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24 July 2014
NEA/CSNI/R(2014)9
The Fukushima Dai-ichi accident triggered discussions about the significance of external hazards and their treatment in safety analyses. In addition, stress tests results have shown vulnerabilities a...
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2 July 2014
NEA/RWM/R(2013)10
This document describes the proceedings of an IGSC international workshop was convened in Braunschweig, Germany on 5-7 September 2013, with the purpose of identifying and compiling information on kno...
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3 March 2014
NEA/RWM/R(2013)9
This document describes the proceedings of an IGSC International Symposium held at the OECD Conference Centre, Paris France on 7-9 October 2013. The purpose of this symposium was to assess the practi...
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19 February 2014
NEA/CSNI/R(2014)4
Following the CFD4NRS workshops held in Garching, Germany (September 2006), Grenoble, France (September 2008) and Washington D.C., USA (September 2010), this workshop, held in Daejeon, Korea on 10-12...
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14 February 2014
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)10
The NEA’s Working Group on Fuel Cycle Safety (WGFCS), in co-operation with the Working Group on Fuel Safety (WGFS), aimed within the current international workshop to advance the understanding within...
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23 January 2014
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)8/PART2
The CSNI Working Group on Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) objective is to assess and where necessary strengthen the technical basis needed for the prevention, mitigation and management o...
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17 December 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)8/PART4
The CSNI Working Group on Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) objective is to assess and where necessary strengthen the technical basis needed for the prevention, mitigation and management o...
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5 December 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)8/PART3
The CSNI Working Group on Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) objective is to assess and where necessary strengthen the technical basis needed for the prevention, mitigation and management o...
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28 November 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)8/part1
The CSNI Working Group on Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) objective is to assess and where necessary strengthen the technical basis needed for the prevention, mitigation and management o...
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28 November 2013
Particle accelerators have evolved over the last decades from simple devices to powerful machines, and are having an increasingly important impact on research, technology and daily life. Today they h...
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8 October 2013
NEA/CNRA/R(2013)3
The WGRNR organised an international workshop aimed to provide a forum to exchange information on lessons learned from siting, licensing and constructing new nuclear power plants around the world. Ke...
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7 October 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)4
The objective of the Working Group on Fuel Cycle Safety (WGFCS) is to advance the understanding for both regulators and operators of relevant aspects of nuclear fuel cycle safety in member countries....
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3 July 2013
NEA/RWM/CLAYCLUB(2013)1
This document contains the proceedings of the NEA Clay Club workshop on Clay Characterisation from Nanoscopic to Microscopic Resolution. The workshop was intented to provide a discussion platform on ...
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16 May 2013
NEA/RWM/R(2013)3
This document provides a synthesis of the workshop presentations and accounts of discussions that were held. It also provides a list of the main observations garnered from the workshop for future wor...
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15 May 2013
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6 May 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)3
The first workshop on Seismic Observation in Deep Borehole and Its Applications (Kashiwazaki WS) was held as an embedded workshop in the First Kashiwazaki Symposium on Seismic Safety of Nuclear Insta...
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25 April 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)11/PART1
The Second Workshop on Seismic Observation in Deep Boreholes and Its Applications (Kashiwazaki WS) was held from 7-9 November 2012 in the City of Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Japan, and co-organised by the ...
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29 January 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)11/PART2
The Second Workshop on Seismic Observation in Deep Boreholes and Its Applications (Kashiwazaki WS) was held from 7-9 November 2012 in the City of Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Japan, and co-organised by the ...
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28 January 2013
Materials research is a field of growing relevance for innovative nuclear systems, such as Generation IV reactors, critical and sub-critical transmutation systems and fusion devices. For these differ...
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31 December 2013
Deep geological repositories of radioactive waste are designed and licensed based on a model of long-term safety which does not require the active presence of man. During the period of stepwise devel...
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31 December 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)2
Probabilistic Safety Assessment/Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PSA/PRA) for new and advanced reactors is recognised as an important approach to achieve improved safety and performances of new nuclear...
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23 December 2012
NEA/CNRA/R(2012)7
The NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) authorised the formation of a task group in June 2011 to identify measures to enhance the integrity of the supply chain by minimising the inc...
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9 November 2012
NEA/CNRA/R(2012)6
The NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) believes that an essential factor in ensuring the safety of nuclear installations is the continuing exchange and analysis of technical inform...
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2 July 2012
NEA/RWM/M(2012)2
As the ICRP finalized its guidelines on the application of ICRP-103 to geologic disposal, the RWMC and the CRPPH held a joint session to discuss the ICRP forthcoming guidelines and interpretation iss...
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29 June 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)13
Both regulators and the nuclear industry recognise the need for licensees to develop a strong, positive safety culture to support successful and sustainable nuclear safety performance. In recognition...
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27 June 2012
NEA/RWM/RKM(2012)1/FINAL
This RK&M workshop was held at the NEA Headquarters, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on 11-13 October 2011. Its overarching goal was to scope the field and gain insights that can guide the further develo...
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6 June 2012
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1 June 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)1
In 2008, the NEA's Working Group on Risk Assessment (WGRISK) issued a report [NEA/CSNI/R(2008)9] addressing the feasibility of a joint international effort on human reliability analysis (HRA) data. T...
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2 May 2012
NEA/RWM/R(2012)3/REV
This report presents the proceedings of a workshop on the roles, evolution and interactions of cementitious materials in geological disposal facilities for radioactive waste. The workshop was organis...
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2 March 2012
NEA/CNRA/R(2012)3
The purpose of WGOE is to facilitate the exchange of information, experience, and lessons learnt related to operating experience between CNRA Member countries. The WGOE continues its mission to ident...
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10 February 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2011)14
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency developed an initiative to form writing groups of experts with the specific task of assessing the maturity of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes for nuclear reaco...
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1 February 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2011)6
In 2009, the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) approved a proposal by the Working Group on Integrity and Ageing of Components and Structures (WGIAGE) to assess current knowledge...
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13 October 2011
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)12
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) sponsored a Forum on Insights and Approaches as a result of the Fukushima Accident. The forum was held at...
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6 October 2011
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28 June 2011
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6 May 2011
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)9
The report provides the proceedings from the WGOE meeting discussion on the item of generic interest from September 2010. Additionally, this report aims to analyse the WGOE member country responses t...
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31 March 2011
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)8
An NEA specialists’ meeting “Identifying and Overcoming Barriers to Effective Consideration of Human and Organisational Factors in Event Analysis and Root Cause Analysis” was held in Paris, France on...
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8 March 2011
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)7
The WGRNR organised an international workshop aimed to review and discuss recent and past construction experience lessons learnt including perspectives from regulatory authorities, vendors, and licen...
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24 February 2011
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)11
Severe accident management guidelines (SAMGs) increase focus on containment integrity after some progression in the course of a severe accident. This change in priorities is made according to criteri...
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18 January 2011
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6 January 2011
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6 January 2011
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)7
The NEA Working Group on Fuel Safety (WGFS) is tasked with advancing the current understanding of fuel safety issues by assessing the technical basis for current safety criteria and their applicabili...
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15 December 2010
Particle accelerators have evolved over the last decades from simple devices to powerful machines, and are having an increasingly important impact on research, technology and daily life. Today they c...
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15 December 2010
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)10/VOL2
A joint workshop of the Working Group on the Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) and the Working Group on Risk Assessment (WGRISK) on implementation of severe accident management (SAM) measu...
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3 December 2010
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)10/VOL1
A joint workshop of the Working Group on the Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) and the Working Group on Risk Assessment (WGRISK) on implementation of severe accident management (SAM) measu...
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3 December 2010
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)4
The objective of the NEA’s Working Group on Fuel Cycle Safety (WGFCS) is to advance the understanding for both regulators and operators of relevant aspects of nuclear fuel cycle safety in member coun...
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24 November 2010
NEA/CNRA/R(2010)5
These proceedings cover the 10th International Workshop held by WGIP on regulatory inspection activities. The focus of this workshop was regulatory inspection activities in 3 main areas:
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4 August 2010
NEA/CNRA/R(2010)6
This appendix supports the proceedings of the 10th International Workshop held by WGIP on regulatory inspection activities [NEA/CNRA/R(2010)5]. The workshop was hosted by the ministry of Housing, Spa...
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4 August 2010
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6 May 2010