Contracted services are an integral part of the design, construction and operation of a nuclear facility. Changes in the nuclear industry sector, including varied availability of nuclear expertise, t...

Defence in depth (DiD) is a concept that has been used for many years alongside tools to optimise nuclear safety in reactor design, assessment and regulation. The 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power...

The "Back-End Week" convened members to discuss decommissioning and waste management activities.

The meeting marked an important transition for the framework with the launch of four new Joint Experimental Programmes (JEEPs).

Members of the NEA Working Group on Leadership and Safety Culture (WGLSC) discussed ongoing activities at a meeting in Budapest.

The NEST Management Board met to discuss ongoing activities.

The meetings took place in April 2024 in the United States.

The Thermochemical Database (TDB) Project develops a reference database of chemical thermodynamic values for elements and compounds relevant to the safety of radioactive waste repositories and vital ...

Nuclear economics refers to the study of costs related to nuclear energy, which includes electricity generation, uranium supply, new plant build and support, fuel, waste disposal and decommissioning....

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...

New NEA nuclear safety joint project 'Pool during Loss of Cooling Accident' (POLCA) launched during a meeting of 40 international experts on 9-10 April, 2024. (Photo: Large scale MIDI facility at IRS...

The INCA experiments will provide comparative data on the irradiation induced creep of current Zr alloys and Cr coated samples

P2M includes in-pile tests and Post-Irradiated Examinations in Hot-Laboratory to assess the operational margins at high power.

HITEC is dedicated to addressing challenges in the development and safety assessment of advanced non-LWR NPPs (or ANLWRs).

High Burnup Experiments in Reactivity Initiated Accident (HERA) is dedicated to the understanding of LWR fuel performance at high burn-up under reactivity-initiated accidents (RIA).

NEA International Mentoring Workshop convened high school students from Japan and the United States to Texas.

Under the guidance of the Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS), this subgroup will perform a computational comparison exercise on decay heat from a specific Spent Nuclear Fuel assembly...

NEA Director-General speaks at an event during the G7 Climate, Energy and Environment Ministers’ Meeting in Torino, Italy.

The potential role of SMRs in reaching net zero, Africa’s developing nuclear sector, the challenges of nuclear fuel supply, and collaboration with Ukraine were among the subjects discussed during the...

The group met in Paris to discuss future activities.

The COPS (COrium Properties for reactor Simulation and uncertainties) project began on 17 May 2024.

WPFC member gathered to discuss current and future activities.

The NEA co-organised the 11^th Review Meeting on Severe Accident Research (ERMSAR 2024).

WPFM and its expert groups met in Paris.

The new high-level group met to advance the activities in the field.

BEPU 2024 conference took place in Italy.

Low-dose research and radiological protection in armed conflict emerge as key topics at 82^nd meeting of the NEA Committee on Radiological Protection and Public Health

International Fuel Performance Experiments (IFPE) is a data collection of nuclear fuel performance experiments for the purpose of code development and validation.

Public communication pla...

Delegates presented country-specific updates, highlighting findings from stakeholder surveys and identifying cultural differences that impact trust-building efforts.

The Risk Communication Training Course (RCTC) is an yearly course organised by the NEA focusing on communicating risk on a daily basis. Its aim is to improve the effectiveness of risk communication i...

As a low-carbon electricity source, nuclear energy has a role to play in global climate change mitigation efforts.

The Seventh International Conference on Geological Repositories (ICGR-7) took place in Korea.

WPRS organised annual benchmarks workshop.

The International Handbook of Evaluated Reactor Physics Benchmark Experiments (IRPhE) contains reactor physics benchmark specifications that have been derived from experiments that were performed at ...

Experts met in Paris.

CSNI and CNRA meetings took place on 4-7 June.

Project members also launched the next phase.

Rebecca Tadesse, the NEA's Head of the Division of Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning, visited Japan's Ministry of the Environment's headquarters to observe the significant progress mad...

The International School on Simulation of Nuclear Reactor Systems took place in Italy.