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1 January 1993
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1 January 1987
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1 January 1980
The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Working Group on the Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) aims to contribute to the assessment of the prevention, mitigation and management of accidents, ultim...
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5 October 2023
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1 January 1996
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...
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27 September 2021
NEA/CSNI/R(2009)7
This technical opinion paper represents the consensus of the Committe on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) Working Group on Human and Organisational Factors (WGHOF) on the state of research ...
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1 January 2009
NEA/CSNI/R(2012)7
The objective of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Working Group on Fuel Cycle Safety (WGFCS) is to advance the understanding for both regulators and operators of relevant aspects of fuel cycle sa...
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1 January 2012
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...
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27 May 2019
Following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, many countries began funding research and development on nuclear fuel designs with enhanced accident tolerance (ATFs). ATFs have i...
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18 July 2022
This Technical Opinion Paper (TOP) studies the emerging use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) as an additional tool for the evaluation of safety cases implying thermal hydraulics. CFD allows a fi...
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11 March 2024
While there is a growing interest in the deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs) as a promising option to help mitigate climate change, further international efforts are needed to accelerate the ...
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10 October 2023
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...
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3 February 2009
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...
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26 February 2009
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...
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11 December 2009
Feedback on operating experience from nuclear power plants is intended to help avoid occurrence or recurrence of safety-significant events. Well-established feedback systems exist on the national and...
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31 December 2004
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 (...
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9 February 2004
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...
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9 June 2004
This technical opinion paper provides the reader with a concise description of both the benefits and disadvantages of using probabilistic safety assessment (PSA) to analyse operational events in nucl...
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2 December 2004
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...
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20 April 2007
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...
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26 September 2002
Probabilistic safety analyses (PSAs) for many of the nuclear power plants throughout the world are being maintained as "living PSAs" (LPSAs), being updated to take account of changes to the design an...
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1 February 2005
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, ...
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21 September 2011
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
NEA/CSNI/R(2011)13
The primary role of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Working Group on Human and Organisational Factors (WGHOF) is to improve the current understanding and treatment of human and organisational fa...
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1 January 2012
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...
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31 December 2013
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...
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17 May 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2011)7
The NEA Committe on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI), noting that different approaches to determining cladding embrittlement criteria produced nearly identical limits, asked the Working Gro...
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1 January 2011
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12 October 1999
In recent years the socio-political environment of radioactive waste management (RWM) has been changing in a significant way. Stakeholder dialogue has become a leading principle. How have RWM organis...
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12 December 2007
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8 February 2007
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4 January 2012
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2003)280
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27 June 2003
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1 January 1996
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1 January 1991
NEA/CSNI/R(2015)9
This report has been written in the framework of seismic subgroup of the NEA CSNI Working Group on Integrity and Ageing of Components and Structures (WGIAGE) to provide a brief review of current prac...
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29 May 2015
NEA/CSNI/R(2004)6
The “Current Severe Accident Research Facilities and Projects” list was compiled by the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations Working (CSNI) Group on the Analysis and Management of Acciden...
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9 March 2004
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1 January 1993
NEA/CNRA/R(2009)2
In order to capture the current situation, members of the WGOE IOEF Task Group provided short narratives outlining their national OEF practices. The IOEF Report notes that, in order to get a comprehe...
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11 May 2009
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1 January 1975
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1 January 1992
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1 January 1999
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29 June 2023
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(1996)144
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1 January 1996
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1 January 1993
Radioactive waste management is an area of public interest in which stakeholder involvement has largely proven itself to be beneficial to all parties and processes concerned. With growing experience,...
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20 December 2004
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29 October 2004
NEA/CSNI/R(2004)2
The workshop on Debris Impact on Emergency Coolant Recirculation was held in Albuquerque, the United States on 25-27 February 2004. It was organised under the auspices of the NEA Committee on the Saf...
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24 November 2004
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1 January 1989
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1 January 1989
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1 January 1981
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16 January 2017
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28 January 2020
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28 January 2020
Decision making for radioactive waste management: principles, action goals, confidence factors flyer – English A4
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26 May 2020
Decision making for radioactive waste management: principles, action goals, confidence factors flyer – Korean A4
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26 May 2020
Decision making for radioactive waste management: principles, action goals, confidence factors flyer – US letter
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26 May 2020
Decision making for radioactive waste management: principles, action goals, confidence factors flyer – Japanese A4
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26 May 2020
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16 January 2017
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28 January 2020
Experience from decommissioning projects suggests that the decommissioning of nuclear power plants could be made easier if this aspect received greater consideration at the design stage and during op...
Published date:
7 June 2010
NEA/RWM/WPDD(2006)3/REV1
This status report is based on and reflects the viewpoints and materials from several NEA initiatives in connection with decommissioining of nuclear power facilities and with long-term nuclear liabil...
Published date:
5 September 2006
This status report on Decommissioning Funding: Ethics, Implementation, Uncertainties is based on a review of recent literature and materials presented at NEA meetings in 2003 and 2004, and particular...
Published date:
23 October 2006
The decommissioning of nuclear power plants is a topic of increasing interest to governments and the industry as many nuclear units approach retirement. It is important in this context to assess deco...
Published date:
11 August 2003
Considerable international experience gained over the last 20 years demonstrates that nuclear facilities can be safely dismantled and decommissioned once a decision is made to cease operations and pe...
Published date:
23 October 2009
One concern commonly expressed about electricity production from nuclear power is that the decommissioning (i.e.dismantling to a desirable end state) of the redundant radioactive facilities presents ...
Published date:
25 August 2004
NEA/RWM/R(2011)1
This report of the NEA Co-operative Programme on Decommissioning (CPD) presents the generic results obtained by a CPD Task Group on Decontamination and Dismantling (D&D) of Concrete Structures that u...
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28 July 2011
NEA/RWM/CPD(2010)3
This document was prepared by the Task Group on Decontamination and Dismantling (D&D) of Concrete Structures. It provides a comprehensive review of proven technologies and methods fro decontaminating...
Published date:
22 July 2010
This overview of decontamination techniques is based on the results of the previously mentioned questionnaire, which was received, reviewed and summarised for this report by the Task Group. The infor...
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3 August 1999
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...
Published date:
24 January 2024
NEA/CSNI/R(2009)10
The NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) authorised formation of a task group in January 2008 to examine Defence in Depth of Electrical Systems and Grid Interaction with nuclea...
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9 November 2009
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6 December 1999
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1 January 1996
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(1995)118
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1 January 1995
NEA/RWM/R(2014)1
Sysnthesis and international perspective of the 9th Community Visit and National Workshop of the OECD NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) held in the Czech Republic on 24-26 October 2012.
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10 January 2014
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2010)426
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17 December 2010
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18 March 2009
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1 January 1986
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1 January 1986
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1 January 1986
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1 January 1986
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1 January 1986
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1 January 1986
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1 January 1979
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1 January 1978
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1 January 1978
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(1996)138
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1 January 1996
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1 January 1997
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1 January 1998
NEA/CSNI/R(2017)12
The main objective of the workshop, held in Aomori City, Japan on 15-17 November 2016, was to review and discuss national activities, plans and regulatory approaches by member countries in light of ...
Published date:
8 January 2018
NEA/CSNI/R(2017)12/ADD1
The workshop was held in Aomori City, Japan on 15-17 November 2016.
On 11 March 2011, the Tohoku-Taiheiyou-Oki earthquake occurred near the east coast of Honshu, Japan. This magnitude 9.0 earthquake ...
Published date:
1 January 2018
NEA/CSNI/R(2007)17
At the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) meeting in June 2003, a proposal of the CSNI Working Group on the Integrity and Ageing (WGIAGE) to examine the differences in approach b...
Published date:
1 February 2008
NEA/CSNI/R(2021)14
In June 2017, the NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installation (CSNI) approved the Working Group on Risk Assessment (WGRISK) activity Digital I&C PSA – Comparative application of Digital Instr...
Published date:
6 February 2024
NEA/CSNI/R(2021)14/ADD
During the 28-30 January 2019 meeting on Digital I&C PSA – Comparative application of Digital Instrumentation and Control (I&C) Modelling Approaches for Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) hosted b...
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6 February 2024
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1 January 1993
The desired outcome of nuclear regulatory activities is the safe operation of nuclear facilities in a manner that protects public health and safety, and the environment. The operator has prime respon...
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20 April 2004
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14 February 2013
Germany is exploring a new approach towards the final management of its radioactive waste. This international workshop, held in Germany, attracted 65 participants from 13 countries. A little more tha...
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16 May 2006
NEA/RWM/FSC(2005)4/REV1
Disposal of Radioactive Waste: The Forming of a New Approach in Germany - Summary and international perspective of the FSC Community Visit and National Workshop held in Hitzacker, Hamburg on 5-8 Octo...
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5 August 2020
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23 December 1997
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23 December 1997
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6 June 2018
NEA/RWM/CPD(2013)1
This document is the draft agenda of the 32nd meeting of the Management Board of the Co-operative Programme for the Exchange of Scientific and Technical Information concerning Nuclear Installations D...
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5 November 2013
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2005)357
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10 April 2005
NEA/CSNI/R(2006)6
The purpose of this report is to present in a concise form how some safety matters associated with currently operating light water reactors have been addressed. The issues discussed in this report ar...
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2 November 2006
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7 July 2005
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2000)219
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23 May 2001
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2013)11
This document is the draft summary record of the 15th meeting of the Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC), held OECD Conference Centre, Paris, France on 10-11 October 2013.
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23 May 2014
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2005)4
This document contains the final programme and registration details of the EBS Workshop on Integration of Engineered Barrier Systems in the Safety Case: The Role of Modelling. The workshop is to be h...
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5 July 2005
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2005)4/PROV
This document contains the provisional programme and registation details for the EBS Workshop on the Integration of Engineered Barrier Systems in the Safety Case: The Role of Modelling. The workshop ...
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15 April 2005
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)13
The idea of a benchmark study on risk-informed in-service inspection (RI-ISI) was initially developed within a subgroup of the ENIQ Task Group on Risk. The preliminary JRC project proposal was endors...
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26 January 2011
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(1995)112
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1 January 1995
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1 January 1991
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1 January 1993
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(1996)148
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1 January 1996
Radioactive effluent releases from nuclear installations have generally been substantially reduced in recent years, well below regulatory requirements. At the same time, international and intergovern...
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29 October 2003
NEA/CRPPH/R(2011)1
Committee on Radiation Protection and Public Health
Expert Group on Occupational Exposure
Dose constraints - Dose constraints in optimisation of Occupational Radiation Protection and
implementation of t...
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18 October 2011
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19 July 2002
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1 January 1989
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2004)11
This document contains the preliminary programme and registration details of the NEA's Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) workshop to be held in Las Vegas, USA on 14-17 September 2004.
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1 September 2004
The Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) is co-sponsoring a project with the European Commission to develop a greater understanding of how to achieve the ne...
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16 November 2004
A joint NEA-EC workshop entitled “Engineered Barrier Systems (EBS) in the Context of the Entire Safety Case” was organised in Oxford on 25-27 September 2002 and hosted by United Kingdom Nirex Limited...
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3 July 2003
The presence of several barriers serving complementary safety functions enhances confidence that radioactive waste placed in deep geological repositories will be adequately isolated and contained to ...
Published date:
12 April 2007
In the deep disposal of radioactive waste, the presence of several barriers serving complementary safety functions enhances confidence that the waste will be isolated and contained to protect human h...
Published date:
16 February 2007
A joint NEA-EC workshop entitled “Engineered Barrier Systems: Design Requirements and Constraints” was organised in Turku, Finland on 26-29 August 2003 and hosted by Posiva Oy. The main objectives of...
Published date:
11 November 2020
Repositories for the disposal of radioactive waste generally rely on a multi-barrier system to isolate the waste from the biosphere. This multi-barrier system typically comprises the natural geologic...
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3 July 2003
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18 March 2004
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4 May 2001
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15 February 2002
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16 April 2003
The world’s nuclear power reactors are ageing, with the majority approaching the end of their planned operational lifetimes in the coming years. The adequacy of funding for decommissioning and radioa...
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18 June 2021
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1 January 1987
Environmental activities in uranium mining and milling are becoming increasingly important owing to:
- the stricter requirements for new facilities being imposed by many countries in the form of envi...
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1 January 1999
The workshop was organized in Paris, on 1st-2nd September 1994, in co-operation with the OECD Environment Directorate. The focus was the concept of deep geological disposal and the associated non-tec...
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1 January 1995
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26 February 2007
Environmental remediation activities in uranium mines and mills have become increasingly important in the last few decades due to the large number of facilities which have been taken out of operation...
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14 February 2002
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(1995)130
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1 January 1995
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(1999)205
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23 May 2001
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1 January 1974
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22 December 2000
NEA/CSNI/R(2015)1
The work described in this report was conducted as a joint task under the CSNI Working Groups on Human and Organisational Factors (WGHOF) and Risk Assessment (WGRISK). The task has two primary purpos...
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1 March 2015
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1 January 1982
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1 January 1977
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1 January 1977
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1 January 1977
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1 January 1979
Eurochemic was the first joint undertaking of the European Nuclear Energy Agency. The company was established in December 1957 by the governments of thirteen European countries to develop internation...
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1 January 1996
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1 January 1991
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1 January 2000
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1 January 1993
Les données nucléaires sont essentielles au développement et à l'application des sciences et techniques nucléaires. Etant donné qu'un grand nombre de spécialistes en données nucléaires sont récemment...
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1 January 2000
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30 October 2015
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23 January 2013
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11 November 2005
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(1995)116
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1 January 1995
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20 September 1999
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(1997)172
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10 June 1999
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(1998)183
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14 June 1999
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1 January 1992
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7 July 2005
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1 January 1997
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9 May 2001
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1 January 1986
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1 January 1996
NEA/CSNI/R(2007)2
Uncertainty in relation to several severe accident phenomena plays a major role in probabilistic safety analyses involving beyond-design-basis accident scenarios for nuclear power plants. The technic...
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26 January 2022
NEA/CSNI/R(2016)7
Operating experience from nuclear installations worldwide has shown that combinations of fires and other events, in particular external and internal hazards, occur throughout their entire lifetime. ...
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27 July 2016
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1 January 1995
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1 January 1995
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28 February 2011
The development of new radiological protection recommendations by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) continues to be a strategically important undertaking, both nationally...
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9 February 2004
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31 December 2008
The evolution of the system of radiological protection is of great interest to governments and regulatory authorities, in particular in Asia. In this context, the Japanese government hosted a series ...
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12 August 2009
Since 2002, the NEA has been actively facilitating the detailed discussion of the evolving system of radiological protection in an Asian context. Its work in this area has included four previous conf...
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24 September 2010
One of the main challenges facing radiological protection experts is how to integrate radiological protection within modern concepts of and approaches to risk governance. It is within this context th...
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26 October 2005
NEA/CSNI/R(2018)7
It has long been recognised that external hazards can present a potential common cause source of initiating events that could challenge nuclear power plant safety. Modelling of these hazards is a com...
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2 April 2019
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) first published in 2000 Nuclear Education and Training: Cause for Concern?, which highlighted significant issues in the availability of human resources for the nu...
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4 April 2012
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17 November 2015
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18 May 2010
This joint report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) is the eighth in a series of studies on electricity generating costs. As policy makers work to ensure th...
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31 August 2015
Under the Paris Agreement, OECD countries agreed to aim for a reduction of their greenhouse gas emissions sufficient to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre...
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25 January 2019
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8 February 2011
NEA/NSC/DOC(1997)18
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 12-13 May 1997
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1 January 1997
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26 February 2018
In case of a nuclear emergency, countries need to be well prepared to manage a crisis situation. In order to help countries improve their emergency planning, preparedness and management, the OECD Nuc...
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27 April 2001
The NEA has a long tradition of expertise in the area of nuclear emergency policy, planning, preparedness and management. Through its activities in this field, it offers member countries unbiased ass...
Published date:
7 September 2018
Since the beginning of the 1990s, the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has offered its member countries a forum for improving efficiency and effectiveness in nuclear emergency management, focusing in...
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31 December 2008
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2000)217
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23 May 2001
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2006)372
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8 July 2008
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2007)388
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8 July 2008
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2009)411
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29 June 2009
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2008)400
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8 July 2008
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2004)296
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1 June 2004
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2005)335
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10 April 2005
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2004)297
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1 June 2004
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2005)336
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10 April 2005
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2003)274
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27 June 2003
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2004)298
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1 June 2004
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2004)299
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1 June 2004
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2003)271
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26 June 2003
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2004)300
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1 June 2004
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2003)272
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27 June 2003
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2001)231
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23 May 2001
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2005)337
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10 April 2005
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2002)249
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1 October 2002
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2001)229
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23 May 2001
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1 January 1978
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1 January 1975
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1 January 1976
NEA/CSNI/R(2004)10
In the report “Nuclear Safety Research in OECD Countries: Summary Report of Major Facilities and Programmes at Risk“ published by the NEA/CSNI Senior Group of Experts on Nuclear Safety Research Facil...
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7 July 2004
NEA/CSNI/R(2009)8
The Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) established the Task Group on Advanced Reactor Experimental Facilities (TAREF) in 2008 with the objective of providing an overview of facil...
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1 January 2009
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31 December 2010
This report provides an overview of experimental facilities that can be used to carry out nuclear safety research for sodium fast reactors and identifies priorities for organising international co-op...
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15 April 2011
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)12
In 2007, the NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) completed a study on Nuclear Safety Research in OECD Countries: Support Facilities for Existing and Advanced Reactors (SFEAR) ...
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1 January 2011
Published date:
1 January 1988
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1 January 1978
NEA/CSNI/R(2009)12
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is to an increasing extent being adopted in nuclear reactor safety analyses as a tool that enables specific safety relevant phenomena occurring in the reactor coola...
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6 January 2010
Published date:
31 July 2003
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2013)2/PROV
This document describes the provisional Programme of Work (PoW) of the Expert Group on Operational Safety in 2013 to 2014. Work activities outlined here were approved by the EG-OS at their kickoff me...
Published date:
27 June 2013
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2013)2
This document describes the Programme of Work (PoW) of the Expert Group on Operational Safety in 2013 to 2014. Work activities outlined here were approved by the EG-OS at their kickoff meeting h...
Published date:
27 June 2013
NEA/RWM/IGSC(2014)1/PROV
Provisional agenda for the 2nd meeting of the Task Group on Fire Risk, held at the NEA Offices, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on 11 February 2014.
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7 February 2014
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4 February 2008
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16 June 2006
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1 January 1985
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5 January 1979
Electricity provision touches upon every facet of life in OECD and non-OECD countries alike, and choosing how this electricity is generated whether from fossil fuels, nuclear energy or renewables aff...
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29 October 2018
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28 April 1998
NEA/CSNI/R(2014)13/REV1
This document is an extension of the NEA/SEN/SIN/AMA(2006)2 report produced by the Writing Group 3 on the extension of CFD to two-phase flow safety problems, which was formed following the recommen...
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1 November 2014
NEA/CSNI/R(2010)2
This document is an extension of the NEA/SEN/SIN/AMA(2006)2 report produced by Writing Group 3 on the extension of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to two-phase flow safety problems. Writing Group ...
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21 July 2010
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8 March 2002
NEA/CSNI/R(2014)16
The objective of the Digital System Reliability Failure Mode Taxonomy (DIGREL) task group, formed under the OECD/NEA Working Group on Risk Assessment (WGRISK), has been to develop a taxonomy of failu...
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16 February 2015
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1 January 1996
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29 April 1998
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1 January 1978
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1 January 1978
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1 January 1976
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1 January 1975
NEA/CSNI/R(2005)2
At the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) meeting of June 2002, a proposal for a benchmark on thermal fatigue in fluid mixing areas based on the test performed by the Commissaria...
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1 August 2005
Published date:
1 January 1997
NEA/CSNI/R(2017)2
This is a summary report from the International Conference on Fatigue of Nuclear Reactor Components on 28 September-1 October 2015 in Seville, Spain. Over 90 specialists from 21 countries attended th...
Published date:
17 July 2017
NEA/CSNI/R(2017)2/ADD1
International Conference on Fatigue of Nuclear Reactor Components on 28 September-1 October 2015 in Seville, Spain.
In this work, a complete algorithm for monitoring fatigue was developed for nuclear...
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17 July 2017
Safety assessments of disposal sites for radioactive waste involve analyses of potential releases of radionuclides from the disposed waste and subsequent transport to the human environment. An import...
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19 January 2000
The OECD/NEA Working Group on the Characterisation, the Understanding and the Performance of Argillaceous Rocks as Repository Host Formations for the disposal of radioactive waste (known as the "Clay...
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28 November 2003
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(1997)158
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9 June 1999
The workshop was aimed at providing a structured forum whereby implementors, regulators and scientists could interact, contribute to the advancement of the state of the art in this area, discuss the ...
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5 January 1997
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13 January 2004
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29 May 2007
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1 January 1988
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1 January 1985
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1 January 1990
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29 November 1999
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29 November 1999
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29 November 1999
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1 January 1994
This NEA Policy Brief provides a concise outline of the current outlook for final disposal of radioactive waste in NEA member countries. It describes the challenges, context, stakeholders and potenti...
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30 July 2020
NEA/CNRA/R(2001)8
In 1995 the WGIP issued Status Report on Inspection Philosophy, Inspection Organisation and Inspection Practices, NEA/CNRA/R(94)3, OCDE/GD(95)3. Included was information on the regulatory bodies in 1...
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9 November 2001
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)1
The OECD/NEA ROSA Project was performed to resolve issues in thermal-hydraulics analyses relevant to light water reactor (LWR) safety by using the ROSA/LSTF of JAEA for 4 years from April 2005. In pa...
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30 April 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2016)10
The use of computer codes is required in safety evaluation of light water reactors (LWRs) in order to simulate plant behaviour during design basis event (DBE) and beyond-DBE (BDBE). This involves co...
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1 June 2017
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17 February 2004
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2005)359
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10 April 2005
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1 January 1989
NEA/CSNI/R(2004)24
At its annual meeting in December 1999, the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) issued a recommendation to set up an international collaborative project in the field of thermal-hy...
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1 December 2004
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2010)427
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17 December 2010
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2011)433
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30 September 2011
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2010)428
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17 December 2010
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2014)446
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6 January 2014
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2011)430
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1 April 2011
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2013)445
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4 September 2013
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2014)447
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31 March 2014
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(1996)142
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1 January 1996
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1 January 1990
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1 January 1987
NEA/CSNI/R(2016)13
Taking into account life extension, concrete degradation becomes one of the main issues for long-term operation (LTO). Concrete pathologies/degradation mechanisms – alkali-aggregate reaction (AAR), d...
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4 July 2017
NEA/CSNI/R(2016)13/ADD1
Taking into account life extension of nuclear power plants (NPPs) there is a need to investigate degradation mechanisms of existing structures defining their aging management program. The Alkali Aggr...
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1 July 2017
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(1995)115
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1 January 1995
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9 December 2005
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1 January 1993
Decommissioning of both commercial and R&D nuclear facilities is expected to increase significantly in the coming years, and the largest of such industrial decommissioning projects could command cons...
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18 August 2016
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27 June 2002
NEA/CSNI/R(2009)6
In 2000, the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) approved the establishment of a Fire Incident Records Exchange Project on collection of data on fire events at nuclear power plant...
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24 September 2009
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23 December 1999
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1 January 1984
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2004)325
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1 June 2004
NEA/CNRA/R(2012)2
This report is focused on the analysis of construction events currently reported to the WGRNR. In order to carry out this analysis, a construction event database (ConEx) has been developed within the...
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10 February 2012
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1 January 1980
NEA/CNRA/R(2017)1
The WGIP Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Observed Inspection Practices Programme is intended to promote co-operation and learning among member countries and to collect and provide them with information for...
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16 June 2017
NEA/CSNI/R(2015)7
CODAP is the continuation of the 2002-2011 “OECD/NEA Pipe Failure Data Exchange Project” (OPDE) and the work by the Stress Corrosion Cracking Working Group of the 2006–2010 “OECD/NEA SCC and Cable Ag...
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4 May 2015
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4 February 2002
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1 January 1992
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1 January 1975
Countries around the world continue to implement safety improvements and corrective actions based on lessons learnt from the 11 March 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. This ...
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29 February 2016
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29 February 2016
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15 February 2000
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(1995)127
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1 January 1995
An evaluation of the occurrence of fluid flow through faults and fractures is of primary importance for the performance assessment of radioactive waste repositories located in argillaceous settings.
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4 January 1998
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1 January 1978
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2006)385
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8 July 2008
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2003)284
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27 June 2003
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1 January 1977
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20 June 2001
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28 February 2001
The "Red Book", jointly prepared by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), was first published in 1965 and has since grown to be a recognised world re...
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13 September 2006
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7 July 2005
NEA/RWM/FSC(2002)1
Stakeholder Involvement and Confidence in the Process of Decision-making for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Finland, Turku, Finland, 15-16 November 2001
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19 February 2002
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28 April 2004
NEA/RWM/FSC(2006)7
The "COWAM Spain" Initiative and the Current Project under Consideration for a National Interim Storage Facility for Spent Fuel and High Level Waste: The Sixth Workshop of the Forum on Stakeholder Co...
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26 October 2006
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8 April 2005
NEA/RWM(2003)4/REV2
The Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) is the Radioactive Waste Management Committee's (RWMC) main support group to keep under review the world-wide experience of its participating organizations i...
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10 February 2003
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22 September 2021
In the field of long-term radioactive waste management, projects to construct repositories normally last from decades to centuries. Such projects will inevitably have an effect on the host community ...
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12 January 2015
Any long-term radioactive waste management project is likely to last decades to centuries. It requires a physical site and will impact in a variety of ways on the surrounding community over that whol...
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14 June 2007
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5 February 2007
NEA/RWM/RKM(2014)3/PROV
A Collective Statement of the NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee which describes the guiding principles of the Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations initiati...
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24 February 2014
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7 February 2000
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16 December 2008
The Frameworks Agreement provides a legal framework designed to promote co-operation in the field of the safety of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste management in the Russian Federation dealin...
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17 November 2023
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31 January 2020
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7 November 2014
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3 May 2011
For many politicians and members of the public, the very long life of some of the radio-nuclides in radioactive waste is an issue of particular importance in terms of its ultimate disposal. The devel...
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29 May 2006
From information and consultation to citizen influence and power flyer – English A4
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26 May 2020
From information and consultation to citizen influence and power flyer – Japanese A4
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26 May 2020
From information and consultation to citizen influence and power flyer – Korean A4
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26 May 2020
From information and consultation to citizen influence and power flyer – US letter
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26 May 2020
The Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) was established by the NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) in 2000 and serves as a platform for understanding stakeholder dialogue and discussi...
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18 January 2022
The Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) was established by the NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) in 2000 and serves as a platform for understanding stakeholder dialogue and discussi...
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18 January 2022
FSC national workshops (2014) - English A4
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26 May 2020
FSC national workshops flyer - Korean A4
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26 May 2020
The partnership approach to siting and developing radioactive waste management facilities flyer – Japanese A4
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26 May 2020
The partnership approach to siting and developing radioactive waste management facilities flyer – Korean A4
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26 May 2020
The partnership approach to siting and developing radioactive waste management facilities flyer - US letter
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26 May 2020
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15 March 2010
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24 May 2007
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26 October 2006
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1 January 1978
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1 January 1995
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1 January 1980
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24 February 2003
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6 December 1999
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29 July 2005
Much has been learnt in the ten years since the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and the subsequent accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, but significant challenges still remain.
This ...
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3 March 2021
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1 January 1996
The assessment of the long-term safety of radioactive waste repositories includes examining natural or human disruptive events and evaluating their impact. This report reviews the main issues raised ...
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31 December 1996
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1 January 1982
In underground repositories for radioactive waste, significant quantities of gases may be generated as a result of several processes. The potential impact of gas generation, accumulation and migratio...
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20 April 2001
Female scientists and engineers pioneered the nuclear and radiological fields, with leaders and innovators such as Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Lise Meitner, among many others, establishing the foundat...
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8 March 2023
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24 June 2014
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24 June 2014
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1 January 1994
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1 January 1988
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1 January 2000
The concept of removing long-lived radioactive wastes from the human environment by disposal in deep geological repositories was developed several decades ago. In the intervening years, research effo...
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1 January 1999
Disposal in engineered facilities built in stable, deep geological formations is the reference solution for permanently isolating long-lived radioactive waste from the human biosphere. This managemen...
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13 March 2012
Geological disposal of radioactive wastes flyer – English A4
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26 May 2020
Geological disposal of radioactive wastes flyer – Japanese A4
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26 May 2020
Geological disposal of radioactive wastes flyer – US letter
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26 May 2020
NEA/RWM(2011)16
Disposal in engineered facilities built in stable, deep geological formations is the reference solution for permanently isolating long-lived radioactive waste from the human biosphere. This managemen...
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28 November 2011
When preparing the safety case for a deep geological repository of radioactive waste, the integration of wide-ranging information from multidisciplinary sources is a complex task. This has provided t...
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1 June 2004
Various long-term radioactive waste management options have been considered in order to protect humans and the environment both now and in the future. Most experts worldwide agree that disposal in en...
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25 February 2005
Radioactive waste is associated with all phases of the nuclear fuel cycle as well as the use of radioactive materials in medicine, research and industry. For the most hazardous and long-lived waste, ...
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24 September 2010
GEOTRAP – the OECD/NEA Project on Radionuclide Migration in Geologic, Heterogeneous Media – was carried out in the context of site evaluation and safety assessment of deep repository systems for long...
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1 March 2002
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1 January 1997
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7 December 2005
Plant life management is becoming an increasingly important topic both in nuclear power plant operations and in international discussions on the role of nuclear energy. As in many other aspects of nu...
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1 January 1999
NEA/RWM(2001)6/rev1
The NEA Co-ordinating Group on Site Evaluation and Design of Experiments for Radioactive Waste Disposal (SEDE) decided in late 1998 to prepare a technical position paper on Going Underground for Test...
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8 June 2001
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15 March 2013
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1 January 1998
The main objective of national energy policies in OECD countries is to ensure the availability of secure and economic supplies with minimal environmental impact. The means of achieving security and c...
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31 March 2004
NEA/CNRA/R(2014)3
Following a special topical discussion held on the characteristics of an effective regulator at the 27th CNRA meeting on 4-5 June 2012 and subsequent discussions at the 28th CNRA meeting on 3-4 Decem...
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19 February 2014
Peer reviews are a standard co-operative OECD working tool that offer member countries a framework to compare experiences and examine best practices in a host of areas. The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency...
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8 December 2014
This handbook makes international guidance on estimating decommissioning costs more accessible by compiling material from two key reports: the International Structure for Decommissioning Costing (ISD...
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8 February 2024
As part of the development of advanced nuclear systems, including accelerator-driven systems (ADS) proposed for high-level radioactive waste transmutation and generation IV reactors, heavy liquid met...
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31 May 2007
Heavy liquid metals such as lead or lead-bismuth have been proposed and investigated as coolants for fast reactors since the 1950s. More recently, there has been renewed interest worldwide in the use...
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26 January 2024
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2000)211
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23 May 2001
Independent safety regulation has been a hallmark of the global nuclear power sector from its beginnings. Industry and government have long understood the importance of a predictable and adaptable re...
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7 April 2022
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13 January 2000
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5 January 2000
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1 January 1996
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1 January 1982
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(1996)134
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1 January 1996
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(1995)131
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1 January 1995
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1 January 1993
Reducing industrial carbon emissions is one of the most difficult challenges on the path to net zero by 2050 due to the magnitude of greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial sector and technical ...
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16 June 2022
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1 January 1986
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31 December 2013
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1 January 1976
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1 December 2015
How the Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) serves as a platform to build and share knowledge about stakeholder confidence in radioactive waste management flyer – English A4
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26 May 2020
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3 October 2008
This report from the NEA Working Group on Human and Organisational Performance establishes a common understanding around the terms human performance (HP), organisational performance (OP), and human a...
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10 October 2022
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1 January 1995
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1 January 1995
NEA/CSNI/R(2016)17
The theme of this workshop, held in Charlotte, United States on 19-21 February 2015, was “Establishing Reasonable Confidence in the Human Factors Validation of Main Control Room Systems of Nuclear Po...
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2 June 2017
NEA/CSNI/R(2016)17/ADD1
This document is Appendix B of the Proceedings of the Expert Workshop on Human Factors Validation of Nuclear Power Plant Control Room Designs and Modifications, held in Charlotte, United States on 19...
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1 March 2017
NEA/CSNI/R(2016)17/ADD2
Thisi document contains Appendix C of the Proceedings of the Expert Workshop on Human Factors Validation of Nuclear Power Plant Control Room Designs and Modifications held in Charlotte, United States...
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1 March 2017
NEA/CSNI/R(2015)16
The workshop took place in Brugg, Switzerland on 24-26 February 2014. It was conducted with participation of a number of invited key speakers from academic research and a range of industries, includi...
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20 October 2015
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22 December 1989
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1 January 1993
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2002)257
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1 October 2002
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1 January 1984
NEA/CSNI/R(2004)4
Several member countries of the Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD/NEA) established the International Common-Cause Failure Data Exchange Project...
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30 January 2004
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11 July 2003
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28 November 2003
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)2
The purpose of the International Common Cause Data Exchange (ICDE) Project is to allow multiple countries to collaborate and exchange Common Cause Failure (CCF) data to enhance the quality of risk an...
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4 July 2013
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16 February 1999
NEA/CSNI/R(2013)4
The purpose of the ICDE Project is to allow multiple countries to collaborate and exchange common cause failure (CCF) data to enhance the quality of risk analyses that include CCF modelling. Because ...
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3 July 2013
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23 August 2000
NEA/CSNI/R(2008)8
Common-cause failure (CCF) events can significantly impact the availability of safety systems of nuclear power plants. For this reason, the International Common-Cause Failure Data Exchange (ICDE) Pro...
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1 July 2008
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26 April 2001
NEA/CSNI/R(2008)1
Common-cause-failure (CCF) events can significantly impact the availability of safety systems of nuclear power plants. For this reason, the International Common Cause Failure Data Exchange (ICDE) pro...
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25 January 2008
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15 July 2002
NEA/CSNI/R(2020)17
Common-cause failure (CCF) events can significantly impact the availability of safety systems of nuclear power plants. For this reason, several Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) member countries initiated ...
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29 April 2024
NEA/CSNI/R(2019)3
The ICDE project allows multiple countries to collaborate and exchange CCF data to enhance the quality of risk analyses, which include CCF modelling. Because CCF events are typically rare, most count...
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21 January 2019
NEA/CSNI/R(2019)4
The objective of the present report is to document a study that was performed on a set of common-cause failure (CCF) events. These events were derived from the International Common-cause Failure Data...
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21 August 2020
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19 February 1999
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1 January 1998
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19 November 1999
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2 March 2000
NEA/CSNI/R(2004)7
The overall objective of the international OECD programme SERENA is to obtain convergence on the understanding of fuel-coolant interaction (FCI) processes and energetics, as well as on method(s) for ...
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12 March 2004
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
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1 January 1984
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15 February 2000
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident has had an impact on the development of nuclear power around the world. While the accident was followed by thorough technical assessments of the saf...
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6 April 2017
Defence in depth (DiD) is a concept that has been used for many years alongside tools to optimise nuclear safety in reactor design, assessment and regulation. The 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power...
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28 January 2016
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1 January 1996
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25 June 2002
NEA/CSNI/R(2001)20
The reason for the meeting was that the CSNI felt it timely to “follow-up” on the past activities in the area of severe accident management implementation and to take stock of the progress made since...
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22 November 2001
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)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
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1 January 1978
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2007)399
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8 July 2008
NEA/NSC/R(2022)2
Under the guidance of the NEA Nuclear Science Committee (NSC), the Expert Group on Improvement of Integral Experiments Data for Minor Actinide Management (EGIEMAM-II) was established to recommend nec...
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4 March 2024
NEA/CSNI/R(2018)6
The Source Term Evaluation and Mitigation Project (STEM) project, hosted by the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and operated by the Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (French Institute of...
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17 March 2020
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20 September 2005
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20 September 2005
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21 September 2005
NEA/CNRA/R(2011)10
Over the previous decade, the CNRA has produced a series of regulatory guidance reports known as the "green booklets". These reports are prepared and peer reviewed by senior regulators. They provide ...
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13 May 2011
A common theme throughout the series of NEA regulatory guidance reports, or “green booklets”, is the premise that the fundamental objective of all nuclear safety regulatory bodies is to ensure that n...
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2 April 2009
A common theme throughout the series of NEA regulatory guidance reports, or “green booklets”, is the premise that the fundamental objective of all nuclear safety regulatory bodies is to ensure that n...
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30 May 2011
Ensuring that nuclear installations are operated and maintained in such a way that their impact on public health and safety is as low as reasonably practicable has been and will continue to be the co...
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3 May 2001
NEA/CNRA/R(2001)3
As part of the recommendations made in the CNRA report on Future Nuclear Regulatory Challenges, the issue of regulatory effectiveness was considered of high importance. As a result of this report, a ...
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9 January 2001
Paper about the Stress Corrosion Cracking and Cable Ageing Project (SCAP)
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17 April 2020
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1 January 1997
NEA/CSNI/R(2011)8
In December 2008, the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) approved a proposal of the Working Group on Integrity and Ageing of Components and Structures (WGIAGE) to conduct a round...
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19 January 2012
NEA/CSNI/R(2014)5/ADD1
A round robin exercise (RRE) on Improving the Robustness Assessments Methodologies for Structures Impacted by Missiles (IRIS-2012) was instituted jointly by IRSN, France and CNSC, Canada based on exp...
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30 June 2014
NEA/CSNI/R(2014)5
The Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) approved in December 2008 a proposal of the Working Group on Integrity and Ageing of Components and Structures (WGIAGE) to conduct a round ...
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27 August 2014
The concept of improving nuclear safety versus maintaining it has been discussed at a number of nuclear regulators meetings in recent years. National reports have indicated that there are philosophic...
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15 October 2002
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1 January 1991
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1 January 1983
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1 January 1988
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9 July 2001
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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1 January 1994
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1 January 1995
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28 November 2000
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1 January 1991
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1 January 1990
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1 January 1977
The Workshop on the Indemnification of Damage in the Event of a Nuclear Accident, organised by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency in close co-operation with the French authorities, was held in Paris from...
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12 March 2003
The Second International Workshop on the Indemnification of Nuclear Damage was held in Bratislava, Slovak Republic, from 18 to 20 May 2005. The workshop was co-organised by the OECD Nuclear Energy Ag...
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12 July 2006
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16 December 2009
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(2006)374
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8 July 2008
NEA/RWM/R(2012)7
The main purpose of this status report is to increase awareness and understanding of the potential applications of indicators in the safety case, and provide support for further development in the ar...
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3 July 2012
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1 January 1995
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5 April 2005
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10 November 2014
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10 April 2013
NEA/CSNI/R(2017)16
This report by the Working Group on Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) summarises the first Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) project to address the topic of severe accident management guidance (...
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2 July 2018
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9 May 2023
NEA/RWM(2010)5
At its 2009 meeting, RWMC members were very positive on starting an initiative on long-term preservation of information and memory. The topic is broad and should be addressed in well-defined packages...
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3 February 2010
Innovation has been a driving force in the successful deployment of nuclear energy and remains essential today for its sustainable future. As nuclear energy is an attractive option for ensuring diver...
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21 February 2007
This report reviews how some of the innovative nuclear-fission technologies being developed today attempt to address the challenges facing nuclear energy. It suggests some areas for collaborative res...
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8 August 2002
William D. Magwood IV, Director-General of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), sat down with Rumina Velshi, President and Chief Executive Officer of the CNSC, on 17 January 2020. Ms Velshi has extensive...
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16 June 2020
Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Director-General William D. Magwood, IV sat down with Director-General Wanner and Chief Nuclear Officer Harrison during the NEA-IAEA-WANO Human Capital Workshop in June 20...
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16 December 2019
Insights from Leaders in Nuclear Energy shares personal insights through a series of in-depth conversations between the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Director-General and leading figures in the sector. ...
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15 January 2019
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15 February 2000
NEA/CNRA/R(2008)6
CNRA held several workshops in 1996 and 2001 on the licensing of Digital I&C Systems and a Joint CSNI/CNRA Task Group presented a study on research and regulatory needs in this are in 2006. This work...
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8 July 2008
NEA/CNRA/R(2013)2
This report builds on a previous WGIP report published in 1998, Inspection of Licensee Activities in Emergency Planning [NEA/CNRA/R(98)2]. The WGIP members considered that it was a timely to revisit ...
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21 January 2013
NEA/CNRA/R(2013)1
This report issued by Working Group for Inspection Practices (WGIP) aims to examine and evaluate how maintenance programs are inspected and the benefits of the inspections. This information would the...
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10 December 2013
NEA/CNRA/R(1998)2
The report presents information on regulatory inspection activities with respect to emergency planning in NEA Member countries. The focus of the report is on the third section. It reviews the similar...
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1 January 1998
NEA/CNRA/R(2010)7
This report originated at the 35th meeting of the Working Group of Inspection Practices (WGIP) Members aimed to examine and evaluate the extent corrective action programmes (CAPs) are inspected and t...
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4 August 2010
NEA/CNRA/R(2001)6
Based on a proposal made by the Japanese delegation, WGIP with the approval of CNRA began a task on the Inspection of Maintenance on Safety Systems during Operation of NPPs is 1999. Response to a sur...
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23 August 2001
NEA/CNRA/R(1994)1
The following inspector qualification guideline has been developed for guidance of qualification of a new inspector recruited to the regulatory body. This guideline has been developed for helping the...
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1 January 1994
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1 January 1992
NEA/NSC/WPEC/DOC(1995)119
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1 January 1995
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1 January 1994
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23 December 1997
NEA/CSNI/R(2018)3
The Metallic Component Margins under High Seismic Loads (MECOS) Project is an international programme organised under an initiative of the NEA. The main objective of the MECOS Project is to quantify ...
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12 November 2018
The NEA Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety established an Expert Group on Criticality Excursion Analysis in 2001 to explore the performance of various transient codes to evaluate criticality...
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17 July 2009
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16 July 2009
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1 January 1981
This report gives details of intercomparisons studies undertaken to investigate the accuracy of calculation methods used for reactor physics studies. The same nuclear data library, JEF-2.2, was used ...
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1 January 1999
NEA/CSNI/R(2015)8
Survey of Existing Practices and Status of Benchmark Work
NEA CSNI Working Group on Integrity and Ageing of Components and Structures (WGIAGE) has the main mission to advance the current understandin...
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17 April 2015
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1 January 1992
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1 January 1995
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2 December 2016
NEA/NSC/R(2015)4
The objective of the benchmark was twofold. First, the benchmark aimed to evaluate currently available computational approaches in an effort to understand the strengths and weaknesses of current ther...
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24 June 2015
NEA/NSC/R(2015)7
The need to refine models for best-estimate calculations based on good-quality experimental data has arisen for various nuclear applications. One of the most extensive and valuable databases availabl...
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2 October 2015
Current knowledge of the nuclear physics of fuels and materials provides an understanding and simulation of the operations of nuclear reactors and other systems, both under ordinary and exceptional c...
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18 July 2019
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1 January 1994