The International School on Simulation of Nuclear Reactor Systems (SINUS) provides hybrid, hands-on-training encompassing multiphysics modelling and simulation (M&S) and associated validation, verifi...
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21 December 2023
International Workshop on Nuclear Data Evaluation for Reactor Applications (WONDER)
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23 September 2020
International experts gathered at the NEA for the commencement of the third phase TAF-ID on 16-17 February 2023.
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24 February 2023
In celebration of women during the month of March, we spoke with Rebecca Tadesse, Head of the NEA Division of Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning, about her views on gender balance and l...
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17 March 2021
NEA’s recognition of women scientists and engineers during the month of March continues as we speak with Véronique Rouyer, Head of the NEA Division of Nuclear Safety Technology and Regulation, about ...
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25 March 2021
NEA webinars explore a common understanding of optimisation as an approach to decision making.
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8 February 2023
Nuclear legislation: Ireland
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25 April 2022
IRPhE Handbook 2019 Edition - Contents
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30 September 2020
This page describes the restrictions and provides a disclaimer on the use of International Handbook of Evaluated Reactor Physics Benchmark Experiments (IRPhE) .
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9 November 2020
Collected sources of primary documentation for reactor physics benchmarks.
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14 April 2022
The International Reactor Physics Experiment Evaluation (IRPhE) Technical Review Group provides the nuclear community with qualified benchmark data sets by collecting reactor physics experimental dat...
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10 November 2022
The ISOE Bureau welcomed the proposal and also decided that close collaboration with the CRPPH Working Party on Nuclear Emergency Management (WPNEM) is necessary for this work. It is also indicated t...
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27 May 2020
It was expected from utilities representatives participating to the EGWC to provide a description of the way they managed their source term so as to prevent (limit) contamination of the primary coola...
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27 May 2020
Decommissioning of nuclear power plants is a subject of growing importance for NEA member countries and will represent significant budgets and industrial activities in the future. Through various joi...
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27 May 2020
Nuclear legislation: Italy
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25 April 2022
JANIS (Java-based nuclear information software) is an application designed to facilitate the visualisation and manipulation of nuclear data. JANIS will be helpful to engineers and physicists who use ...
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24 November 2022
The JANIS Books are compilations of cross-section curves of evaluated and experimental data from a number of evaluated libraries, nuclear reactions and associated reaction products.
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2 October 2020
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28 September 2020
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28 September 2020
JANIS documentation and help pages
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28 September 2020
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28 September 2020
JANIS TRANS Checker is a command line tool for EXFOR compilers to check PRELIM or TRANS files and reports potential deviations from EXFOR coding rules.
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30 November 2023
National legislation: Japan
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19 September 2023
The JEFF suite of nuclear data libraries contains a number of different data types, including neutron and proton interaction data, radioactive decay data, fission yields data, and thermal scattering ...
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27 January 2020
Supplements to JEFF Report 23
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26 May 2020
The Joint Convention is an incentive convention that aims to, inter alia, achieve and a high level of safety worldwide in spent fuel and radioactive waste management, through the enhancement of nat...
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6 December 2023
Joint Declaration on the Security of Supply of Medical Radioisotopes
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9 July 2020
The JEFF suite of nuclear data libraries contains a number of different data types, including neutron and proton interaction data, radioactive decay data, fission yields data, and thermal scattering ...
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4 December 2019
Joint Evaluated Fission and Fusion (JEFF) project agrees to establish a new project management group to oversee deliverable-focused mechanisms that include regular reviews of the status of new measur...
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12 December 2021
The NEA Data Bank Nuclear Data Service (NDS) organised the Joint Evaluated Fission and Fusion (JEFF) Nuclear Data Week (NDW) on 25-29 April 2022.
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20 May 2022
The NEA held a Joint Learning Forum on safety culture co-organised by its Working Group on Human and Organisational Factors (WGHOF) and Working Group on Safety Culture (WGSC) on 26 October 2020.
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26 October 2020
Joint NEA-IAEA meeting on electrical power systems, 2‑5 December 2019
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5 December 2019
The joint NEA-IAEA symposium hosted by the United Kingdom’s Office for Nuclear Regulation brought together experts to exchange on the use and application of Probabilistic Safety Analysis (PSA) for re...
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14 June 2022
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13 June 2017
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4 October 2017
Acts as a bridge between the Paris and Vienna Conventions, effectively extending the benefits provided by one convention to victims in countries that have joined the other convention.
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12 April 2022
The Joint Protocol acts as a bridge between the Paris and Vienna Conventions, effectively extending the benefits provided by one convention to victims in countries that have joined the other conven...
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26 April 2024
Full text of the Joint Protocol Relating to the Application of the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention.
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26 April 2022
The NEA and Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) co-organised an online International Workshop on Joint Utilisation of Underground Research Laboratories in Research. The event was h...
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28 September 2021
This benchmark was a continuation of the V1000CT activities and defined a coupled code problem for further validation of thermal-hydraulics system codes for application with Russian-designed VVER-100...
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19 July 2022
Project members held a meeting to discuss the activities.
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16 April 2024
The NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) and the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) held their biannual meetings from 6 to 9 December 2021 and discussed the evol...
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14 December 2021
Nuclear legislation: Korea
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19 September 2023
Improving gender balance in nuclear
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8 March 2023
The NEA Nuclear Law Committee (NLC) met remotely on 18-20 November 2020 to review the ongoing activities of the NEA Office of Legal Counsel and the NLC working parties on nuclear liability and transp...
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2 December 2020
NEA Management Board for the Development, Application and Validation of Nuclear Data and Codes (MBDAV) meeting, 21-22 September 2020.
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9 October 2020
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22 July 2021
CNRA/CSNI meetings, May-June 2021.
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10 June 2021
The NEA Nuclear Law Committee (NLC) met remotely on 9-11 June 2021 to review the ongoing activities of the NEA Office of Legal Counsel and the NLC working parties on nuclear liability and transport, ...
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29 June 2021
The NEA hosted a webinar on 18 November to launch and discuss the findings from its new report The Supply of Medical Radioisotopes: An Economic Diagnosis and Possible Solutions.
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18 November 2019
Lead-cooled Fast Reactors (LFR) are rather new concepts which have gathered increasing international attention after the Generation-IV International Forum (GIF) selected them as promising candidates ...
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9 June 2023
In line with its ambition to be a reference centre for knowledge preservation, the NEA Data Bank also offers the following legacy books from its collection.
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21 April 2020
Dr. J.D. Lewins, has made available three of his books (for which he owns the copyright) for free distribution by the NEA Data Bank.
- Importance: The Adjoint Function
- Nuclear Reactor Kinetics and Con...
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27 April 2020
Professor M.M.R Williams, the copyright owner, has released three of his legacy books for free distribution by the NEA Data Bank.
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23 April 2020
NEA Working Party on Deep Geological Repositories and Nuclear Liability (WPDGR) meeting, 25-26 June 2020.
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1 July 2020
NEA Working Party on the Legal Aspects of Nuclear Safety (WPLANS) meeting, 19-20 May 2021
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26 May 2021
NEA Working Party on the Legal Aspects of Nuclear Safety meeting, 9-10 June 2020.
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1 July 2020
The legislation country reports provide comprehensive information on the regulatory and institutional framework governing nuclear activities in OECD and NEA member countries.
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2 April 2024
The Working Party on Nuclear Liability and Transport (WPNLT) agreed to prepare and publish specific country sheets presenting provisions related to nuclear transport and transit under the relevant na...
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27 March 2024
NJOY - Data Processing System of Evaluated Nuclear Data Files in ENDF format
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24 April 2020
The Liquid Metal Fast Reactor (LFMR) is one of the next generation reactor designs. This benchmark consists of steady-state numerical predictions of Texas A&M University (TAMU) separate effect tests ...
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19 July 2022
The goal of the LOCA-MIR experiments is to study the behaviour of high burnup, gadolinia-doped fuel under design-basis LOCA conditions.
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12 August 2022
The NEA Working Group on Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) organised a specialist workshop entitled “Reactor core and containment cooling systems: Long-term management and reliability (RCC...
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29 October 2021
The levelised costs of electricity generation of low-carbon generation technologies are falling and are increasingly below the costs of conventional fossil fuel generation, finds the 2020 edition of ...
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9 December 2020
Nuclear legislation: Luxembourg
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25 April 2022
The main decision body of the NEST Framework is the Management Board which includes one member and one alternate from each NEST Country.
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4 September 2023
NEA Working Party on Information, Data and Knowledge Management (WP‑IDKM) held a topical session on IDKM timescales on 1-2 September 2021 towards building a common understanding of the timescales inv...
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5 October 2021
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31 March 2021
The NEA held its second Risk Communication Training Course on 13-16 November in Abu Dhabi.
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4 December 2023
Nuclear materials science investigates how corrosion, irradiation, thermal ageing and mechanical load may affect materials properties and potentially degrade their performance.
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10 March 2020
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31 May 2021
Building on the NEA BFBT and PSBT benchmarks, McMaster University, in collaboration with North Carolina State University, launched a CANDU thermal-hydraulic benchmark under the WPRS Expert Group on U...
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19 July 2022
A new working group will focus on HTGRs.
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22 March 2024
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24 October 2023
The Contracting Parties to the Paris Convention met remotely on 16 October 2020 to discuss the final steps towards the ratification of the Protocols.
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4 November 2020
A total of 16 countries are parties to the Paris Convention.
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11 December 2023
NEA Director-General William D. Magwood, IV and senior staff met with the leading officials from the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (M...
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23 November 2020
The meeting marked an important transition for the framework with the launch of four new Joint Experimental Programmes (JEEPs).
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24 April 2024
Members of FIDES-II from 12 countries assembled in Prague, Czech Republic, on 17-21 April 2023 for meetings of its Technical Advisory Group and Governing Board.
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21 April 2023
FIDES-II member assembled at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) in Mito, Japan.
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23 November 2023
Professor Massimo Salvatores, well known for his contributions in the reactor physics and nuclear data fields, passed away in March 2020.
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12 May 2020
The NEA Expert Group on Non-radiological Public Health Aspects of Radiation Emergency Planning and Response (EGNR) provided input to the development of the recently launched World Health Organization...
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1 December 2020
The NEA and Women in Nuclear (WiN) Globalco-organised a mentoring session for young professionals in Tokyo, Japan
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8 June 2022
“You can do it!” was the theme of the International Mentoring Workshop in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics held jointly by the NEA, the International Framework for Nuclear Energy Coop...
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4 August 2021
The NEA held its first Indigenous International Mentoring Workshop for female students in Ontario on 7-10 May 2023.
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3 June 2023
MeshTal Viewer is a Java based software which can read mesh tallies output formats of several neutron transport codes and display them graphically.
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2 October 2020
MeshTal Viewer user manual
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25 November 2022
Nuclear legislation: Mexico
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19 September 2023
NEA Director-General William D. Magwood was in Spain on 16-17 January for a series of meetings.
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25 January 2024
Addressing the mental health impacts of radiological and nuclear emergencies
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28 May 2021
The NEA Expert Group on Non‑Radiological Public Health Aspects of Radiation Emergency Planning and Response (EGNR) is developing an operational approach for mitigating the mental health and psychosoc...
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5 August 2020
Status of accession of the Framework Agreement and Protocol on a Multilateral Nuclear Environmental Programme in the Russian Federation (MNEPR).
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17 November 2023
The NEA has started preparing its third Stakeholder Involvement Workshop which will focus on optimisation in decision-making.
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14 January 2022
Recent meetings of groups working under the aegis of the Framework for Irradiation Experiments (FIDES) have demonstrated that the international community is enthusiastic and on a strong course to ful...
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5 May 2022
Multi-physics Pellet Cladding Mechanical Interaction Validation (MPCMIV) Benchmark
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19 July 2022
The NEA organised a virtual workshop in collaboration with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) on 14-18 December 2020 to discuss the best regulatory practices that the nuclear sector can ad...
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23 December 2020
Information on, including the status of adherence to, the multilateral agreements of highest import to international nuclear law.
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21 April 2023
The Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP) begins operation under a new framework agreement.
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4 February 2022
The Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP) continues under a new organisational structure after the second Management Board meeting.
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26 July 2022
Multiphysics are simulations using computer applications or software to couple multiple physical events in order to predict or validate the physical real-world outcome.
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16 October 2020
NEA delegation participates in discussions at the Regulatory Information Conference in Washington D.C.
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27 March 2023
The NEA and the World Association of Nuclear Operators have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
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24 April 2023
The NEA has made progress on two activities that seek to bolster member countries’ nuclear and radiological emergency preparedness and their ability to co-ordinate response actions.
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27 May 2022
NEA and CAEA discuss further enhancements to co‑operation
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27 January 2021
NEA and CNIC announced plans for collaborative efforts to help ensure the supply of medical radioisotopes.
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31 October 2023
The NEA participated in COP 26 in Glasgow, United Kingdom, to shed light on nuclear energy’s role in addressing climate change.
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30 October 2021
The NEA announced today that it will co-operate with Net Zero Nuclear, the platform that the global nuclear industry has launched to deliver a Financing Nuclear work stream during COP28 in Dubai.
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3 October 2023
The three-day event was held at the ESIX University in Cherbourg, France with 15 female university and graduate students.
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14 December 2022
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18 May 2020
The NEA participated in the COP 26 United Nations Climate Change Conference from 31 October to 12 November 2021 for dialogues on the role that nuclear energy could play in achieving the decarbonisati...
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31 October 2021
The COP27 NEA delegation were at the forefront of several discussions on the pathways that nuclear energy can offer to reduce carbon emissions.
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30 November 2022
The NEA participated in the 28th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to shed light on nuclear energy’s role in addressing climate change.
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11 December 2023
On 19 April 2018, the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) organised a special high‑level session on the occasion of its 60-year anniversary.
The session opened with video remarks from the OECD Secretary‑Gene...
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19 April 2018
The Regulators’ Forum (RF), the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) and the Committee on Decommissioning of Nuclear Installations (CDLM) held their annual plenary meetings and a joint commi...
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4 April 2022
NEA conducts virtual missions to Canada, Japan, the Russian Federation and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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2 September 2020
NEA Data Bank meeting with stakeholders in Russia, 2 December 2019
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2 December 2019
NEA Data Bank organises PHITS workshop in co‑operation with the Argentine National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA)
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8 April 2020
NEA Data Bank participating countries and years of accession
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17 June 2020
The NEA Data Bank Computer Program Service (CPS) has been conducting training activities for more than 30 years. These courses provide a unique opportunity to bring together code users from around th...
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22 April 2024
In November 2023, the NEA Data Bank held two beginner level courses in Paris, France.
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21 November 2023
Courses were held in November 2022 in paris, France.
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14 December 2022
DG Magwood met with the leaders of government, industry, education and others to discuss the country’s growing role in the sector.
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17 May 2022
NEA Director‑General William D. Magwood, IV, met virtually with H.E. Hamad Al Kaabi, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and UA...
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4 June 2020
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12 August 2022
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9 May 2022
As the NEA continues to adapt to the new way of working, a series of "virtual missions" is being organised with member countries and key partners.
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1 July 2020
NEA Director‑General visits Brazil to discuss further enhancements to co‑operation, November 2018
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18 November 2019
NEA Expert Group on the Dose Limit for the Lens of the Eye launches survey
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8 April 2020
NEA forms Women in Nuclear Global Chapter
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30 January 2023
NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence updates
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25 February 2021
The Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy acts as an inclusive network of experts in the nuclear energy sector, primarily from academia, focused on enabling the generation...
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2 October 2023
An NEA delegation led by Director-General William D. Magwood, IV, visited Japan from 18-24 July for a number of nuclear-energy focused meetings and events.
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29 July 2022
NEA high-level visit to Romania, 19‑20 February 2020
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4 March 2020
More than 50 participants from 25 countries took part in the five-day course.
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15 September 2023
The second edition of the Fundamentals of International Nuclear Law (FINL) course was held on 14-18 February 2022
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24 February 2022
NEA hosted two workshops in Romania on 25-29 July 2022.
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4 August 2022
NEA International Mentoring Workshop in Science and Engineering, 2 October 2019
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13 November 2019
The latest NEA International Mentoring Workshop in Science, Engineering and Decommissioning, organised in co‑operation with the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporatio...
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16 December 2019
Workshops seek to create motivating connections between female students and senior female representatives in STEM.
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26 January 2024
The fourth edition of the IRPS was held from 22-26 August in Stockholm, Sweden.
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7 September 2022
The potential role of SMRs in reaching net zero, Africa’s developing nuclear sector, the challenges of nuclear fuel supply, and collaboration with Ukraine were among the subjects discussed during the...
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23 April 2024
In co-operation with the Nuclear and Radioactive Waste Agency of Romania the NEA organised a mentoring session with Romanian high school students.
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10 December 2021
NEA Director-General speaks at NE•RS 2022 conference, meets with Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade.
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20 June 2022
NEA organised the first official visit to Ghana on 1-6 November 2023.
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28 November 2023
The NEA co-organised the International Workshop on Disruptive Technologies for Nuclear Safety Applications on 16-17 May 2023 in Jeju, Korea.
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4 June 2023
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
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 Monthly News Bulletin – April 2020
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8 April 2020
NEA Monthly News Bulletin – December 2019
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11 December 2019
NEA Monthly News Bulletin – February 2020
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6 February 2020
NEA Monthly News Bulletin – January 2020
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3 January 2020
NEA Monthly News Bulletin – July 2019
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9 July 2019
NEA Monthly News Bulletin – July 2020
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1 July 2020
NEA Monthly News Bulletin – June 2020
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4 June 2020
NEA Monthly News Bulletin – March 2020
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5 March 2020
NEA Monthly News Bulletin – May 2020
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6 May 2020
NEA Monthly News Bulletin – November 2019
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12 November 2019
NEA Monthly News Bulletin – October 2019
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9 October 2019
NEA Monthly News Bulletin – September 2019
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10 September 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
KORAD's 6th International Symposium on Safety Improvement & Stakeholder Confidence in Radioactive Waste Management, November 2019.
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6 December 2019
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
FIDES-II members hold meeting at Idaho National Laboratory
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7 November 2022
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28 February 2024
NEA Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy, October 2019
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18 November 2019
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
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
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 task group met virtually for the fourth high-level NEA meeting on improving gender balance.
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8 December 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
NEA Thermodynamics of Advanced Fuels International Database updates
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25 January 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
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
The NEA has tools and data bases for X
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4 December 2019
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
How do we encourage more women to enter the nuclear science and technology field?
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28 May 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
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 H.E. Mohamed Al Hammadi, Chief Executive Officer of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC).
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17 September 2020
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
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 Olivier Gupta, Director General of the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN), on 23 March 2020.
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25 March 2021
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
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21 December 2023
NEA Workshop on Optimisation: Rethinking the Art of Reasonable, 13‑15 January 2020
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15 January 2020
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
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
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 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
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
NEST Alumni share valuable lessons from their fellowships
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25 April 2023
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
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 work of the Nuclear Education, Skills and Technology (NEST) Framework during 2021.
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7 January 2022
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
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
This NEST project addresses the main issues of i‑graphite management, including characterisation, decontamination and disposal.
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29 April 2022
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 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
Nuclear legislation: Netherlands
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19 September 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
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
The meetings took place in April 2024 in the United States.
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25 April 2024
The 2021 edition can be downloaded online.
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22 November 2022
The new interactive TDB electronic database a with links to registration.
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28 November 2019
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
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
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
New Joint Project: Studsvik Material Integrity Life Extension (SMILE)
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26 January 2021
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 NEA Expert Group on Comparison and Understanding of Dose Prognosis (EGDP) kicks off, 24 March 2020
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8 April 2020
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5 August 2020
The group met in Paris to discuss future activities.
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23 January 2024
New NEA reports on nuclear data evaluation
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5 August 2020
New NEA task force on partitioning and transmutation kicks off
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27 January 2021
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 report and webinar on the supply of medical radioisotopes. Photo: Yok_onepiece/Shutterstock.
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2 December 2019
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
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
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
National legislation: New Zealand
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25 April 2022
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20 February 2020
Nuclear legislation: Norway
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25 April 2022
The tasks and duties of liaison officers are detailed in this
document.
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26 May 2020
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30 November 2020
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
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
Nuclear data refers to the probabilities, statistics and measurements of the physical interactions associated with atomic particles.
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16 December 2019
Nuclear data applications, verification and validation
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9 March 2020
Nuclear data covariance and assimilation
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9 March 2020
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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
Nuclear data fission physics
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9 March 2020
The joint evaluated fission and fusion nuclear data library, JEFF-3.3
Published date:
6 December 2019
NEA work in nuclear data formats
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9 March 2020
Nuclear data measurements
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9 March 2020
Nuclear Data Sensitivity Tool (NDaST), aims to provide rapid feedback on the effect of changes to nuclear data on integral benchmarks.
Published date:
17 May 2022
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...
Published date:
28 May 2020
Developing, compiling, testing and disseminating nuclear data and tools.
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4 December 2019
Nuclear data thermal scattering
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9 March 2020
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...
Published date:
3 June 2020
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....
Published date:
28 November 2019
NEST Board assembles for 6th meeting in Paris
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25 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
Nuclear Education, Skills and Technology Press Pitch 2022
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18 October 2022
Nuclear emergency planning, response and recovery
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30 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
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
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
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1 July 2020
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities Safety Week
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7 November 2022
The nuclear sector is constantly looking for new technologies that will make nuclear power plants even more reliable, cost-effective and safe.
Published date:
28 November 2019
An NEA initiative to accelerate R&D and market deployment of innovative nuclear fission technologies.
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20 February 2020
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
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
Older issues of the Nuclear Law Bulletin (Nos. 1 to 80).
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3 April 2023
Table of contents of Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 102
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15 April 2020
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
Nuclear Law Education Resources
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6 June 2023
WPLANS members gathered on 27 September 2023.
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4 October 2023
The NEA gathered nuclear law experts for meetings in June 2023.
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26 June 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 workshop took place in Fukushima on 29-31 July.
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23 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
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
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
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21 December 2020
The NEA Division of Nuclear Law (DNL) works on a suite of publications, workshops and symposia to advance cooperation and understanding of nuclear liability.
Published date:
21 April 2022
The NEA Working Group on Safety Culture (WGSC) gathered delegates for its biannual meeting on 18-20 October 2022.
Published date:
30 November 2022
NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) meeting, 2‑3 December 2019.
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6 December 2019
NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) meeting, 2‑3 June 2020.
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1 July 2020
NEA Working Group on Safety Culture (WGSC) biannual meeting, 27-29 October 2020
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29 October 2020
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18 November 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.
Published date:
29 February 2016
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
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
CNRA/CSNI meetings, December 2020
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7 December 2020
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
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
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
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
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
Nuclear-hydrogen drives discussions at the Global Clean Energy Action Forum in Pittsburgh.
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24 October 2022
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2 November 2020
Convention/treaty status of each member country of the OECD or the NEA.
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24 January 2024
NUPEC Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) Full-size Fine-mesh Bundle Test (BFBT) Benchmark
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2 August 2022
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4 November 2020
Operating experience is the collection and dissemination of knowledge gained via the operation of nuclear facilities.
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18 March 2020
NEA Expert Group on Operational Safety (EGOS) meeting, 7 October 2019.
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18 November 2019
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
Leaders from regulation, government, industry, academia, international organisations and NGOs on 5-7 September 2023 in Paris.
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23 October 2023
Workshop on the Multifactor Optimisation of Predisposal Management of Radioactive Waste, 10-14 February 2020
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4 March 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
How to handle "Out Of Memory" errors
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30 September 2020
The NEA event reviews the accomplishments of the joint safety projects.
Published date:
27 January 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 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
Latest status of ratifications or accessions to the Paris Convention on Nuclear Third Party Liability.
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4 April 2023
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28 November 2019
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
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...
Published date:
23 March 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.
Published date:
8 September 2021
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
Nuclear legislation: Poland
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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
National legislation: Portugal
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19 September 2023
The new project assembled global experts at the NEA.
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25 July 2022
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
P2M includes in-pile tests and Post-Irradiated Examinations in Hot-Laboratory to assess the operational margins at high power.
Published date:
6 December 2023
The INEX-6 Preparatory Task Force met on 28 June 2021 to continue exchanges on objectives, methodologies and timelines for the exercise.
Published date:
1 July 2021
Preparedness for Post‑Accident Recovery Process: Lessons from Experience
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4 March 2020
NEA Expert Group on Recovery Management (EGRM) meeting, 1‑2 October 2019.
Published date:
18 November 2019
In preparation for INEX-G, the NEA Expert Group on the Sixth International Nuclear Emergency Exercise held a briefing session on 19 October.
Published date:
23 November 2023
INEX-6 will be the largest exercise in over 20 years.
Published date:
30 May 2023
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
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
PWR MOX/UO2 Core Transient Benchmark
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7 December 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.
Published date:
14 September 2023
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 (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
Joint NEA and IAEA event will explore probabilistic safety assessment for reactors of singular designs
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28 April 2022
The NEA Division of Nuclear Law (DNL) helps create sound national and international legal regimes required for the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
Published date:
25 April 2022
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 "Back-End Week" convened members to discuss decommissioning and waste management activities.
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11 April 2024
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 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
EXPERT ROUNDTABLE: Progress in HLW management and the sustainability of nuclear energy, 12 November 2020
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13 November 2020
Two new reports from the WGFS highlight the latest developments in RIA research.
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30 November 2022
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
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
At the heart of the NEST Framework are multinational and multidisciplinary projects, so-called NEST projects.
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24 May 2023
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
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 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 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.
Published date:
12 April 2022
Psychosocial aspects of radiological and nuclear emergencies
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8 April 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
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
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4 June 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
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
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 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.
Published date:
31 March 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 Expert Group on the Dose limit for the Lens of the Eye (EGDLE)
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19 February 2021
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
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
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
NEA Working Party on Information, Data and Knowledge Management (WP‑IDKM) plenary meeting, 26-27 January 2021.
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29 January 2021
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
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
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
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 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
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30 March 2021
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
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 new task force will explore radiological protection and publich health challenges of SMRs.
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25 November 2022
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
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
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
The Management Board of the Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) held its 33rd meeting in Vienna on 4-7 December 2023.
Published date:
19 December 2023
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
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
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
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
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
Questions relating to the space, time end energy distribution of neutrons and radiation in different media are the domain of reactor physics.
Published date:
2 December 2019
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
The NEA has released a new report with recommendations to unlock meaningful cost reductions for future nuclear new build construction projects.
Published date:
2 July 2020
The publication of the latest EGIR report marks the completion of phase one of the group's programme of work.
Published date:
30 May 2023
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
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.
Published date:
18 March 2020
NEA and NRA held joint conference on regulators' views in Tokyo, Japan 10 years after TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi NPS Accident.
Published date:
12 December 2022
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.
Published date:
26 October 2020
NEA Regulators' Forum meet at the NEA in Paris to discuss regulatory issues
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26 April 2023
MDEP VVER Working Group (VVERWG) meeting, 25-26 May 2021.
Published date:
28 May 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...
Published date:
15 February 2022
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.
Published date:
8 December 2021
The NEST Management Board met to discuss ongoing activities.
Published date:
26 April 2024
International Nuclear Law Essentials course
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15 March 2023
National legislation: Republic of Türkiye
Published date:
19 September 2023
Second Workshop on International Harvesting Co-operation focused on the status of aged metals harvesting and opportunities for international collaborative research.
Published date:
14 December 2022
The NEA Data Bank's first in-person course since the pandemic started was on FISPACT, an enhanced multi-physics platform for neutron, proton, alpha, deuteron or gamma particle interactions.
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27 June 2022
Resumption of NEA Data Bank Services to non-NEA/OECD Countries
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5 February 2020
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.
Published date:
8 June 2021
The NEA Expert Group on International Recommendations (EGIR) met for its second meeting on 11 March 2022.
Published date:
4 April 2022
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...
Published date:
15 June 2020
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.
Published date:
17 March 2020
National legislation: Romania
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25 April 2022
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
Nuclear legislation: Russian Federation
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19 September 2023
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18 November 2019
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
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.
Published date:
7 May 2020
NEA Working Group on Safety Culture (WGSC) biannual meeting, 27-29 April 2021.
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30 April 2021
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18 November 2019
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.
Published date:
18 March 2020
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
NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) meeting, 4‑5 December 2019.
Published date:
6 December 2019
NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) meeting, 4‑5 June 2020.
Published date:
1 July 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
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.
Published date:
25 June 2020
Regulatory authorities develop regulations and associated practical guidance. Considering the long-term safety of a repository, regulators develop operational criteria and optimisation for them.
Published date:
14 February 2020
NEA Working Party on Scientific Issues of Reactor Systems (WPRS) annual meeting, 15-19 February 2021.
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24 February 2021
NEA Working Party on Scientific Issues of Reactor Systems (WPRS) annual meeting, 19-21 February 2020.
Published date:
4 March 2020
JEFF Nuclear Data Week promotes co-operation between experimentalists, evaluators, producers and end-users of nuclear data.
Published date:
19 December 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
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 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 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
Sensitivities Viewer is a Java based software which can read sensitivities files and plot sensitivities profiles.
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25 September 2020
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9 October 2020
Online services for official delegates to NEA meetings.
Published date:
6 October 2020
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.
Published date:
2 October 2020
The NEA Joint Project on Waste Integration for Small and Advanced Reactor Designs (WISARD) will start in 2025.
Published date:
24 April 2024
Experts attended NEA event in France.
Published date:
14 September 2023
NEA Task Group on Protective Measures Handbook (TGPMH) meeting, 29 April 2021.
Published date:
30 April 2021
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
Nuclear legislation: Slovak Republic
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19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: Slovenia
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19 September 2023
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
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
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.
Published date:
25 June 2020
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 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
More detailed infromation on some computer codes
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24 April 2020
Nuclear legislation: Spain
Published date:
19 September 2023
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...
Published date:
4 May 2020
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 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.
Published date:
6 April 2022
Specific ion interaction theory (SIT) coefficients now included in the TDB e-database
Published date:
30 November 2020
Spotlight on the NEA’s women scientists
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14 March 2021
NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) meeting, during the week of 7 October 2019.
Published date:
18 November 2019
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.
Published date:
7 May 2020
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
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
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
State-of-the-Art Report on Multi-Scale Modelling Methods
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9 October 2020
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
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
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 on the passing of Dr Peter Lyons
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3 May 2021
Gender balance policy framework approved
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3 November 2022
The Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy held its 146th Session in Paris.
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27 October 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 convened on 20-21 April in Paris.
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26 April 2023
The NEA's strategic partners
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30 September 2020
10-year FIDES-II strategic plan will define key research needs in a variety of technical disciplines.
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19 June 2023
Strengthening the future of the nuclear sector’s workforce
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16 March 2023
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
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
Read the summary and main outcomes of the NEA Nuclear Safety Research Joint Projects Week.
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13 March 2024
NEA organises a mentoring workshop in the United Kingdom on International Women's Day.
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28 March 2023
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
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
Supporting the use of computational fluid dynamics for nuclear reactor safety
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27 June 2023
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
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
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
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
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
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
Nuclear legislation: Sweden
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19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: Switzerland
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19 September 2023
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
How to tabulate data in JANIS
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29 September 2020
Message from NEA Director-General Magwood, 6 April 2020
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6 April 2020
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
Thermochemical Database (TDB) Project Guidelines
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2 September 2020
Chemical Thermodynamics series
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16 October 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
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 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
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
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
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
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4 November 2020
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
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
10th mandate of the European Nuclear Energy Tribunal (ENET)
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4 March 2020
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
NEA delegation was in Japan for a series of bilateral meetings and events with students.
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27 February 2023
GNDS is a modern, collaborative, international, replacement for ENDF-6.
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8 July 2020
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
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