The CRPPH assists NEA member countries in the implementation and enhancement of the system of radiological protection. It contributes to the adoption and the maintenance of high standards of protecti...

A healthy safety culture has long been considered essential to maintaining high levels of nuclear safety. Although safety goals across countries are similar, the operational realities vary due to a r...

健全な安全文化は、原子力安全を高いレベルで維持するために必須なことであると考えられてきた。各国が目指すことは類似しているが、国の文化的特性を含む様々な要因により、実際の取り組み状況は異なる。このような特性は、安全文化に良い影響を与えることもあれば課題となることもある。したがって、原子力界においては、それぞれの文化的背景の中でどのような影響が存在するかを特定し、これらの影響が安全文化にどのような効...

Nuclear emergency preparedness and response management are essential components to ensure safety and radiation protection in any nuclear or non-nuclear country. While international guidelines for eme...

A crucial aspect of radioactive waste management (RWM) as well as decommissioning and legacy management is developing general community confidence and societal acceptance of RWM solutions.

The sixth edition gathered around 60 participants to Stockholm, Sweden.

The workshop gathered 43 secondary school students from Fukushima and 4 high school students from Illinois, United States.

NEA and French Ministry for Energy Transition hosted Roadmaps to New Nuclear conference. 

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 NEA Joint Project on Waste Integration for Small and Advanced Reactor Designs (WISARD) will start in 2025.

Human aspects of nuclear energy and waste management were in focus during a recent mission to the US at the Waste Management Symposia in Arizona and the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's 36th Annual...

Ahead of the project launch, the NEA organised a meeting to discuss the progress.

A new collaboration with the EPRI and the NEA will focus on waste management strategies for small modular reactors.

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 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...

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

Chair: Kenichi Ishikawa, University of Tokyo, Japan.

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

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

The NEA Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy (the Global Forum on Nuclear Education) is a framework for sustained co-operation and for enabling a long-term dialogue among...

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...

A flagship initiative of the NEA Global Forum on Nuclear Education are country-specific workshops, which serve as platforms to promote collaboration between national stakeholders comprising of academ...

Chair: Lisa Marshall, North Carolina State University, United States.

Chair: Paul Bowden, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

The NEA delegation travelled to Bulgaria to take part in “Sustainable Nuclear Innovations.”

Meetings were held with Kenyan government representatives and stakeholders in the nuclear field.

NEA support for countries interested in calculating their system costs and optimising their electricity system

A WPNCS subgroup on data assimilation techniques for uncertainty assessments

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

The OECD NEA and the Ministry for Climate and Enterprise of Sweden will co-host Roadmaps to New Nuclear 2024. 

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.