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
All credible models show that nuclear energy has an important role to play in global climate change mitigation efforts (e.g. IEA, 2021; BNEF, 2021; IIASA, 2021). Despite clear analyses from many sour...
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12 May 2022
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Pittsburgh, United States
PHYSOR attracts international experts from all segments of the nuclear industry and scientific community, including vendors, utilities, laboratories, and universities. The theme for this year’s confe...
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31 January 2022
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17 May 2022
Nuclear Data Sensitivity Tool (NDaST), aims to provide rapid feedback on the effect of changes to nuclear data on integral benchmarks.
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17 May 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
More than ten years after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, many lessons have been learnt that have helped improve preparedness for nuclear emergencies and awareness of the global r...
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18 May 2022
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19 May 2022
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20 May 2022
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
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1 June 2022
On 17-18 May, experts in radioactive waste management, local stakeholders and non-technical actors convened in Bern, Switzerland, for the IGSC and FSC workshop on the safety case.
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23 May 2022
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
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3 June 2022
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15 March 2022
30 May 2022 -
3 June 2022
Conference Center Hotel Aquabella, Aix-en-Provence, France (in-person meeting)
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29 March 2022
The WGPC held its biannual plenary meeting on 3-4 May 2022 to discuss its ongoing work and the progress made in activities on public trust and risk communication.
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1 June 2022
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1 June 2022
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1 June 2022
For the Third Global Nuclear Science and Engineering Commencement, the NEA is holding a student competition on the theme “Nuclear and society: What does this relationship mean to you?”
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1 June 2022
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. Information prov...
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1 June 2022
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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.
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6 April 2022
StatLink files from Nuclear Energy Data 2021. Download all the Excel files from the volume in one click.
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8 June 2022
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
The experience mostly derived from Chernobyl and Fukushima post-accident situations has shown that the management of contaminated food after such nuclear disasters can lead to a number of public heal...
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9 June 2022
WPRS gathered 172 experts from 22 countries at the annual Benchmark Workshop.
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9 June 2022
The number of nuclear reactors approaching decommissioning, or already in the process of decommissioning, is increasing globally. Planning and performing decommissioning and dismantling activities ra...
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10 June 2022
CSNI and CNRA held their biannual meetings and a joint session at the NEA headquarters.
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10 June 2022
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13 June 2022
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14 June 2022
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
NEA member countries and dates of accession
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15 June 2022
16 June 2022
Online webinar
Reducing industrial carbon emissions is one of the most difficult challenges on the path to net zero by 2050, due to the magnitude of greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial sector and technolog...
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1 June 2022
Reducing industrial carbon emissions is one of the most difficult challenges on the path to net zero by 2050 due to the magnitude of greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial sector and technical ...
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16 June 2022
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17 June 2022
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17 June 2022
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20 June 2022
NEA Director-General speaks at NE•RS 2022 conference, meets with Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade.
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20 June 2022
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23 June 2022
NEA, Paris, France
FISPACT-II (currently at release version 5.0) is an enhanced multi-physics platform providing a wide variety of advanced simulation methods and employing the most up to date (TENDL-2019, ENDF/B-VIII....
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30 March 2022
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21 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
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21 June 2022
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21 June 2022
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21 June 2022
Statut des ratifications et adhésions à la Convention de Bruxelles complémentaire à la Convention de Paris
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21 June 2022
High-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs), also known as very-high-temperature reactors (VHTR) are Generation IV reactors that can operate at very high temperatures and use a graphite-moderated ga...
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22 June 2022
The NEA Committee on Radiological Protection and Public Health (CRPPH), through various sub-groups, has focused on improving the effectiveness of international nuclear emergency preparedness and mana...
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22 June 2022
The INEX-5 exercises series were developed in 2013-2014 and were conducted between September 2015 and June 2016. The preliminary analysis of the INEX-5 evaluation questionnaires, as well as details o...
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22 June 2022
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22 June 2022
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22 June 2022
NEA/CRPPH/R(2019)5
The Joint Symposium on “Decommissioning, Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, and Food Safety: Rebuilding Post-Accident Confidence” – organised by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developmen...
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22 June 2022
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24 June 2022
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1 July 2022
OECD headquarters, Paris XVI
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1 June 2022
To learn how to handle NaK, a group of experts at the Research Centre Rez (CVR) in the Czech Republic travelled to Cadarache in France to learn from experts at the Commissariat for Atomic Energy and ...
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27 June 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
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
Table on Application of the Paris Convention to non-metropolitan territories of the Contracting Parties (French version)
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28 June 2022
Table on Application of the Paris Convention to non-metropolitan territories of the Contracting Parties (English version)
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28 June 2022
NEA Task Group on Improving the Gender Balance in the Nuclear Sector met to make progress on a forthcoming report on gender balance in the nuclear sector.
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28 June 2022
Building on the success of the previous events held in August 2020 and June 2021, the NEA hosted a Global Commencement ceremony on 29 June 2022 to congratulate the graduating nuclear engineering and ...
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23 June 2022
Nuclear emergency preparedness and response management are essential components to ensure safety and radiation protection in any nuclear or non-nuclear country. While international guidelines for eme...
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30 June 2022
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30 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
In the aftermath of the Chernobyl and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accidents, the notion of sustainable recovery from nuclear or radiological accidents has been at the centre of attention for the intern...
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1 July 2022
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4 July 2022
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Reims, France
The current energy supply crisis is reprioritising energy projects and accelerating plans for nuclear power development. Furthermore, it requires creating resilient nuclear energy systems for which t...
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13 August 2021
The Programme Review Group is established to perform a programme quality review function within the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) and to provide scientific assistance to the...
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7 July 2022
The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law. It provides readers with authoritative and comprehensive information o...
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7 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
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Barcelona, Spain
This course is addressed to researchers in Radiation Physics and its applications. The main objective is to provide the participants with a detailed description of the new, 2020, version of PENELOPE,...
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2 June 2022
The goal of EGCUL is to share state-of-the-art knowledge and experience in characterising a large amount of unknown waste derived from nuclear accidents and past nuclear activities.
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12 July 2022
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18 July 2022
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18 July 2022
Following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, many countries began funding research and development on nuclear fuel designs with enhanced accident tolerance (ATFs). ATFs have i...
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18 July 2022
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18 July 2022
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18 July 2022
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18 July 2022
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Tokyo, Japan
The NEA Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy Workshop was held on 19-20 July 2022 at Mita Kaigisho Conference Centre in Tokyo, Japan.
Organised in co-operation with Japan...
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11 August 2022
The Boiling Water Reactor Turbine Trip (BWRTT) Benchmark was established to challenge the coupled system thermal-hydraulic/neutron kinetics codes against a Peach-Bottom-2 (a GE-designed BWR/4) turbin...
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19 July 2022
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
To ensure reliable modelling of neutron physics within a state-of-the-art transient code, the neutron kinetics part of such a code should be based on the full-scale calculation of the space-time neu...
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19 July 2022
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
Multi-physics Pellet Cladding Mechanical Interaction Validation (MPCMIV) Benchmark
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19 July 2022
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
TVA Watts Bar Unit 1 Multi-Physics Benchmark
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19 July 2022
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Sheraton Bucharest Hotel, Bucharest, Romania
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18 July 2022
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
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22 July 2022
Nuclear energy is an important source of low-carbon electricity and plays a significant role in avoiding carbon emissions. It has the potential to contribute further to the decarbonisation of the wor...
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22 July 2022
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29 July 2022
Sacramento, United States
The conference serves as the main forum for the international community of experimentalists, theorists, evaluators and users of nuclear data to come together to review progress and identify outstandi...
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31 January 2022
The new project assembled global experts at the NEA.
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25 July 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
Over its 25 years of existence, the working party has contributed many topics and has led advances in criticality safety studies.
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28 July 2022
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
The NEA Data Bank organised a PENELOPE training course at the University of Barcelona in Spain on 11-15 July 2022
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1 August 2022
The overall objective of the VVER-1000 Coolant Transient (V1000CT) Benchmark was to assess computer codes used in the safety analysis of water-water energetic reactor (VVER) power plants, specificall...
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2 August 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
NUPEC Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) Full-size Fine-mesh Bundle Test (BFBT) Benchmark
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2 August 2022
Forsmark 1 and 2 Boiling Water Reactor Stability Benchmark
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2 August 2022
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
An approach similar to the OECD/NRC Boiling Water Reactor Full-size Fine-mesh Bundle Tests (BFBT) Benchmark was adopted by dividing the benchmark activity into phases.
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2 August 2022
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3 August 2022
NEA hosted two workshops in Romania on 25-29 July 2022.
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4 August 2022
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4 August 2022
The first QUENCH-ATF joint project test was successfully completed by the KIT team on 17 July 2022.
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5 August 2022
The NEA organised a Workshop on Competency Management of regulators for the broad discussion of the challenges regarding the competency of regulators in the areas of radioactive waste management, dec...
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5 August 2022
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8 August 2022
The main mission of the Working Group on Integrity and Ageing of Components and Structures (WGIAGE) is to advance the current understanding of the relevant aspects related with ensuring the integrity...
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10 August 2022
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10 August 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
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12 August 2022
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17 August 2022
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18 August 2022
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18 August 2022
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18 August 2022
Instruction to get started prior to the course.
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18 August 2022
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2 September 2022
Montpellier
The application period for the 2022 session is closed.
Information about the 2023 programme will be available in the fall.
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20 April 2022
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1 September 2022
Iwaki Business Innovation Center, Fukushima, Japan
The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation (NDF) are organising an international workshop on the characterisation of large quanti...
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17 August 2022
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31 August 2022
NEA News is the professional journal of the NEA. It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nuclear safety and regulatio...
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31 August 2022
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Geneva, Switzerland
The conference offers an opportunity to stakeholders involved in the implementation, management and development of occupational radiation protection policies to share and discuss experiences.
The con...
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9 November 2021
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9 September 2022
Stolberg, Germany
Nuclear Education, Science, Technology (NEST) Building competence, Expert knowledge, Applied techniques, Safe decommissioning, Train fellows (BEAST) summer school "Expert Knowledge – Research and Dev...
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11 August 2022
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6 September 2022
The fourth edition of the IRPS was held from 22-26 August in Stockholm, Sweden.
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7 September 2022
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8 September 2022
The International School of Nuclear Law returns to the University of Montpellier
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9 September 2022
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Idaho Falls (ID, US), Idaho National Laboratory
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), Idaho National Laboratory, and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) co-organised the Sixth International Workshop on Structural Materials for Innovative Nuc...
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31 August 2022
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13 September 2022
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14 September 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
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Facility for Rare Isotope Beams at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan (USA)
The 15th workshop on Shielding aspects of Accelerators, Targets, and Irradiation Facilities (SATIF) is tentatively planned to be held in East Lansing, Michigan, USA, on 20-23 September 2022. The SATI...
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2 November 2021
NEA article from the Nuclear-Hydrogen Digest: Nuclear Energy in the Hydrogen Economy, published by NICE Future and the NEA.
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20 September 2022
The expert group was established to develop a nuclear data structure definition that can meet the needs of a broad set of nuclear data users and providers.
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20 September 2022
The expert group is responsible for managing the activities related to the High Priority Request List (HPRL) for nuclear data, in particular for guaranteeing that the entries are up-to-date and well-...
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20 September 2022
Hydrogen is expected to play important roles in decarbonised energy systems, as an energy source for otherwise hard-to-electrify sectors as well as a storage vector to enhance power system flexibilit...
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21 September 2022
23 September 2022
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
Hydrogen is expected to play an essential role as part of sustainable and resilient pathways to net zero. There is growing momentum among CEM countries for scaling-up the production of low-carbon hyd...
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20 September 2022
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23 September 2022
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Seattle, United States
The goal of the 14th International Conference on Radiation Shielding and 21st Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division [ICRS 14/RPSD-2022] is to introduce participants to ne...
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31 January 2022
Appendix D. Reference multi-group Monte Carlo solution
Appendix E. Complementary reference multi-group Monte Carlo solutions and comparison
Appendix F. Two-dimensional result analysis
Appendix G. All co...
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26 September 2022
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27 September 2022
NEA/CSNI/R(2019)15
The VeRCoRs facility mock-up is a reactor containment building at 1/3 scale. The mock-up is instrumented so that its behaviour is monitored from the beginning of construction. More than 700 sensors a...
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27 September 2022
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30 September 2022
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OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, 46 Quai Alphonse le Gallo, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt
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3 November 2022
Future decommissioning and radiological waste management experts gathered at the Aachen Institute for Nuclear Training in Stolberg, Germany.
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3 October 2022
NEA Committee Structure, January 2024
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4 October 2022
Structure des comités et organes subsidiaires de l’Agence pour l’énergie nucléaire, janvier 2024.
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4 October 2022
The objective of the Working Group on Fuel Cycle Safety (WGFCS) is to advance the understanding of relevant aspects of nuclear fuel cycle safety, including: uranium mining and milling; uranium refini...
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4 October 2022
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5 October 2022
NEA/CSNI/R(2020)9
This report provides insights from a survey of Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) member countries on the concepts used to establish effective measures to cope with external flooding hazards and on the term...
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5 October 2022
Prevention, mitigation and management of potential accidents in nuclear power plants
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5 October 2022
NEA/CSNI/R(2021)1
The Specialists Workshop on Advanced Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques for Experiments Related to Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics and Severe Accidents (SWINTH-2019), co-organised by the S...
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5 October 2022
The Country-Specific Safety Culture Forum takes place in Canada.
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6 October 2022
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6 October 2022
NEA/CSNI/R(2020)11
This report summarises the work done for the activity: “Benchmark analysis on the eXtended Finite Element Method (X-FEM) calculation technology in its use to evaluate the fracture mechanics stress in...
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6 October 2022
The event gathered 129 participants from 75 international institutions.
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6 October 2022
This report from the NEA Working Group on Human and Organisational Performance establishes a common understanding around the terms human performance (HP), organisational performance (OP), and human a...
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10 October 2022
The GB-TG discussed the latest data, actions and objectives as part of their mission to improve gender balance in the nuclear energy sector.
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10 October 2022
NEA/NSC/R(2020)4
Advanced nuclear fuel cycles to improve the safety, sustainability and economics of nuclear energy are being investigated worldwide. Partitioning and transmutation (P&T) is one of the candidate techn...
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11 October 2022
NEA/NSC/R(2019)7
The modelling and simulation of nuclear systems allow scientists and engineers to probe aspects of the operation of these systems beyond what has been precisely measured. This has numerous applicatio...
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11 October 2022
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11 October 2022
NEA/CSNI/R(2019)13
Since its inception in 2002, the operating experience with thermal fatigue mechanisms has been an intrinsic aspect of the technical scope of CODAP, which is a joint database project within the Commit...
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11 October 2022
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11 October 2022
Studsvik’s pool facility for storage and inspection of SMILE materials, left: 29 tonnes transportation flask, three pools each about 8 meters deep; and right: pool-in-pool for cutting and inspections...
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11 October 2022
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14 October 2022
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14 October 2022
View of Dragon Reactor. Photo: AEA Technology.
In 1959, twelve OECD countries began the Dragon Reactor Experiment (DRE) to build a reactor at Winfrith in Dorset, United Kingdom. The Dragon was the fi...
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14 October 2022
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14 October 2022
Appearance of Unit 1 and 2 reactor buildings at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (June 2022). Photo: Japan Nuclear Regulation Authority
The FACE projec...
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17 October 2022
As a follow-up to the 2010 NEA report Nuclear Fuel Behaviour under Reactivity-initiated Accident (RIA) Conditions: State-of-the-art Report 2010, this report presents the state-of-the-art knowledge on...
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17 October 2022
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Vienna, Austria
The IAEA International Conferences on Topical Issues in Nuclear Installation Safety (TIC) are organised periodically bringing together nuclear safety regulators, plant designers and operators, techni...
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1 June 2022
NEA/CSNI/R(2020)10
Following the recommendations from the technical workshop on “Nuclear Fuel Behaviour during Reactivity-Initiated Accidents” organised by the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in September 2009, a first ben...
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18 October 2022
The expert group primarily acted as a forum for scientific and technical information exchange on advanced light water reactor (LWR) fuels with enhanced accident tolerance.
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18 October 2022
Nuclear Education, Skills and Technology Press Pitch 2022
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18 October 2022
The OECD NEA Data Bank is an international centre of resources which aims to make scientific tools available to the nuclear science and technology community and to organise training courses.
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18 October 2022
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18 October 2022
Investigation for damage condition and radiation dose in Unit 3 at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (December 2019). Photo: Japan Nuclear Regulation Au...
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19 October 2022
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19 October 2022
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19 October 2022
The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law. It provides readers with authoritative and comprehensive information o...
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19 October 2022
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21 October 2022
CHIP experimental facility to study fission product transport and deposition in the primary circuit. Photo: IRSN
Following several years of experimental research in the field of source terms analysis...
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21 October 2022
Small modular reactors (SMRs) are nuclear reactors with power output less than 300 megawatts electric (MWe), with some as small as 1-10 MWe.
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21 October 2022
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Online training course
OpenMC is a community-developed Monte Carlo neutron and photon transport simulation code. It is capable of performing fixed source, k-eigenvalue and subcritical multiplication calculations on models ...
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23 September 2022
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28 October 2022
Washington DC, United States
The 2021 International Nuclear Law Congress has been postponed to 2022. As the principal INLA gathering, held every two years, the Congress serves as the leading international conference for represen...
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27 April 2022
Nuclear-hydrogen drives discussions at the Global Clean Energy Action Forum in Pittsburgh.
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24 October 2022
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24 October 2022
Publié chaque année, le Rapport annuel de l’AEN présente un aperçu des activités et publications de l’AEN pour une année donnée, ainsi que les derniers développements du secteur de l’énergie nucléair...
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24 October 2022
Published every year, the NEA Annual report includes an overview of NEA's activities and publications produced during the year, as well as the latest developments in nuclear energy sector around the ...
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24 October 2022
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24 October 2022
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26 October 2022
Venue: NH Hotel Berlin Mitte, Leipziger Str. 106-111, 10117, Berlin, Germany
Radioactive waste is produced in all phases of the nuclear fuel cycle and from the use of radioactive materials in industrial, medical, defence and research applications. Disposal in engineered repos...
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14 October 2022
Members of the Expert Group on comparison and understanding of Dose Prognosis (EGDP) met on 5-6 October 2022
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25 October 2022
NEST Board assembles for 6th meeting in Paris
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25 October 2022
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28 October 2022
Washington DC, USA
The conference will provide a forum for ministers, policymakers, senior officials and experts to engage in high-level dialogue on the role of nuclear energy in the transition to clean energy sources,...
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13 August 2021
International Mentoring Workshop in Spain
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26 October 2022
The FSC workshop participants discussed best practices for community and youth engagement around the topic of radioactive waste disposal.
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26 October 2022
NEA Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy biannual meeting took place on 20-21 October 2022.
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26 October 2022
27 October 2022
15:30-17:00 CEST, Online
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As one of the NEA member countries with the lowest carbon emissions, Switzerland is well positioned to achieve its objective of net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The main features ...
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11 October 2022
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Headquarters of the Institute of Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) - Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
The NEA Committee on Radiological Protection and Public Health (CRPPH) through its Expert Group on Recovery Management (EGRM) invited all interested stakeholders to a workshop Preparedness for post-n...
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14 November 2022
With an electricity system defined by high shares of hydropower, large capacity for interconnection with its neighbours and low carbon intensity, Switzerland is well positioned to attain its objectiv...
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27 October 2022
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2 November 2022
NEA/CSNI/R(2020)7
The cold leg mixing computational fluid dynamics (CFD) – uncertainty quantification (CLM-UQ) benchmark is the fifth benchmark concerning CFD applications to nuclear reactor safety to be organised in ...
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3 November 2022
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3 November 2022
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3 November 2022
Gender balance policy framework approved
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3 November 2022
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3 November 2022
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4 November 2022
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
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Lord Elgin Hotel - Ottawa, Canada
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21 November 2022
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7 November 2022
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7 November 2022
Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities Safety Week
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7 November 2022
FIDES-II members hold meeting at Idaho National Laboratory
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7 November 2022
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9 November 2022
The International Handbook of Evaluated Reactor Physics Benchmark Experiments (IRPhE) contains reactor physics benchmark specifications that have been derived from experiments that were performed at ...
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9 November 2022
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9 November 2022
10 November 2022
13:30-14:30 (GMT+2) at COP27 and online
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4 November 2022
The primary purpose of the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP) is to compile critical and subcritical benchmark experiment data into a standardised format that allo...
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10 November 2022
The International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP) Handbook contains criticality safety benchmark specifications that have been derived from experiments that were performed at...
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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
This page contains a list of the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP) participants and evaluations if any.
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This training course provides instruction on the use of the KENO-VI Monte Carlo code for criticality safety calculations and the MAVRIC (Monaco with Automated Variance Reduction using Importance Calc...
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Due to circumstances imposed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this year's event will take place online.
The 6th edition of the annual NEA TDB course on the topic of thermodynamic data collection a...
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A delegation led by NEA Director-General William D. Magwood, IV attended the conference on 26-28 October 2022.
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16 November 2022
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25 November 2022
NEA Headquarters, 46 Alphonse Le Gallo, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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PHITS (Particle and Heavy Ion Transport code System) is a general purpose Monte Carlo particle transport simulation code developed under a collaboration between Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) and ...
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6 September 2022
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The Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) is jointly sponsored by the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Since 1992, ISOE has provided a forum...
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21 November 2022
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24 November 2022
Tabloo, Dessel, Belgium
How can knowledge of high-level radioactive waste existence, nature and history be passed on to future generations? The NEA Expert Group on Awareness Preservation (EGAP) has been focusing on this que...
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22 November 2022
The 2021 edition can be downloaded online.
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22 November 2022
NEA/CSNI/R(2020)13
Since 2001, the NEA has supported the Senior Expert Group on Safety Research Thermal-hydraulics (SETH), the Primärkreislauf-Versuchsanlage - Primary Coolant Loop Test Facility (PKL), PKL-2 and PKL-3 ...
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23 November 2022
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24 November 2022
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24 November 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
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
NEA/CSNI/R(2019)11
In the ASCET Phase III, the goal was to assess and develop the Phase II (blind benchmark) recommendations using additional test results. The Phase III simulations were performed using a full set of t...
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24 November 2022
General introduction to the Country-Specific Safety Culture Forum and CSSCF Japan
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25 November 2022
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25 November 2022
The new task force will explore radiological protection and publich health challenges of SMRs.
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25 November 2022
MeshTal Viewer user manual
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25 November 2022
End state of debris in the units 1-3 of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings. Photo: Japan Atomic Energy Agency
The Preparatory Study on Analysis of Fuel D...
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25 November 2022
Units 1 and 2 End of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (4th October, 2011). Photo: Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings
The Benchmark Study of the Acci...
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25 November 2022
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1 December 2022
NEA premises, France
Picture: ANSTO
This event has now finished. Speaker presentations are available for download using the links in the 'Download' section.
NEA article reporting on this workshop:
Examining new technolog...
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NEA/NSC/R(2022)4
Under the auspices of the NEA Nuclear Science Committee (NSC), the Working Party on Scientific Issues of Advanced Fuel Cycles (WPFC) was established to co-ordinate scientific activities related to ad...
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29 November 2022
The NEA Working Group on Safety Culture (WGSC) gathered delegates for its biannual meeting on 18-20 October 2022.
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30 November 2022
Two new reports from the WGFS highlight the latest developments in RIA research.
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30 November 2022
Nuclear emergency planning, response and recovery
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30 November 2022
The NEA Committee on Decommissioning of Nuclear Installations and Legacy Management (CDLM) and the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the International Co-operative Programme for the Exchange of Scien...
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30 November 2022
NEA/NSC/R(2022)3/CORR
Please note that this report was initially published in November 2022 (NEA/NSC/R(2022)3) under erroneous benchmark number IIB; in this updated version (NEA/NSC/R(2022)3/CORR) this has been corrected ...
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30 November 2022
Scheme showing the technical scope of NEA ICDE project activities, NEA
Common-cause failure (CCF) events can significantly affect the availability of safety systems of nuclear power plants. In recog...
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30 November 2022
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
Community and industry come together to workshop radioactive waste management strategies
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5 December 2022
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This training course focused on communicating risk on a daily basis. Its aim was to improve the effectiveness of risk communication in order to enhance ...
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27 September 2022
PWR MOX/UO2 Core Transient Benchmark
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7 December 2022
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7 December 2022
Left: Scheme of Studsvik LOCA test facility Right: Microstructure of fragmented nuclear fuel, Studsvik
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8 December 2022
9:30-17:30 CET | Radisson Blu Sobieski Hotel, plac Artura Zawiszy 1, 02-025 Warsaw, Poland, and Online
Attaining net zero carbon emissions by 2050 will require financing and developing significant capacity of new nuclear power generation in the coming years and decades. To facilitate this process, the...
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12 December 2022
Photos: SFP testing. Left: fuel assembly after a Zr fire; right: fire ignition test. SNL/USNRC.
The goal of the Sandia Fuel Project was to provide experimental data relevant for hydraulic and ignitio...
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9 December 2022
PKL facility. Photo: FRAMATOME, Germany
The Experimental Thermal Hydraulics for Analysis, Research and Innovations in Nuclear Safety (ETHARINUS) project serves the objectives of investigating phenome...
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9 December 2022
Realising the contribution of nuclear energy to achieving net zero carbon emission in 2050 will require raising significant amounts of capital at competitive rates. On the basis of work under the aeg...
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12 December 2022
NEA and NRA held joint conference on regulators' views in Tokyo, Japan 10 years after TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi NPS Accident.
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12 December 2022
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
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
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13 December 2022
The 2021 edition contains data from 169 experimental series that were performed at 57 nuclear facilities.
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13 December 2022
NEA’s Working Party on the Technical, Environmental, and Safety Aspects of Decommissioning and Legacy Management gathered for a workshop on 29 November to 1 December 2022 in Paris.
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13 December 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
Phase I - “How to better formulate problems for holistic, inclusive and sustainable decision making?”
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4 January 2023
Courses were held in November 2022 in paris, France.
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14 December 2022
The NEA took part in the International Youth Nuclear Congress on 27 November - 2 December 2022 in Komiyama, Japan. (Image source: IYNC)
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14 December 2022
Second Workshop on International Harvesting Co-operation focused on the status of aged metals harvesting and opportunities for international collaborative research.
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14 December 2022
On 2-4 November, the NEA Working Group on Human and Organisational Factors (WGHOF) held its 32nd biennial meeting at the Nuclear Energy Agency headquarters in Paris, France.
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14 December 2022
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
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
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15 December 2022
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15 December 2022
Pierre Strohl, former Deputy Director-General of the NEA, has passed away.
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30 December 2022
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Since its inception, the NEA has provided a highly flexible and powerful platform for multinational research co-operation, particularly in areas related to providing understanding and insights needed...
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10 January 2023
The Convention on the Establishment of a Security Control in the Field of Nuclear Energy ("Security Control Convention") and the Protocol on the Tribunal established by the Security Control Conventio...
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12 January 2023
Online Event Focusing on Innovation within Nuclear Decommissioning - 25 March 2021
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13 January 2023
NEA/CSNI/R(2020)8
The aim of this report is to examine whether there are any international variations in the electrical power system designs (“design variations”) of nuclear power plants that affect the system respons...
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13 January 2023
This structural materials Joint Experimental Program (JEEP) is aimed at developing the capability to perform a variety of in-core mechanical testing measurements.
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13 January 2023
NEA/RWM/R(2022)1
Robotics and remote systems (RRS) are essential technologies for work in the radiation environments typically encountered in the nuclear back-end, such as in radioactive waste management and decommis...
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13 January 2023
Human and organisational factors lessons learnt implementing post-Fukushima actions
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17 January 2023
Summaries of actions taken and questionnaire responses regarding human and organisational factors addressed by these actions.
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17 January 2023
In the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi accident in March 2011, nuclear regulators, industry organisations, and operating companies across the globe began the process of understanding the lessons l...
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17 January 2023
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17 January 2023
Phase II - “How to balance competing aspects and interests (as defined by the prevailing circumstances) in decision making to reach holistic, inclusive and sustainable decisions?”
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20 January 2023
The NEA hosted the 32nd meeting of the ISOE Management Board.
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18 January 2023
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19 January 2023
NEA/RWM/R(2022)2
Following a safety-oriented, stepwise procedure for geological repository siting, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan (NUMO) requested in 2021 that the NEA facilitate an independent in...
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19 January 2023
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20 January 2023
The NEA performs depositary functions on behalf of the OECD Secretary-General for diverse international agreements.
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26 January 2023
Introduction to the International School of Nuclear Law (ISNL)
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26 January 2023
The NEA event reviews the accomplishments of the joint safety projects.
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27 January 2023
The NEA Data Bank distributes nuclear computer codes and processed nuclear data libraries to eligible IAEA Member countries upon request. Requesters in this category are encouraged to familiarise t...
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27 January 2023
Le Bulletin de droit nucléaire est une publication internationale unique en son genre destinée aux juristes et aux universitaires en droit nucléaire. Ses lecteurs bénéficient d’informations exhaustiv...
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27 January 2023
NEA forms Women in Nuclear Global Chapter
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30 January 2023
Latest status of ratifications or accessions of the Brussels Supplementary Convention (BSC).
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30 January 2023
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30 January 2023
NEA/NSC/R(2021)1
This benchmark report has been compiled under the guidance of the NEA Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS) in the Subgroup on the Role of Integral Experiment Uncertainties and Covarian...
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30 January 2023
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31 January 2023
2 February 2023
16:00-17:30 CET, Online
Uranium is the primary source of fuel for nuclear power plants, which provides large-scale low-carbon baseload electricity for more than 30 countries around the world and is the world’s second larges...
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2 February 2023
The transformative activity of mining has numerous economic, social and environmental impacts that can be both positive and adverse for communities, ecosystems and economies. As the uranium industry ...
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2 February 2023
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2 February 2023
NEA Director-General Magwood shares his forecast for the biggest developments and challenges in the nuclear energy sector in 2023.
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3 February 2023
As part of the NEA Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy, the Rising Stars Programme leverages the weight of the Agency and the academic institutions to build new pipeline...
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7 February 2023
Phase III - “How to transparently implement and post-assess decisions for their holism, inclusiveness and sustainability?”
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21 February 2023
NEA/NSC/R(2021)4
The understanding of nuclear physics and the associated uncertainties is essential to the modelling of all nuclear systems. Nuclear reaction probabilities, emitted particle energies and angles, fissi...
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8 February 2023
NEA webinars explore a common understanding of optimisation as an approach to decision making.
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8 February 2023
International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2023
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10 February 2023
NEA/CSNI/R(2020)2
In order to reach a better understanding of countries’ different approaches to the evaluation of vibrations detected in piping systems and components, the NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Insta...
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15 February 2023
NEA/CSNI/R(2020)14
The present report summarises the main results and learnings from the third phase of the NEA Behaviour of Iodine Project (BIP-3), which was conducted between 2016 and 2019 by the Canadian Nuclear Lab...
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15 February 2023
NEA/NSC/R(2021)3
Monte Carlo criticality calculations involve a two-step procedure based on a stochastic implementation of the power iteration method: first, achieve convergence of the fission source distribution dur...
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17 February 2023
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NEA headquarters (46, quai Alphonse Le Gallo, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France) with a remote access option
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30 January 2023
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21 February 2023
This brochure is published in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the NEA Regulators' Forum (RF). The document describes the history of RF, its major milestones, achievements, and vision for the...
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23 February 2023
The TAF-ID public version contains only data already published in open literature. Currently, the following systems are available in the public version:
- oxide-carbide fuel (U-Pu-O-C, released Decemb...
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23 February 2023
The NEA Working Party on Information, Data and Knowledge Management discussed the topic of AI and data preservation during their third plenary meeting on 7-8 February 2023.
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24 February 2023
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
Thermodynamic databases and accident prevention
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24 February 2023
Expert groups on structural and fuel materials meet to advance materials science activities
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24 February 2023
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3 March 2023
Paris, France
***The course is full***
This intermediate course is designed for people who have some experience in running MCNP Monte Carlo calculations, but who would like to refresh or advance their skills. Prov...
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3 March 2023
OECD Conference Centre, Paris
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The 2023 International Nuclear Law Essentials (INLE) programme will be conducted under the leadership of Paul Bowden, Honorary Professor of Law at the Nottingham La...
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7 February 2023
NEA delegation was in Japan for a series of bilateral meetings and events with students.
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27 February 2023
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2 March 2023
Under the guidance of the Working Party on Materials Science Issues in Nuclear Fuels and Structural Materials (WPFM), the Expert Group on Structural Materials (EGSM) focuses on materials science aspe...
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3 March 2023
Under the guidance of the Working Party on Materials Science Issues in Nuclear Fuels and Structural Materials (WPFM), the Expert Group on Fuel Materials (EGFM) focuses on materials science aspects of...
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3 March 2023
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10 March 2023
Paris, France
This advanced course is designed for people who have experience in running MCNP Monte Carlo calculations, but who would like to advance their skills and develop greater depth of understanding of theo...
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28 August 2023
High Burnup Experiments in Reactivity Initiated Accident (HERA) is dedicated to the understanding of LWR fuel performance at high burn-up under reactivity-initiated accidents (RIA).
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6 March 2023
This benchmark is organised to examine the models for fission gas release during anticipated operational occurrences (AOOs).
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7 March 2023
8 March 2023
13:30-15:00 CET, Online
Female scientists and engineers pioneered the nuclear and radiological fields, with leaders and innovators such as Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Lise Meitner, among many others, establishing the foundat...
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10 February 2023
Female scientists and engineers pioneered the nuclear and radiological fields, with leaders and innovators such as Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Lise Meitner, among many others, establishing the foundat...
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8 March 2023
Improving gender balance in nuclear
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8 March 2023
Under the guidance of the Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS) the expert group performs specific tasks associated with fuel performance aspects of pr...
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8 March 2023
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9 March 2023
On 11 March 2011, a massive earthquake of magnitude 9.0 on the Richter scale jolted the eastern coast of Japan. An hour after the earthquake, a 14-15 m tsunami, as estimated at the Fukushima Daiichi ...
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9 March 2023
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13 March 2023
15:00-16:30 CET, Online
Nuclear innovation in small modular reactors (SMRs) has the potential to address multiple energy policy priorities around the world, from decarbonising electricity and deep decarbonisation of hard-to...
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27 February 2023
Recueil des décisions, recommandations et interprétations concernant la convention de Paris
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13 March 2023
Compilation of the decisions, recommendations and interpretations concerning the Paris Convention
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13 March 2023
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13 March 2023
All low-carbon solutions will be required to achieve the world's net zero targets. Nuclear energy has a role to play in meeting this need. A wave of innovation in small modular reactors (SMRs) is adv...
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13 March 2023
International Nuclear Law Essentials course
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15 March 2023
Strengthening the future of the nuclear sector’s workforce
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16 March 2023
The WPRS met from 20-24 February 2023.
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17 March 2023
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
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
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
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
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 9th edition of the Computational Fluid Dynamics for Nuclear Reactor Safety workshop was hosted by Texas A&M University on 20-22 February 2023.
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23 March 2023
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23 March 2023
NEA delegation participates in discussions at the Regulatory Information Conference in Washington D.C.
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27 March 2023
NEA organises a mentoring workshop in the United Kingdom on International Women's Day.
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28 March 2023
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29 March 2023
Paris Convention Exposé des Motifs - Bilingual (with disclosure)
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29 March 2023
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29 March 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 countries ...
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30 March 2023
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OECD Headquarters, Paris
Dates: 3-7 April, 2023
Place: OECD Headquarters in Paris, France
Minimum enrollment required: 12 participants
Course fee: 1000 EUR
This 4.5-day interactive course is intended to give students a thorough...
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27 January 2023
Uranium is the main raw material fuelling all nuclear fission reactors today. Countries around the world use it to reliably generate low-carbon electricity, process heat and hydrogen as part of their...
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3 April 2023
Anciens numéros du Bulletin de droit nucléaire (nos 1 à 80).
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3 April 2023
Older issues of the Nuclear Law Bulletin (Nos. 1 to 80).
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3 April 2023
NEA/NSC/R(2022)5
This report presents the results of a benchmark study on innovative fuels for fast reactors using fuel performance codes. Irradiation results were shared among participants of the expert group and co...
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3 April 2023
État d’avancement des ratifications ou des adhésions à la Convention de Paris sur la responsabilité civile nucléaire.
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4 April 2023
Latest status of ratifications or accessions to the Paris Convention on Nuclear Third Party Liability.
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4 April 2023
The main mission of the Working Group on Fuel Safety (WGFS) is to advance the current understanding and address cross-cutting issues related to fuel behaviour in accident conditions, including work o...
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5 April 2023
Left: Test facility for qualification of melt spreading tests. Photo: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL).
Right: Example of corium melt pouring for a melt spreading preparatory test. Photo: Argonne Nat...
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6 April 2023
EGPRS Task Force members met on 3 April 2023.
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7 April 2023
With the growing importance of SMRs, following the proposal of the CSNI Bureau, the CSNI has decided to create an Expert Group on SMRs (EGSMR), at its 69th meeting held on 2-3 June 2021.
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7 April 2023
NEA Nuclear Education, Skills and Technology (NEST) Framework leaflet (2023).
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7 April 2023
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7 April 2023
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13 April 2023
Online training course
Dates: 12-13 April 2023
- Wednesday, 12 April 2023: lectures
- Thursday, 13 April 2023: practice
Location: Online course, 9:00-13:00 (CEST, UTC+02:00, Paris time)
Course fee: 50 EUR
Registration de...
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8 March 2023
Development started on DATIF, the DATabase for IFpe, in 2018 in order to enhance accessibility to the IFPE legacy collection of integral fuel performance experiments data, jointly put together by the...
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12 April 2023
NEA News is the professional journal of the NEA. It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nuclear safety and regulatio...
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13 April 2023
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17 April 2023
The NEA will hold the Third Stakeholder Involvement workshop to advance the issue of optimisation in decision making on 5-7 September 2023, in close co-operation with all interested NEA Standing Tech...
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17 April 2023
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18 April 2023
NEA/NSC/R(2021)5
Since the early 2000s there is an increasing demand from nuclear research, industry, safety and regulation for best-estimate predictions to be provided with their confidence bounds. Consequently, an ...
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18 April 2023
Guidance to request the data collection of nuclear fuel performance experiments for the purpose of code development and validation.
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19 April 2023
A cabinet containing copper bus before the HEAF test (left) and after the test(right). Source: NRC
Massive electrical discharges, referred to as high energy arcing faults (HEAF), have occurred in nuc...
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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 CRPPH held its annual meeting on 4-6 April 2023 at the NEA premises in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
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21 April 2023
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
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28 April 2023
NEA Headquarters, 46 Alphonse Le Gallo, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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21 April 2023
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24 April 2023
The Technical Review Groups for both projects met at the NEA headquarters on 3-7 April 2023.
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24 April 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 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 goal of the Benchmark for Uncertainty Analysis in Best-Estimate Modelling for Design, Operation and Safety Analysis of Light Water Reactors (LWR-UAM) is to determine the uncertainty in light wate...
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25 April 2023
Approximately 30 experts from WGAMA discussed how to advance the understanding of phenomena in pool in the situation of a loss of cooling accident.
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25 April 2023
The Horonobe International Joint Project (HIP) is a collaborative project between the NEA and Japan Atomic Energy Agency established in February 2023.
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25 April 2023
NEST Alumni share valuable lessons from their fellowships
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25 April 2023
Cabri Reactor (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives)
The Cabri International Project (CIP) began in March 2000 to study the behaviour of nuclear fuel rods and cladding durin...
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26 April 2023
An NEA delegation led by Director-General William D. Magwood, IV visited the Netherlands to meet with government and industry representatives.
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26 April 2023
The Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy convened on 20-21 April in Paris.
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26 April 2023
NEA Regulators' Forum meet at the NEA in Paris to discuss regulatory issues
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26 April 2023
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Online training & in-person event on 22-23 May 2023 in Bologna, Italy
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11 December 2023
Presidential Decree on Organisation and Duties of the Nuclear Regulatory Authority
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2 May 2023
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The CDLM assists member states in holistically addressing challenges in the execution of decommissioning and legacy management through sharing experiences among members with a broad range of expertis...
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5 May 2023
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Krakow, Poland
The ENYGF is a biennial event that alternates with the International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC). The ENYGF’s objective is to provide a network for international communication and sharing knowledge...
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9 May 2023
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10 May 2023
Convention de Bruxelles complémentaire à la Convention de Paris: Texte consolidé officieux et exposé des motifs
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12 May 2023
The overall objective of the High-level Group on Low Dose Research (HLG-LDR) is to support radiological protection policy, regulation and implementation choices by improving the effectiveness and eff...
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12 May 2023
1963 Brussels Supplementary Convention
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12 May 2023
1982 Protocol to Amend 1963 Brussels Supplementary Convention
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12 May 2023
1964 Protocol to Amend 1963 Brussels Supplementary Convention
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12 May 2023
1963 Brussels Supplementary Convention as Amended in 1964 and 1982 (bilingual)
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12 May 2023