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
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
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
Joint NEA and IAEA event will explore probabilistic safety assessment for reactors of singular designs
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28 April 2022
Statement of the Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy on the safety and security of operation of Ukraine’s nuclear installations
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27 April 2022
The Sixth International Conference on Geological Repositories (ICGR-6) gathered participants in in Helsinki, Finland, on 4-8 April.
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27 April 2022
The NEA’s ruling body the Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy met for its143rd biannual meeting in April 2022.
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27 April 2022
A chat with Ethan Robert Kirkby, NEST Fellow
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22 April 2022
WGHOF held its 31st plenary meeting virtually on 21 -23 March 2022
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13 April 2022
On 5-7 April 2022, the NEA Working Group on Safety Culture (WGSC) held its biannual meeting to advance work on safety culture and leadership in nuclear regulators
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12 April 2022
The meeting brought together around 100 delegates from 26 member countries, 11 international organisations and associations.
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6 April 2022
The NEA Working Group on Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) organised a specialists’ meeting on transient thermal-hydraulics in water cooled nuclear reactors on 22-23 March 2022.
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6 April 2022
The Expert Group on the Use of Real-Time Platforms (EGRT) initiated and distributed an online survey on the real-time platforms used in NEA member countries.
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6 April 2022
The 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
The NEA Expert Group on International Recommendations (EGIR) met for its second meeting on 11 March 2022.
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4 April 2022
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
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
“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
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident: Message from Director-General Magwood
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11 March 2022
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
NEA work on improving gender balance in the nuclear energy sector
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8 March 2022
The NEA will host the Sixth International Conference on Geological Repositories (ICGR-6) on 4-8 April 2022 in Helsinki, Finland.
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24 February 2022
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
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
Insights from the NEST Framework: A chat with Vera Verkhoturova, Project Leader of the NEST i‑graphite Radioactive Waste Management project
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17 February 2022
The NEA is helping Japan and the wider international community better understand the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and the site’s current status.
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16 February 2022
The NEA will host a webinar to launch its new report “Regulatory Implementation of the Equivalent Dose Limit for the Lens of the Eye for Occupational Exposure: Successes and challenges to the approac...
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15 February 2022
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
WPNCS bi-annual event brought together 80 experts from 17 member countries.
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7 February 2022
The Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP) begins operation under a new framework agreement.
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4 February 2022
Despite the pandemic hindering international activities, the Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy was launched in January 2021 and made steady progress throughout the yea...
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21 January 2022
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
In 2021, the NEA organised online workshops, webinars and mentoring sessions with policy makers, experts, academics and industry representatives in the nuclear energy sector, published data analyses ...
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13 January 2022
The work of the Nuclear Education, Skills and Technology (NEST) Framework during 2021.
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7 January 2022
The Protocols to amend the Paris Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy and the Brussels Convention Supplementary to the Paris Convention will enter force on 1 January 202...
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17 December 2021
The 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
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 Working Group on the Characterisation, the Understanding and the Performance of Argillaceous Rocks and Repository Host Formations (Clay Club) marked its 30th anniversary at its meeting on 17 Nove...
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14 December 2021
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 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
NEA Expert Group on the Application of Robotics and Remote Systems in the Nuclear Back-end (EGRRS) discusses how to improve the regulatory framework for robotic and remote systems applications.
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14 December 2021
The Expert Group on a Holistic Process for Decision Making on Decommissioning and Management of Complex Sites (HDCS) continues to make progress with its forthcoming report to describe the scope of co...
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13 December 2021
NEA Director-General William D. Magwood, IV explains how an energy mix that includes nuclear power can help achieve global climate change goals.
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13 December 2021
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 joint NEA/IAEA Uranium Group held its 57th meeting virtually on 3-5 November 2021.
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12 December 2021
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
The task group met virtually for the fourth high-level NEA meeting on improving gender balance.
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8 December 2021
The NEA Working Group on Safety Culture (WGSC) held its biannual meeting on 23-25 November 2021 to review the ongoing work on safety culture and leadership in nuclear regulators.
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8 December 2021
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
The NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) and the NEA Working Group on Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations (WGPC) organised a joint workshop “How to deal with misinformation?...
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30 November 2021
