The report builds on the Country-Specific Safety Culture Forum organised in Tokyo in December 2023.

Improving gender balance in nuclear

NEA work on improving gender balance in the nuclear energy sector

Delegates to the NEA Task Group on Improving the Gender Balance in the Nuclear Sector met on 14 February 2022

On 11-12 October 2023, the NEA Task Group on Improving the Gender Balance in the Nuclear Sector (GB-TG) met in Paris to discuss ongoing work and future activities.

NEA Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy biannual meeting took place on 20-21 October 2022.

The GB-TG discussed the latest data, actions and objectives as part of their mission to improve gender balance in the nuclear energy sector. 

NEA organises a mentoring workshop in the United Kingdom on International Women's Day.

Gender balance policy framework approved

The NEA’s ruling body the Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy met for its143rd biannual meeting in April 2022.

The NEA is working with its member countries to promote gender balance and the development of female leaders in the nuclear energy sector so as to ensure a robust, diverse and sustainable nuclear wor...

The NEA efforts were highlighted at the OECD Forum on Gender Equality and the International Conference on Nuclear Security.

On the occasion of International Women's Day Friday 8 March, the NEA asked women what they most enjoy about working in the nuclear sector. 

The task group met virtually for the fourth high-level NEA meeting on improving gender balance.

Public surveys on women’s experiences in the nuclear energy sector and the use of the AOP framework in radiation research and regulation.

In follow-up to the first formal meeting of the group held on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science in February, the NEA convened a second meeting on 25 March 2021 to discuss and explor...

The NEA convened a high-level meeting on 20 April 2021 to discuss survey instruments for data collection on women’s presence in the nuclear energy sector.

The Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy convened on 20-21 April in Paris.

38 OECD countries formally adopt the Recommendation of the Council on Improving the Gender Balance in the Nuclear Sector.

Exploratory Meeting on Improving the Gender Balance in Nuclear Energy, 10-11 December 2019

NEA Task Group on Improving the Gender Balance in the Nuclear Sector met to make progress on a forthcoming report on gender balance in the nuclear sector.

Scaling up investment flows in nuclear energy is one of the major challenges for OECD and NEA countries that have decided or are considering the construction of nuclear power plants. This report offe...

This publication on small modular reactors (SMRs) for mining is the first of a series of NEA case studies that assess the opportunities and challenges for SMRs to support decarbonisation of hard-to-a...

The OECD NEA and the Government of Sweden announced a new collaboration on a system cost study of the Swedish electricity and energy system.

The NEA gathered nuclear law experts for meetings in June 2023.

WPLANS members gathered on 27 September 2023.

There are many types of legal challenges that can be raised in the context of the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. Each country’s framework for legal challenges related to the peaceful use of nuclear...

Delegates from nuclear law-related NEA bodies discussed current and future activities.

The new agreement will bring together like-minded countries to advance new build projects.

Leaders of government and industry gathered at Roadmaps to New Nuclear 2024 on 19-20 Septembe.

The NEA Working Party on Nuclear Liability and Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities (WPLDF) met on 19 September 2024.

NEA Working Group on the Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) held its annual meeting, hosted by the CEA and atttended by nearly 90 delegates from 19 member countries, along with representati...

The NEA High-Level Group on Improving Gender Balance in the Nuclear Sector (HLG-GB) discussed the ongoing initiatives.

The ISNL brought together 59 students to Montpellier, France.

SFCOMPO 2.0 (Spent Fuel Isotopic Composition) is a relational database designed to facilitate the search and visualisation of experimental assay data of spent nuclear fuel.

NEA DB Services to non-NEA DB countries

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

The NEA invited 17 young professionals under the age of 30, representing 14 countries at the Roadmaps to New Nuclear 2024 conference. 

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

WPTES and WPMO members held a joint topical session.

The group discussed how it can engage at the senior policy-level to cultivate a deeper understanding of the relations between the nuclear sector and society.

The topic was discussed at the workshop organised by the NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC).

The Working Party on the Legal Aspects of Nuclear Safety (WPLANS) met in Paris.

NEA workshop gathers participants to Toronto, Canada.

The NEA Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS) and its subgroups held their annual plenary meetings.

The NEA Task Group on Radiological Protection During Armed Conflict (TGRPAC) held its inaugural meeting on 27 September 2024.