation Russian International conventions and agreements Spanish Nuclear liability …
    Published date: 27 April 2021
    NEA Document
    Status of Site-Level (Including Multi-Unit) Probabilistic Safety Assessment Developments
    NEA/CSNI/R(2019)16

    Two important lessons learnt from the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (NPP) accident were: 1) there can be significant interactions between multiple co-located radiological sources (...

    English Fukushima WGRISK Nuclear safety Nuclear safety research CSNI Probabilistic risk assessment …
    Published date: 19 April 2021
    NEA Document
    Preparedness for Post-Accident Recovery: Lessons from Experience
    NEA/CRPPH/R(2020)1

    Workshop Summary Report Tokyo, Japan
    18-19 February 2020

    Post-accident recovery management is considered as a complex multidisciplinary process of multi-sectoral dimensions, with a priority expressed ...

    English Radiological protection Fukushima CRPPH Japan Radiological protection Emergency preparedness and response …
    Published date: 14 April 2021
    Publications and Reports
    Small Modular Reactors: Challenges and Opportunities

    Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are gaining recognition among policymakers and industry players as a promising nuclear technology. SMRs can be defined as nuclear reactors with a power output between 10...

    English Small modular reactors Nuclear technology
    Published date: 13 April 2021
    NEA Document
    Bridging Gaps: Developing Sustainable Intergenerational Decision Making in Radioactive Waste Management
    NEA/RWM/FSC(2017)1

    Bridging Gaps: Developing Sustainable Intergenerational Decision Making in Radioactive Waste Management

    English Stakeholder RWMC Stakeholder engagement Stakeholder relations FSC Decision making …
    Published date: 9 April 2021
    Publications and Reports
    Occupational Exposures at Nuclear Power Plants

    The Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) is jointly sponsored by the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Since 1992, ISOE has provided a forum...

    English Radiological protection Occupational exposure Radiological protection Radiological protection for occupational exposure at nuclear Installations …
    Published date: 18 March 2021
    Publications and Reports
    Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident, Ten Years On

    Much has been learnt in the ten years since the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and the subsequent accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, but significant challenges still remain.

    This ...

    English Public health Radiological protection in nuclear or radiological emergencies Liability and compensation Fukushima Nuclear safety Decommissioning and legacy management Nuclear legislation Remediation Stakeholder engagement Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 3 March 2021
    NEA Document
    The Forum on Stakeholder Confidence Report on Dialogue in the Long-Term Management of Radioactive Waste
    NEA/RWM/R(2020)1

    The Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) was created in 2000 under a mandate from the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) to facilitate the sharing of inte...

    English RWMC Stakeholder engagement FSC Societal aspects of radioactive waste management …
    Published date: 26 February 2021
    Publications and Reports
    Towards a Shared Understanding of Radiological Risks

    The decisions made about protective actions of people and the environment in situations involving exposure to ionising radiation have tended to be driven by subjective judgements about the health ris...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety WGPC Radiological protection CRPPH Stakeholder relations Risk …
    Published date: 26 February 2021
    Publications and Reports
    Strategies and Considerations for the Back End of the Fuel Cycle

    A wealth of technical information exists on nuclear fuel cycle options – combinations of nuclear fuel types, reactor types, used or spent nuclear fuel (SNF) treatments, and disposal schemes – and mos...

    English Sustainable development Nuclear technology Fuel cycle technology BEST Back-end Nuclear fuel cycle Nuclear economics …
    Published date: 22 February 2021
    Publications and Reports
    Uranium 2020: Resources, Production and Demand

    Uranium is the raw material used to produce fuel for long-lived nuclear power facilities, necessary for the generation of significant amounts of low-carbon electricity and other uses, such as heat an...

    English Uranium IAEA NDC Uranium mining …
    Published date: 23 December 2020
    Other
    Two decades of Safety Case Development: An IGSC 20th Anniversary Brochure

    The NEA Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) has served as the most important and effective international platform for developing and integrating the science and engineering necessary to unde...

    English Safety provisions of radioactive waste management Operational safety Performance assessments Radioactive waste management IGSC Safety assessment Geological disposal Safety case …
    Published date: 21 December 2020
    Publications and Reports
    Projected Costs of Generating Electricity - 2020 Edition

    This joint report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) is the ninth in a series of studies on electricity generating costs. As countries work towards ensuring ...

    English Energy markets Future energy market needs Nuclear economics Nuclear technology Electricity generation …
    Published date: 9 December 2020
    Publications and Reports
    National Inventories and Management Strategies for Spent Nuclear Fuel and Radioactive Waste

    The diversity in classification schemes across countries has restricted the possibility of comparing waste inventories and led to difficulties in interpreting waste management practices, both nationa...

    English Radioactive waste management Radioactive waste management EGIRM Spent fuel Radioactive waste …
    Published date: 26 November 2020
    Publications and Reports
    Physics of Plutonium Recycling - Volume III

    The quality of the isotopic composition of plutonium fuel degrades as the number of recycles increases in thermal reactors, requiring an increase in the total loading necessary in mixed plutonium-ura...

    English Nuclear science Plutonium Liquid metal reactors Advanced reactors Reactor physics Recycling and reuse Reactor physics NSC Gas-cooled reactors Fuel cycle technology Fuel cycle physics and chemistry Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 17 November 2020
    Publications and Reports
    Engineered Barrier Systems (EBS): Design Requirements and Constraints

    A joint NEA-EC workshop entitled “Engineered Barrier Systems: Design Requirements and Constraints” was organised in Turku, Finland on 26-29 August 2003 and hosted by Posiva Oy. The main objectives of...

    English Engineered barrier system (EBS) Deep geological repository (DGR) Radioactive waste management IGSC Geological disposal Proceedings …
    Published date: 11 November 2020
    Publications and Reports
    Optimising Management of Low-level Radioactive Materials and Waste from Decommissioning

    Low-level and very low-level waste represent the vast majority of radioactive waste by volume from decommissioning activity at nuclear facilities around the world, but they are only a small fraction...

    English Optimisation of radioactive waste management Decommissioning Decommissioning and legacy management Radioactive waste management RWMC Low-level waste (LLW) TGOM …
    Published date: 4 November 2020
    Publications and Reports
    Second Update on the Chemical Thermodynamics of U, Np, Pu, Am and Tc

    This volume is the 14th in the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Chemical Thermodynamics series. It is the second update of the critical reviews published, successively, in 1992 as Chemical Thermodyna...

    English Thermodynamics Thermodynamic data Thermochemical database Chemical thermodynamic series …
    Published date: 16 October 2020
    Publications and Reports
    NEA News 38.1

    NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...

    English Physics Nuclear energy data Public health Environmental protection Cost estimation Fukushima Disposal International co-operation Radioactive waste Radioactive waste management NSC Webinar Cost control Data Bank Nuclear economics Accident management …
    Published date: 1 October 2020
    Publications and Reports
    Challenges in Nuclear and Radiological Legacy Site Management: Towards a Common Regulatory Framework

    Many countries are dealing with challenges stemming from nuclear and radiological legacy sites. In particular, managing these sites in an open and transparent fashion while taking into account the vi...

    English Radiological protection Regulation Legacy management
    Published date: 29 September 2020
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    International Roundtable on the Final Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel: Summary Report

    Worldwide consensus exists within the international community that geological repositories can provide the necessary long-term safety and security to isolate long-lived radioactive waste from the hum...

    English High-level waste (HLW) Radioactive waste management Disposal International co-operation …
    Published date: 25 September 2020
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    Storage of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel

    This report examines the predisposal phase of radioactive waste management programmes in NEA member countries for all types of waste from high-level to intermediate- and low-level waste, and spent fu...

    English Deep geological repository (DGR) Transport Radioactive waste management RWMC Spent fuel Radioactive waste Storage …
    Published date: 8 September 2020
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    Improving Evaluations of Source Terms for Severe Accidents at Nuclear Installations: STEM Final Summary Report
    NEA/CSNI/R(2018)6

    Final Report of the Source Term Evaluation and Mitigation Project (STEM)

    Energy Agency (NEA) and operated by the Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (French Institute of radiation prot...

    English CSNI
    Published date: 7 September 2020
    NEA Document
    ICDE Topical Report: Collection and Analysis of Common-Cause Failures due to Plant Modifications
    NEA/CSNI/R(2019)4

    The objective of the present report is to document a study that was performed on a set of common-cause failure (CCF) events. These events were derived from the International Common-cause Failure Data...

    English Nuclear safety research CSNI
    Published date: 21 August 2020
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    Innovative Nuclear Reactor Development: Opportunities for International Co-operation

    This report reviews how some of the innovative nuclear-fission technologies being developed today attempt to address the challenges facing nuclear energy. It suggests some areas for collaborative res...

    English Nuclear economics Nuclear Innovation 2050 (NI2050) Nuclear technology NI2050 Innovation International co-operation …
    Published date: 12 August 2020
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    Uranium 2005: Resources, Production and Demand - Executive Summary
    English Uranium Nuclear economics Nuclear technology Uranium processing Uranium mining Uranium supply …
    Published date: 12 August 2020
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    The Supply of Medical Radioisotopes: Market Impacts of Converting to Low-enriched Uranium Targets for Medical Isotope Production
    English Nuclear economics Medical radioisotopes Nuclear technology High-level Group on the Security of Supply of Medical Radioisotopes HLG-MR Medical radioisotopes …
    Published date: 11 August 2020
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    The Supply of Medical Radioisotopes: The Path to Reliability
    English Nuclear economics Medical radioisotopes Nuclear technology High-level Group on the Security of Supply of Medical Radioisotopes HLG-MR Medical radioisotopes …
    Published date: 11 August 2020
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    The Supply of Medical Radioisotopes: Review of Potential Molybdenum-99/ Technetium-99m Production Technologies
    English Nuclear economics Medical radioisotopes Nuclear technology High-level Group on the Security of Supply of Medical Radioisotopes HLG-MR Medical radioisotopes …
    Published date: 11 August 2020
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    The Supply of Medical Radioisotopes: An Assessment of Long-term Global Demand for Technetium-99m
    English Nuclear economics Medical radioisotopes Nuclear technology High-level Group on the Security of Supply of Medical Radioisotopes HLG-MR Medical radioisotopes …
    Published date: 11 August 2020
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    A Supply and Demand Update of the Molybdenum-99 Market
    English Nuclear economics Medical radioisotopes Nuclear technology High-level Group on the Security of Supply of Medical Radioisotopes HLG-MR Medical radioisotopes …
    Published date: 11 August 2020
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    Unbundling Payments for Radioisotopes from Radiopharmaceuticals and from Diagnostic Procedures: A Tool to Support the Implementation of Full-cost Recovery
    English Nuclear economics Medical radioisotopes Nuclear technology High-level Group on the Security of Supply of Medical Radioisotopes HLG-MR Medical radioisotopes …
    Published date: 11 August 2020
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    The Supply of Medical Radioisotopes: Policy Options for Ensuring Long-term Supply Security of Molybdenum-99 and/or Technetium-99m Produced Without Highly Enriched Uranium Targets
    English Nuclear economics Medical radioisotopes Nuclear technology High-level Group on the Security of Supply of Medical Radioisotopes HLG-MR Medical radioisotopes …
    Published date: 11 August 2020
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    Disposal of Radioactive Waste: The Forming of a New Approach in Germany
    NEA/RWM/FSC(2005)4/REV1

    Disposal of Radioactive Waste: The Forming of a New Approach in Germany - Summary and international perspective of the FSC Community Visit and National Workshop held in Hitzacker, Hamburg on 5-8 Octo...

    English Stakeholder Stakeholder engagement Stakeholder relations FSC Germany …
    Published date: 5 August 2020
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    The Environmental and Ethical Basis of Geological Disposal of Long-Lived Radioactive Wastes

    This report presents a consensus position in the form of a Collective Opinion of the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency. It addresses the strategy for the...

    English Environmental protection Collective opinion Radioactive waste management RWMC Geological disposal …
    Published date: 30 July 2020
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    Final disposal of radioactive waste

    This NEA Policy Brief provides a concise outline of the current outlook for final disposal of radioactive waste in NEA member countries. It describes the challenges, context, stakeholders and potenti...

    English Radioactive waste management Deep geological repository (DGR) Policy Brief Decommissioning and legacy management Radioactive waste management IGSC FSC Geological disposal …
    Published date: 30 July 2020
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    Unlocking Reductions in the Construction Costs of Nuclear

    This study assesses the policy and governance frameworks needed to drive positive learning and continuous industrial performance for nuclear new build. The study also explores the risk allocation and...

    English REDCOST Nuclear economics
    Published date: 2 July 2020
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    Insights from Leaders in Nuclear Energy: Innovative Leadership

    William D. Magwood IV, Director-General of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), sat down with Rumina Velshi, President and Chief Executive Officer of the CNSC, on 17 January 2020. Ms Velshi has extensive...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety WGSC Capacity building and gender Safety culture Canada Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 16 June 2020
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    Mentoring a Future Generation of Female Leaders in Science and Engineering (2017)

    Despite progress over the past decades, women remain under-represented in executive positions in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Female students tend to do very well in math and sci...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Japan Capacity building and gender
    Published date: 15 June 2020
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    Mentoring a Future Generation of Female Leaders in Science and Engineering (2019)

    In today’s society, the population of men and women is essentially equal in terms of numbers. However, in the domain of science and technology, which is part of the same society, this is not the case...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Japan Capacity building and gender
    Published date: 15 June 2020
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    Achievements and Challenges in Nuclear Regulatory Communication with the Public

    After having identified that the public trust towards the regulators could be very different from one country to another even though they are neighbours, the NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activ...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety WGPC CNRA Public communication Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 15 June 2020
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    Commendable Practices on Transparency in Nuclear Regulatory Communication with the Public

    This report was jointly prepared by the Working Group on Public Communication of NuclearRegulatory organisation of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) an...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety WGPC CNRA Public communication Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 15 June 2020
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    Road Map for Crisis Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations – National Aspects

    This report was prepared by the Working Group on Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations (WGPC) of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA). ...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety WGPC CNRA Public communication Nuclear safety regulation …
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    Crisis Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations: Towards global thinking

    The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) Working Group on Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations (WGPC) organised the workshop “Crisis ...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety WGPC CNRA Public communication Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 15 June 2020
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    Nuclear Regulatory Organisations, the Internet and Social Media: The What, How and Why of Their Use as Communication Tools

    “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...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety WGPC CNRA Public communication Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 15 June 2020
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    The Evolving Use of Social Media as a Communication Tool by Nuclear Regulatory Organisations

    The topic of social media as appropriate for further study was first proposed by the NEA Working Group on Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations (WGPC) to the NEA Committee on Nucle...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety WGPC CNRA Public communication Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 15 June 2020
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    Nuclear Regulatory Organisations and Communication Strategies

    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...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety WGPC CNRA Public communication Nuclear safety regulation …
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    A Comprehensive Report on Three Regional Stakeholder Workshops in Europe, North America and Asia

    The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) Working Group on Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations (WGPC) acknowledged the wide range of stake...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety WGPC CNRA Public communication Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 15 June 2020
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    A Public Communication Case Study: Switzerland

    The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Working Group on Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations (WGPC) has dealt with a broad range of communications issues and produced a variety of report...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety WGPC CNRA Switzerland Public communication Nuclear safety regulation …
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    2019 NEA Annual Report

    The NEA Annual Report 2019 provides an overview of the status of nuclear power in NEA member countries and illustrative descriptions of the Agency's activities and international joint projects. 2019 ...

    English Nuclear law Human aspects of nuclear safety Radiological protection Nuclear science Nuclear economics Nuclear technology Decommissioning and legacy management Radioactive waste management Nuclear safety research Nuclear safety regulation …
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    Nuclear power and the cost-effective decarbonisation of electricity systems
    • Post-pandemic recovery plans to reconcile climate objectives with economic goals need to put system costs at the heart of energy policy.
    • Moving to a carbon neutral electricity system without nuclear...
    English Cost estimation Nuclear power generation Decarbonisation NDC Policy Brief Low-carbon generation Electricity generation Energy markets Cost control Electricity markets Nuclear economics …
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    Creating high-value jobs in the post-COVID-19 recovery with nuclear energy projects
    • The post-COVID-19 economic recovery is a perfect opportunity to create jobs and economic development while continuing to move ahead with the energy transition.
    • Investing in nuclear energy creates a ...
    English Nuclear economics NDC Policy Brief Low-carbon generation Electricity generation Industrial and market frameworks Resilience Electricity markets COVID-19 Employment Nuclear economics Sustainable development and nuclear energy …
    Published date: 1 June 2020
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    Building low-carbon resilient electricity infrastructures with nuclear energy in the post-COVID-19 era
    • Electricity security is an essential public need, at the same level as food security and access to health care.
    • Nuclear energy is a key contributor to electricity security and already contributes po...
    English Nuclear economics Policy Brief Low-carbon generation Electricity generation Nuclear energy supply Industrial and market frameworks Resilience Electricity markets COVID-19 Nuclear economics Sustainable development and nuclear energy …
    Published date: 1 June 2020
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    NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...

    English Uranium Deep geological repository (DGR) Liability and compensation CPS Occupational exposure Stakeholder Joint project Radiation safety Stakeholder relations Risk Multiphysics Long-term operation IRPS Data Bank …
    Published date: 28 May 2020
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    The Nineteenth Annual Report of the ISOE Programme (2009) presents the status of the ISOE programme for the year of 2009.

    English Occupational exposure Radiological protection for occupational exposure at nuclear Installations
    Published date: 27 May 2020
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    Occupational Exposures at Nuclear Power Plants (2013)

    The Twenty-third Annual Report of the ISOE Programme presents the status of the ISOE programme for the year of 2013.

    English Occupational exposure Radiological protection for occupational exposure at nuclear Installations
    Published date: 27 May 2020
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    Occupational Exposures at Nuclear Power Plants (2014)

    The Twenty-fourth Annual Report of the ISOE Programme presents the status of the ISOE programme for the year of 2014.

    English Occupational exposure Radiological protection for occupational exposure at nuclear Installations
    Published date: 27 May 2020
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    Occupational Exposures at Nuclear Power Plants (2017)

    Twenty-Seventh Annual Report of the ISOE Programme, 2017

    English Occupational exposure Radiological protection for occupational exposure at nuclear Installations
    Published date: 27 May 2020
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    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Radioactive waste management Stakeholder Radioactive waste management Stakeholder engagement Stakeholder relations FSC Societal aspects of radioactive waste management …
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    The International Reporting System for Operating Experience (IRS) is an essential system for the exchange of information on safety related events at nuclear power plants worldwide. The fundamental ob...

    English Nuclear safety regulation
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    English Nuclear safety research Joint project Safety of components and structures
    Published date: 17 April 2020
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    The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law. It provides readers with authoritative and comprehensive information o...

    English Nuclear law Nuclear law Publications programme Nuclear Law Bulletin …
    Published date: 30 March 2020
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    International Evaluation Co-operation, Volume 42

    Thermal Scattering Law S(α,β): Measurement, Evaluation and Application

    English WPEC NSC Nuclear science Nuclear data …
    Published date: 13 March 2020
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    International Evaluation Co-operation, Volume 34

    Co-ordinated Evaluation of Plutonium-239 in the Resonance Region

    English WPEC NSC Nuclear science Evaluation Nuclear data …
    Published date: 12 March 2020
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    English Nuclear law Nuclear law Nuclear legislation Publications programme …
    Published date: 11 March 2020
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    English Nuclear law Nuclear law Nuclear legislation Publications programme …
    Published date: 11 March 2020
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    Nuclear Legislation – Analytical Study (2001)
    English Nuclear law Nuclear law Nuclear legislation Publications programme …
    Published date: 11 March 2020
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    Nuclear Legislation – Analytical Study (2002-2003)
    English Nuclear law Nuclear law Nuclear legislation Publications programme …
    Published date: 11 March 2020
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    Chemical Thermodynamics of Iron, Part 2

    This volume is the 13b in the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Chemical Thermodynamics series. It is the second part of a critical review of the thermodynamic properties of iron, its solid compounds ...

    English Nuclear science Thermodynamics Thermodynamic data Thermochemical database Chemical thermodynamic series …
    Published date: 3 March 2020
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    NEA/NSC/DOC(2013)9

    Workshop Proceedings, 10-12 December 2012

    English Nuclear science EGATFL Proceedings Accident Tolerant Fuels Accident tolerant fuels …
    Published date: 25 February 2020
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    Published date: 31 January 2020
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    The Frameworks Agreement provides a legal framework designed to promote co-operation in the field of the safety of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste management in the Russian Federation dealin...

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    Published date: 29 January 2020
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    Read the document in French. 

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    Published date: 29 January 2020
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    Published date: 28 January 2020
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    English Conventions and multilateral agreements Nuclear law Liability and compensation International conventions and agreements Nuclear liability …
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    English Conventions and multilateral agreements Nuclear law Liability and compensation International conventions and agreements Nuclear liability …
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    Management and Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste: Global Progress and Solutions

    Radioactive waste results from many different activities in health care, industry, research, and power production. All such waste must be managed safely, with the protection of human health and the e...

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    Nuclear Energy Data 2019/ Données sur l’énergie nucléaire 2019

    Nuclear Energy Data is the Nuclear Energy Agency’s annual compilation of statistics and country reports documenting nuclear power status in NEA member countries and in the OECD area. Information prov...

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    Published date: 16 December 2019
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    Insights from Leaders in Nuclear Energy: Leadership for Safety

    Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Director-General William D. Magwood, IV sat down with Director-General Wanner and Chief Nuclear Officer Harrison during the NEA-IAEA-WANO Human Capital Workshop in June 20...

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    Published date: 16 December 2019
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    Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory Across Generations: Final Report

    Radioactive waste repositories are designed to isolate waste from the living environment without human intervention over extended periods of time. Nevertheless, the intention is not to abandon the re...

    English Knowledge management and data preservation Radioactive waste management Information, data and knowledge management
    Published date: 13 December 2019
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    Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 101 – Volume 2018/2

    The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law. It provides readers with authoritative and comprehensive information o...

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    One of the many important lessons learnt about nuclear safety over the years has been that human aspects of nuclear safety are as important as any technical issue that may arise in the course of nucl...

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    Multi-Stage Validation of Control Room Designs and Modifications
    English Human aspects of nuclear safety
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    With almost 70% of the operating nuclear power reactors over 30 years of age, countries around the world are assessing whether to allow reactor operation past the 50 60 year mark and potentially up t...

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    The Supply of Medical Radioisotopes

    This report explores the main reasons behind the unreliable supply of Technetium‑99m (Tc‑99m) in health‑care systems and policy options to address the issue. Tc‑99m is used in 85% of nuclear medicine...

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    • As the current nuclear workforce ages, concerns are arising over skills requirements and transferring knowledge to the new generation of experts and staff. A key issue is the loss of tacit knowledge...
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    The Evolving Use of Social Media as a Communication Tool by Nuclear Regulatory Organisations
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    Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations: Compiling a Set of Essential Records for a Radioactive Waste Repository

    Radioactive waste repositories are designed to be intrinsically safe in that they are not dependent on the presence or intervention of humans. In response to this challenge, the Nuclear Energy Agency...

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    Published date: 24 September 2019
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    PENELOPE-2018: A Code System for Monte Carlo Simulation of Electron and Photon Transport
    NEA/MBDAV/R(2019)1

    Workshop Proceedings, Barcelona, Spain 28 January-1 February 2019

    The computer code system PENELOPE (version 2018) performs Monte Carlo simulation of coupled electron-photon transport in arbitrary ma...

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    Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 102 – Volume 2019/1

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    Published date: 28 August 2019
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    Nuclear Power Plant Components and Structures under Severe Accident Loading (COSSAL): Final Report (Appendices)
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    This is a companion document to the final report of the COSSAL project. It includes appendices which address participant responses to a questionnaire, the data of the problem statement on the large-s...

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    Published date: 16 August 2019
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    Nuclear Power Plant Components and Structures under Severe Accident Loading (COSSAL)
    NEA/CSNI/R(2019)2

    In the face of severe accident scenarios with melted core material, such as those that occurred at Three Mile Island-2 in 1979 and at Fukushima Daiichi in 2011, the integrity assessment of primary ci...

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    Published date: 16 August 2019
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    NEA News 37.1

    NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...

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    Current knowledge of the nuclear physics of fuels and materials provides an understanding and simulation of the operations of nuclear reactors and other systems, both under ordinary and exceptional c...

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    Proceedings of International Workshop on Chemical Hazards in Fuel Cycle Facilities Nuclear Processing - Appendix C
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    Appendix C

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    Accidents involving hazardous chemicals pose a significant threat to...

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    Comparison of Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis of Nuclear Power Plants in Areas with Different Levels of Seismic Activity
    NEA/CSNI/R(2019)1
    Seismic hazards remain an important factor that nuclear power plant designers and operators worldwide must take into account. Therefore, the Working Group on the Integrity and Ageing of Components a...
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    Cost Benchmarking for Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning

    The nuclear sector has in recent years been placing increasing attention on the need to better understand variations between cost estimates for the decommissioning of nuclear power plants, as well as...

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    2019 Medical Isotope Demand and Capacity Projection for the 2019-2024 Period
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    2018 NEA Annual Report

    The year 2018 continued to be one of significant transformation, both in relation to the Agency and the global context within which it operates. In the wider nuclear community, there was increased re...

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    Several NEA member countries have agreed to establish the Component Operational Experience, Degradation and Ageing Programme (CODAP) to encourage multilateral co-operation in the collection and analy...

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    Chemical hazards are an important subject for Fuel Cycle facilities, including various chemical processes and substances such as explosions and healthy risks. On 17-18 April 2018, the Nuclear Energy ...

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    One of the major conclusions of this workshop was that simulation of electrical systems has not been adequately discussed at the international level despite the fact that it is used more and more fre...

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    International Features, Events and Processes (IFEP) List for the Deep Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste Version 3.0
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    Version 3.0 of the International Features, Events and Processes (IFEP) List for the Deep Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste. This is a comprehensive and structured list of generic FEPs, relevan...

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    The Costs of Decarbonisation: System Costs with High Shares of Nuclear and Renewables

    Under the Paris Agreement, OECD countries agreed to aim for a reduction of their greenhouse gas emissions sufficient to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre...

    English Future energy market needs Sustainable development Nuclear economics Electricity generation Nuclear energy supply Energy markets Industrial and market frameworks Electricity markets Fuel cycle economics …
    Published date: 25 January 2019
    NEA Document
    NEA Component Operational Experience, Degradation & Ageing Programme (CODAP): Second Term (2015-2017) Status Report
    NEA/CSNI/R(2019)7
    Several Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) member countries have agreed to establish the Component Operational Experience, Degradation and Ageing Programme (CODAP) to encourage multilateral co-operation in...
    English Nuclear safety research CSNI
    Published date: 21 January 2019
    NEA Document
    A Code to Code Benchmark for High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor Fuel Element Depletion
    NEA/NSC/R(2019)1

    The high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) is a Generation IV reactor concept that uses a graphitemoderated gas-cooled nuclear reactor with a once-through uranium fuel cycle. This design permits ...

    English Nuclear fuel Fuel studies Generation IV reactors Reactor physics Multiphysics Reactor physics Cogeneration NSC Gas-cooled reactors Benchmark …
    Published date: 18 January 2019
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    Insights from Leaders in Nuclear Energy: Safety, Performance, and Responsibility

    Insights from Leaders in Nuclear Energy shares personal insights through a series of in-depth conversations between the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Director-General and leading figures in the sector. ...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety CNRA WGSC Japan Safety culture Safety culture Director-General Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 15 January 2019
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    The System Costs of Electricity: Reflecting the true costs of decarbonisation

    Under the Paris Agreement, OECD countries agreed to aim for a reduction of their greenhouse gas emissions sufficient to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre...

    English Cost estimation Sustainable development Decarbonisation Nuclear economics Policy Brief Low-carbon generation Electricity generation Nuclear energy supply Energy markets Industrial and market frameworks Cost control Electricity markets Sustainable development and nuclear energy …
    Published date: 2 January 2019
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    Status of Practice for Level 3 Probabilistic Safety Assessments
    NEA/CSNI/R(2018)1

    The mission of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) Working Group on Risk Assessment (WGRISK) is to advance understanding of probabilistic safety as...

    English WGRISK Nuclear safety research CSNI
    Published date: 19 December 2018
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    Nuclear Energy Data 2018/ Données sur l’énergie nucléaire 2018

    Nuclear Energy Data is the Nuclear Energy Agency's annual compilation of statistics and country reports documenting nuclear power status in NEA member countries and in the OECD area. Information prov...

    English Nuclear energy data French Bilingual Nuclear economics Nuclear technology …
    Published date: 14 December 2018
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    Uranium 2018: Resources, Production and Demand

    Uranium is the raw material used to produce fuel for long-lived nuclear power facilities, necessary for the generation of significant amounts of baseload low-carbon electricity for decades to come. A...

    English Uranium Nuclear economics Nuclear technology Uranium processing Uranium mining Uranium supply …
    Published date: 13 December 2018
    NEA Document
    Review of Operating and Forthcoming Experimental Facilities Opened to International R&D Co-operation in the Field of Advanced Fuel Cycles
    NEA/NSC/R(2018)4
    English R&D WPFC NSC Chemistry Nuclear fuel cycle Fuel cycle physics and chemistry …
    Published date: 12 December 2018
    NEA Document
    14th WGIP Workshop Proceedings, Questionnaires' Answers
    NEA/CNRA/R(2018)6/ADD1

    This documents provides answers to the questionnaire used as input for the 14th WGIP Workshop held by the WGIP in Heidelberg (Germany) on 8-12 April 2018.

    English WGIP CNRA Inspection practices Proceedings Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 10 December 2018
    NEA Document
    Cable Ageing in Nuclear Power Plants: Report on the First and Second Terms (2012-2017) of the NEA Cable Ageing Data and Knowledge (CADAK) Project
    NEA/CSNI/R(2018)8

    The number of ageing nuclear power plants (NPPs) is increasing in NEA member countries. Accordingly, maintenance programmes, in-service inspection and testing of structures, systems and components im...

    English Nuclear safety research CSNI Safety of components and structures
    Published date: 6 December 2018
    NEA Document
    Resolving Complex Safety Relevant Issues Related to Hydrogen Release in Nuclear Power Plant Containments During a Postulated Severe Accident
    NEA/CSNI/R(2018)11

    This is a summary report by the Hydrogen Mitigation Experiments for Reactor Safety (HYMERES) project on the PANDA and MISTRA experiments.

    Phase 1 of the Project, between 2013 and 2016, focused on imp...

    English Nuclear safety research CSNI Joint project
    Published date: 23 November 2018
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    International Workshop on Operating Experience (OPEX) Proceedings, Working Group on Operating Experience (WGOE)
    NEA/CNRA/R(2018)5

    The main objective of this international workshop held in Madrid, Spain, on 24-26 April 2017, was to provide a forum to exchange information and allow groups of nuclear safety experts to discuss thei...

    English WGOE CNRA Proceedings
    Published date: 8 November 2018
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    Extended Summary of The Full Costs of Electricity Provision

    Electricity provision touches upon every facet of life in OECD and non-OECD countries alike, and choosing how this electricity is generated whether from fossil fuels, nuclear energy or renewables aff...

    English Sustainable development Nuclear economics Climate change
    Published date: 29 October 2018
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    Measuring Employment Generated by the Nuclear Power Sector

    The nuclear energy sector employs a considerable workforce around the world, and with nuclear power projected to grow in countries with increasing electricity demand, corresponding jobs in the nuclea...

    English Nuclear economics
    Published date: 25 October 2018
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    2018 NEA International Mentoring Workshops

    The NEA mentoring workshops are in line with the initiatives being undertaken by countries around the world to ensure that expertise is maintained in highly technical areas such as nuclear safety, ra...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Spain Japan Capacity building and gender Training …
    Published date: 23 October 2018
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    Proceedings of the Fifth International Nuclear Emergency Exercise (INEX-5) Workshop

    The Fifth International Nuclear Emergency Exercise (INEX-5) was developed in response to NEA member countries' desire to test and demonstrate the value of changes put in place following the Fukushima...

    English Radiological protection Proceedings
    Published date: 2 October 2018
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    State-of-the-Art Report on Light Water Reactor Accident-Tolerant Fuels

    As part of a broader spectrum of collaborative activities underpinning nuclear materials research, the Nuclear Energy Agency is supporting worldwide efforts towards the development of advanced materi...

    English Nuclear science Accident tolerant fuels
    Published date: 28 September 2018
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    Nuclear Power Plant Operating Experience from the IAEA/NEA Incident Reporting System 2012–2014

    The International Reporting System for Operating Experience (IRS) is an essential system for the exchange of information on safety related events at nuclear power plants worldwide. The fundamental ob...

    English Nuclear safety regulation
    Published date: 19 September 2018
    Publications and Reports
    Country-Specific Safety Culture Forum: Sweden

    One of the many important lessons learnt about nuclear safety over the years has been that human aspects of nuclear safety are as important as any technical issue that may arise in the course of nucl...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Sweden Safety culture Safety culture …
    Published date: 13 September 2018
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    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
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    Overview of User Facilities for Basic Research in the Field of Materials Under Irradiation
    NEA/NSC/R(2018)3

    To address the objective of the Expert Group on Innovative Structural Materials (EGISM) related to sharing available experimental installations, this report considers the existing facilities, also de...

    English WPFC Structural materials NSC Nuclear installations Materials science EGISM Nuclear fuel cycle …
    Published date: 7 September 2018
    NEA Document
    Consensus Position on the Qualification of I&C Platforms for Use in Systems Important to Safety [CP-14]
    NEA/CNRA/R(2018)3

    This consensus position provides evaluation guidance for the qualification of platforms developed for general industrial use as well as those developed specifically for nuclear applications important...

    English CNRA Digital instrumentation WGDIC Nuclear safety regulation Digital instrumentation and control in nuclear safety …
    Published date: 4 September 2018
    NEA Document
    Computational Fluid Dynamics for Nuclear Reactor Safety Applications-6 (CFD4NRS-6)
    NEA/CSNI/R(2017)20

    Workshop Proceedings 13-15 September 2016 Cambridge USA

    The present report summarises the 6th workshop on Computational Fluid Dynamics for Nuclear Reactor Safety Applications (CFD4NRS-6) in the bienn...

    English WGAMA Nuclear safety research CSNI Proceedings …
    Published date: 3 September 2018
    NEA Document
    Report on the Phase 2 of the Assessment of Structures Subjected to Concrete Pathologies (ASCET) - APPENDIX
    NEA/CSNI/R(2018)4/ADD1

    Increasingly engineers are confronted with the need to perform predictive structural assessment based on limited or incomplete data set. This may include damage up to failure assessment (in the conte...

    English WGIAGE Nuclear safety research CSNI
    Published date: 30 August 2018
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    Phenomena Identification and Ranking Table
    English Nuclear safety regulation
    Published date: 3 August 2018
    Publications and Reports
    NEA News 36.1

    NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...

    English Uranium Cost estimation Fukushima IRPS Electricity generation Safety Emergency preparedness and response …
    Published date: 27 July 2018
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    The full costs of electricity

    This NEA Policy Brief introduces the ongoing research on the overall costs of electricity, as only certain costs of electricity provision are perceived directly by producers and consumers. Other cost...

    English Energy markets Sustainable development Industrial and market frameworks Nuclear economics Policy Brief Climate change Nuclear energy supply Electricity markets Sustainable development and nuclear energy …
    Published date: 1 July 2018
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    Nuclear Regulatory Organisations' Oversight of New Licensee Organisational Capability - Workshop Proceedings Appendices
    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...

    English WGRNR CNRA Regulation of new and advanced reactors Proceedings Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 13 June 2018
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    Pellet-Cladding Interaction (PCI) in Water-Cooled Reactors: Proceedings of a WGFS Workshop
    NEA/CSNI/R(2018)9

    This report documents the proceedings of the Workshop on Pellet-Cladding Interaction (PCI) in Water-Cooled Reactors held in Lucca, Italy on 22-24 June 2016. The workshop was organised jointly by the ...

    English Nuclear safety research CSNI Proceedings WGFS …
    Published date: 11 June 2018
    NEA Document
    Draft Agenda of the 2nd Meeting of the Expert Group on "Uranium Mining and Economic Development (UMED) - Uranium mining and impacts on local and national economies"
    NEA/NDC/A(2018)7
    English NDC
    Published date: 6 June 2018
    Publications and Reports
    Preparing for Decommissioning During Operation and After Final Shutdown

    The transition from an operating nuclear facility to the decommissioning phase is critical in the life cycle of every facility. A number of organisational and technical modifications are needed in or...

    English Radioactive waste management Decommissioning Strategy Dismantlement Decommissioning and legacy management TGPFD Transition phase International Structure for Decommissioning Costing (ISDC) WPDD …
    Published date: 25 May 2018
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    The Supply of Medical Radioisotopes: 2018 Medical Isotope Demand and Capacity Projection for the 2018-2023 period
    NEA/SEN/HLGMR(2018)3
    English Nuclear economics Medical radioisotopes Nuclear technology High-level Group on the Security of Supply of Medical Radioisotopes Medical radioisotopes …
    Published date: 25 May 2018
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    Operating Experience Insights into Below Ground Piping at Nuclear Power Plants: A Topical Report by the NEA Component Operational Experience, Degradation and Ageing Programme
    NEA/CSNI/R(2018)2

    Structural integrity of piping systems is important for safety and operability of nuclear plants. In recognition of this, information on degradation and failure of piping components and systems is co...

    English Nuclear safety research CSNI PRG CSNI
    Published date: 24 May 2018
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    Microbial Influence on the Performance of Subsurface, Salt-Based Radioactive Waste Repositories

    For the past several decades, the Nuclear Energy Agency Salt Club has been supporting and overseeing the characterisation of rock salt as a potential host rock for deep geological repositories. This ...

    English Deep geological repository (DGR) Salt Club Radioactive waste management Radioactive waste Safety case …
    Published date: 22 May 2018
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    2017 NEA Annual Report
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    Published date: 18 May 2018
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    Examination of Approaches for Screening External Hazards
    NEA/CSNI/R(2018)7

    It has long been recognised that external hazards can present a potential common cause source of initiating events that could challenge nuclear power plant safety. Modelling of these hazards is a com...

    English WGEV Nuclear safety research CSNI
    Published date: 11 May 2018
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    The Full Costs of Electricity Provision

    Electricity provision touches upon every facet of life in OECD and non-OECD countries alike, and choosing how this electricity is generated - whether from fossil fuels, nuclear energy or renewables -...

    English Energy markets Sustainable development Nuclear economics Climate change …
    Published date: 13 April 2018
    NEA Document
    Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations: Reference Bibliography
    NEA/RWM(2011)13/REV5

    This bibliography aims at providing an overview of the work performed in the field of preservation of records, knowledge and memory in relation to radioactive waste management, especially disposal. F...

    English Radioactive waste management RK&M Information, data and knowledge management RWMC Nuclear knowledge management …
    Published date: 6 April 2018
    NEA Document
    Benchmarking of Thermal-Hydraulic Loop Models for Lead-Alloy-Cooled Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems – Phase II: Natural Convection
    NEA/NSC/R(2018)1

    LACANES – Phase II: Natural Convection

    English WPFC NSC Nuclear science Benchmark Fuel cycle physics and chemistry …
    Published date: 4 April 2018
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    State-of-the-art Report on the Progress of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Chemistry

    The implementation of advanced nuclear systems requires that new technologies associated with the back end of the fuel cycle are developed. The separation of minor actinides from other fuel component...

    English Nuclear fuel WPFC Fuel studies NSC Nuclear science Chemistry Liquid metal reactors Partitioning and transmutation Fuel cycle physics and chemistry …
    Published date: 19 March 2018
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    Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 100 – Volume 2018/1

    The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law. It provides readers with authoritative and comprehensive information o...

    English Nuclear law Nuclear law Publications programme Nuclear Law Bulletin …
    Published date: 7 March 2018
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    Executive Summary of Towards an All-Hazards Approach to Emergency Preparedness and Response
    English Radiological protection
    Published date: 26 February 2018
    NEA Document
    MECOS Project on Metallic Component Margins Under High Seismic Loads
    NEA/CSNI/R(2018)3

    The Metallic Component Margins under High Seismic Loads (MECOS) Project is an international programme organised under an initiative of the NEA. The main objective of the MECOS Project is to quantify ...

    English WGIAGE Nuclear safety research CSNI
    Published date: 19 February 2018
    Publications and Reports
    NEA News 35.2

    NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...

    English Radioactive waste management Nuclear law Strategy Leadership Metadata International co-operation INLE China …
    Published date: 13 February 2018
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    The Methodology of Cost Estimation for Decommissioning Nuclear Facilities in the Russian Federation
    NEA/RWM/R(2018)1

    International Expert Feedback (IEF) organized by the NEA at the request of the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation (ROSATOM) to assess the sufficiency and applicability of the newly developed met...

    English Decommissioning Cost estimation Expert feedback Russia Nuclear decommissioning RWMC …
    Published date: 2 February 2018
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    Towards an All-Hazards Approach to Emergency Preparedness and Response

    The field of emergency management is broad, complex and dynamic. In the post-Fukushima context, emergency preparedness and response (EPR) in the nuclear sector is more than ever being seen as part of...

    English Radiological protection
    Published date: 12 January 2018
    NEA Document
    Developments in Fuel Cycle Facilities (FCFs) after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS) Accident: Workshop Proceedings Appendix 3
    NEA/CSNI/R(2017)12/ADD1

    Aomori City, Japan
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    On March 11, 2011, the Tohoku–Taiheiyou–Oki earthquake occurred near the east coast of Honshu, Japan. This magnitude 9.0 earthquake and the subsequent tsunami c...

    English Fuel cycle facility safety Nuclear safety research CSNI Proceedings …
    Published date: 8 January 2018
    NEA Document
    OECD/NEA CFD UQ Benchmark Exercise:CFD prediction and Uncertainty Quantification of a GEMIX mixing layer test
    NEA/CSNI/R(2017)19
    The main objectives of the current activity are the promotion, test and evaluation of various methodologies for uncertainty quantification in computational fluid dynamics (UQCFD) for nuclear reactor...
    English Uncertainty quantification Nuclear safety research CSNI
    Published date: 19 December 2017
    NEA Document
    Phenomena Identification and Ranking Table (PIRT) on Spent Fuel Pools under Loss-of-Cooling and Loss-of-Coolant Accident Conditions WGFS Report
    NEA/CSNI/R(2017)18
    The main objective of the report is to identify research and development priorities related to loss-ofcooling and loss-of-coolant accidents in spent fuel pools. This is done by applying a PIRT proce...
    English Spent fuel Nuclear safety research CSNI WGFS …
    Published date: 8 December 2017
    NEA Document
    NEA Benchmark of the Modular High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor 350 MW Core Design Volumes I and II
    NEA/NSC/R(2017)4
    English NSC
    Published date: 6 December 2017
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    Nuclear Energy Data 2017/ Données sur l’énergie nucléaire 2017

    Nuclear Energy Data is the Nuclear Energy Agency's annual compilation of statistics and country reports documenting nuclear power status in NEA member countries and in the OECD area. Information prov...

    English Nuclear energy data French Bilingual Nuclear economics Nuclear technology …
    Published date: 20 November 2017
    NEA Document
    Regulatory Oversight of the Commissioning Phase for NewNuclear Reactors Workshop Proceedings
    NEA/CNRA/R(2017)8

    The Working Group on the Regulation of New Reactors (WGRNR), as the main point of contact between the Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP) and the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activiti...

    English WGRNR CNRA Regulation of new and advanced reactors Proceedings Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 16 November 2017
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    A Comprehensive Report on Three Regional StakeholderWorkshops in Europe, North America and Asia
    NEA/CNRA/R(2017)7
    English Human aspects of nuclear safety WGPC CNRA Public communication Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 7 November 2017
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    Nuclear Regulatory Organisations' Oversight of New Licensee Organisational Capability - Workshop Proceedings
    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...

    English WGRNR CNRA Regulation of new and advanced reactors Proceedings Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 6 November 2017
    NEA Document
    The Supply of Medical Radioisotopes: Results from the Third Self-assessment of the Global Mo-99/Tc-99m Supply Chain
    NEA/SEN/HLGMR(2017)5
    English Nuclear economics Medical radioisotopes Nuclear technology High-level Group on the Security of Supply of Medical Radioisotopes HLG-MR Medical radioisotopes …
    Published date: 31 October 2017
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    NEA Workshop on Stakeholder Involvement in Nuclear Decision Making

    Because nuclear issues are embedded in broader societal issues such as the environment, energy, risk management, health policy and sustainability, they can often generate considerable interest and co...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Stakeholder Stakeholder engagement Stakeholder relations Safety culture …
    Published date: 16 October 2017
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    International Symposium on Preparation for Decommissioning: Rapporteur's Report
    NEA/RWM/R(2016)2

    This report summarises the presentations and discussions held at the International Symposium on Preparation for Decommisssioning (PREDEC2016), held at the Lyon Convention Center, France, on 16-18 Feb...

    English Decommissioning Characterisation Information, data and knowledge management RWMC WPDD …
    Published date: 13 October 2017
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    Informing Severe Accident Management Guidance and Actions for Nuclear Power Plants through Analytical Simulation
    NEA/CSNI/R(2017)16

    This report by the Working Group on Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) summarises the first Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) project to address the topic of severe accident management guidance (...

    English Accident analysis and management Nuclear safety research CSNI
    Published date: 5 October 2017
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    Operational Experience from Heavy Load Incidents
    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...

    English WGOE CNRA Operating experience Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 3 October 2017
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    Addressing Uncertainties in Cost Estimates for Decommissioning Nuclear Facilities

    The cost estimation process of decommissioning nuclear facilities has continued to evolve in recent years, with a general trend towards demonstrating greater levels of detail in the estimate and more...

    English Decommissioning Cost estimation Dismantlement Radioactive waste management Uncertainty analysis International Structure for Decommissioning Costing (ISDC) …
    Published date: 28 September 2017
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    Report on the Survey of the Regulatory Practice to Assess Passive Safety Systems Used in New Nuclear Power Plant Designs First Stage Report
    NEA/CNRA/R(2017)3

    At the 15th Meeting of the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) Working Group on the Regulation of New Reactors (WGRNR) agreed to initiate a survey on Regulatory Practice to Assess Passi...

    English WGRNR CNRA Regulation of new and advanced reactors Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 8 September 2017
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    Probabilistic Safety Assessment Insights Relating to the Loss of Electrical Sources
    NEA/CSNI/R(2017)5

    The main objective of the Working Group on Risk Assessment (WGRISK) is to advance Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) understanding and to enhance its use for improving the safety of nuclear instal...

    English WGRISK Nuclear safety research CSNI
    Published date: 1 September 2017
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    National Inventories and Management Strategies for Spent Nuclear Fuel and Radioactive Waste

    Radioactive waste inventory data are an important element in the development of a national radioactive waste management programme since these data affect the design and selection of the ultimate disp...

    English Inventory Radioactive waste management EGIRM Information, data and knowledge management Spent fuel Radioactive waste …
    Published date: 28 August 2017
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    Sourcebook of International Activities Related to the Development of Safety Cases for Deep Geological Repositories

    All national radioactive waste management authorities recognise today that a robust safety case is essential in developing disposal facilities for radioactive waste. To improve the robustness of the ...

    English Deep geological repository (DGR) Radioactive waste management IGSC Sourcebook Safety case …
    Published date: 17 August 2017
    NEA Document
    Status Report on Ex-Vessel Steam Explosion: EVSE
    NEA/CSNI/R(2017)15
    The Status Report on Ex-Vessel Steam Explosion (EVSE) summarises the significant progress made in the field of Fuel Coolant Interaction/Steam Explosion (FCI/SE) knowledge during these last ten years...
    English Nuclear safety research CSNI
    Published date: 17 August 2017
    Publications and Reports
    Recycling and Reuse of Materials Arising from the Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities

    Large quantities of materials arising from the decommissioning of nuclear facilities are non-radioactive per se. An additional significant share of materials is of very low-level or low-level radioac...

    English CDLM Decommissioning CPD Dismantlement Decommissioning and legacy management Radioactive waste management RWMC Recycling and reuse Task Group on Recycling and Reuse of Materials WPDD …
    Published date: 16 August 2017
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    NEA News 35.1

    NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...

    English Argentina Future energy market needs Romania Fukushima Medical radioisotopes Nuclear decommissioning Spent fuel Advanced reactors Legacy management …
    Published date: 4 August 2017
    NEA Document
    Investigating Heat and Smoke Propagation Mechanisms in Multi-Compartment Fire Scenarios: Final Report of the PRISME Project
    NEA/CSNI/R(2017)14
    Fire hazards analyses (FHA) and probabilistic fire safety analyses (Fire PSA) have demonstrated that fire may be an important contributor to core damage frequency and other major plant damage states...
    English Nuclear safety research CSNI
    Published date: 2 August 2017
    NEA Document
    Actinide and Fission Product Partitioning and Transmutation Workshop Proceedings of the Fourteenth Information Exchange Meeting San Diego, United States 17-20 October 2016
    NEA/NSC/R(2017)3
    English NSC Proceedings
    Published date: 25 July 2017
    NEA Document
    Report on the Survey of the Design Review of New Reactor Applications - Volume 5: Classification of Structures, Systems, and Components
    NEA/CNRA/R(2017)2

    The reports on the survey of the design review of new reactor applications are to serve as guides for regulatory bodies to understand how technical design reviews are performed by member countries. I...

    English WGRNR CNRA Regulation of new and advanced reactors Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 12 July 2017
    NEA Document
    Understanding the Impact of External Hazards on Nuclear Facilities: Severe Weather and Storm Surge
    NEA/CSNI/R(2017)13

    Workshop Proceedings -Working Group on External Events (WGEV)
    Paris, France, 24-26 February 2016

    The March 2011 accident at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant triggered discussions about the natur...
    English WGEV Nuclear safety research CSNI Proceedings …
    Published date: 11 July 2017
    NEA Document
    Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Fatigue of Nuclear Reactor Components APPENDIX 4
    NEA/CSNI/R(2017)2/ADD1

    International Conference on Fatigue of Nuclear Reactor Components on 28 September-1 October 2015 in Seville, Spain.

    In this work, a complete algorithm for monitoring fatigue was developed for nuclear...

    English WGIAGE Nuclear safety research CSNI Proceedings …
    Published date: 10 July 2017
    NEA Document
    Developments in Fuel Cycle Facilities (FCFs) after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS) Accident
    NEA/CSNI/R(2017)12

    CSNI Workshop Proceedings
    Aomori City, Japan, 15-17 November 2016

    The main objective of the workshop was to review and discuss national activities, plans and regulatory approaches by member countrie...
    English Fuel cycle facility safety Nuclear safety research CSNI Proceedings …
    Published date: 4 July 2017
    NEA Document
    Benchmark Results on the Analytical Evaluation of the Fracture Mechanic Parameters K and J
    NEA/CSNI/R(2017)11

    For most nuclear design and in-service inspection codes, fracture mechanics is used to evaluate the integrity of cracked components. The major parameters used in this kind of analysis are K and J whi...

    English WGIAGE Nuclear safety research CSNI
    Published date: 3 July 2017
    NEA Document
    First Triennial Report of the WGIP Benchmarking on Inspection Practices
    NEA/CNRA/R(2017)1

    The WGIP Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Observed Inspection Practices Programme is intended to promote co-operation and learning among member countries and to collect and provide them with information for...

    English WGIP CNRA Inspection practices Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 16 June 2017
    NEA Document
    Human Factors Validation of Nuclear Power Plant Control Room Designs and Modifications APPENDIX B White Papers
    NEA/CSNI/R(2016)17/ADD1

    Proceedings of the Expert Workshop Charlotte, United States 19-21 February 2015

    The word validation has many different meanings depending on the context where it applies. In a general way validation ...

    English Nuclear safety research CSNI Proceedings
    Published date: 14 June 2017
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    Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 99 – Volume 2017/1

    The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law. It provides readers with authoritative and comprehensive information o...

    English Nuclear law Nuclear law Publications programme Nuclear Law Bulletin …
    Published date: 11 June 2017
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    Statistical verification and validation of the EXFOR database: (n,γ), (n,n’), (n,2n), (n,p), (n,α) and other neutron induced reaction cross-sections
    NEA/DB/DOC(2017)1
    English Data Bank
    Published date: 23 May 2017
    Publications and Reports
    2016 NEA Annual Report
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    Published date: 19 April 2017
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    Uranium 2016: Resources, Production and Demand (Executive Summary)
    English Uranium Nuclear economics Nuclear technology Uranium processing Uranium mining Uranium supply …
    Published date: 12 April 2017
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    Impacts of the Fukushima Daiichi Accident on Nuclear Development Policies

    The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident has had an impact on the development of nuclear power around the world. While the accident was followed by thorough technical assessments of the saf...

    English Nuclear economics
    Published date: 6 April 2017
    Publications and Reports
    International Conference on Geological Repositories 2016

    Worldwide consensus exists within the international community that geological repositories can provide the necessary long-term safety and security to isolate long-lived radioactive waste from the hum...

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