Despite the pandemic hindering international activities, the Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy was launched in January 2021 and made steady progress throughout the yea...
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21 January 2022
In 2021, the NEA organised online workshops, webinars and mentoring sessions with policy makers, experts, academics and industry representatives in the nuclear energy sector, published data analyses ...
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13 January 2022
The work of the Nuclear Education, Skills and Technology (NEST) Framework during 2021.
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7 January 2022
In co-operation with the Nuclear and Radioactive Waste Agency of Romania the NEA organised a mentoring session with Romanian high school students.
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10 December 2021
NEA’s recognition of women scientists and engineers during the month of March continues as we speak with Véronique Rouyer, Head of the NEA Division of Nuclear Safety Technology and Regulation, about ...
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25 March 2021
In celebration of women during the month of March, we spoke with Rebecca Tadesse, Head of the NEA Division of Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning, about her views on gender balance and l...
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17 March 2021
Spotlight on the NEA’s women scientists
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14 March 2021
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31 December 2021
How do we encourage more women to enter the nuclear science and technology field?
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28 May 2020
The fourth edition of the IRPS was held from 22-26 August in Stockholm, Sweden.
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7 September 2022
CSNI and CNRA held their biannual meetings and a joint session at the NEA headquarters.
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10 June 2022
The International School of Nuclear Law returns to the University of Montpellier
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9 September 2022
An NEA delegation led by Director-General William D. Magwood, IV, visited Japan from 18-24 July for a number of nuclear-energy focused meetings and events.
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29 July 2022
NEA hosted two workshops in Romania on 25-29 July 2022.
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4 August 2022
Message from NEA Director-General Magwood, 6 April 2020
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6 April 2020
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident: Message from Director-General Magwood
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11 March 2022
The first QUENCH-ATF joint project test was successfully completed by the KIT team on 17 July 2022.
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5 August 2022
The NEA Nuclear Law Committee and the Contracting Parties to the Paris Convention held their meetings to discuss key issues and future work in the field of nuclear law.
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20 July 2022
Over its 25 years of existence, the working party has contributed many topics and has led advances in criticality safety studies.
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28 July 2022
The NEA Data Bank's first in-person course since the pandemic started was on FISPACT, an enhanced multi-physics platform for neutron, proton, alpha, deuteron or gamma particle interactions.
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27 June 2022
The Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP) continues under a new organisational structure after the second Management Board meeting.
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26 July 2022
MDEP VVER Working Group (VVERWG) meeting, 25-26 May 2021.
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3 November 2021
The Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP) entered a new phase on 14 December 2021. The MDEP will continue in its role as a unique multinational initiative leveraging the resources and know...
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15 December 2021
The Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP) begins operation under a new framework agreement.
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4 February 2022
Addressing the mental health impacts of radiological and nuclear emergencies
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28 May 2021
The NEA Expert Group on Recovery Management (EGRM) held a meeting on 6 May 2021.
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7 May 2021
The NEA Expert Group on Non-radiological Public Health Aspects of Radiation Emergency Planning and Response (EGNR) provided input to the development of the recently launched World Health Organization...
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1 December 2020
The NEA Expert Group on Non‑Radiological Public Health Aspects of Radiation Emergency Planning and Response (EGNR) is developing an operational approach for mitigating the mental health and psychosoc...
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5 August 2020
Recent meetings of groups working under the aegis of the Framework for Irradiation Experiments (FIDES) have demonstrated that the international community is enthusiastic and on a strong course to ful...
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5 May 2022
The Expert Group on a Holistic Process for Decision Making on Decommissioning and Management of Complex Sites (HDCS) continues to make progress with its forthcoming report to describe the scope of co...
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13 December 2021
The joint NEA-IAEA symposium hosted by the United Kingdom’s Office for Nuclear Regulation brought together experts to exchange on the use and application of Probabilistic Safety Analysis (PSA) for re...
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14 June 2022
The WGPC held its biannual plenary meeting on 3-4 May 2022 to discuss its ongoing work and the progress made in activities on public trust and risk communication.
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1 June 2022
The NEA has made progress on two activities that seek to bolster member countries’ nuclear and radiological emergency preparedness and their ability to co-ordinate response actions.
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27 May 2022
On 17-18 May, experts in radioactive waste management, local stakeholders and non-technical actors convened in Bern, Switzerland, for the IGSC and FSC workshop on the safety case.
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23 May 2022
The NEA Data Bank Nuclear Data Service (NDS) organised the Joint Evaluated Fission and Fusion (JEFF) Nuclear Data Week (NDW) on 25-29 April 2022.
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20 May 2022
The Sixth International Conference on Geological Repositories (ICGR-6) gathered participants in in Helsinki, Finland, on 4-8 April.
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27 April 2022
An NEA delegation led by Director-General William D. Magwood, IV, was in the United Arab Emirates on 27-30 March for a series of meetings.
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4 April 2022
The NEA Data Bank held an OpenMC training course, the first of its kind, on 25-28 April 2022.
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11 May 2022
A chat with Ethan Robert Kirkby, NEST Fellow
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22 April 2022
Joint NEA and IAEA event will explore probabilistic safety assessment for reactors of singular designs
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28 April 2022
WGHOF held its 31st plenary meeting virtually on 21 -23 March 2022
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13 April 2022
On 5-7 April 2022, the NEA Working Group on Safety Culture (WGSC) held its biannual meeting to advance work on safety culture and leadership in nuclear regulators
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12 April 2022
The meeting brought together around 100 delegates from 26 member countries, 11 international organisations and associations.
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6 April 2022
The NEA Working Group on Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) organised a specialists’ meeting on transient thermal-hydraulics in water cooled nuclear reactors on 22-23 March 2022.
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6 April 2022
The Expert Group on the Use of Real-Time Platforms (EGRT) initiated and distributed an online survey on the real-time platforms used in NEA member countries.
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6 April 2022
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22 July 2021
NEA Expert Group on the Use of Real-Time Platforms (EGRT) held its kick-off meeting on 12 May 2021.
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19 May 2021
The Regulators’ Forum (RF), the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) and the Committee on Decommissioning of Nuclear Installations (CDLM) held their annual plenary meetings and a joint commi...
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4 April 2022
The NEA Expert Group on International Recommendations (EGIR) met for its second meeting on 11 March 2022.
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4 April 2022
“Building a Framework for Post Nuclear Accident Recovery Preparedness: National-Level Guidance” report will will be presented and discussed at a web event on 23 May 2022
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14 March 2022
