In 1959, thirteen OECD countries began the Dragon Reactor Experiment (DRE) to build a reactor at Winfrith in Dorset, United Kingdom. The Dragon was the first experimental high temperature gas-cooled ...

The Experimental Thermal Hydraulics for Analysis, Research and Innovations in Nuclear Safety (ETHARINUS) project serves the objectives of investigating phenomena where the knowledge base for safety a...

Following several years of experimental research in the field of source terms analysis in the BIP, STEM and THAI joint projects but also other activities, the NEA Working Group on the Analysis and Ma...

The main purpose of the project is to encourage multilateral co-operation in the collection and analysis of data relating to fire events. The objectives of the NEA Fire Project are to:

• collect fire ...

The acronym PRISME comes from the French phrase propagation d’un incendie pour des scénarios multi-locaux élémentaires, which in English can be translated as "fire propagation in elementary, multi-ro...

The Halden Reactor Project has been in operation since 1958 and is the oldest NEA joint project. It brings together an important international technical network in the area of nuclear safety ranging ...

The HEAF Project was planned as a three-year programme to be conducted by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) at a facility in the US. The project's aim was to conduct experiments i...

HYMERES phases

First phase (2013-2016)

The main objective of the first phase of the Hydro...

The Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) Project provides a forum for radiological protection (RP) professionals from nuclear electricity utilities and national regulatory authorities w...

Common-cause failure (CCF) events can significantly affect the availability of nuclear power plant safety systems. In recognition of this, CCF data is systematically collected and analysed in several...