Summary record extracted from NEA/RWM/IGSC(2009)2/REV concerning balancing operational and long-term safety considerations.
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29 October 2008
The fundamental objective of all nuclear safety regulatory bodies is to ensure that activities related to the peaceful use of nuclear energy are carried out in a safe manner within their respective c...
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4 February 2016
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has just published a new report entitled Five Years after the Fukushima Daiichi Accident: Nuclear Safety Improvements and Lessons Learnt.
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29 February 2016
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has just published a new report entitled Five Years after the Fukushima Daiichi Accident: Nuclear Safety Improvements and Lessons Learnt.
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29 February 2016
NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...
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19 July 2016
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4 October 2017
NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...
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30 July 2019
Joint NEA-IAEA meeting on electrical power systems, 2‑5 December 2019
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5 December 2019
放射性廃棄物管理における原子力安全規制の役割とその姿
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8 April 2020
Radioactive Waste Management flyer on the Role and Image of the Nuclear Safety Regulator.
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8 April 2020
NEA Working Party on the Legal Aspects of Nuclear Safety meeting, 9-10 June 2020.
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1 July 2020
CANDU Owners Group (COG) and the NEA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to co-operate in research and activities related to pressurised heavy water reactor (PHWR) technology.
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30 September 2020
NEA/CSNI/R(2019)10
This report provides descriptions of the current status of PSA programmes in member countries; including basic background information, guidelines, various PSA applications, major results in recent st...
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3 November 2020
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30 November 2020
CNRA/CSNI meetings, December 2020
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7 December 2020
Much has been learnt in the ten years since the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and the subsequent accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, but significant challenges still remain.
This ...
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3 March 2021
The NEA has published a report that surveys the aftermath, lessons, and achievements in Japan and the global nuclear community in the decade since the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident.
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4 March 2021
NEA/CSNI/R(2019)16
Two important lessons learnt from the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (NPP) accident were: 1) there can be significant interactions between multiple co-located radiological sources (...
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19 April 2021
This report further explores some of the key elements presented in The Safety Culture of an Effective Regulatory Body (2016), commonly known as the NEA Green Booklet, and provides both an overview an...
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10 May 2021
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28 May 2021
Videoconference, Zoom
In the aftermath of the Fukushima accident, the nuclear community has been re-evaluating seismic hazard at nuclear facilities worldwide. One of the major challenges in this effort is quantifying and ...
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1 December 2021
NEA Working Party on the Legal Aspects of Nuclear Safety (WPLANS) meeting, 19-20 May 2021
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26 May 2021
NEA/NSC/R(2020)6
In the past decade, a large amount of effort has been made towards the direct simulation of the boiling transition (BT) for Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) fuel bundles. This international benchmark, bas...
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1 June 2021
CNRA/CSNI meetings, May-June 2021.
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10 June 2021
NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...
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15 July 2021
東日本大震災とそれに続く福島第一原子力発電所事故から10年が経ち、多くの教訓が得られたが、まだ多くの課題が残っている。
この報告書は福島第一原子力発電所の現況と、事故後の日本の当局並びに国際社会の対応について報告するもので、事故に起因する多面的な問題を政策決定者と一般市民双方が理解することに役立つであろう。それには、災害復旧努力、損害賠償、原子力安全、原子力規制、放射線防護、廃炉作業、放射性廃棄物...
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28 July 2021
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10 August 2021
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10 August 2021
Experimental facilities in nuclear energy are key to addressing safety issues. The recent loss of some critical infrastructure, from facilities to industry expertise, has therefore become a concern f...
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8 September 2021
NEA/CNRA/R(2019)2
This technical report describes the regulatory perspectives on safety aspects related to the fuel qualification for advanced sodium fast reactors (SFRs) and identifies topics that should be investiga...
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13 September 2021
NEA/CNRA/R(2019)1
This report describes the regulatory perspectives on safety aspects related to the calculation and justification of neutronic characteristics and criticality safety assessment of advanced sodium fast...
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1 October 2021
NEA/CNRA/R(2020)1
During the six decades of commercial nuclear power operation so far, nuclear programmes in Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) member countries have grown significantly. Effective communication among member ...
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7 October 2021
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25 November 2021
NEA/NSC/R(2020)7
In the past decade, a large amount of effort has been made towards the direct simulation of the boiling transition (BT) for boiling water reactor (BWR) fuel bundles. This international benchmark, bas...
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2 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/CSNI/R(2020)5
The Workshop on Experimental Validation and Application of CFD and CMFD Codes to Nuclear Reactor Safety Issues, CFD4NRS-7 was the seventh in a series of workshops focusing on Computational Fluid Dyna...
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19 January 2022
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Strategic Plan serves as a guiding instrument that reflects the priorities of its member countries as the Agency addresses evolving needs in the exploration and a...
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25 January 2022
Principles and Practice of International Nuclear Law examines the various interrelated legal issues for the safe, efficient and secure use of nuclear energy. It provides an overview of the complex bo...
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14 February 2022
NEA/CSNI/R(2020)3
When looking for a validation experiment for CFD application to reactor simulation for either design or safety studies, it appears that available data often suffer from a lack of local measurements, ...
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17 February 2022
NEA/CSNI/R(2021)6
Within the context of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Advanced Thermal-hydraulic Test Loop for Accident Simulation (ATLAS) project, a series of tests were performed to resolve key thermal-hydraulic s...
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18 February 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
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
Independent safety regulation has been a hallmark of the global nuclear power sector from its beginnings. Industry and government have long understood the importance of a predictable and adaptable re...
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7 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
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
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3 June 2022
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15 March 2022
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9 June 2022
Liverpool, United Kingdom
The Symposium is free of charge for all participants and is scheduled to take place in person at the ONR’s offices near Liverpool in the United Kingdom.
Key Dates
31 March 2022 |
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6 April 2022
CSNI and CNRA held their biannual meetings and a joint session at the NEA headquarters.
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10 June 2022
NEA/CSNI/R(2020)1
This report presents a study performed on a set of common-cause failure (CCF) events within the International Common-Cause Failure Data Exchange (ICDE) project. The topic of the study was intersystem...
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21 June 2022
The WPLANS met in person and online on 27-28 June 2022 to exchange on national developments related to the legal aspects of nuclear safety.
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1 July 2022
The Expert Group on Small and Modular Reactors (EGSMR) continues to make progress with its forthcoming report
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8 July 2022