Fluoride salt-cooled high-temperature reactors (FHRs), cooled with liquid (molten) salt, fueled with TRISO-based fuel are a potential molten salt reactor (MSR) design.
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19 November 2024
Publié chaque année, le Rapport annuel de l’AEN présente un aperçu des activités et publications de l’AEN pour une année donnée, ainsi que les derniers développements du secteur de l’énergie nucléair...
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20 November 2024
Emergency preparedness programmes around the world are designed to protect people from the health effects arising from radiological releases. The science behind these programmes is both well known an...
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23 October 2024
An NEA delegation led by Director-General William D. Magwood, IV, travelled to Budapest to discuss the latest developments in the Hungarian energy sector.
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13 November 2024
NEA released the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP) Handbook which contains criticality safety benchmark specifications
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21 November 2024
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...
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12 November 2024
The event took place on 11–15 November 2024.
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22 November 2024
Member met for the 148th session of the Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy.
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18 November 2024
The NEA's nuclear data evaluation co-operation activities involve the following evaluation projects: ENDF (United States), JENDL (Japan), ROSFOND/BROND (Russia), JEFF (other Data Bank member countrie...
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28 August 2023
Realising the full contribution of nuclear energy to achieving net zero targets requires mastering the challenge of financing and constructing significant numbers of new reactors. This new NEA report...
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17 September 2024
The NEA and University of Michigan have developed a qualitative survey to explore how and why individuals decide to join the nuclear field and how their experiences impact decisions to stay in or lea...
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30 September 2024
NEA delegation travelled to Romania to discuss ongoing and future areas of co-operation.
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21 November 2024
The workshop was co-organised by the US Department of Energy and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre.
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20 November 2024
Convention/treaty status of each member country of the OECD or the NEA.
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4 December 2024
National legislation: Greece
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4 December 2024
The NEST HYMERES project addresses safety-relevant phenomena in containments during accidents. It offers hands-on training opportunities during the experimental test campaigns carried at the PSI PAND...
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4 December 2024
This project aims to integrate SMR research projects from the individual participant organisation countries into a broader and more impactful programme. It will include elements of technology assessm...
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4 December 2024
A list of NEST events, conferences, workshops and summer schools organised in the context of ongoing NEST projects.
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4 December 2024
The second NEA Global Forum Rising Stars Workshop took place in Germany.
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2 December 2024
The working group is expected to examine how courses can be designed to accommodate students from diverse academic backgrounds, including the sciences, engineering, and social sciences, ensuring a mu...
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5 December 2024
Co-Chair: Ian Farnan (left), University of Cambridge and Man-Sung Yim (right), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
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5 December 2024
This Global Forum Working Group focuses on activities to increase the number of women in the nuclear field.
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5 December 2024
The Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy (the Global Forum on Nuclear Education) is led by a Council of Advisors comprised by representatives from about 20 academic insti...
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5 December 2024
All Global Forum meetings, events and conferences are listed on this page.
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5 December 2024
This publication addresses trends and patterns in material degradation as a function of nuclear power plant ageing, which is a key topic in the regulation of ageing management programmes, codes and s...
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22 April 2024
This is Volume 15 in the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) “Chemical Thermodynamics” series that features expert reviews of the chemical thermodynamics of key chemical elements in nuclear technology a...
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21 June 2024
Many of the failures that occur in nuclear fuel rods in light water reactors around the world are caused by the phenomenon of mechanical interaction between pellets and cladding (PCMI). The process i...
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30 April 2024
Many of the failures that occur in nuclear fuel rods in light water reactors around the world are caused by the phenomenon of mechanical interaction between pellets and cladding (PCMI). The process i...
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30 April 2024
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...
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27 November 2024
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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20 August 2024
Most countries with a nuclear energy programme have adopted special liability and compensation legislation to ensure that third parties that suffer nuclear damage caused by a nuclear incident have ac...
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8 July 2020
The NEA Division of Nuclear Law (DNL) works on a suite of publications, workshops and symposia to advance cooperation and understanding of nuclear liability.
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9 December 2024
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...
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4 October 2023
The Critical Heat Flux (CHF) benchmark exercise of the Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Scientific Computing in Nuclear Engineering leverages the recently published CHF ...
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9 February 2024
NEST Management Board discussed ongoing and future activities.
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10 December 2024
Since the NEST Framework was launched in 2019, more than 200 fellowships have been completed.
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11 December 2024
Created in 2019, under the guidance of the Working Party on Scientific Issues of Reactor Systems (WPRS) the expert group will perform specific tasks associated with core thermal-hydraulics aspects of...
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11 December 2024
The Expert Group on Reactor Systems Multi-Physics (EGMUP) advances the state of the art in establishing processes and procedures for certifying experimental data and benchmarking multi-physics multi-...
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11 December 2024
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...
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11 December 2024
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...
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11 December 2024
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...
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11 December 2024
The Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) provides a forum for experts to share information about improving radiological protection for workers at nuclear power plants.
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11 December 2024
Meeting took place in November 2023.
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21 December 2023
The Contracting Parties to the Paris Convention held a meeting on 11 December.
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12 December 2024
The JEFF Nuclear Data Week took place on 25-29 November 2024.
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12 December 2024
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 ...
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20 November 2024
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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29 November 2019
Swedish version of Country-Specific Safety Culture Forum: Sweden
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13 September 2018
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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13 September 2018
The NEA established the Country-Specific Safety Culture Forum (CSSCF) to examine how nuclear safety culture can be influenced by the national cultural context of a country operating nuclear facilitie...
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2 April 2024