Image: Microscopic examination of U-bearing particles collected at Fukushima-Daiichi, JAEA

Image: Microscopic examination of U-bearing particles collected at Fukushima-Daiichi, JAEA

TCOFF Phases

First Phase (2017-2020)

The Thermodynamic Characterisation of Fuel Debris and Fission Products ...

The NEA efforts were highlighted at the OECD Forum on Gender Equality and the International Conference on Nuclear Security.

This Joint workshop on initiatives of low-dose research co-ordination was co-organised by EPRI and its IDEA network, and by the NEA High-Level Group on Low-Dose Research (HLG-LDR). It continued colla...

Chemical Thermodynamics series

This is Volume 15 in the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) “Chemical Thermodynamics” series that features expert reviews of the chemical thermodynamics of key chemical elements in nuclear technology a...

Registrations are open for the second edition in October.

Rebecca Tadesse, the NEA's Head of the Division of Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning, visited Japan's Ministry of the Environment's headquarters to observe the significant progress mad...

Project members also launched the next phase.

Participants from 14 organisations, representing 11 countries, performed the benchmark exercise. Each participant provided a high-level summary of the leak-before-break (LBB) requirements in their co...

The NEA Nuclear Science Committee (NSC) mandated the Expert Group on Multi-Physics Experimental Data, Benchmarks and Validation (EGMPEBV) in 2014 to provide oversight of activities associated with th...

This report analyses 36 events that regulators have observed during the construction of new nuclear power reactors, from siting to licensing and oversight. The database is part of the Contruction Exp...

Experts met in Paris.

CSNI and CNRA meetings took place on 4-7 June.

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 ...

The International School on Simulation of Nuclear Reactor Systems took place in Italy. 

Increasing the contribution of nuclear energy to global production of electricity provides a practical pathway toward reaching ambitious net zero carbon emission targets. The value of nuclear energy ...

Discussions focused on future activities related to the three research tasks carried out at the Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory.

WPRS organised annual benchmarks workshop.

To mark the occassion, an event was organised in Loen, Norway.

The tsunami that followed the Great East Japan earthquake on 11 March 2011 led to beyond design-basis accidents at Units 1, 2 and 3 of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant even though they had b...

At its 61st meeting, the CSNI approved the recommended task on the benchmark on external events hazard frequency and magnitude statistical modelling, to be pursued by the WGEV. Modelling of these ext...

In continuation of the NEA-guided experimental programmes at the PKL test facility in Germany operated by Framatome GmbH, the fourth phase of the NEA PKL project was conducted between June 2016 and S...

The Seventh International Conference on Geological Repositories (ICGR-7) took place in Korea.

The Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS) and its expert groups co-ordinate benchmark activities on Reactor Single- and Multi-Physics. The benchmark ac...

The Risk Communication Training Course (RCTC) is an yearly course organised by the NEA focusing on communicating risk on a daily basis. Its aim is to improve the effectiveness of risk communication i...

Delegates presented country-specific updates, highlighting findings from stakeholder surveys and identifying cultural differences that impact trust-building efforts.

The NEA High-level Group on Stakeholder Engagement, Trust, Transparency and Social Sciences (hereafter referred as HLG-SET) engages at the senior policy-level to cultivate a deeper understanding of t...