The fundamental objective of all nuclear safety regulatory bodies is to ensure that activities related to the peaceful use of nuclear energy are carried out in a safe manner within their respective c...

Defence in depth (DiD) is a concept that has been used for many years alongside tools to optimise nuclear safety in reactor design, assessment and regulation. The 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power...

The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Working Group on the Safety of Advanced Reactors (WGSAR) has been focused on the regulatory activities in the primary area of advanced reactors and associated installa...

Irrespective of current views on the future of nuclear power programmes, concerns are arising with respect to the long-term ability to preserve safety competence because student enrolments in nuclear...

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...

DOI: 10.1787/9789264014244-fr

On distingue habituellement deux phases dans le cycle du combustible nucléaire, l'amont et l'aval, qui recouvrent respectivement l'extraction et la préparation du combus...

DOI: 10.1787/b94e0fcc-ja

東日本大震災とそれに続く福島第一原子力発電所事故から10年が経ち、多くの教訓が得られたが、まだ多くの課題が残っている。
この報告書は福島第一原子力発電所の現況と、事故後の日本の当局並びに国際社会の対応について報告するもので、事故に起因する多面的な問題を政策決定者と一般市民双方が理解することに役立つであろう。それには、災害復旧努力、損害賠償、原子力安...

Nuclear safety can be understood as accident prevention in nuclear installations, via its systems and its human resources, and the mitigation of risks and consequences if an accident should occur.

DOI: 10.1787/g2gh1c79-en

ISBN-13: 9789264155091

Major nuclear safety research facilities and programmes are facing increasing budgetary constraints, and in many cases are being closed or terminated. ...

10.1787/124c2774-en

Much has been learnt in the ten years since the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and the subsequent accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, but significant challenges...