Heavy liquid metals such as lead or lead-bismuth have been proposed and investigated as coolants for fast reactors since the 1950s. More recently, there has been renewed interest worldwide in the use...

Workshops seek to create motivating connections between female students and senior female representatives in STEM.

NEA Director-General William D. Magwood was in Spain on 16-17 January for a series of meetings.

Safe disposal of radioactive waste (RW), including spent fuel, must take into consideration long timescales as implied by radioactive waste management (RWM). The NEA Radioactive Waste Management Comm...

The disposal of long-lived radioactive waste in a deep geological repository (DGR) is a scientifically and technically credible solution that meets the need for long-term safety without reliance on a...

The group met in Paris to discuss future activities.

The NEA proposes a wide range of online and in-person courses and initiatives in nuclear-related fields.

A group of researchers and experts operating under the aegis of the High-Level Group of Low Dose Research, a working party of the Committee on Radiological Protection and Public Health (NEA CRPPH)

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

Some 100 international experts convened in New Jersey, U.S for the Workshop on Extended Storage and Transportation of Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste from Current and Future Reactor Technologies.

The Contracting Parties to the Paris Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy held a meeting to discuss the application of the Paris Convention to nuclear incidents on the h...

More than 20 international experts gathered for the second meeting of the third phase of the TAF-ID project.

The project participants, who come from 19 organisations in 8 countries, met in December 2023 in Karlsruhe.

Fourth Country-Specific Safety Culture Forum brings together operators, regulators, local governments, international observers.

Workshop gathers global experts to better understand the situation in Ukraine and increase co-operation.

This COP28 was a historic event for nuclear energy when it was formally specified as one of the solutions to climate change. 

In the framework of the WGAMA/WGFS activity "Status Report on Good Practices for Analyses of Design Extension Condition without Significant Fuel Degradation (DEC-A) for Operating Nuclear Power Plants...

PAKS control room.

Under an agreement with the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, (JAERI), the NEA supported an international research project with the goal of developing a plant safety monito...

JEFF Nuclear Data Week promotes co-operation between experimentalists, evaluators, producers and end-users of nuclear data.

The Management Board of the Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) held its 33^rd meeting in Vienna on 4-7 December 2023.

The NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) and the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) convened on 4-8 December to discuss current activities and plan future body o...

“Improving Cross-disciplinary and Transversal Skills for the Severe Accidents Community” approved by NEST Management Board.

The 2023 MMSNF takes place in Canada.

Accelerating SMRs for Net Zero will establish a practical, solutions-oriented platform with a defined plan of work for collaboration and knowledge exchange to support decision makers in maximising th...

The NEA participated in the 28th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to shed light on nuclear energy’s role in addressing climate change.

This synthesis report summarises the technical programme and the outcome of the 2018 International Severe Accident Management Conference (ISAMC-2018) organised in Ottawa, Ontario on 15-18 October 201...

As noted in the Joint CSNI/CNRA Strategic Plan and Mandates (NEA, 2019), the safe operation of current, new and advanced nuclear facilities is a key challenge for nuclear regulators and technical saf...

A total of 16 countries are parties to the Paris Convention.

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...

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 ...

The Working Party on Multi-scale Modelling of Fuels and Structural Material for Nuclear Systems (WPMM) was established to deal with the scientific and engineering aspects of fuels and structural mate...

The Expert Group on Reactor Systems Multi-Physics (EGMUP) advances the state of the art in establishing processes and procedures for certifying experimental data and benchmarking multi-physics multi-...