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Small modular reactors (SMRs) are technologies capable of harnessing the energy from nuclear fission reactions to produce heat and electricity with power outputs typically smaller than 300 MWe, with ...

The fourth FACE meeting brought together experts to Cologne, Germany.

An NEA delegation last week travelled to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to take part in the 37th Africa Union Summit.

The NEA will host an international workshop on the economics of small modular reactors (SMRs) at Fairmont Château Laurier in Ottawa, Canada, on Tuesday, 27 February 2024. This international workshop ...

The Joint NEA-IAEA Uranium Group discussed latest and future activities during a meeting in Paris.

Fire protection layer for electrical cables

The Stress Corrosion Cracking and Cable Ageing Project (SCAP) lasted four years (2006-2010). The project’s main objectives were to:

• establish two comple...

Long-handled tools are used to remove the damaged core from the TMI unit 2 reactor in the US. Samples taken from the fuel and the reactor vessel are examined to provide information about the Behaviou...

Cable samples of Beznau NPP

In 2006, two subjects, stress corrosion cracking and the degradation of cable insulation were selected as the focus of the Stress Corrosion Cracking and Cable Ageing Pro...

Pipe Degradation & Failure as a Function of In-Service Time (Years) at the time of the OPDE project closure

The goals of the Piping Failure Data Exchange (OPDE) Project were to:

• collect and analys...

Under the guidance of the Nuclear Science Committee (NSC), the Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS) studies the reactor physics, fuel performance, an...

The WGLSC is responsible for supporting and advising the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) in carrying out its programme of work in areas related to leadership and safety culture.

The Working Group on Policy and Licensing (WGPL) is responsible for supporting and advising the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) in carrying out its programme of work in areas relate...

The Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) is an international committee created in 1989 to guide the NEA concerning safety in the regulation, licensing and inspection of nuclear installat...

The Working Group in Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations (WGPC) provided a forum for nuclear regulatory organisation communicators and outreach officers to exchange information, ...

The Critical Heat Flux (CHF) benchmark exercise of the Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Scientific Computing in Nuclear Engineering leverages the recently published CHF ...

In November 2022, the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) launched an international survey in the framework of the Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy. The survey sought to...

This handbook makes international guidance on estimating decommissioning costs more accessible by compiling material from two key reports: the International Structure for Decommissioning Costing (ISD...

In June 2017, the NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installation (CSNI) approved the Working Group on Risk Assessment (WGRISK) activity Digital I&C PSA – Comparative application of Digital Instr...

During the 28-30 January 2019 meeting on Digital I&C PSA – Comparative application of Digital Instrumentation and Control (I&C) Modelling Approaches for Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) hosted b...