The Nuclear Terrorism Convention's main objective relates to the criminalisation of a number of nuclear and radioactive material related offences, the establishment of jurisdiction over these offen...
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11 October 2024
The CPPNM establishes measures related to the physical protection of nuclear material used for peaceful purposes during transport, criminalisation of offenses relating to nuclear material and inter...
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11 October 2024
The objective of the Amendment to the CPPNM is to achieve and maintain worldwide effective physical protection of nuclear material and of nuclear facilities used for peaceful purposes; to prevent a...
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11 October 2024
The Vienna Convention establishes a nuclear liability and compensation regime similar to that provided for under the Paris Convention. The Vienna Convention is open to any state.
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11 October 2024
The 1997 Vienna Protocol improves the original regime by requiring that more money be made available to compensate more victims for a broad range of damages.
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The Joint Protocol acts as a bridge between the Paris and Vienna Conventions, effectively extending the benefits provided by one convention to victims in countries that have joined the other conven...
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The CSC provides for a global liability and compensation scheme that may supplement that called for under the Paris Convention, the Vienna Convention or Annex state legislation as defined by the CS...
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The Brussels Supplementary Convention establishes a scheme to provide compensation supplementary to that required by the Paris Convention. The BSC is open only to contracting parties to the Paris C...
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11 October 2024
The Paris Convention establishes a nuclear liability and compensation regime to compensate victims of a nuclear accident. The PC is open to OECD member countries as of right and non-member countrie...
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The goal of the Committee for Technical and Economic Studies on Nuclear Energy Development and the Fuel Cycle is to provide authoritative, reliable information on nuclear technologies, economics, str...
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14 October 2024
Online (Zoom)
First Webinar: Ensuring Balanced Power and Influence Among Stakeholders
Second Webinar: Mitigating Power Imbalances
A working agenda is available for download.
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8 October 2024
Members of the FIDES-II Joint Project meet in Paris to receive updates on the nine ongoing irradiation experiments and consider what’s next.
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11 October 2024
CRIEPI and NEA renewed the Memorandum of Understanding.
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11 October 2024
NEA/CSNI/R(2021)2/ADD
PERSEO was built at SIET laboratory (Piacenza, Italy) to study a new passive decay heat removal system operating in natural circulation. The main innovation in PERSEO is the presence of two pools con...
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11 October 2024
NEA/CSNI/R(2021)2
Passive thermal-hydraulic systems are widely used in nuclear reactor safety and design. For example, primary circuits in existing boiling and pressurised water reactors are designed to take advantage...
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11 October 2024
The Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) provides advice to the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) on major and emerging issues to facilitate the development of waste management st...
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17 March 2022
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Lord Elgin Hotel - Ottawa, Canada
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21 November 2022
NEA/RWM/R(2024)1
Small modular reactor (SMR) technologies are gaining interest as countries seek to reduce carbon emissions while maintaining energy security. For these new technologies to be deployed in a timely man...
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3 October 2024
A simplified demonstration for nuclear criticality safety application.
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9 October 2024
This is one of the main conclusions of the FRAME workshop, organised on 26-27 September 2024.
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4 October 2024
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8 October 2024
Project members gathered at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Illinois.
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9 October 2024
Nuclear legislation: Spain
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8 October 2024
The NEA Task Group on Radiological Protection During Armed Conflict (TGRPAC) held its inaugural meeting on 27 September 2024.
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3 October 2024
Illustration of the Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory and locations of the in situ experiments planned in each of the three HIP Joint Project task
The Horonobe International Project (HIP) is a...
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8 October 2024
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8 October 2024
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NEA headquarters, 46 quai Alphonse Le Gallo, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Radioactive waste is produced in all phases of the nuclear fuel cycle and from the use of radioactive materials in industrial, medical, defence and research applications. After creation and use, many...
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8 October 2024
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8 October 2024
The NEA Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS) and its subgroups held their annual plenary meetings.
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2 October 2024
The NEA proposes a wide range of online and in-person courses and initiatives in nuclear-related fields.
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23 January 2024
NEA workshop gathers participants to Toronto, Canada.
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7 October 2024
The Working Party on the Legal Aspects of Nuclear Safety (WPLANS) met in Paris.
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27 September 2024
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NEA Headquarters, 46 Alphonse Le Gallo, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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7 October 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
The topic was discussed at the workshop organised by the NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC).
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7 October 2024
The group discussed how it can engage at the senior policy-level to cultivate a deeper understanding of the relations between the nuclear sector and society.
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4 October 2024
WPTES and WPMO members held a joint topical session.
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4 October 2024
The NEA Second Framework for Irradiation Experiments (FIDES-II) supports the fuel and material experimental needs of nuclear safety regulators, technical support organisations, research institutions ...
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4 October 2024
Investigation for damage condition and radiation dose in Unit 3 at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (December 2019). Photo: Japan Nuclear Regulation Au...
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4 October 2024
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Conditions for release, rules and restrictions applying to the specifications of the Fluoride Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Reactor (FHR) Benchmark
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4 October 2024
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National legislation: Czechia
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4 October 2024