The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has just published a new report entitled Five Years after the Fukushima Daiichi Accident: Nuclear Safety Improvements and Lessons Learnt.
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29 February 2016
The objectives of the expert group are to assess the accuracy and calculation time of the various first principle tools applied in the assessment of the properties of the nuclear materials; assess th...
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5 March 2020
The objective of the Expert Group on Structural Materials Modelling (EGSMM) is to provide a critical review of the state-of-the-art concerning the use of a MMA to describe the changes induced by irra...
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5 March 2020
The main objectives of this expert group are to assess the limitations of the NRT-dpa standard, in the light of both atomistic simulations and known experimental discrepancies; and to revisit the NRT...
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5 March 2020
Under the guidance of the Nuclear Science Committee (NSC) and under the mandate of the Working Party on Multi-scale Modelling of Fuels and Structural Materials for Nuclear Systems (WPMM), the objecti...
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5 March 2020
Under the guidance of the Nuclear Science Committee (NSC) and under the mandate of the Working Party on Multi-scale Modelling of Materials (WPMM), the scope of the Expert Group on Multi-scale Modelli...
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4 March 2020
The task force developed best practice guidelines by performing a benchmark study on thermo-hydraulic modelling of heavy liquid metal coolant, e.g. lead and lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE) alloy.
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28 February 2020
Under the guidance of the Working Party on Scientific Issues of Advanced Fuel Cycles (WPFC), the Expert Group on Reactor Coolants and Components Technology (EGCoCoT) undertakes activities to collect,...
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25 January 2024
The expert group conducts joint and comparative studies to support the development, selection and characterisation of innovative structural materials that can be implemented in advanced nuclear fuel ...
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28 February 2020
Under the guidance of the Working Party on Scientific Issues of Advanced Fuel Cycles (WPFC), the Expert Group on Innovative Fuel Elements (EGIFE) conducts joint and comparative studies to identify te...
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8 February 2024
The expert group monitored the feedback from version 0 of the Lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE) handbook, collected, analysed and checked the consistency of expected new results from ongoing heavy liquid m...
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28 February 2020
Under the guidance of the Working Party on Scientific Issues of Advanced Fuel Cycles (WPFC), the Expert Group on Fuel Recycling and Waste Technology (EGFRW) focuses on the separation processes releva...
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25 January 2024
Under the guidance of the Working Party on Scientific Issues of Advanced Fuel Cycles (WPFC), the Expert Group on Advanced Fuel Cycle Scenarios (EGAFCS) studies the needs associated with the transitio...
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25 January 2024
WPEC Subgroup 47 (SG47) works in close coordination with other NEA activities such as WPRS Expert Group on Radiation Transport and Shielding (EGRTS), WPEC SG45, SG46, Collaborative International Eval...
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10 March 2020
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10 March 2020
The Collaborative International Evaluated Library Organisation (CIELO) Pilot Project, working under the auspices of the WPEC Subgroup 40 (SG40), was established to generate complete evaluations for a...
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10 March 2020
The expert group was established to develop a nuclear data structure definition that can meet the needs of a broad set of nuclear data users and providers.
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20 September 2022
The expert group is responsible for managing the activities related to the High Priority Request List (HPRL) for nuclear data, in particular for guaranteeing that the entries are up-to-date and well-...
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20 September 2022
Uranium 2020: Resources, Production and Demand
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23 December 2020
The World Nuclear Association has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the OECD Nuclear Agency at a ceremony in London.
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6 September 2019
The mission of the Expert Group of Shielding aspects of Accelerators, Targets and Irradiation Facilities (SATIF) has been completed. Its work initiated the SATIF workshops which keep on serving as in...
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5 March 2024
Workshop on the Adequacy of Funding Arrangements for Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Management, 17-18 September 2020.
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9 October 2020
The Nuclear Law Committee (NLC) established the Working Party on the Legal Aspects of Nuclear Safety (WPLANS) in 2016 to support the NEA’s efforts to strengthen its work in the nuclear safety area.
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5 March 2024
The WPTES aims to address technical, environmental and safety issues in the decommissioning of nuclear installations and legacy management.
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12 September 2023
The Working Party on Scientific Issues of Advanced Fuel Cycles (WPFC) studies advanced nuclear fuel cycles, including fuel cycle scenarios, innovative fuels and materials, separation chemistry, waste...
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8 February 2024
The Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS) studies the reactor physics, fuel performance, and radiation transport and shielding in present and future nu...
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21 December 2023
The Nuclear Law Committee (NLC) established the Working Party on Nuclear Liability and Transport (WPNLT) in 2016 to address the practical challenges related to the nuclear liability regime(s) applica...
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5 March 2024
The WPLDF was established to identify and address issues of application of the nuclear liability regimes to deep geological repositories (DGRs) and other radioactive waste disposal facilities.
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5 March 2024
The WPNE's objective is to collect and compile information and conduct analyses and assessments on all economic aspects of nuclear energy.
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20 February 2020
The mission of the CRPPH Working Party on Nuclear Emergency Matters (WPNEM) is to improve nuclear emergency management systems within member countries, and to share its knowledge and experience widel...
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17 November 2023
Over its 25 years of existence, the working party has contributed many topics and has led advances in criticality safety studies.
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28 July 2022
The Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS) deals with technical and scientific issues relevant to criticality safety. Specific areas of interest include (but are not limited to) investig...
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28 March 2024
The Working Party on Multi-scale Modelling of Fuels and Structural Material for Nuclear Systems (WPMM) was established to deal with the scientific and engineering aspects of fuels and structural mate...
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6 December 2023
Under the guidance of the Nuclear Science Committee (NSC), the Working Party on Materials Science Issues in Nuclear Fuels and Structural Materials (WPFM) addresses materials science aspects of nuclea...
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1 June 2023
The WPMO addresses management and organisational issues for decommissioning of nuclear installations and legacy management projects.
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28 August 2023
The NEA's nuclear data evaluation co-operation activities involve the following evaluation projects: ENDF (United States), JENDL (Japan), ROSFOND/BROND (Russia), JEFF (other Data Bank member countrie...
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28 August 2023
The WP-IDKM supports member countries to tackle problems in managing and preserving information, data and knowledge of radioactive waste and decommissioning over generations.
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15 January 2021
The Working Party on Boiling Water Reactors (WPBWR) covered all boiling water reactors, including advanced boiling water reactors (ABWRs) and the Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR).
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19 February 2024
Ongoing Working Parties and Expert Groups
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30 June 2020
The working groups are comprised of experts from primarily academic institutions and other relevant stakeholders from NEA member and non-member countries.
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25 May 2023
The working group will be responsible for the programme of work in the CNRA regarding regulatory activities in the primary area of advanced reactors and associated installations. The term “advanced r...
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2 April 2020
The Working Group on the Regulation of New Reactors (WGRNR) examined the regulatory issues of the siting, licensing and regulatory oversight for all new commercial nuclear power reactors. The WGRNR f...
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19 February 2024
The Clay Club promotes the exchange of information, shared approaches and methods to develop and document an understanding of clay media as a host rock for a repository.
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16 November 2021
The Working Group on Supply Chain (WGSUP) works to provide a mechanism for nuclear safety regulators and technical support organizations (TSOs) to share their knowledge and experience on regulatory a...
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1 December 2023
The CNRA believes in the importance of having a working group dedicated to safety culture. The Working Group on Safety Culture (WGSC) provided a senior level regulatory forum for exchanging informati...
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19 February 2024
The Working Group supports improved uses of Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) in risk-informed regulation and safety management through the analysis of results and the development of perspectives...
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13 March 2024
The Working Group in Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations (WGPC) provided a forum for nuclear regulatory organisation communicators and outreach officers to exchange information, ...
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16 February 2024
The Working Group on Policy and Licensing (WGPL) is responsible for supporting and advising the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) in carrying out its programme of work in areas relate...
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16 February 2024
The main objective of the NEA Working Group on Operating Experience (WGOE) was to improve nuclear safety by sharing operating experience and knowledge.
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19 February 2024
The WGNT is responsible for supporting and advising the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) in carrying out its programme in work areas related to new technologies.
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21 November 2023
The WGLSC is responsible for supporting and advising the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) in carrying out its programme of work in areas related to leadership and safety culture.
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16 February 2024
The main mission of the Working Group on Integrity and Ageing of Components and Structures (WGIAGE) is to advance the current understanding of the relevant aspects related with ensuring the integrity...
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10 August 2022
The purpose of the WGIP was to facilitate the exchange of information and experience related to regulatory safety inspections among NEA member countries.
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19 February 2024
The main mission of the Working Group on Human and Organisational Factors (WGHOF) is to improve the understanding and treatment of human and organisational factors within the nuclear industry in orde...
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21 March 2024
This working group's objective was to advance the current understanding and to address safety issues related to fuel safety margins, in particular to systematically assess the technical basis for cur...
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29 April 2020
The main mission of the Working Group on Fuel Safety (WGFS) is to advance the current understanding and address cross-cutting issues related to fuel behaviour in accident conditions, including work o...
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5 April 2023
The objective of the Working Group on Fuel Cycle Safety (WGFCS) is to advance the understanding of relevant aspects of nuclear fuel cycle safety, including: uranium mining and milling; uranium refini...
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4 October 2022
The main mission of the Working Group on External Events (WGEV) is to improve the understanding and treatment of external hazards that would support the continued safety performance of nuclear instal...
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10 February 2022
The main mission of the Working Group on the Safety of Electrical Systems (WGELEC) is to advance the current understanding and address safety issues related to electrical systems of nuclear installat...
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16 February 2021
The Working Group on Digital Instrumentation and Control (WGDIC) promoted harmonisation and improvements in nuclear safety through the development of regulatory guidance to address digital instrument...
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16 February 2024
The Working Group on Codes and Standards (WGCS) aimed to facilitate and promote international co-operation, convergence and reconciliation of codes, standards and regulatory requirements for pressure...
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19 February 2024
The Working Group on the Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) focuses on the NEA activities related to potential design-basis and beyond design-basis accidents in nuclear reactors and related...
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20 December 2023
Working Party on Scientific Issues of Advanced Fuel Cycles (WPFC) meeting, 8 June 2021.
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30 June 2021
On the occasion of International Women's Day Friday 8 March, the NEA asked women what they most enjoy about working in the nuclear sector.
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8 March 2024
NEA work on improving gender balance in the nuclear energy sector
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8 March 2022
JANIS software description
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11 December 2023
In the framework of the WGAMA/WGFS activity "Status Report on Good Practices for Analyses of Design Extension Condition without Significant Fuel Degradation (DEC-A) for Operating Nuclear Power Plants...
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20 December 2023
On 1 January 2021, Bulgaria became the 34th member of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and its Data Bank. On the occasion of this accession, a special ceremony was held online today to welcome Bu...
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19 January 2021
This workshop series will bring together experts from the nuclear energy, sustainability and financing sectors to discuss approaches for financing sustainable, large infrastructure projects with a fo...
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21 October 2020
Human aspects of nuclear energy and waste management were in focus during a recent mission to the US at the Waste Management Symposia in Arizona and the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's 36th Annual...
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29 March 2024
The overall objective of the VVER-1000 Coolant Transient (V1000CT) Benchmark was to assess computer codes used in the safety analysis of water-water energetic reactor (VVER) power plants, specificall...
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2 August 2022
Virtual Stakeholder Confidence Workshop on the Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities in the United Kingdom, 16 September 2020.
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9 October 2020
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16 June 2021
As the NEA continues to adapt to the new way of working, "virtual missions" are being organised with member countries and key partners.
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18 September 2020
The Vienna Convention establishes a nuclear liability and compensation regime similar to that provided for under the Paris Convention. The Vienna Convention is open to any state.
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26 April 2024
The NEA is organising series of webinars to explore the use of disruptive technologies in nuclear applications and discuss the future shape of nuclear safety systems.
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31 March 2021
NEA Task Group on Improving the Gender Balance in the Nuclear Sector met to make progress on a forthcoming report on gender balance in the nuclear sector.
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28 June 2022
Criticality is the state of a nuclear reactor when there is a self-sustaining chain reaction of fissionable material. Used or spent fuel criticality is associated with the scientific issues around as...
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24 March 2020
Joint NEA/IAEA Group on Uranium meeting, 4‑6 February 2020
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4 March 2020
Uranium is the raw material used to produce fuel for nuclear power plants and refers to the global markets study of its supply and demand.
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25 February 2020
The "Red Book", is a biennial publication produced jointly by the NEA and the IAEA under the auspices of the joint NEA/IAEA Uranium Group. It is the only government-sponsored publication tracking wor...
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15 February 2021
Uranium is the raw material used for nuclear energy generation. It is mined and further processed to make up the highly engineered fuel that is used in nuclear reactors.
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28 November 2019
Rules for updating a program distributed by the NEA Data Bank
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16 April 2020
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4 November 2020
The Generation IV International Forum (GIF) held its semi-annual Policy Group meetings from 18 to 28 October 2021 to review and discuss its ongoing work and activities.
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4 November 2021
NEA Committee on Radiological Protection and Public Health (CRPPH) annual meeting, 9-11 September 2020.
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9 October 2020
Nuclear legislation: United States
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19 September 2023
National legislation: United Kingdom
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19 September 2023
The NEA is helping Japan and the wider international community better understand the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and the site’s current status.
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16 February 2022
NEA Clay Club annual meeting, 23 September 2020.
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9 October 2020
New NEA-UK programme to bring Ukrainian nuclear energy experts to the Agency.
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5 October 2023
Information note on nuclear power installations in Ukraine, updated periodically.
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12 April 2024
TVA Watts Bar Unit 1 Multi-Physics Benchmark
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19 July 2022
Aims to prohibit all nuclear weapon activities, including the development, testing, production, acquisition, possession, stockpiling, use, or threats to use nuclear weapons.
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24 January 2024
The NPT aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology (non-proliferation), to promote co-operation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy (peaceful uses) and to further the g...
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27 October 2023
Treated water currently stored at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station: Message from Director-General Magwood
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13 April 2021
International Radiological Protection School (IRPS) Advisory Board meeting, 25 May 2021.
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28 May 2021
The first International School on Simulation of Nuclear Reactor Systems (SINUS) took place on 22-23 May 2023.
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14 June 2023
Co-organised with the UK Atomic Energy Authority, the course took place on 20-22 June 2023.
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24 July 2023
The NEA Data Bank organised a PENELOPE training course at the University of Barcelona in Spain on 11-15 July 2022
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1 August 2022
NEA Data Bank PENELOPE training session, February 2020, Barcelona, Spain
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4 March 2020
NEA Data Bank PENELOPE training session, February 2020, Barcelona, Spain
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18 November 2019
NEA Data Bank PENELOPE training session, February 2020, Barcelona, Spain
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6 December 2019
NEA Data Bank training courses on state-of-the-art computer codes
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17 December 2020
The NEA proposes a wide range of online and in-person courses and initiatives in nuclear-related fields.
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23 January 2024
The joint NEA/IAEA Uranium Group held its 57th meeting virtually on 3-5 November 2021.
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12 December 2021
The NEA launched an initiative together with the Poland’s Ministry of Climate and Environment and the International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC) to collaborate on issues of common...
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27 January 2021
U-Zr-O system miscibility gap in the liquid state. Source: Guéneau et al. Journal of Nuclear Materials 254 (1998), 158-174.
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5 May 2020
The page contains tips for using search on the NEA website.
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6 November 2020
The NEA will hold the Third Stakeholder Involvement workshop to advance the issue of optimisation in decision making on 5-7 September 2023, in close co-operation with all interested NEA Standing Tech...
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17 April 2023
Preparatory meeting for Thermodynamic Characterisation of Fuel Debris and Fission Products Based on Scenario Analysis of Severe Accident Progression at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (TCOFF)...
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27 May 2021
A comprehensive, internally consistent, quality-assured and internationally recognised chemical thermodynamic database of selected chemical elements in order to meet the specialised modelling require...
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28 November 2019
The Thermochemical Database (TDB) Project develops a reference database of chemical thermodynamic values for elements and compounds relevant to the safety of radioactive waste repositories and vital ...
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26 April 2024
To ensure that the TDB reviews maintain consistency and a high level of quality, the review work is performed according to guidelines, which describe the details of the review work.
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28 November 2019
To ensure that the TDB reviews maintain consistency and a high level of quality, the review work is performed according to guidelines, which describe the details of the review work.
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28 November 2019
Thermal hydraulics and mechanics deals with the physics and mechanics of the flow and energetic transfer of liquids, and its interactions with the structures around them in large complex systems, suc...
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10 December 2020
High-temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactors are one of the next generation reactor designs. This benchmark consists of a multi-staged code-to-code-to-data thermal hydraulics code validation benchmar...
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19 July 2023
The Working Group on Reactor Oversight (WGRO) works to provide a mechanism for nuclear safety regulators and Technical Support Organisations (TSOs) to share their knowledge and experience on both, th...
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30 November 2023
The NEA’s ruling body the Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy met for its143rd biannual meeting in April 2022.
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27 April 2022
The NEA held its 142nd Steering Committee meeting in October 2021.
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4 November 2021
The sixth International Nuclear Emergency Exercise (INEX-6)
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1 March 2021
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5 May 2020
NEA Director-General William D. Magwood, IV explains how an energy mix that includes nuclear power can help achieve global climate change goals.
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13 December 2021
NEA article from the Nuclear-Hydrogen Digest: Nuclear Energy in the Hydrogen Economy, published by NICE Future and the NEA.
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20 September 2022
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had significant impacts on the global economy and energy sector. It has also underlined the importance of electricity reliability and resilience during major d...
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24 June 2020
The NEA is examining the regulatory and operational impacts of the crisis, and working closely with its members to enable exchanges of policy approaches and best practices around the world.
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28 July 2020
New NICE Future Initiative report, Flexible Nuclear Energy for Clean Energy Systems. Photo: Romolo Tavani/Shutterstock.
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15 September 2020
NEA workshop in Ottawa, Canada, which convened government and private sector, explored the economic status of SMRs and their role in the transition to a low-carbon energy future.
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26 March 2024
The NEA Working Party on Information, Data and Knowledge Management discussed the topic of AI and data preservation during their third plenary meeting on 7-8 February 2023.
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24 February 2023
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4 November 2020
An NEA delegation led by Director-General William D. Magwood, IV visited the Netherlands to meet with government and industry representatives.
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26 April 2023
The NEST Management Board met virtually on 9-10 March 2021 to discuss the ongoing progress made in six NEST Projects and the challenges posed to NEST activities by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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22 March 2021
Small modular reactors (SMRs) are nuclear reactors with power output less than 300 megawatts electric (MWe), with some as small as 1-10 MWe.
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21 October 2022
The NEA hosted an expert roundtable discussion on 8 October 2021 to reflect on twenty years of Regulators' Forum (RF) work and trace the evolution of the roles and responsibilities of nuclear safety ...
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25 October 2021
NEA Nuclear Education, Skills and Technology (NEST) Framework Management Board meeting, 16-18 September 2020.
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9 October 2020
The Nuclear Energy Agency's High Priority Nuclear Data Request List (HPRL) is a compilation of the highest priority nuclear data requirements.
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4 December 2019
As part of the NEA Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy, the Rising Stars Programme leverages the weight of the Agency and the academic institutions to build new pipeline...
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7 February 2023
Approximately 60 participants representing 20 academic institutions from NEA member countries and international organisations and networks met on 23 April 2021 for the first formal meeting conducted ...
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19 May 2021
The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) hosted an expert roundtable discussion on 29 July 2021 to present and discuss findings from a new report on the role of nuclear long-term operation (LTO) in decarbonis...
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5 August 2021
The Uranium group's primary area of work is producing the biennial publication of the Red Book.
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4 February 2021
The joint evaluated fission and fusion nuclear data library, JEFF-3.3
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5 August 2020
The Joint Evaluated Fission and Fusion (JEFF) Nuclear Data Library is a collaboration between NEA Data Bank member countries. The JEFF library combines the efforts of its different Working Groups to ...
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28 May 2020
The International School of Nuclear Law returns to the University of Montpellier
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9 September 2022
Future decommissioning and radiological waste management experts gathered at the Aachen Institute for Nuclear Training in Stolberg, Germany.
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3 October 2022
The NEA hosted its second annual global nuclear science and engineering commencement on 4 June 2021 to celebrate and recognise the accomplishments of the graduating classes of 2021.
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8 June 2021
NEA Leaderership Series brought together three leaders in the nuclear sector to discuss what creates effective leadership and why it's essential for the nuclear sector's success.
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4 December 2023
The NEA Risk Communication Training Course was held on 7-9 December 2022 in Bratislava where participants heard from and engaged with communication experts and technical professionals working in nucl...
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15 December 2022
GNDS is a modern, collaborative, international, replacement for ENDF-6.
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8 July 2020
NEA delegation was in Japan for a series of bilateral meetings and events with students.
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27 February 2023
The results outlined in the report should lead to new and more comprehensive research on the full costs of electricity, which in turn would allow policy makers and the public to make better informed ...
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15 June 2020
10th mandate of the European Nuclear Energy Tribunal (ENET)
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4 March 2020
The NEA workshop gathered experts to discuss the challenges and opportunities related to the demise of zero power reactors.
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4 July 2023
The NEA Committee on Radiological Protection and Public Health (CRPPH) held its annual meeting via videoconference on 21-23 April 2021.
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28 April 2021
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4 November 2020
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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15 June 2020
Securing financing for SMRs was the topic of a webinar hosted jointly by the NEA and the International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC) on 18 May 2021.
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21 May 2021
The NEA has published a report that surveys the aftermath, lessons, and achievements in Japan and the global nuclear community in the decade since the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident.
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4 March 2021
The fourth international NEA workshop on Technology and Components of Accelerator‑Driven Systems (TCADS‑4), 14‑17 October 2019.
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18 November 2019
It refers to scientific and technical actions taken to address decommissioning technologies, research and development, as well as safety and environmental risk assessment
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25 June 2020
The Technical Review Group (TRG) for the International Assay Data of Spent Nuclear Fuel Database (SFCOMPO) lies under the direction of the Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS).
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13 April 2021
Chemical Thermodynamics series
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16 October 2020
Thermochemical Database (TDB) Project Guidelines
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2 September 2020
The Task Group on Sump Clogging had been set up to update the State-of-the-art Report (SOAR) on Knowledge Base for Emergency Core Cooling System Recirculation Reliability issued in 1996, and with foc...
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28 April 2020
This task group was set up to carry out a pilot project using the methodology propsed in the final SMAP report published in 2007. In this pilot project, the SMAP methodology was applied to the Zion n...
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27 April 2020
A Task Group on the Robustness of Electrical Systems of NPPs in Light of the Fukushima Daiichi Accident (ROBELSYS) had been set up to improve the understanding of nuclear power plant electrical syste...
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22 April 2020
A Task Group on Advanced Reactor Experimental Facilities (TAREF) had been set up to provide an overview of facilities suitable for carrying out safety research on gas-cooled and sodium fast reactors....
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28 April 2020
A CRPPH's task force to provide a high-level analysis report on radiological protection challenges related to the deployment of SMRs.
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1 September 2023
The Critical Heat Flux (CHF) benchmark exercise of the Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Scientific Computing in Nuclear Engineering leverages the recently published CHF ...
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9 February 2024
The EGMUP Task Force on artificial intelligence and machine learning will design benchmark specifications to evaluate the performance of AI/ML in multi-physics modeling and simulation of reactor syst...
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4 October 2023
Message from NEA Director-General Magwood, 6 April 2020
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6 April 2020
How to tabulate data in JANIS
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29 September 2020
The NEA Expert Group on International Recommendations (EGIR) met for the first time on 8 October 2021 to set out its proposed work plan and discuss initial findings for the review.
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27 October 2021
Nuclear legislation: Switzerland
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19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: Sweden
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19 September 2023
An expert roundtable discussion was held on 20 April 2021 to launch the NEA Framework for Irradiation Experiments (FIDES).
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23 April 2021
Around 90 radiological protection professionals and researchers, representing regulators, research institutions and government entities from NEA member countries and beyond, joined Preparedness for P...
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24 November 2022
In partnership with the International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC), the NEA held a webinar on 19 July 2021 to understand how various national and regional taxonomies and sustainab...
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21 July 2021
In partnership with the International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC), the NEA held a webinar on 19 July 2021 to understand how various national and regional taxonomies and sustainab...
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21 July 2021
Sustainable development is a goal that transcends national boundaries and generations of people. It integrates environmental protection, economic growth and social welfare.
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22 July 2020
The Expert Group on the Use of Real-Time Platforms (EGRT) initiated and distributed an online survey on the real-time platforms used in NEA member countries.
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6 April 2022
The NEA has launched a survey to collect information from member countries to be incorporated into a revised version of the NEA’s Country Protective Measures Handbook.
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25 April 2023
Supporting the use of computational fluid dynamics for nuclear reactor safety
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27 June 2023
Efforts to retain knowledge, focus on human capital issues and stimulate technological innovation have thrived since 2019 with the launch of two major activities
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22 March 2022
The Working Party on Nuclear Emergency Matters (WPNEM) met on 3-5 November 2021. Discussions included how countries are continuing to learn from and adapt their emergency management arrangements in r...
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15 December 2021
NEA organises a mentoring workshop in the United Kingdom on International Women's Day.
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28 March 2023
Read the summary and main outcomes of the NEA Nuclear Safety Research Joint Projects Week.
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13 March 2024
You developed a code with an application in nuclear science and technology and you are willing to share it worldwide through the NEA Data Bank? First, thank you!
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29 November 2019
The Subgroup on Uncertainty Analysis in Modelling (UAM) for Design, Operation and Safety Analysis of Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors (SFR-UAM) was formed to check the use of best-estimate codes and data....
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18 January 2024
Strengthening the future of the nuclear sector’s workforce
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16 March 2023
10-year FIDES-II strategic plan will define key research needs in a variety of technical disciplines.
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19 June 2023
The NEA's strategic partners
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30 September 2020
The Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy convened on 20-21 April in Paris.
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26 April 2023
NEA Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy biannual meeting took place on 20-21 October 2022.
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26 October 2022
The Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy held its 146th Session in Paris.
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27 October 2023
Gender balance policy framework approved
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3 November 2022
Statement on the passing of Dr Peter Lyons
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3 May 2021
The NEA community is deeply saddened by the passing of the Honourable Donald Johnston, OECD Secretary-General from 1996 until 2006.
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11 February 2022
Statement of the Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy on the safety and security of operation of Ukraine’s nuclear installations
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27 April 2022
Statement by the OECD/NEA Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy Regarding Policy Actions Necessary to Ensure the Long-term Security of Supply of Medical Radioisotopes
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9 July 2020
State-of-the-Art Report on Multi-Scale Modelling Methods
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9 October 2020
Over 130 experts from 26 countries have come together to discuss international best practices and concluded that stakeholder support and involvement are essential to achieving accepted and sustainabl...
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19 January 2017
The FSC recently established a new group, Stakeholder Involvement in Decommissioning and Legacy Management (SIDLM), in response to member country needs regarding the methods and best practices to eng...
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4 October 2021
The 13th National Workshop organised by the NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) took place on 23-25 October in Ohio, United States.
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22 November 2023
Stakeholder engagement promotes nuclear safety by the way an organisation actively involves people affected by the decisions they make or by influencing the implementation of its decisions.
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7 May 2020
NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) meeting, during the week of 7 October 2019.
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18 November 2019
Spotlight on the NEA’s women scientists
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14 March 2021
Specific ion interaction theory (SIT) coefficients now included in the TDB e-database
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30 November 2020
The NEA Working Group on Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) organised a specialists’ meeting on transient thermal-hydraulics in water cooled nuclear reactors on 22-23 March 2022.
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6 April 2022
Specialist Workshop on Advanced Measurement Method and Instrumentation for Enhancing Severe Accident Management in a Nuclear Power Plant
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17 December 2020
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is having a major impact on the workforce around the world, from how people carry out their work under necessary social distancing rules to the unavailability of workers...
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4 May 2020
Nuclear legislation: Spain
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19 September 2023
More detailed infromation on some computer codes
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24 April 2020
A sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) is a fast neutron reactor that uses molten sodium metal as a coolant. Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors (SFRs) are the most promising type of reactors to achieve Generati...
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4 February 2021
This report is based upon an in-depth analysis of research work and published literature on risk perception and communication , public participation in policy and decision making and the evolution of...
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23 June 2020
A crucial aspect of radioactive waste management (RWM) as well as decommissioning and legacy management is developing general community confidence and societal acceptance of RWM solutions.
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25 June 2020
A crucial aspect of decommissioning and legacy management, as with radioactive waste management (RWM) in general, is developing public confidence and societal acceptance of decommissioning approach a...
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25 June 2020
Nuclear energy’s challenges are often described as having a significant social dimension, and important to explore how insights from the social sciences can be used to inform sector decision making.
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22 July 2020
Nuclear legislation: Slovenia
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19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: Slovak Republic
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19 September 2023
The Shielding Integral Benchmark Archive and Database (SINBAD) database contains compilations for 46 reactor shielding, 31 fusion neutronics and 23 accelerator shielding experiments.
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10 January 2024
NEA Task Group on Protective Measures Handbook (TGPMH) meeting, 29 April 2021.
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30 April 2021
Experts attended NEA event in France.
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14 September 2023
The NEA Joint Project on Waste Integration for Small and Advanced Reactor Designs (WISARD) will start in 2025.
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24 April 2024
SFCOMPO 2.0 (Spent Fuel Isotopic Composition) is a relational database designed to facilitate the search and visualisation of experimental assay data of spent nuclear fuel.
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2 October 2020
Online services for official delegates to NEA meetings.
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6 October 2020
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9 October 2020
Sensitivities Viewer is a Java based software which can read sensitivities files and plot sensitivities profiles.
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25 September 2020
The Senior Expert Group on Safety Research Opportunities Post-Fukushima (SAREF) was established at the June 2013 CSNI meeting to identify research activities to address safety research knowledge gaps...
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4 February 2021
The Senior Expert Group on Safety Research / Support Facilities for Existing and Advanced Reactors 2 (SESAR/SFEAR2) is responsible for reviewing and updating the previous SESAR assessments of researc...
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22 April 2020
The NEST Secretariat monitors the progress of the different NEST Projects, supports the Management Board in the Monitoring and Evaluation process and provides the interface between the NEST Projects ...
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24 May 2023
The Global Forum Secretariat works with the Global Forum to provide support to the Council of Advisors to make products available to the Agency’s bodies and projects as appropriate. The Secretariat a...
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30 May 2023
JEFF Nuclear Data Week promotes co-operation between experimentalists, evaluators, producers and end-users of nuclear data.
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19 December 2023
NEA Working Party on Scientific Issues of Reactor Systems (WPRS) annual meeting, 19-21 February 2020.
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4 March 2020
NEA Working Party on Scientific Issues of Reactor Systems (WPRS) annual meeting, 15-19 February 2021.
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24 February 2021
Regulatory authorities develop regulations and associated practical guidance. Considering the long-term safety of a repository, regulators develop operational criteria and optimisation for them.
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14 February 2020
It refers to the regulatory actions taken to ensure procedural safety by implementers of decommissioning and legacy management, and to promote adequate dialogue with stakeholders.
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25 June 2020
Radioactive waste is disposed of in a repository developed at suitable depth, surrounded by barriers, depending on its character. Safety assessments are conducted for periods depending on half-lives....
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14 February 2020
NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) meeting, 4‑5 June 2020.
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1 July 2020
NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) meeting, 4‑5 December 2019.
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6 December 2019
Nuclear facilities rely on a robust electrical system to power primary and back-up systems required to safely respond to a wide variety of challenging events.
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17 March 2020
Reactor components and structures degrade by exposure to heat, environmental conditions and radiation. It is vital to understand ageing processes to ensure that safety criteria continue to be met.
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18 March 2020
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18 November 2019
NEA Working Group on Safety Culture (WGSC) biannual meeting, 27-29 April 2021.
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30 April 2021
Safety culture is the collection of the beliefs, perceptions and values that employees share in relation to risks within an organisation, such as a workplace or community.
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7 May 2020
The NEA Working Group on the Safety of Advanced Reactors (WGSAR) held its biannual meeting via video conference on 21-23 April 2021, welcoming a new member representing Poland’s National Centre for N...
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28 April 2021
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18 November 2019
Nuclear legislation: Russian Federation
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19 September 2023
A number of tests with detail well documented neutronics and thermal-hydraulics measurements data have been performed at the Rostov Unit 2 (Rostov-2) nuclear power plant (NPP). The reactor type is a ...
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2 August 2022
National legislation: Romania
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25 April 2022
Risk assessments are used to determine the probability of harmful events at a nuclear plant. They are valuable for determining the relative benefit and better selection of safety enhancements.
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17 March 2020
Regulatory authorities develop regulations and the associated practical guidance. Considering the long-term safety of repository, regulators develop operational criteria and optimization for the repo...
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15 June 2020
The NEA Expert Group on International Recommendations (EGIR) met for its second meeting on 11 March 2022.
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4 April 2022
The NEA participated in the Meeting of Senior Representatives of Organisations in Formal Relations with the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) on 2 June 2021.
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8 June 2021
Resumption of NEA Data Bank Services to non-NEA/OECD Countries
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5 February 2020
The NEA Data Bank's first in-person course since the pandemic started was on FISPACT, an enhanced multi-physics platform for neutron, proton, alpha, deuteron or gamma particle interactions.
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27 June 2022
Second Workshop on International Harvesting Co-operation focused on the status of aged metals harvesting and opportunities for international collaborative research.
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14 December 2022
National legislation: Republic of Türkiye
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19 September 2023
International Nuclear Law Essentials course
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15 March 2023
The NEST Management Board met to discuss ongoing activities.
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26 April 2024
The NEA Working Group on Safety Culture (WGSC) held its biannual meeting on 23-25 November 2021 to review the ongoing work on safety culture and leadership in nuclear regulators.
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8 December 2021
The NEA will host a webinar to launch its new report “Regulatory Implementation of the Equivalent Dose Limit for the Lens of the Eye for Occupational Exposure: Successes and challenges to the approac...
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15 February 2022
MDEP VVER Working Group (VVERWG) meeting, 25-26 May 2021.
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28 May 2021
NEA Regulators' Forum meet at the NEA in Paris to discuss regulatory issues
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26 April 2023
The Regulators' Forum (RF) is made up of regulators who participate in the work of the RWMC and CDLM, helping to address common regulatory issues of NEA member countries.
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26 October 2020
NEA and NRA held joint conference on regulators' views in Tokyo, Japan 10 years after TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi NPS Accident.
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12 December 2022
New reactors are light-water reactors that are in the design or construction phases. Advanced reactors refers to reactors under consideration that are cooled by fluids other than water.
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18 March 2020
Ministers and senior officials from 10 countries explored the benefits of enhanced regional co‑operation in the field of nuclear energy during a two day ministerial meeting in Bucharest, Romania, on ...
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25 October 2018
The publication of the latest EGIR report marks the completion of phase one of the group's programme of work.
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30 May 2023
The NEA has released a new report with recommendations to unlock meaningful cost reductions for future nuclear new build construction projects.
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2 July 2020
The webinar "Research and international dialogue in technology nuclear power - What role for Italy?", was held on 17- 18 November 2021.
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14 December 2021
Questions relating to the space, time end energy distribution of neutrons and radiation in different media are the domain of reactor physics.
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2 December 2019
Understanding fuel performance is a key condition for successful reactor operation. Scientific knowledge in this domain was conceived by experimental tests encoded into software routines to ensure ac...
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10 December 2020
Radiological protection science addresses the radiobiological and epidemiological studies of the harmful effects of ionising radiation. This informs the development of radiological protection policy....
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7 May 2020
The practical application of radiological protection policy in international recommendations and national regulations is essential, as is their implementation in the field.
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7 May 2020
Experience gaps caused by past radiological or nuclear incidents/accidents, as well as intergenerational knowledge and know-how transfer challenge the continuity of radiological protection best pract...
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7 May 2020
Preparedness and management of nuclear or radiological emergencies are crucial areas for nuclear and non-nuclear member countries. Feedback from international exercises (e.g. INEX) indicate working a...
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7 May 2020
The Management Board of the Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) held its 33rd meeting in Vienna on 4-7 December 2023.
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19 December 2023
Exposure of workers to ionising radiation should be kept as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA). Approaches to accomplishing this are developed through experience exchange and circumstance evaluatio...
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7 May 2020
Established in 2014, the WGDECOM unites 19 experts from 12 countries in developing a process to better share radiological protection data.
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21 November 2023
The Working Group on the Radiological Protection Aspects of Decommissioning Activities at Nuclear Power Plants (WGDECOM) holds its 12th meeting in Germany
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13 December 2022
The new task force will explore radiological protection and publich health challenges of SMRs.
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25 November 2022
Radiological protection is a term applied to the protection of workers, patients, the public and the environment from the harmful effects of exposure to ionising radiation, and ways to achieve this.
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13 December 2019
The RepMet initiative aimed to improve understanding of the identification, administration and application of metadata to support national programmes in managing radioactive waste repository data, in...
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13 October 2021
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30 March 2021
The committee supports member countries in the development of safe and economically efficient management of all types of radioactive waste (including spent fuel) based on the latest scientific and te...
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27 January 2021
The Division of Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning (RWMD) supports the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) and the Committee on Decommissioning of Nuclear Installations and Le...
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22 July 2020
The working parties and expert groups with completed mandates, completed projects and completed conferences and workshops during the last mandate (2011-2016) and current mandate (2017-2022) of the RW...
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23 July 2020
Information on the waste management and decommissioning programmes of individual member countries of the NEA are presented in country profiles and country reports. Both documents aim to provide topic...
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5 November 2020
Radioactive waste management is the safe treatment, storage and disposal of liquid, solid and gas discharge from nuclear industry operations with the goal of protecting people and the environment.
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13 December 2019
NEA Working Party on Information, Data and Knowledge Management (WP‑IDKM) plenary meeting, 26-27 January 2021.
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29 January 2021
Radiation shielding is a protective shield that is inserted betweeen a source of ionising radiation and the object to protect to reduce the amount of damage that can happen to delicate or biological ...
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16 October 2020
An Assessment of the Present Status and Future Perspectives of Radiation Protection
The views expressed in this document about the quality of radiation protection today relate to the situation in OEC...
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29 May 2020
Based on the NEA's 1999 Rome workshop on the Regulatory Aspects of Decommissioning, and on the experience from the NEA's Co-operative Programme for the Exchange of Scientific and Technical Informatio...
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8 June 2020
The NEA Expert Group on the Dose limit for the Lens of the Eye (EGDLE)
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19 February 2021
A group of researchers and experts operating under the aegis of the High-Level Group of Low Dose Research, a working party of the Committee on Radiological Protection and Public Health (NEA CRPPH)
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22 January 2024
The NEA Working Party on Nuclear Liability and Transport (WPNLT) held a virtual workshop on “The Qualification of Nuclear Substances and Nuclear Liability” on 29-30 March 2021.
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31 March 2021
The Nuclear Law Bulletin (NLB) welcomes submissions from professionals and academics involved in or interested in the field of nuclear law.
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26 April 2022
The dissemination of authoritative information and rigorous analysis to policy makers and other interested stakeholders is key to sound decision making in the nuclear law field. The NEA’s goal is to ...
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8 July 2020
Public surveys on women’s experiences in the nuclear energy sector and the use of the AOP framework in radiation research and regulation.
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9 July 2021
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4 June 2020
The NEA Working Group on Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations (WGPC) held its annual meeting on 4 November 2020 via video conference.
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5 November 2020
Public communication plays an important role in ensuring that optimal and informed decisions are taken when principles of openness and transparency are followed.
Public communication pla...
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7 May 2020
Psychosocial aspects of radiological and nuclear emergencies
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8 April 2020
The 2004 Protocol to the PC improves the existing regime by requiring that more money be made available to compensate more victims for a broader range of damages.
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12 April 2022
The 2004 Protocol to the BSC improves the existing regime by requiring that significantly more compensation be made available to supplement that which is to be provided for under the Paris Conventi...
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12 April 2022
The 1997 Vienna Protocol improves the original regime by requiring that more money be made available to compensate more victims for a broad range of damages.
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26 April 2024
The Kiev Protocol requires states to evaluate the consequences of their official draft plans and programmes, and, to the extent appropriate, policies and legislation that are likely to have signifi...
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24 January 2024
At the heart of the NEST Framework are multinational and multidisciplinary projects, so-called NEST projects.
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24 May 2023
This ongoing series on projected costs of generating electricity presents and analyses cost estimates for some 130 power and co-generation (heat and power) plants using coal, gas, nuclear and renewab...
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15 June 2020
More than 20 international experts gathered for the second meeting of the third phase of the TAF-ID project.
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21 December 2023
Two new reports from the WGFS highlight the latest developments in RIA research.
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30 November 2022
EXPERT ROUNDTABLE: Progress in HLW management and the sustainability of nuclear energy, 12 November 2020
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13 November 2020
The NEA hosted the 16th edition of information exchange meetings on actinide and fission product partitioning and transmutation (16IEMPT).
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22 November 2023
The NEA and CAEA held the NEA-China Forum on Nuclear Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Management in Beijing.
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23 October 2023
The "Back-End Week" convened members to discuss decommissioning and waste management activities.
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11 April 2024
The Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP) entered a new phase on 14 December 2021. The MDEP will continue in its role as a unique multinational initiative leveraging the resources and know...
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15 December 2021
The NEA Division of Nuclear Law (DNL) helps create sound national and international legal regimes required for the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
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25 April 2022
Joint NEA and IAEA event will explore probabilistic safety assessment for reactors of singular designs
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28 April 2022
The NEA Working Group on the Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) held its annual meeting virtually on 13-15 September 2021 to discuss its ongoing work and activities related to potential acc...
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1 October 2021
Prevention, mitigation and management of potential accidents in nuclear power plants
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5 October 2022
The NEA Working Group on the Analysis and Management of Accidents convened for its annual meeting to discuss ongoing work related to accident strategy and management.
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14 September 2023
PWR MOX/UO2 Core Transient Benchmark
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7 December 2022
This benchmark incorporated full 3-D modelling of the reactor core into system transient codes for best-estimate simulations of the interactions between reactor core behaviour and plant dynamics and ...
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2 August 2022
The third session of the IRPS was held on 23-27 August 2021 with 37 participants from 20 countries and 3 international organisations.
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2 September 2021
INEX-6 will be the largest exercise in over 20 years.
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30 May 2023
In preparation for INEX-G, the NEA Expert Group on the Sixth International Nuclear Emergency Exercise held a briefing session on 19 October.
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23 November 2023
NEA Expert Group on Recovery Management (EGRM) meeting, 1‑2 October 2019.
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18 November 2019
Preparedness for Post‑Accident Recovery Process: Lessons from Experience
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4 March 2020
The INEX-6 Preparatory Task Force met on 28 June 2021 to continue exchanges on objectives, methodologies and timelines for the exercise.
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1 July 2021
P2M includes in-pile tests and Post-Irradiated Examinations in Hot-Laboratory to assess the operational margins at high power.
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6 December 2023
Nearly 100 experts from the NEA Analysis of Information from Reactor Buildings and Containment Vessels of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (ARC-F) Project and the Preparatory Study on Fuel Deb...
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3 August 2021
The new project assembled global experts at the NEA.
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25 July 2022
National legislation: Portugal
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19 September 2023
A webinar was organised jointly by the NEA and the International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC) on 24 February 2022 to discuss strategies and considerations for the back-end of the ...
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26 February 2021
Nuclear legislation: Poland
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19 September 2023
The NEA Data Bank held an OpenMC training course, the first of its kind, on 25-28 April 2022.
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11 May 2022
For nuclear utility companies that opt to reprocess spent fuel, recycle it or do both, one of the main pertinent issues is plutonium recycling.
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8 September 2021
The aim of the benchmark is to improve understanding and modelling of pellet-cladding mechanical interaction (PCMI) amongst NEA member organisations. This is achieved by comparing PCMI predictions of...
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23 March 2022
The international benchmark concerned pebble bed modular reactor (PBMR) coupled neutronics/thermal-hydraulics transients based on the PBMR-400MW design.
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26 July 2021
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28 November 2019
Latest status of ratifications or accessions to the Paris Convention on Nuclear Third Party Liability.
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4 April 2023
The Paris Convention establishes a nuclear liability and compensation regime to compensate victims of a nuclear accident. The PC is open to OECD member countries as of right and non-member countries ...
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30 March 2023
The Paris Convention establishes a nuclear liability and compensation regime to compensate victims of a nuclear accident. The PC is open to OECD member countries as of right and non-member countrie...
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26 April 2024
The NEA event reviews the accomplishments of the joint safety projects.
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27 January 2023
How to handle "Out Of Memory" errors
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30 September 2020
The organisational aspects refer to all administrative actions taken to address organisational structure, project and knowledge management, costing and funding, and commercial and societal considerat...
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25 June 2020
Workshop on the Multifactor Optimisation of Predisposal Management of Radioactive Waste, 10-14 February 2020
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4 March 2020
Leaders from regulation, government, industry, academia, international organisations and NGOs on 5-7 September 2023 in Paris.
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23 October 2023
From prior generation until disposal, optimisation requires a holistic approach from environmental, economic and societal aspects, with strong co-ordination among all involved stakeholders.
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14 February 2020
NEA Expert Group on Operational Safety (EGOS) meeting, 7 October 2019.
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18 November 2019
Operating experience is the collection and dissemination of knowledge gained via the operation of nuclear facilities.
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18 March 2020
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4 November 2020
NUPEC Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) Full-size Fine-mesh Bundle Test (BFBT) Benchmark
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2 August 2022
Convention/treaty status of each member country of the OECD or the NEA.
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24 January 2024
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2 November 2020
Nuclear-hydrogen drives discussions at the Global Clean Energy Action Forum in Pittsburgh.
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24 October 2022
Nuclear technology covers diverse subjects such as technology and innovation development of the nuclear fuel cycle and disruptive technologies like additive manufacturing and artificial intelligence....
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28 November 2019
Established to help fulfil the objectives of the Agency and the Nuclear Science Committee (NSC), the NSC Programme Review Group (PRG) formulates recommendations based on best practices to optimise ac...
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19 March 2024
The NEA nuclear science programme is developed and executed by the Nuclear Science Committee (NSC), comprising high-level scientific experts from all NEA member countries.
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6 December 2023
Nuclear science is the study of the atomic nuclei and their application, including in nuclear power plants, atomic theory and radiation.
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2 December 2019
One of the major achievements of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) is the knowledge it has helped to generate through the organisation of joint international research projects. Such projects, prim...
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15 April 2024
CNRA/CSNI meetings, December 2020
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7 December 2020
Nuclear safety can be understood as accident prevention in nuclear installations, via its systems and its human resources, and the mitigation of risks and consequences if an accident should occur.
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29 January 2020
Nuclear safety can be understood as accident prevention in nuclear installations, via its systems and its human resources, and the mitigation of risks and consequences if an accident should occur.
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2 December 2019
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has just published a new report entitled Five Years after the Fukushima Daiichi Accident: Nuclear Safety Improvements and Lessons Learnt.
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29 February 2016
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18 November 2019
NEA Working Group on Safety Culture (WGSC) biannual meeting, 27-29 October 2020
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29 October 2020
NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) meeting, 2‑3 June 2020.
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1 July 2020
NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) meeting, 2‑3 December 2019.
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6 December 2019
The NEA Working Group on Safety Culture (WGSC) gathered delegates for its biannual meeting on 18-20 October 2022.
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30 November 2022
The NEA Division of Nuclear Law (DNL) works on a suite of publications, workshops and symposia to advance cooperation and understanding of nuclear liability.
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21 April 2022
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21 December 2020
Most countries with a nuclear energy programme have adopted special liability and compensation legislation to ensure that third parties that suffer nuclear damage caused by a nuclear incident have ac...
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8 July 2020
Analytical studies on nuclear legislation in OECD member countries and in Central and Eastern Europe and the NIS issued between 1995 and 2003.
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27 October 2023
Achieving confidence in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy requires the existence of a comprehensive and effective legal framework to protect the health, safety and security of the public and the in...
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8 July 2020
The NEA workshop took place in Fukushima on 29-31 July.
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23 October 2023
The NEA Nuclear Law Committee and the Contracting Parties to the Paris Convention held their meetings to discuss key issues and future work in the field of nuclear law.
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20 July 2022
The NEA gathered nuclear law experts for meetings in June 2023.
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26 June 2023
WPLANS members gathered on 27 September 2023.
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4 October 2023
Nuclear Law Education Resources
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6 June 2023
The Nuclear Law Committee (NLC) is a highly focused group of specialists designated by the NEA member countries, comprising lawyers, policy makers, academics and from time to time, technical experts....
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5 March 2024
Table of contents of Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 102
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15 April 2020
Older issues of the Nuclear Law Bulletin (Nos. 1 to 80).
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3 April 2023
The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law.
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26 April 2024
Creating sound legal regimes required for the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to serve as a centre for nuclear law information and education.
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13 December 2019
An NEA initiative to accelerate R&D and market deployment of innovative nuclear fission technologies.
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20 February 2020
The nuclear sector is constantly looking for new technologies that will make nuclear power plants even more reliable, cost-effective and safe.
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28 November 2019
Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities Safety Week
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7 November 2022
Focused on recent progress and challenges for nuclear financing, the virtual event concluded a series of six webinars dedicated to nuclear financing organised this year.
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6 December 2021
Organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Climate and Environment of Poland, the conference gathered stakeholders in Warsaw on 8 December.
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12 December 2022
In nuclear energy supply, there are three components to the costs of electricity generation: 1) plant-level costs; 2) grid-level costs; and 3) social and environmental costs.
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6 May 2020
NEA Director-General Magwood joined a line-up of over 200 speakers in the World Governments Summit in Dubai on 12-14 February.
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28 February 2024
As governments around the world are committing to reaching net zero emissions by 2050, many countries are looking at the role hydrogen can play in mitigating climate change. This page provides more i...
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16 September 2022
The NEA took part in the ENEN2plus project which aims to address the key challenges of energy security and climate change through training and education on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the...
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12 December 2022
Nuclear Energy Data is the Nuclear Energy Agency's annual compilation of statistics and country reports documenting nuclear power status in NEA member countries and in the OECD area.
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15 June 2020
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1 July 2020
During a virtual meeting held under the presidency of Saudi Arabia on 27-28 September 2020, the Group of Twenty (G20) Energy Ministers acknowledged the role of nuclear energy in providing clean energ...
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7 October 2020
As a low-carbon electricity source, nuclear energy has a role to play in global climate change mitigation efforts.
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4 November 2022
Nuclear Energy Agency Welcomes Assistant Secretary Huff’s Announcement on the United States’ Decision to Join the NEA Data Bank
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16 August 2023
Nuclear emergency planning, response and recovery
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30 November 2022
Nuclear Education, Skills and Technology Press Pitch 2022
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18 October 2022
The NEA launched the Nuclear Education, Skills and Technology (NEST) Framework in partnership with its member countries to help address important gaps in nuclear skills capacity building, knowledge t...
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13 September 2023
NEST Board assembles for 6th meeting in Paris
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25 October 2022
Nuclear economics refers to the study of costs related to nuclear energy, which includes electricity generation, uranium supply, new plant build and support, fuel, waste disposal and decommissioning....
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28 November 2019
The Nuclear Data Service of the Data Bank supports the development, compilation, testing, verification, benchmarking and dissemination of experimental and evaluated nuclear data, and develops in-hous...
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3 June 2020
Nuclear data thermal scattering
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9 March 2020
Developing, compiling, testing and disseminating nuclear data and tools.
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4 December 2019
The Nuclear Data Service of the Data Bank supports the development, compilation, testing, verification and dissemination of experimental and evaluated nuclear data, and develops in-house analysis and...
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28 May 2020
Nuclear Data Sensitivity Tool (NDaST), aims to provide rapid feedback on the effect of changes to nuclear data on integral benchmarks.
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17 May 2022
Nuclear data measurements
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9 March 2020
NEA work in nuclear data formats
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9 March 2020
The joint evaluated fission and fusion nuclear data library, JEFF-3.3
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6 December 2019
Nuclear data fission physics
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9 March 2020
The NEA facilitates the international exchange of information on nuclear data evaluations, measurements, nuclear model calculations, validation and related topics via its Working Party on Internation...
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26 May 2021
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9 March 2020
Nuclear data covariance and assimilation
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9 March 2020
Nuclear data applications, verification and validation
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9 March 2020
Nuclear data refers to the probabilities, statistics and measurements of the physical interactions associated with atomic particles.
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16 December 2019
NEA workshop on the "Nuclear and Social Science Nexus: Challenges and Opportunities for Speaking Across the Disciplinary Divide", 12‑13 December 2019
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13 December 2019
Under the guidance of the Nuclear Science Committee (NSC), the Task Force on Demonstration of Fuel Cycle Closure including Partitioning and Transmutation (P&T) for Industrial Readiness by 2050 (TF-FC...
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8 January 2024
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30 November 2020
The tasks and duties of liaison officers are detailed in this
document.
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26 May 2020
Nuclear legislation: Norway
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25 April 2022
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20 February 2020
National legislation: New Zealand
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25 April 2022
NEA Working Party on Information, Data and Knowledge Management (WP‑IDKM) kick‑off meeting, 15‑17 January 2020
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17 February 2020
The Protocols to amend the Paris Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy and the Brussels Convention Supplementary to the Paris Convention will enter force on 1 January 202...
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17 December 2021
The NEA has published the latest version of the NEA Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Dashboard which provides a comprehensive assessment of the progress made by 56 SMR designers and companies worldwide.
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7 March 2024
New report and webinar on the supply of medical radioisotopes. Photo: Yok_onepiece/Shutterstock.
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2 December 2019
New Publication of the joint evaluated fission and fusion nuclear data library, JEFF-3.3. Image: Robert Eastman/Shutterstock
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10 August 2020
New NEA task force on partitioning and transmutation kicks off
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27 January 2021
New NEA reports on nuclear data evaluation
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5 August 2020
The group met in Paris to discuss future activities.
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23 January 2024
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5 August 2020
New NEA Expert Group on Comparison and Understanding of Dose Prognosis (EGDP) kicks off, 24 March 2020
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8 April 2020
NEA Working Party on International Nuclear Data Evaluation Co-operation (WPEC) 50th Subgroup (SG50), 14-15 September 2020.
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9 October 2020
New Joint Project: Studsvik Material Integrity Life Extension (SMILE)
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26 January 2021
Virtual kick-off meeting for the new joint project Experiments on Source Term for Delayed Releases (ESTER), 28-30 September 2020.
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9 October 2020
Four new expert groups were established on 10 September 2020 to operate under the umbrella of the NEA Working Party on Information, Data and Knowledge Management (WP-IDKM).
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9 October 2020
The EGFSF will work on harmonising post-accident food safety management approaches to build and maintain producer and retailer’s accountability and consumer trust.
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27 June 2022
The new interactive TDB electronic database a with links to registration.
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28 November 2019
The 2021 edition can be downloaded online.
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22 November 2022
The meetings took place in April 2024 in the United States.
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25 April 2024
The CRISSUE-S Project was created to re-evaluate fundamental technical issues with the technology of light water reactors (LWRs).
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2 November 2023
Neutron noise analysis can be defined as the direct measurement of the kinetics of a nuclear core. This page describes some of the NEA's previous activities on neutron noise analysis in nuclear power...
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26 July 2021
Nuclear legislation: Netherlands
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19 September 2023
This project aims to integrate SMR research projects from the individual participant organisation countries into a broader and more impactful programme. It will include elements of technology assessm...
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22 March 2023
This NEST project aims to provide the necessary education and hands-on training component to the new multilateral initiative currently developed by NEA to strengthen fuel and material- related experi...
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2 February 2021
This NEST project addresses the main issues of i‑graphite management, including characterisation, decontamination and disposal.
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29 April 2022
MANTRAS includes educational and training courses, events on applications in the medical sector, and access to the available research infrastructures. It focuses in particular on the development of n...
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22 March 2023
The NEST HYMERES project addresses safety-relevant phenomena in containments during accidents. It offers hands-on training opportunities during the experimental test campaigns carried at the PSI PAND...
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22 March 2023
The work of the Nuclear Education, Skills and Technology (NEST) Framework during 2021.
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7 January 2022
This page will contain educational resources which have been prepared in the frame of the NEST by the Participants itself or by its Partners.
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20 April 2020
The proposed NEST project BEAST addresses postgraduate students, postdoctoral researchers and young professionals, who intend to work in the field of Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Management. The...
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24 May 2023
NEST Alumni share valuable lessons from their fellowships
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25 April 2023
The project led by JAEA/CLADS will be dedicated to advanced remote technology for decommissioning under intense gamma-ray radiation environments (e.g. robotics, virtual reality).
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22 March 2023
The NEA Working Group on Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations (WGPC) held its bi-annual meeting on 4-6 May 2021 and celebrated its 20th anniversary.
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6 May 2021
On the occasion of this anniversary, the NEA has published a commemorative brochure that reflects on 20 years of IGSC work and traces the evolution of the concept of the safety case overall.
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29 January 2021
The NEA is working with its member countries to promote gender balance and the development of female leaders in the nuclear energy sector so as to ensure a robust, diverse and sustainable nuclear wor...
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27 October 2021
The NEA also provides technical secretariat services forGeneration IV International Forum (GIF), International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC) and Multinational Design Evaluation Pro...
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30 September 2020
NEA Workshop on Optimisation: Rethinking the Art of Reasonable, 13‑15 January 2020
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15 January 2020
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21 December 2023
The NEA hosted a WebChat with Shawn Tupper, Associate Deputy Minister of Natural Resources Canada, on 25 November 2020.
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25 November 2020
The NEA hosted a WebChat with Olivier Gupta, Director General of the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN), on 23 March 2020.
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25 March 2021
NEA Nuclear Education, Skills and Technology (NEST) Framework session at the Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 201) on 10 February 2021.
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12 April 2021
The NEA hosted a WebChat with Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on 15 October 2020. Watch here.
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12 October 2020
The NEA held a WebChat with H.E. Mohamed Al Hammadi, Chief Executive Officer of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC).
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17 September 2020
The NEA held a WebChat H.E. Michał Kurtyka, Poland's Minister of Climate and 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP24) President.
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15 June 2020
The NEA held a WebChat with Dr Rita Baranwal, Assistant Secretary for the Office of Nuclear Energy in the United States Department of Energy (DOE).
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14 May 2020
How do we encourage more women to enter the nuclear science and technology field?
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28 May 2020
NEA Director-General William D. Magwood, IV was in Poland on 30-31 May 2023 for a series of meetings.
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6 June 2023
The NEA has tools and data bases for X
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4 December 2019
Building on the discussions held in March and June 2021, the INEX-6 Preparatory Task Force met on 13 September 2021.
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5 October 2021
“Building a Framework for Post Nuclear Accident Recovery Preparedness: National-Level Guidance” report will will be presented and discussed at a web event on 23 May 2022
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14 March 2022
NEA Thermodynamics of Advanced Fuels International Database updates
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25 January 2021
Delegates to the NEA Task Group on Improving the Gender Balance in the Nuclear Sector met on 14 February 2022
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17 February 2022
The task group met virtually for the fourth high-level NEA meeting on improving gender balance.
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8 December 2021
The NEA survey on the status of nuclear education, training and outreach in member countries is conducted by the NEA Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy Working Group 2:...
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22 March 2023
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) fully supports the proposals made by the IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi to ensure that the seven pillars of nuclear security and safety are maintaine...
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9 March 2022
This week the NEA Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy held its biannual meeting to review the main aspects of the NEA’s programme of work and co-operative activities. This was the first time that t...
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30 October 2020
NEA Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy, October 2019
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18 November 2019
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28 February 2024
FIDES-II members hold meeting at Idaho National Laboratory
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7 November 2022
As a member of the Inter-Agency Committee on Radiological and Nuclear Emergencies (IACRNE), the NEA recently participated in the latest ConvEx-3 exercise held on 26-27 October 2021.
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3 November 2021
KORAD's 6th International Symposium on Safety Improvement & Stakeholder Confidence in Radioactive Waste Management, November 2019.
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6 December 2019
The NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) and the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) convened on 4-8 December to discuss current activities and plan future body o...
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18 December 2023
NEA Monthly News Bulletin – September 2019
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10 September 2019
NEA Monthly News Bulletin – October 2019
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9 October 2019
NEA Monthly News Bulletin – November 2019
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12 November 2019
NEA Monthly News Bulletin – May 2020
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6 May 2020
NEA Monthly News Bulletin – March 2020
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5 March 2020
NEA Monthly News Bulletin – June 2020
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4 June 2020
NEA Monthly News Bulletin – July 2020
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1 July 2020
NEA Monthly News Bulletin – July 2019
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9 July 2019
NEA Monthly News Bulletin – January 2020
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3 January 2020
NEA Monthly News Bulletin – February 2020
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6 February 2020
NEA Monthly News Bulletin – December 2019
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11 December 2019
NEA Monthly News Bulletin – April 2020
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8 April 2020
An NEA delegation led by Director-General William D. Magwood, IV, was in the United Arab Emirates on 27-30 March for a series of meetings.
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4 April 2022
NEA delegation led by Director-General Magwood was in Romania for a series of meetings and to co-host a workshop.
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29 June 2023