The disposal of long-lived radioactive waste in a deep geological repository (DGR) is a scientifically and technically credible solution that meets the need for long-term safety without reliance on a...
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24 January 2024
The NEA gathered nuclear law experts for meetings in June 2023.
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26 June 2023
Experts met on 17-19 September for the 25th WGFS annual meeting in Paris.
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27 September 2024
WPLANS members gathered on 27 September 2023.
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4 October 2023
With almost 70% of the operating nuclear power reactors over 30 years of age, countries around the world are assessing whether to allow reactor operation past the 50 60 year mark and potentially up t...
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22 November 2019
There are many types of legal challenges that can be raised in the context of the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. Each country’s framework for legal challenges related to the peaceful use of nuclear...
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20 March 2024
Delegates from nuclear law-related NEA bodies discussed current and future activities.
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22 April 2024
The next edition of Roadmaps to New Nuclear will be co-hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) of Korea.
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20 September 2024
The new agreement will bring together like-minded countries to advance new build projects.
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19 September 2024
Leaders of government and industry gathered at Roadmaps to New Nuclear 2024 on 19-20 Septembe.
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30 September 2024
The NEA Working Party on Nuclear Liability and Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities (WPLDF) met on 19 September 2024.
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27 September 2024
NEA announced Sweden will host a workshop designed to discuss the legal frameworks needed for the adoption of innovative nuclear technologies and applications.
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19 September 2024
NEA Working Group on the Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) held its annual meeting, hosted by the CEA and atttended by nearly 90 delegates from 19 member countries, along with representati...
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30 September 2024
The NEA High-Level Group on Improving Gender Balance in the Nuclear Sector (HLG-GB) discussed the ongoing initiatives.
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30 September 2024
The ISNL brought together 59 students to Montpellier, France.
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1 October 2024
The NEA invited 17 young professionals under the age of 30, representing 14 countries at the Roadmaps to New Nuclear 2024 conference.
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27 September 2024
WPTES and WPMO members held a joint topical session.
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4 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
The topic was discussed at the workshop organised by the NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC).
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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
NEA workshop gathers participants to Toronto, Canada.
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7 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 Task Group on Radiological Protection During Armed Conflict (TGRPAC) held its inaugural meeting on 27 September 2024.
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3 October 2024
Project members gathered at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Illinois.
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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
CRIEPI and NEA renewed the Memorandum of Understanding.
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11 October 2024
The potential deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs) is viewed by many countries as a transformative opportunity to support net zero objectives through various power and non-power applications. ...
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18 September 2024
TCOFF-2 members met to discus the ongoing activities.
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16 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
The second edition will take place in Paris, France.
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16 October 2024
This report established by the NEA Working Group on Fuel Safety (WGFS) of the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) compiles the state-of-the-art knowledge on fuel behaviour in loss...
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18 September 2024
A Nuclear Energy Agency delegation recently travelled to Korea for a series of meetings and events.
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8 May 2024
Members of the NEA joint project Thermodynamics of Advanced Fuels - International Database (TAF-ID) met on 23-25 October 2024.
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8 November 2024
The OECD NEA Working Party on Nuclear Emergency Matters (WPNEM) held its 2024 annual meeting from 15 to 17 October in London, United Kingdom. The event brought together approximately 50 emergency pre...
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7 November 2024
The year 2018 continued to be one of significant transformation, both in relation to the Agency and the global context within which it operates. In the wider nuclear community, there was increased re...
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6 May 2019
NEA held the third edition of the RCTC on 28-31 October 2024. The course was hosted by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) in Ottawa, Canada and brought together 60 students and lecturers f...
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18 November 2024
The OECD NEA organised the Safety Case Symposium 2024 in Budapest, Hungary, from 8-11 October. Nearly 200 experts gathered to discuss the role of safety cases in managing radioactive waste.
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13 November 2024
Publié chaque année, le Rapport annuel de l’AEN présente un aperçu des activités et publications de l’AEN pour une année donnée, ainsi que les derniers développements du secteur de l’énergie nucléair...
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20 November 2024
Emergency preparedness programmes around the world are designed to protect people from the health effects arising from radiological releases. The science behind these programmes is both well known an...
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23 October 2024
An NEA delegation led by Director-General William D. Magwood, IV, travelled to Budapest to discuss the latest developments in the Hungarian energy sector.
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13 November 2024
NEA released the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP) Handbook which contains criticality safety benchmark specifications
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21 November 2024
The event took place on 11–15 November 2024.
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22 November 2024
Member met for the 148th session of the Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy.
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18 November 2024
Realising the full contribution of nuclear energy to achieving net zero targets requires mastering the challenge of financing and constructing significant numbers of new reactors. This new NEA report...
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17 September 2024
NEA delegation travelled to Romania to discuss ongoing and future areas of co-operation.
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21 November 2024
The workshop was co-organised by the US Department of Energy and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre.
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20 November 2024
The second NEA Global Forum Rising Stars Workshop took place in Germany.
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2 December 2024
This publication addresses trends and patterns in material degradation as a function of nuclear power plant ageing, which is a key topic in the regulation of ageing management programmes, codes and s...
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22 April 2024
This is Volume 15 in the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) “Chemical Thermodynamics” series that features expert reviews of the chemical thermodynamics of key chemical elements in nuclear technology a...
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21 June 2024
Many of the failures that occur in nuclear fuel rods in light water reactors around the world are caused by the phenomenon of mechanical interaction between pellets and cladding (PCMI). The process i...
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30 April 2024