The Technical Workshop on Fuel Cycle Simulation (TWoFCS) is an international forum for collaboration and discussion on advancements in nuclear fuel cycle simulations. It serves as a platform for rese...
Under the guidance of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Nuclear Science Committee (NSC), the Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS) studies the reactor ph...
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...
Members of the FIDES-II Joint Project meet in Paris to receive updates on the nine ongoing irradiation experiments and consider what’s next.
The NEA Second Framework for Irradiation Experiments (FIDES-II) supports the fuel and material experimental needs of nuclear safety regulators, technical support organisations, research institutions ...
The Working Party on Scientific Issues of Advanced Fuel Cycles (WPFC) studies advanced nuclear fuel cycles, including fuel cycle scenarios, innovative fuels and materials, separation chemistry, waste...
Experts met on 17-19 September for the 25th WGFS annual meeting in Paris.
This report established by the NEA Working Group on Fuel Safety (WGFS) of the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) compiles the state-of-the-art knowledge on fuel behaviour in loss...
The Expert Group on Innovative Fuel Elements (EGIFE), operating under the auspices of the Working Party on Scientific Issues of Advanced Fuel Cycles (WPFC), launched an activity to produce a set of r...
The Working Group on Fuel Cycle Safety (WGFCS), which is part of the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installation (CSNI) of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), held an international workshop on devel...
Rising international interest in increasing fuel burnup limits and fuel cycle length may require fuel enrichment above 5% and high reactivity/high suppression core designs. Based on this interest in ...
The NEA nuclear science programme is developed and executed by the Nuclear Science Committee (NSC), comprising high-level scientific experts from all NEA member countries.
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...
Project members also launched the next phase.
To mark the occassion, an event was organised in Loen, Norway.
The aim of the benchmark is to improve understanding and modelling of pellet-cladding mechanical interaction (PCMI) amongst NEA member organisations. This is achieved by comparing PCMI predictions of...
WPFM and its expert groups met in Paris.
WPFC member gathered to discuss current and future activities.
The Halden Reactor Project has been in operation at the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) in Norway since 1958 and is the oldest NEA joint project. It brings together a large international techni...
The meeting marked an important transition for the framework with the launch of four new Joint Experimental Programmes (JEEPs).