Nuclear Energy Agency Online Bulletin

June 2001

Covers new material for May 2001


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The June bulletin covers the following items:

New publications
Nuclear safety
Radiation protection
Legal affairs
Radioactive waste management
Nuclear science
Data Bank


New publications

Evaluation of Speciation Technology
Workshop Proceedings, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki, Japan, 26-28 October 1999
ISBN 92-64-18667-0. 438 pages.

NEA News
ISBN 92-64-19107-0, ISSN 1605-9581.
2001 (2 issues). 44 pages.

Disponible également en français :
AEN Infos
ISBN 92-64-29107-5, ISSN 1605-959X.
2001 comportant deux numéros. 44 pages.

Nuclear Production of Hydrogen
First Information Exchange Meeting, Paris, France, 2-3 October 2000
ISBN 92-64-18696-4. 242 pages.

OECD Nuclear Energy Data 2001/Données de l'OCDE sur l'énergie nucléaire 2001
ISBN 92-64-08707-9. 50 pages

Shielding Aspects of Accelerators, Targets and Irradiation Facilities
SATIF 5 Workshop Proceedings, Paris, France, 18-21 July 2000
ISBN 92-64-18691-3. 426 pages.

Free publications are available at /pub/.

NEA Brochure
2001 Edition. 24 pages (590 kb).

Experience from International Nuclear Emergency Exercises
The INEX 2 Series
ISBN 92-64-18463-3. 42 pages (140 kb).

Disponible également en français :
Enseignements des exercices internationaux d'urgence nucléaire
Exercices de la série INEX 2
92-64-28464-87. 42 pages (210 ko).

Improving Nuclear Regulatory Effectiveness
ISBN 92-64-18465-1. 48 pages (172 kb).

Disponible également en français :
Améliorer l'efficacité des autorités de sûreté nucléaire
ISBN 92-64-28465-6. 50 pages (246 ko).

Nuclear Safety Research in OECD Countries: Major Facilities and Programmes at Risk (full report)
ISBN 92-64-18468-6. 250 pages (707 kb).


Nuclear safety

Nuclear safety news
  • Newly revised nuclear safety web pages are now available, providing up-to-date information on the current structure of the CSNI and the CNRA, their programmes and ongoing and planned joint projects. They are available at /nsd/.

  • Two CSNI reports related to the OECD/CSNI workshop on advanced thermal-hydraulic and neutronic codes applications held on 10-13 April 2000 in Barcelona, Spain have just been published. NEA/CSNI/R(2001)9 sets out the workshop summary and conclusions. The workshop proceedings are published in two volumes: NEA/CSNI/R(2001)2 Vol. I and NEA/CSNI/R(2001)2 Vol. II. The workshop's objectives were to review developments in this area since the previous CSNI workshop in Annapolis [NEA/CSNI/R(97)4; NUREG/CP-0159], analyse the present status of maturity and remnant needs of thermal-hydraulic and neutronic system codes and methods, and to evaluate the role of these tools in the evolving regulatory environment. The Barcelona workshop found that the basic trends identified in Annapolis still hold and were reaffirmed in the light of the evolving regulatory and commercial environments.
  • The CNRA/CSNI workshop on "Licensing and Operating Experience of Computer-Based I&C Systems", originally planned for 4-6 September 2001 at Hluboka, Czech Republic will now be held on 25-27 September 2001 at the same location. More information (including online registration) is available at /nsd/hluboka/index.html.
Regular features


Radiation protection

In the tradition of the NEA-initiated INEX exercises, an extensive international nuclear emergency exercise, INEX 2000/JINEX 1, was carried out on 22-23 May 2001, based on a French national exercise at the Gravelines nuclear power plant in the north of France, near the Belgian border. The exercise involved a simulated incident in the fictitious Gravelines Unit 11 including a release of radioactivity to the environment. More information is available at 01-05-rp.html.


Legal affairs

The second part of the INEX 2000 Exercise mentioned above is an International third party liability Workshop. Based on the scenario from the scientific/technical exercise of 22 May, the workshop will take place on 26-28 November 2001 in Paris. More information is available at 01-05-rp.html.


Radioactive waste management

The Working Party on Management of Materials from Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) met for the first time in Paris on 17-18 May 2001. More information about the Working Party and the meeting's conclusions are available at 01-05-rwm.html.


Nuclear science

A meeting of the Expert Group on "Pyrochemical separations" was held in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on 16-17 May 2001. The main objective of this Group is to write a state-of-the-art report on pyrochemistry by the end of 2002. The report will cover national programmes, international collaborations, future applications and specific research needs.


Data Bank

Computer program services

A page listing all new programs in the last 12 months can be found at /tools/abstract/new.

New software packages available from the Data Bank:

28-MAY-2001 USCD1208 CHECKER,ENDF/B FMT CHECK (Arrived)
28-MAY-2001 USCD1209 FIZCON,ENDF/B X-SEC REDUNDANCY CHECK (Arrived)
28-MAY-2001 USCD1210 GETMAT,ENDF/B MAT RETRIEVAL (Arrived)
28-MAY-2001 USCD1212 INTER,ENDF/B THERM X-SEC,RESON_INTEGRAL,G_FACTOR CALC (Arrived)
28-MAY-2001 USCD1217 SETMDC,CDC,IBM,DEC PREPROCESSOR FOR CHECKR-6,FIZCON-6,ETC (Arrived)
28-MAY-2001 USCD1218 STANEF,ENDF/B BOOKKEEPING (Arrived)
28-MAY-2001 USCD1216 PSYCHE,ENDF/B DATA CONSISTENCY CHECK (Arrived)
28-MAY-2001 USCD1215 PLOTEF,ENDF/B DATA PLOT (Arrived)
28-MAY-2001 USCD1214 LISTEF,ENDF/B DATA_FILE SUMMARY_LIST (Arrived)
22-MAY-2001 NEA-1517 SINBAD-REACTOR,  Shielding Benchmark Experiments (Now tested)
22-MAY-2001 NEA-1561 CHEMENGL/CHIMISTE, Chemical and Physical Properties of Elements (Arrived)
20-MAY-2001 NEA-1492 NUCLEUS-CHART, Interactive chart of nuclides (Arrived)
18-MAY-2001 CCC-0697 GUI2QAD, Graphical Interface for QAD-CGPIC, Point Kernel for Shielding Calculations (Arrived)
18-MAY-2001 NEA-1577 SKETCH-N 1.0, Solve neutron diffusion equations of steady-state & kinetics problems (Arrived)
16-MAY-2001 NEA-1525 PENELOPE2000, Coupled Electron Photon Transport at High Energies (Now tested)
16-MAY-2001 IAEA1377 HYDMN, Thermal Hydraulics of Miniature Neutron Source Reactor (Now tested)
16-MAY-2001 NEA-0829 SCAT-2B, Spherical, Optical Model Cross Section Calculation for n, p, d, t, He3, He-4, Heavy Ions (Now tested)
14-MAY-2001 NEA-1640 ZZ-BWRTT, BWR Turbine trip Transient Benchmark based on Peach-Bottom 2 (Now tested)
27-APR-2001 NEA-1642 ZZ-ORLIBJ32, Data Libraries for ORIGEN2 code based on JENDL-3.2 (Arrived)

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