Government and industry came together at the joint conference Roadmaps to New Nuclear, hosted by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency and French Ministry for Energy Transition. 

While there is a growing interest in the deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs) as a promising option to help mitigate climate change, further international efforts are needed to accelerate the ...

The NEA and the Ministry of Energy Transition of France will host the first government-industry conference.

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

Knowledge of basic nuclear physics data is essential for the modelling and safe operation of all types of nuclear facilities. The de facto international standard format, Evaluated Nuclear Data File 6...

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...

More than 50 participants from 25 countries took part in the five-day course.

Experts attended NEA event in France.

The NEA Working Group on the Analysis and Management of Accidents convened for its annual meeting to discuss ongoing work related to accident strategy and management.

One of the major achievements of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) is the knowledge it has helped to generate through the organisation of joint international research projects. Such projects, prim...

The disposal of long-lived radioactive waste in a deep geological repository (DGR) is a scientifically and technically credible solution that meets the need for long-term safety without reliance on a...

The NEA launched the Nuclear Education, Skills and Technology (NEST) Framework in partnership with its member countries to help address important gaps in nuclear skills capacity building, knowledge t...

The WPTES aims to address technical, environmental and safety issues in the decommissioning of nuclear installations and legacy management.

ISNL 2023 gathered 60 graduate students and professionals from across the world.

The main mission of the Working Group on Human and Organisational Factors (WGHOF) is to improve the understanding and technical basis for treating human and organisational factors within the nuclear ...

The event examines how nuclear safety culture is affected by the national cultural context of the country operating a nuclear facility. It brings together experts representing both the nuclear indust...

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

The International Nuclear Law Essentials (INLE) is a one-week programme run by the NEA covering practical issues in international nuclear law.

The International School of Nuclear Law (ISNL) is a two-week programme run annually by the NEA and the University of Montpellier and supported by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Coveri...

Information note on nuclear power installations in Ukraine, updated periodically.

The main decision body of the NEST Framework is the Management Board which includes one member and one alternate from each NEST Country.

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...

There is a consensus in the international community that geological repositories provide the necessary long-term safety and security to isolate long-lived radioactive waste. However, despite the tech...

The scope of the proposed project is therefore to perform practical exercises of demonstration of the SAPIUM approach.

NEA Working Group on Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) initiated this activity focusing on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in nuclear reactor safety (NRS).

A CRPPH's task force to provide a high-level analysis report on radiological protection challenges related to the deployment of SMRs. 

The WPMO addresses management and organisational issues for decommissioning of nuclear installations and legacy management projects.

The HDCS will develop a holistic process for decision making and provide guidelines to allow an integral progression from recognition to resolution, to support the decommissioning and management of c...

The EGCDL will address costing issues for decommissioning of nuclear installations and legacy management as a level three expert group.

The EGRRS supports NEA member countries to optimise the development of national radioactive waste management and decommissioning programmes through the application of robotic and remote systems.

In May 2022, the Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) and the Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) held a Joint Workshop with stakeholders from Germany, Sweden and Switzerland to assess the ...

Nuclear Energy Agency Welcomes Assistant Secretary Huff’s Announcement on the United States’ Decision to Join the NEA Data Bank

French Ministry for Energy Transition and OECD Nuclear Energy Agency to hold joint conference in Paris.

The NEA participated in the 14th Clean Energy Ministerial in Goa, India.

The NEA Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS) held its bi-annual meetings in June 2023

Co-organised with the UK Atomic Energy Authority, the course took place on 20-22 June 2023.

FACE project members met on 28-30 June 2023 in Paris, France.

Benchmarking the progress of SMRs continues with the release of the NEA SMR Dashboard: Volume II. 

All low-carbon solutions will be required to achieve the world's net zero targets. Nuclear energy has a role to play in meeting this need. A wave of innovation in small modular reactors (SMRs) is adv...

High-temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactors are one of the next generation reactor designs. This benchmark consists of a multi-staged code-to-code-to-data thermal hydraulics code validation benchmar...

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...

The Expert Group on a Data and Information Management Strategy for the Safety Case (EGSSC) shall address activities that help RWMOs to describe and better understand the data and information they hol...

TCOFF-2 members discuss future activities.

The NEA High-level Group on Low-Dose Research (HLG-LDR) met on 27-28 June 2023.

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...

The NEA workshop gathered experts to discuss the challenges and opportunities related to the demise of zero power reactors.

NEA delegation led by Director-General Magwood was in Romania for a series of meetings and to co-host a workshop.

Supporting the use of computational fluid dynamics for nuclear reactor safety

Innovations in nuclear safety thermal-hydraulics

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

The CRPPH has long served as a forum for exchange and co-operation, to establish best practices, contribute to the development of the key recommendations of the International Commission on Radiologic...

10-year FIDES-II strategic plan will define key research needs in a variety of technical disciplines.

Kick-off workshop of the thermal hydraulic code validation benchmark for high temperature gas-cooled reactors using High Temperature Test Facility (HTTF) data.

Around 50 delegates from 22 countries and 2 international organisations gathered on 6-7 June 2023 for the 73rd CSNI meeting.

CNRA met to discuss its new structure and future activities.

The first International School on Simulation of Nuclear Reactor Systems (SINUS) took place on 22-23 May 2023.

The annual WPRS Benchmarks Workshops took place on 22-26 May 2023 in Bologna, Italy.

WPFM held meetings on 23-25 May 2023.

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

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

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

Nuclear Law Education Resources

NEA Director-General William D. Magwood, IV was in Poland on 30-31 May 2023 for a series of meetings.

The NEA co-organised the International Workshop on Disruptive Technologies for Nuclear Safety Applications on 16-17 May 2023 in Jeju, Korea.

The NEA held its first Indigenous International Mentoring Workshop for female students in Ontario on 7-10 May 2023.

The Nuclear Law Committee (NLC) established the Working Party on Nuclear Liability and Transport (WPNLT) in 2016 to address the practical challenges related to the nuclear liability regime(s) applica...

NEA DB Services to non-NEA DB countries

The publication of the latest EGIR report marks the completion of phase one of the group's programme of work.

INEX-6 will be the largest exercise in over 20 years.

The Global Forum Secretariat works with the Global Forum to provide support to the Council of Advisors to make products available to the Agency’s bodies and projects as appropriate. The Secretariat a...

Members of the WGHOF gathered in Vantaa, Finland, for its 33rd meeting.

This Global Forum Working Group focuses on activities to increase the number of women in the nuclear field.

Presentation of NEST Fellows

The working groups are comprised of experts from primarily academic institutions and other relevant stakeholders from NEA member and non-member countries.   

Co-Chair: Raul Barrachina (left), National Atomic Energy Commission and Kenichi Ishikawa (right), University of Tokyo

Co-Chair: Emanuela Colombo (left), Politecnico di Milano and Edward Obbard (right), The University of New South Wales Sydney (UNSW)

Co-Chair: Ian Farnan (left), University of Cambridge and Man-Sung Yim (right), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

Le Bulletin de droit nucléaire est une publication internationale unique en son genre destinée aux juristes et aux universitaires en droit nucléaire.

The NEST Secretariat monitors the progress of the different NEST Projects, supports the Management Board in the Monitoring and Evaluation process and provides the interface between the NEST Projects ...

A list of NEST events, conferences, workshops and summer schools organised in the context of ongoing NEST projects.

At the heart of the NEST Framework are multinational and multidisciplinary projects, so-called NEST projects.

The Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy acts as an inclusive network of experts in the nuclear energy sector, primarily from academia, focused on enabling the generation...

Le Bulletin de droit nucléaire est une publication internationale unique en son genre destinée aux juristes et aux universitaires en droit nucléaire. Ses lecteurs bénéficient d’informations exhaustiv...

The NEA participated in the European Nuclear Young Generation Forum in Krakow, Poland, an international platform for collaboration between the nuclear sector and the next generation.

The NEA nuclear science programme is developed and executed by the Nuclear Science Committee (NSC), comprising high-level scientific experts from all NEA member countries.

The overall objective of the High-level Group on Low Dose Research (HLG-LDR) is to support radiological protection policy, regulation and implementation choices by improving the effectiveness and eff...

The CDLM assists member states in holistically addressing challenges in the execution of decommissioning and legacy management through sharing experiences among members with a broad range of expertis...

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 ...

NEA Regulators' Forum meet at the NEA in Paris to discuss regulatory issues

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

An NEA delegation led by Director-General William D. Magwood, IV visited the Netherlands to meet with government and industry representatives.

NEST Alumni share valuable lessons from their fellowships

The Horonobe International Joint Project (HIP) is a collaborative project between the NEA and Japan Atomic Energy Agency established in February 2023.

Approximately 30 experts from WGAMA discussed how to advance the understanding of phenomena in pool in the situation of a loss of cooling accident.

The NEA has launched a survey to collect information from member countries to be incorporated into a revised version of the NEA’s Country Protective Measures Handbook.

The NEA and the World Association of Nuclear Operators have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

The Technical Review Groups for both projects met at the NEA headquarters on 3-7 April 2023.

Members of FIDES-II from 12 countries assembled in Prague, Czech Republic, on 17-21 April 2023 for meetings of its Technical Advisory Group and Governing Board.

The CRPPH held its annual meeting on 4-6 April 2023 at the NEA premises in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.

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

The NEA will hold the Third Stakeholder Involvement workshop to advance the issue of optimisation in decision making on 5-7 September 2023, in close co-operation with all interested NEA Standing Tech...

NEA News is the professional journal of the NEA. It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nuclear safety and regulatio...

Development started on DATIF, the DATabase for IFpe, in 2018 in order to enhance accessibility to the IFPE legacy collection of integral fuel performance experiments data, jointly put together by the...

With the growing importance of SMRs, following the proposal of the CSNI Bureau, the CSNI has decided to create an Expert Group on SMRs (EGSMR), at its 69th meeting held on 2-3 June 2021.

EGPRS Task Force members met on 3 April 2023.

Older issues of the Nuclear Law Bulletin (Nos. 1 to 80).

Anciens numéros du Bulletin de droit nucléaire (nos 1 à 80).

Uranium is the main raw material fuelling all nuclear fission reactors today. Countries around the world use it to reliably generate low-carbon electricity, process heat and hydrogen as part of their...

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

NEA delegation participates in discussions at the Regulatory Information Conference in Washington D.C.

The 9^th edition of the Computational Fluid Dynamics for Nuclear Reactor Safety workshop was hosted by Texas A&M University on 20-22 February 2023. 

The NEA survey on the status of nuclear education, training and outreach in member countries is conducted by the NEA Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy Working Group 2:...

MANTRAS includes educational and training courses, events on applications in the medical sector, and access to the available research infrastructures. It focuses in particular on the development of n...

The project led by JAEA/CLADS will be dedicated to advanced remote technology for decommissioning under intense gamma-ray radiation environments (e.g. robotics, virtual reality).

The WPRS met from 20-24 February 2023.

Strengthening the future of the nuclear sector’s workforce

The Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS) and its expert groups co-ordinate benchmark activities on Reactor Single- and Multi-Physics. The benchmark ac...

International Nuclear Law Essentials course

All low-carbon solutions will be required to achieve the world's net zero targets. Nuclear energy has a role to play in meeting this need. A wave of innovation in small modular reactors (SMRs) is adv...

On 11 March 2011, a massive earthquake of magnitude 9.0 on the Richter scale jolted the eastern coast of Japan. An hour after the earthquake, a 14-15 m tsunami, as estimated at the Fukushima Daiichi ...

Improving gender balance in nuclear

Female scientists and engineers pioneered the nuclear and radiological fields, with leaders and innovators such as Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Lise Meitner, among many others, establishing the foundat...

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

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

This benchmark is organised to examine the models for fission gas release during anticipated operational occurrences (AOOs).

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 delegation was in Japan for a series of bilateral meetings and events with students.

Expert groups on structural and fuel materials meet to advance materials science activities

Thermodynamic databases and accident prevention

International experts gathered at the NEA for the commencement of the third phase TAF-ID on 16-17 February 2023.

The NEA Working Party on Information, Data and Knowledge Management discussed the topic of AI and data preservation during their third plenary meeting on 7-8 February 2023.

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...

International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2023

NEA webinars explore a common understanding of optimisation as an approach to decision making.

As part of the NEA Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy, the Rising Stars Programme leverages the weight of the Agency and the academic institutions to build new pipeline...

NEA Director-General Magwood shares his forecast for the biggest developments and challenges in the nuclear energy sector in 2023.

The transformative activity of mining has numerous economic, social and environmental impacts that can be both positive and adverse for communities, ecosystems and economies. As the uranium industry ...

The EGMUP Task Force on artificial intelligence and machine learning will design benchmark specifications to evaluate the performance of AI/ML in multi-physics modeling and simulation of reactor syst...

NEA forms Women in Nuclear Global Chapter

Le Bulletin de droit nucléaire est une publication internationale unique en son genre destinée aux juristes et aux universitaires en droit nucléaire. Ses lecteurs bénéficient d’informations exhaustiv...

The NEA event reviews the accomplishments of the joint safety projects.

The NEA hosted the 32^nd meeting of the ISOE Management Board.

In the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi accident in March 2011, nuclear regulators, industry organisations, and operating companies across the globe began the process of understanding the lessons l...

This structural materials Joint Experimental Program (JEEP) is aimed at developing the capability to perform a variety of in-core mechanical testing measurements.

The Convention on the Establishment of a Security Control in the Field of Nuclear Energy ("Security Control Convention") and the Protocol on the Tribunal established by the Security Control Conventio...

The Nuclear Law Committee (NLC) established the Working Party on the Legal Aspects of Nuclear Safety (WPLANS) in 2016 to support the NEA’s efforts to strengthen its work in the nuclear safety area.

The WPLDF was established to identify and address issues of application of the nuclear liability regimes to deep geological repositories (DGRs) and other radioactive waste disposal facilities. 

The Nuclear Law Committee (NLC) is a highly focused group of specialists designated by the NEA member countries, comprising lawyers, policy makers, academics and from time to time, technical experts....

Pierre Strohl, former Deputy Director-General of the NEA, has passed away.

The NEA Risk Communication Training Course was held on 7-9 December 2022 in Bratislava where participants heard from and engaged with communication experts and technical professionals working in nucl...

The three-day event was held at the ESIX University in Cherbourg, France with 15 female university and graduate students. 

On 2-4 November, the NEA Working Group on Human and Organisational Factors (WGHOF) held its 32^nd biennial meeting at the Nuclear Energy Agency headquarters in Paris, France.

Second Workshop on International Harvesting Co-operation focused on the status of aged metals harvesting and opportunities for international collaborative research.

The NEA took part in the International Youth Nuclear Congress on 27 November - 2 December 2022 in Komiyama, Japan. (Image source: IYNC)

Courses were held in November 2022 in paris, France.

The Working Group on the Radiological Protection Aspects of Decommissioning Activities at Nuclear Power Plants (WGDECOM) holds its 12^th meeting in Germany

NEA’s Working Party on the Technical, Environmental, and Safety Aspects of Decommissioning and Legacy Management gathered for a workshop on  29 November to 1 December 2022 in Paris. 

The 2021 edition contains data from 169 experimental series that were performed at 57 nuclear facilities.

The NEA took part in the ENEN2plus project which aims to address the key challenges of energy security and climate change through training and education on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the...

Organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Climate and Environment of Poland, the conference gathered stakeholders in Warsaw on 8 December.

NEA and NRA held joint conference on regulators' views in Tokyo, Japan 10 years after TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi NPS Accident. 

Realising the contribution of nuclear energy to achieving net zero carbon emission in 2050 will require raising significant amounts of capital at competitive rates. On the basis of work under the aeg...

Community and industry come together to workshop radioactive waste management strategies

The COP27 NEA delegation were at the forefront of several discussions on the pathways that nuclear energy can offer to reduce carbon emissions.

Nuclear emergency planning, response and recovery

Two new reports from the WGFS highlight the latest developments in RIA research.

The NEA Working Group on Safety Culture (WGSC) gathered delegates for its biannual meeting on 18-20 October 2022.

MeshTal Viewer user manual

The new task force will explore radiological protection and publich health challenges of SMRs.

Around 90 radiological protection professionals and researchers, representing regulators, research institutions and government entities from NEA member countries and beyond, joined Preparedness for P...

JANIS (Java-based nuclear information software) is an application designed to facilitate the visualisation and manipulation of nuclear data. JANIS will be helpful to engineers and physicists who use ...

The 2021 edition can be downloaded online.

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...

A delegation led by NEA Director-General William D. Magwood, IV attended the conference on 26-28 October 2022.

The International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP) Handbook contains criticality safety benchmark specifications that have been derived from experiments that were performed at...

The primary purpose of the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP) is to compile critical and subcritical benchmark experiment data into a standardised format that allo...

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 ...

FIDES-II members hold meeting at Idaho National Laboratory

Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities Safety Week

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

Gender balance policy framework approved

With an electricity system defined by high shares of hydropower, large capacity for interconnection with its neighbours and low carbon intensity, Switzerland is well positioned to attain its objectiv...

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

The FSC workshop participants discussed best practices for community and youth engagement around the topic of radioactive waste disposal.

International Mentoring Workshop in Spain

NEST Board assembles for 6^th meeting in Paris 

Members of the Expert Group on comparison and understanding of Dose Prognosis (EGDP) met on 5-6 October 2022

Published every year, the NEA Annual report includes an overview of NEA's activities and publications produced during the year, as well as the latest developments in nuclear energy sector around the ...

Nuclear-hydrogen drives discussions at the Global Clean Energy Action Forum in Pittsburgh.

Small modular reactors (SMRs) are nuclear reactors with power output less than 300 megawatts electric (MWe), with some as small as 1-10 MWe.

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...

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

Nuclear Education, Skills and Technology Press Pitch 2022

As a follow-up to the 2010 NEA report Nuclear Fuel Behaviour under Reactivity-initiated Accident (RIA) Conditions: State-of-the-art Report 2010, this report presents the state-of-the-art knowledge on...

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

This report from the NEA Working Group on Human and Organisational Performance establishes a common understanding around the terms human performance (HP), organisational performance (OP), and human a...

The event gathered 129 participants from 75 international institutions.

The Country-Specific Safety Culture Forum takes place in Canada.