Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)

Publications and Reports

Clay Club Catalogue of Characteristics of Argillaceous Rocks - 2022 Update

The NEA Clay Club has been gathering the key geoscientific characteristics of the various argillaceous formations that are – or have been – studied in NEA member countries in the context of radioacti...

Published date: 9 March 2022

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Metadata for Radioactive Waste Management

National programmes for radioactive waste management require very large amounts of data and information across multiple and disparate disciplines. These programmes tend to run over a period of many d...

Published date: 10 December 2018

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Partnering for Long-term Management of Radioactive Waste

National radioactive waste management programmes are in various phases of siting facilities and rely on distinct technical approaches for different categories of waste. In all cases, it is necessary ...

English Stakeholder Radioactive waste management Disposal …

Published date: 6 April 2010

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Tchernobyl : Evaluation des incidences radiologiques et sanitaires (2002)

Les milieux de la radioprotection à l'échelle internationale ont dressé un important bilan de la situation aux alentours du réacteur endommagé de Tchernobyl à l'occasion du dixième anniversaire de l'...

Published date: 31 December 2003

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Reactivity-Initiated Accident Fuel Rod Codes Benchmark Phases I-III: Synthesis Report

One of the key areas in fuel safety is the analysis of fuel behaviour under reactivity-initiated accident conditions. Reactivity-initiated accident fuel rod codes have been developed for a significan...

Published date: 13 April 2022

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Management and Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste: Global Progress and Solutions

Radioactive waste results from many different activities in health care, industry, research, and power production. All such waste must be managed safely, with the protection of human health and the e...

Published date: 1 January 2020

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高レベル放射性廃棄物の管理と処分：世界の進捗状況とソリューション

放射性廃棄物は、医療・産業・研究・発電など幅広い活動から発生する。このような廃棄物はすべて、人の健康と環境の保護を最優先して安全に管理しなくてはならない。何十年にも及ぶ研究活動を経て、国際科学界は今では、高レベル放射性廃棄物を深地層最終処分場（DGR）に定置することが安全かつ効果的であると確信するに至っている。
各国政府は、それぞれが最良であると信じるエネルギー・環境政策を実施する絶対的な権利と責...

Radioactive waste management Deep geological repository (DGR) High-level waste (HLW) Radioactive waste management …

Published date: 14 April 2022

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CSNI Technical Opinion Paper - No. 18

Seismic probabilistic safety assessment (SPSA) is a systematic method for examining and evaluating the risk from earthquake-initiated accidents. The significant advances in the area of SPSA since the...

English WGRISK WGIAGE WGEV …

Published date: 27 September 2021

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CSNI Technical Opinion Papers – No. 13

Acceptance criteria for emergency core cooling systems (ECCS) define the maximum temperature and degree of oxidation in order to avoid excessive embrittlement and hence failure of the fuel cladding, ...

Published date: 21 September 2011

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CSNI Technical Opinion Papers - Nos. 1-2

These technical opinion papers represent the consensus of risk analysts and experts in NEA Member countries on the current state of the art in Fire Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) for nuclear p...

Published date: 26 September 2002

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CSNI Technical Opinion Paper No. 17

CSNI Technical Opinion Paper No. 17: Fire Probabilistic Safety Assessments for Nuclear Power Plants: 2019 Update provides an authoritative review of the current status and use of the fire PSA in nucl...

Published date: 27 May 2019

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CSNI Technical Opinion Papers No. 16

As all safety systems in the majority of existing nuclear power plants use the preferred power supply, any voltage surges in these systems could lead to common-cause failures. In the event of an unus...

Published date: 17 May 2013

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CSNI Technical Opinion Papers No. 15

Managing the ageing of fuel cycle facilities (FCFs) means, as for other nuclear installations, ensuring the availability of required safety functions throughout their service life while taking into a...

Published date: 31 December 2013

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CSNI Technical Opinion Papers No. 14

The way in which nuclear licensees’ organisations are structured and resourced clearly has a potential impact on nuclear safety. As experience has continually demonstrated, operating organisations wi...

Published date: 15 May 2012

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CSNI Technical Opinion Papers - No. 12

It is a dynamic time for the nuclear power sector. Existing reactor control rooms are undergoing various forms of modernisation. New reactors are being built in many countries and advanced reactors a...

Published date: 11 December 2009

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CSNI Technical Opinion Papers - No. 10

Nuclear power plant modifications may be needed for a number of different reasons. These include physical ageing of plant systems, structures and components; obsolescence in hardware and software; fe...

Published date: 3 February 2009

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CSNI Technical Opinion Papers - No. 11

Errors during maintenance and periodic testing are significant contributors to plant events. These errors may not always be revealed by post-maintenance tests and may remain undetected for extended p...

Published date: 26 February 2009

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CSNI Technical Opinion Papers - No. 9

This technical opinion paper represents the consensus of risk analysts in NEA member countries on the current state of the art of level-2 probabilistic safety assessment (PSA) and its applications in...

Published date: 20 April 2007

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CSNI Technical Opinion Papers - No. 5

Nuclear licensees are increasingly required to adapt to a more challenging commercial environment as electricity markets are liberalised. One of the costs that is often perceived as being amenable to...

Published date: 9 June 2004

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CSNI Technical Opinion Papers - No. 4

This technical opinion paper represents the consensus of risk analysts in NEA member countries on the current state of the art of human reliability analysis (HRA) in probabilistic safety assessment (...

Published date: 9 February 2004