The Metal Subgroup of the NEA Working Group on Integrity and Ageing of Components and Structures (WGIAGE) will organise the Pipe Integrity Workshop to:

• present the outcomes from the three piping int...

Common cause failure (CCF) events can significantly impact the availability of the safety systems of nuclear power plants. For this reason, several countries initiated the International Common-Cause ...

The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Working Group on External Events (WGEV) was established by the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) in June 2014 with the aim of improving the under...

The specialist workshop entitled “Reactor Core and Containment Cooling Systems: Long-term Management and Reliability (RCCS-2021)” was organised by the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) as part of the activ...

DOI: 10.1787/cd079210-en

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 pro...

10.1787/0df32944-en

While there is a growing interest in the deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs) as a promising option to help mitigate climate change, further international efforts are neede...

Thermodynamics of Advanced Fuels - International Database (TAF-ID) project, which has been running for over 10 years, uses the ‘Calphad’ method to develop a thermodynamic database as a computational ...

TCOFF-2 is the second phase of the NEA joint project Thermodynamic Characterisation of Fuel Debris and Fission Products Based on Scenario Analysis of Severe Accident Progression running until 2026.

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.

The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has launched the fourth phase of the Advanced Thermal-Hydraulic Test Loop for Accident Simulation (ATLAS) project, continuing its mission to address critical thermal-h...