NEA press room

Welcome to the NEA press room. Here you will find resources for journalists covering all of the NEA's work areas. Press kits provide introductory information on major nuclear issues, including the Chernobyl and Fukushima Daiichi accidents. The accredited journalist area provides journalists with free access to its publications on sale in the OECD Bookshop or under embargo ahead of official release. If you can't find what you're looking for, feel free to contact the NEA.

Accredited journalist area

The NEA provides accredited journalists with free access to its publications on sale in the OECD Bookshop or under embargo ahead of official release. Journalists may source quotes and /or review these publications subject to standard copyright terms and conditions.

Journalists may register for this service by contacting press@oecd-nea.org.
If you are already registered, you can access the accredited journalist area here.
If you have forgotten your username and password, you can retrieve them here.

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2012

NEA meets with Japanese officials to discuss nuclear safety regulatory organisations
On 17-18 January 2012, an NEA team of international experts met in Tokyo with members of the Japanese Advisory Committee for Prevention of Nuclear Accidents and the special Japanese Task Force for the Reform of Nuclear Safety Regulations and Organisations to foster increased understanding of various national regulatory organisations and approaches to regulatory oversight of nuclear power facilities. Experts from Japan, France, Korea, the United Kingdom, the United States, the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) participated in an experts’ meeting on concepts and characteristics important to regulatory organisations and an international public workshop on nuclear safety regulation. Participants discussed different approaches to reforming areas recommended by the Advisory Committee, such as those concerning independence, regulatory oversight, crisis management, human resources and development, new safety regulations, transparency and international aspects for regulatory organisations. Presentations are available on the NEA Fukushima information exchange page.

Stephen G. Burns appointed Head of Legal Affairs at the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
Paris, 11 January 2012 - The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) is pleased to announce that Mr. Stephen G. Burns has been appointed Head of Legal Affairs. Mr. Burns will provide legal opinions and secretariat services to the Nuclear Law Committee, advise NEA management on all legal aspects of the Agency’s operations, assist member countries in the establishment of international joint projects and contribute to the Agency's nuclear law information and education programmes. He will also provide legal assistance to the Contracting Parties to the Paris Convention on Third Party Liability in the field of nuclear energy and the Brussels Convention Supplementary to the Paris Convention. Read more...