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    International School of Nuclear Law (ISNL) 2023 Session
    21 August 2023 - 1 September 2023
    Montpellier, France

    The application period for the 2023 session is now open.

    The application period closes on 31 March 2023.

    Application Form 

    English Nuclear law Education ISNL Education and training opportunities …
    Published date: 20 January 2023
    Activity
    Nuclear Law Bulletin (NLB)

    The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law.

    English Nuclear law French Publications programme Nuclear Law Bulletin …
    Published date: 20 March 2023
    Activity
    Bulletin de droit nucléaire (BDN)

    Le Bulletin de droit nucléaire est une publication internationale unique en son genre destinée aux juristes et aux universitaires en droit nucléaire.

    English Nuclear law Nuclear law French Publications programme Nuclear Law Bulletin …
    Published date: 17 March 2023
    Publications and Reports
    The NEA Small Modular Reactor Dashboard

    All low-carbon solutions will be required to achieve the world's net zero targets. Nuclear energy has a role to play in meeting this need. A wave of innovation in small modular reactors (SMRs) is adv...

    English SMR Small modular reactors Nuclear energy and climate change Nuclear technology Nuclear innovation Climate change …
    Published date: 13 March 2023
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    References for the NEA Small Modular Reactor Dashboard

    This document provides sources used in the NEA SMR Dashboard.

    English
    Published date: 13 March 2023
    Publications and Reports
    Gender Balance in the Nuclear Sector

    Female scientists and engineers pioneered the nuclear and radiological fields, with leaders and innovators such as Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Lise Meitner, among many others, establishing the foundat...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Gender Balance Task Group Gender balance STEM Capacity building and gender …
    Published date: 8 March 2023
    Publications and Reports
    ISNL Commemorative Brochure

    The International School of Nuclear Law (ISNL) Commemorative Brochure highlights the history, academics and unique features of the ISNL that contribute to the "Spirit of Montpellier". In addition, th...

    English Nuclear law Nuclear law Education Training ISNL Education and training opportunities …
    Published date: 16 February 2023
    Publications and Reports
    Maximising Uranium Mining’s Social and Economic Benefits: A Guide for Stakeholders

    The transformative activity of mining has numerous economic, social and environmental impacts that can be both positive and adverse for communities, ecosystems and economies. As the uranium industry ...

    English Uranium Environmental protection Nuclear economics Nuclear technology Uranium mining Nuclear economics …
    Published date: 2 February 2023
    NEA Document
    Role of Integral Experiment Covariance Data for Criticality Safety Validation: EG UACSA Benchmark Phase IV
    NEA/NSC/R(2021)1

    This benchmark report has been compiled under the guidance of the NEA Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS) in the Subgroup on the Role of Integral Experiment Uncertainties and Covarian...

    English UACSA Criticality safety Criticality WPNCS Nuclear science Benchmark …
    Published date: 30 January 2023
    NEA Document
    The Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan’s Pre-siting Safety Case Based on the Site Descriptive Model: An International Peer Review of the NUMO Safety Case
    NEA/RWM/R(2022)2

    Following a safety-oriented, stepwise procedure for geological repository siting, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan (NUMO) requested in 2021 that the NEA facilitate an independent in...

    English Peer review Deep geological repository (DGR) High-level waste (HLW) Japan Radioactive waste management RWMC Radioactive waste Safety case Geological disposal Features events and processes (FEPs) …
    Published date: 19 January 2023
    Other
    Complementary material to “Role of Integral Experiment Covariance Data for Criticality Safety Validation: EG UACSA Benchmark Phase IV”
    English UACSA Criticality safety Criticality Benchmark …
    Published date: 17 January 2023
    Publications and Reports
    Post-Fukushima Action Implementation at Nuclear Installations: Human and Organisational Factors Lessons Learnt

    In the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi accident in March 2011, nuclear regulators, industry organisations, and operating companies across the globe began the process of understanding the lessons l...

    English WGHOF Fukushima Human and organisational factors Japan Human and organisational factors Accident management …
    Published date: 17 January 2023
    NEA Document
    Status, Barriers and Cost-Benefits of Robotic and Remote Systems Applications in Nuclear Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Management
    NEA/RWM/R(2022)1

    Robotics and remote systems (RRS) are essential technologies for work in the radiation environments typically encountered in the nuclear back-end, such as in radioactive waste management and decommis...

    English CDLM EGRRS Decommissioning and legacy management Radioactive waste management RWMC Remote and robotic system Innovation Radioactive waste management Back-end …
    Published date: 13 January 2023
    Other
    Summary of the EGRRS Dedicated Contribution at the DigiDecom 2021 DIGITAL

    Online Event Focusing on Innovation within Nuclear Decommissioning - 25 March 2021

    English Decommissioning EGRRS Decommissioning and legacy management Nuclear decommissioning …
    Published date: 13 January 2023
    Publications and Reports
    Advanced Technology Answers to the Climate Challenge: The Vital Importance of Nuclear Science and Technology Education
    English Nuclear energy and climate change Education Nuclear Education, Skills and Technology (NEST) Framework Policy Brief Global Forum Climate change Education and capacity building …
    Published date: 12 December 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Financing New Nuclear Power Plants: Minimising the Cost of Capital by Optimising Risk Management

    Realising the contribution of nuclear energy to achieving net zero carbon emission in 2050 will require raising significant amounts of capital at competitive rates. On the basis of work under the aeg...

    English New build Decarbonisation Nuclear economics Nuclear energy and climate change Climate change Financing Nuclear economics …
    Published date: 12 December 2022
    NEA Document
    Phase III of the Assessment of Structures Subjected to Concrete Pathologies (ASCET): Final Report
    NEA/CSNI/R(2019)11

    In the ASCET Phase III, the goal was to assess and develop the Phase II (blind benchmark) recommendations using additional test results. The Phase III simulations were performed using a full set of t...

    English Nuclear safety Nuclear safety research CSNI PRG Safety assessment CSNI Safety Structural materials CNRA WGIAGE …
    Published date: 24 November 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Occupational Exposures at Nuclear Power Plants

    The Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) is jointly sponsored by the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Since 1992, ISOE has provided a forum...

    English Occupational exposure Radiological protection Radiological protection for occupational exposure at nuclear Installations
    Published date: 21 November 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Achieving Net Zero Carbon Emissions in Switzerland in 2050: Low Carbon Scenarios and their System Costs

    With an electricity system defined by high shares of hydropower, large capacity for interconnection with its neighbours and low carbon intensity, Switzerland is well positioned to attain its objectiv...

    English System cost Nuclear economics Nuclear energy and climate change Switzerland Climate change Nuclear economics Sustainable development and nuclear energy …
    Published date: 27 October 2022
    Publications and Reports
    2021 NEA Annual Report

    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 ...

    English
    Published date: 24 October 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 101 – Volume 2018/2

    The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law. It provides readers with authoritative and comprehensive information o...

    English Nuclear law Nuclear law Publications programme Nuclear Law Bulletin …
    Published date: 19 October 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Principles and Practice of International Nuclear Law

    Principles and Practice of International Nuclear Law examines the various interrelated legal issues for the safe, efficient and secure use of nuclear energy. It provides an overview of the complex bo...

    English Nuclear law Nuclear law Liability and compensation Nuclear safety Education International conventions and agreements Nuclear liability Publications programme ISNL Education and training opportunities Training …
    Published date: 19 October 2022
    Publications and Reports
    State-of-the-art Report on Nuclear Fuel Behaviour Under Reactivity-initiated Accident Conditions (RIA SOAR)

    As a follow-up to the 2010 NEA report Nuclear Fuel Behaviour under Reactivity-initiated Accident (RIA) Conditions: State-of-the-art Report 2010, this report presents the state-of-the-art knowledge on...

    Fuel in nuclear safety English Nuclear fuel Nuclear safety Nuclear safety research WGFS Safety research …
    Published date: 17 October 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Human and Organisational Performance in Nuclear Installations

    This report from the NEA Working Group on Human and Organisational Performance establishes a common understanding around the terms human performance (HP), organisational performance (OP), and human a...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Human and organisational factors Human and organisational factors
    Published date: 10 October 2022
    NEA Document
    Prestressed Concrete Reactor Containment Behaviour in Test Condition Taking into Account Ageing Effects (VeRCoRs)
    NEA/CSNI/R(2019)15

    The VeRCoRs facility mock-up is a reactor containment building at 1/3 scale. The mock-up is instrumented so that its behaviour is monitored from the beginning of construction. More than 700 sensors a...

    English Nuclear safety Nuclear safety research CSNI PRG CSNI Safety Safety research CNRA WGIAGE …
    Published date: 27 September 2022
    Publications and Reports
    NEA Data Bank brochure
    English Data Bank
    Published date: 27 September 2022
    Other
    Appendices D-I - Benchmark on Deterministic Transport Calculations Without Spatial Homogenisation: A 2-D/3-D MOX Fuel Assembly Benchmark

    Appendix D. Reference multi-group Monte Carlo solution
    Appendix E. Complementary reference multi-group Monte Carlo solutions and comparison
    Appendix F. Two-dimensional result analysis
    Appendix G. All co...

    English
    Published date: 26 September 2022
    Publications and Reports
    The Role of Nuclear Power in the Hydrogen Economy

    Hydrogen is expected to play important roles in decarbonised energy systems, as an energy source for otherwise hard-to-electrify sectors as well as a storage vector to enhance power system flexibilit...

    English Cogeneration Nuclear economics Hydrogen Nuclear energy and climate change Nuclear technology Climate change Nuclear economics …
    Published date: 21 September 2022
    Publications and Reports
    NEA News 39.1-39.2

    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...

    English Decommissioning Fukushima Decarbonisation Nuclear safety Nuclear economics Nuclear technology Radioactive waste management Capacity building and gender Climate change Radioactive waste COP26 Nuclear energy and climate change Human and organisational factors …
    Published date: 31 August 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Summary of the NEA Workshop on Competency Management of Regulators (COMAREG)

    The NEA organised a Workshop on Competency Management of regulators for the broad discussion of the challenges regarding the competency of regulators in the areas of radioactive waste management, dec...

    English RF Regulation Radioactive waste management
    Published date: 5 August 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Beyond Electricity: The Economics of Nuclear Cogeneration

    Nuclear energy is an important source of low-carbon electricity and plays a significant role in avoiding carbon emissions. It has the potential to contribute further to the decarbonisation of the wor...

    English Nuclear economics Hydrogen Nuclear technology Low-carbon generation Electricity generation Cogeneration COGEN Nuclear economics …
    Published date: 22 July 2022
    Publications and Reports
    CSNI Technical Opinion Paper No. 19 - Applicability of Nuclear Fuel Safety Criteria to Accident-Tolerant Fuel Designs

    Following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, many countries began funding research and development on nuclear fuel designs with enhanced accident tolerance (ATFs). ATFs have i...

    Fuel in nuclear safety English Nuclear safety research Accident tolerant fuels WGFS Technical Opinion Papers …
    Published date: 18 July 2022
    Other
    Topical Opinion Paper No. 19: Applicability of Nuclear Fuel Safety Criteria to Accident-Tolerant Fuel Designs - Evaluation tables
    English
    Published date: 18 July 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 107 – Volume 2021/2

    The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law. It provides readers with authoritative and comprehensive information o...

    English Nuclear law Nuclear law Publications programme
    Published date: 7 July 2022
    NEA Document
    Summary Report of the Joint Symposium on Decommissioning, Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, and Food Safety: Rebuilding Post-Accident Confidence
    NEA/CRPPH/R(2019)5

    The Joint Symposium on “Decommissioning, Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, and Food Safety: Rebuilding Post-Accident Confidence” – organised by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developmen...

    English
    Published date: 22 June 2022
    Publications and Reports
    High-temperature Gas-cooled Reactors and Industrial Heat Applications

    Reducing industrial carbon emissions is one of the most difficult challenges on the path to net zero by 2050 due to the magnitude of greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial sector and technical ...

    English SMR Cogeneration Generation IV reactors Gas-cooled reactors Hydrogen Nuclear technology …
    Published date: 16 June 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Organisational Capabilities for Decommissioning Nuclear Installations

    The number of nuclear reactors approaching decommissioning, or already in the process of decommissioning, is increasing globally. Planning and performing decommissioning and dismantling activities ra...

    English WGHOF Human and organisational factors Organisational aspects of decommissioning and legacy management Nuclear decommissioning Human and organisational factors …
    Published date: 10 June 2022
    Other
    StatLink files for Nuclear Energy Data 2021

    StatLink files from Nuclear Energy Data 2021. Download all the Excel files from the volume in one click.

    English
    Published date: 8 June 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Nuclear Energy Data 2021

    Nuclear Energy Data is the Nuclear Energy Agency’s annual compilation of statistics and country reports documenting nuclear power status in NEA member countries and in the OECD area. Information prov...

    English Nuclear energy data Nuclear economics Nuclear technology
    Published date: 1 June 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Building a Framework for Post-Nuclear Accident Recovery Preparedness

    More than ten years after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, many lessons have been learnt that have helped improve preparedness for nuclear emergencies and awareness of the global r...

    English Radiological protection in nuclear or radiological emergencies Radiological protection Environmental protection Fukushima Chernobyl WPNEM CRPPH Radiological protection EGRM Accident management Emergency preparedness and response …
    Published date: 18 May 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Meeting Climate Change Targets: The Role of Nuclear Energy

    All credible models show that nuclear energy has an important role to play in global climate change mitigation efforts (e.g. IEA, 2021; BNEF, 2021; IIASA, 2021). Despite clear analyses from many sour...

    English Generation IV reactors Hydrogen Nuclear technology Climate change SMR Long-term operation Small modular reactors Generation II and III reactors Generation III reactors Nuclear energy and climate change Nuclear innovation Sustainable development and nuclear energy …
    Published date: 12 May 2022
    NEA Document
    Proceedings of the Workshop on Source Term: A Report by the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations Working Group on the Analysis and Management of Accidents
    NEA/CSNI/R(2020)4

    The investigation conducted in the last 15 years on different aspects of Source Term worldwide, and particularly in the context of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in the form of projects and the Work...

    English WGAMA Accident analysis and management Nuclear safety research CSNI …
    Published date: 14 April 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Reactivity-Initiated Accident Fuel Rod Codes Benchmark Phases I-III: Synthesis Report

    One of the key areas in fuel safety is the analysis of fuel behaviour under reactivity-initiated accident conditions. Reactivity-initiated accident fuel rod codes have been developed for a significan...

    Fuel in nuclear safety English Nuclear safety research CSNI WGFS …
    Published date: 13 April 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Harmonising the Nuclear Licensing Process for Emerging Technologies: A Global Path Forward

    Independent safety regulation has been a hallmark of the global nuclear power sector from its beginnings. Industry and government have long understood the importance of a predictable and adaptable re...

    English Nuclear safety Regulation Policy Brief Nuclear safety research CSNI Regulation of new and advanced reactors SMR Small modular reactors Advanced reactor systems CNRA Nuclear innovation Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 7 April 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Clay Club Catalogue of Characteristics of Argillaceous Rocks - 2022 Update

    The NEA Clay Club has been gathering the key geoscientific characteristics of the various argillaceous formations that are – or have been – studied in NEA member countries in the context of radioacti...

    English Radioactive waste management Clay Club
    Published date: 9 March 2022
    NEA Document
    Regulatory Implementation of the Equivalent Dose Limit for the Lens of the Eye for Occupational Exposures
    NEA/CRPPH/R(2021)1

    Successes and Challenges to the Approaches Identified Through a Survey of Regulators

    This report summarises the practical experiences of regulators and stakeholders worldwide in implementing the Inte...

    English EGDLE Radiological protection CRPPH Radiological protection Radiological protection regulation and implementation …
    Published date: 2 March 2022
    NEA Document
    RepMet Tools and Guidelines - A Report of the Radioactive Waste Repository Metadata Management (RepMet) Initiative
    NEA/RWM/R(2019)5

    This document is the fifth of the five interrelated reports of the Radioactive Waste Repository Metadata Management (RepMet) Initiative. The series of reports discusses the key aspects of data and re...

    English IDKM of radioactive waste management Metadata RepMet Radioactive waste management Information, data and knowledge management IGSC Repository Radioactive waste …
    Published date: 1 March 2022
    NEA Document
    Level 2 PSA Methodology and Severe Accident Management
    NEA/CSNI/R(1997)11
    English WGRISK CSNI
    Published date: 26 January 2022
    NEA Document
    Evaluation of Uncertainties in Relation to Severe Accidents and Level-2 Probabilistic Safety Analysis: Workshop Proceedings
    NEA/CSNI/R(2007)2

    Uncertainty in relation to several severe accident phenomena plays a major role in probabilistic safety analyses involving beyond-design-basis accident scenarios for nuclear power plants. The technic...

    English Risk assessment WGRISK Accident analysis and management Uncertainty quantification Nuclear safety research Uncertainty analysis CSNI …
    Published date: 26 January 2022
    Publications and Reports
    The Strategic Plan of the Nuclear Energy Agency 2023-2028

    The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Strategic Plan serves as a guiding instrument that reflects the priorities of its member countries as the Agency addresses evolving needs in the exploration and a...

    English Nuclear law Human aspects of nuclear safety Nuclear law Radiological protection Nuclear science Nuclear safety Nuclear economics Nuclear technology Decommissioning and legacy management Nuclear decommissioning Radioactive waste management Nuclear safety research Safety Data Bank Nuclear science Nuclear safety regulation Nuclear economics …
    Published date: 25 January 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Stakeholder Confidence in Radioactive Waste Management. An Annotated Glossary of Key Terms – 2022 Update

    The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) acts as a centre for informed exchange of knowledge and experience regarding stakeholder interaction and public participatio...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Decommissioning and legacy management Stakeholder engagement FSC …
    Published date: 20 January 2022
    NEA Document
    Workshop on Experimental Validation and Application of CFD and CMFD Codes to Nuclear Reactor Safety Issues, CFD4NRS-7
    NEA/CSNI/R(2020)5

    The Workshop on Experimental Validation and Application of CFD and CMFD Codes to Nuclear Reactor Safety Issues, CFD4NRS-7 was the seventh in a series of workshops focusing on Computational Fluid Dyna...

    English CFD WGAMA Nuclear safety Accident analysis and management CSNI …
    Published date: 19 January 2022
    Other
    FSC Flyer - Added value in nuclear waste management facilities and processes

    The Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) was established by the NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) in 2000 and serves as a platform for understanding stakeholder dialogue and discussi...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Stakeholder Stakeholder engagement FSC …
    Published date: 18 January 2022
    Other
    FSC - Intergenerational connections in radioactive waste management: Involving children and youth

    The Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) was established by the NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) in 2000 and serves as a platform for understanding stakeholder dialogue and discussi...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Stakeholder Stakeholder engagement FSC …
    Published date: 18 January 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 106 – Volume 2021/1

    The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law. It provides readers with authoritative and comprehensive information o...

    English Nuclear law Nuclear law Publications programme Nuclear Law Bulletin …
    Published date: 12 January 2022
    NEA Document
    Proceedings of the CSNI Workshop on Structural Reliability Evaluation and Mechanical Probabilistic Approaches of NPP Components
    NEA/CSNI/R(2007)18

    The Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) Workshop on Structural Reliability Evaluation and Mechanical Probabilistic Approaches of NPP Components was held in Lyon, France on 25-27 S...

    English WGIAGE Nuclear safety research CSNI Benchmark Proceedings Probabilistic risk assessment …
    Published date: 20 December 2021
    NEA Document
    CSNI Collective Statement on the Support Facilities for Existing and Advanced Reactors: The Function of OECD/NEA Joint Projects
    NEA/CSNI/R(2008)5

    In 2007, the NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) issued a report titled Nuclear Safety Research in OECD Countries: Support Facilities for Existing and Advanced Reactors (SFEAR...

    English French Bilingual Nuclear safety research CSNI Joint project …
    Published date: 20 December 2021
    NEA Document
    Shielding Aspects of Accelerators, Targets and Irradiation Facilities (SATIF-14)
    NEA/NSC/R(2021)2

    Proceedings of the Fourteenth Workshop, 30 October-2 November 2018, Gyeongju, Korea.

    English Nuclear science Radiation shielding WPRS Proceedings Reactor physics Reactor physics NSC EGPRS Nuclear science …
    Published date: 16 December 2021
    Other
    Recovery from the Nuclear Accident and Public Participation: The Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident, Law and Policy
    English Nuclear law Nuclear law Fukushima Japan Publications programme …
    Published date: 13 December 2021
    NEA Document
    Shielding Aspects of Accelerators, Target and Irradiation Facilities (SATIF-13) - Proceedings of the Thirteenth Meeting, 10-12 October 2016, Dresden, Germany
    NEA/NSC/R(2018)2
    English Reactor physics NSC Nuclear science Radiation shielding EGPRS WPRS Nuclear science Proceedings Reactor physics …
    Published date: 8 December 2021
    NEA Document
    NUPEC BWR Full-size Fine-mesh Bundle Test BFBT Benchmark - Volume IV: Results of Phase II on Pressure Drop and Critical Power
    NEA/NSC/R(2020)7

    In the past decade, a large amount of effort has been made towards the direct simulation of the boiling transition (BT) for boiling water reactor (BWR) fuel bundles. This international benchmark, bas...

    English Boiling water reactors Nuclear science Nuclear safety WPRS EGTHM Reactor physics Reactor physics Nuclear science Benchmark …
    Published date: 2 December 2021
    Publications and Reports
    Advanced Nuclear Reactor Systems and Future Energy Market Needs

    Energy markets will be significantly different in the future. The electricity generation system is becoming more diverse with the development of energy-related technologies including renewable energy...

    English Advanced reactor systems Industrial and market frameworks Nuclear economics Nuclear technology Advanced reactors Nuclear economics …
    Published date: 2 December 2021
    NEA Document
    Coupled Neutronic/Thermal-Fluid Benchmark of the MHTGR-350 MW Core Design: Results for the Lattice Physics Exercises
    NEA/NSC/R(2019)6

    The purpose of this prismatic High Temperature Reactor (HTR) benchmark is to provide a solution set that can be used in future code benchmarking and to better understand the effects induced by the pr...

    English Nuclear science WPRS Multiphysics EGTHM Reactor physics Multiphysics EGMUP Reactor physics NSC EGPRS Nuclear science …
    Published date: 18 November 2021
    Other
    MHTGR-350-Vol III-Benchmark Lattice.r0
    English
    Published date: 18 November 2021
    Publications and Reports
    Climate Change: Assessment of the Vulnerability of Nuclear Power Plants and Approaches for their Adaptation

    Climate change will create specific risks and challenges for nuclear power plants and the electricity system as a whole. Extreme weather events caused by climate change – such as floods, storms, heat...

    English Nuclear installations Nuclear energy and climate change Nuclear technology Nuclear innovation Climate change COP26 …
    Published date: 4 November 2021
    NEA Document
    Summary Report on the Licensing Process of New Reactor Applications
    NEA/CNRA/R(2020)1

    During the six decades of commercial nuclear power operation so far, nuclear programmes in Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) member countries have grown significantly. Effective communication among member ...

    English WGRNR Nuclear safety Licensing
    Published date: 7 October 2021
    NEA Document
    Optimisation: Rethinking the Art of Reasonable: Workshop Summary Report
    NEA/CRPPH/R(2020)2

    Optimisation of protection, to keep radiological exposures as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA), taking into account social, economic and, more recently, environmental circumstances, has been cent...

    English Optimisation CRPPH Radiological protection
    Published date: 5 October 2021
    NEA Document
    Regulatory Perspectives on Safety Aspects Related to Advanced Sodium Fast Reactors - Part 2. Neutronics and Criticality Safety of Sodium Fast Reactors
    NEA/CNRA/R(2019)1

    This report describes the regulatory perspectives on safety aspects related to the calculation and justification of neutronic characteristics and criticality safety assessment of advanced sodium fast...

    English Criticality Nuclear safety Regulation WGSAR Regulation of new and advanced reactors Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 1 October 2021
    Publications and Reports
    Benchmark Study of the Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

    Understanding the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is important for safe and timely decommissioning of the reactors. This objective, together with the development of better compu...

    English Fukushima Benchmark Accident management
    Published date: 28 September 2021
    Publications and Reports
    CSNI Technical Opinion Paper - No. 18

    Seismic probabilistic safety assessment (SPSA) is a systematic method for examining and evaluating the risk from earthquake-initiated accidents. The significant advances in the area of SPSA since the...

    English WGRISK WGIAGE WGEV Safety Nuclear safety regulation Probabilistic risk assessment Technical Opinion Papers …
    Published date: 27 September 2021
    Publications and Reports
    Nuclear Energy in the Circular Carbon Economy (CCE)

    This report highlights the potential role of nuclear in contributing to the circular carbon economy as a low-carbon source of electricity, but also as a source of heat and system integration services...

    English Nuclear energy and climate change Climate change Technology Nuclear economics …
    Published date: 23 September 2021
    NEA Document
    Proceedings of the Topical Session of 6th FSC Meeting on the Link Between R&D and Stakeholder Confidence, held on 9 June 2005 in Paris, France
    NEA/RWM/FSC(2006)4/REV1
    English RWMC FSC Proceedings
    Published date: 22 September 2021
    NEA Document
    Forum on Stakeholder Confidence: Tools to Help Society in Decision Making: Legal and Policy Trends. Proceedings of a Topical Session, Issy les Moulineaux, France, 5 June 2008
    NEA/RWM/FSC(2008)4
    English RWMC FSC Proceedings
    Published date: 22 September 2021
    NEA Document
    10-year FSC Record of Learning. The List of Fact Activities and Investigated Topics, and of People Who Contributed to Them
    NEA/RWM/FSC(2010)2
    English RWMC FSC
    Published date: 22 September 2021
    Publications and Reports
    Nuclear Safety Research Support Facilities for Existing and Advanced Reactors: 2021 Update

    Experimental facilities in nuclear energy are key to addressing safety issues. The recent loss of some critical infrastructure, from facilities to industry expertise, has therefore become a concern f...

    English Boiling water reactors Molten salt reactors Nuclear safety Light water reactors Safety Advanced reactors Safety research Sodium-cooled reactor Gas-cooled reactors Pressurised heavy water reactors Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 8 September 2021
    Publications and Reports
    Long-Term Operation of Nuclear Power Plants and Decarbonisation Strategies

    The existing nuclear fleet remains the largest low-carbon source of electricity generation in OECD countries. In 2021 the average nuclear power plant had already been operating for 31 years and some ...

    English Policy Environmental protection Decarbonisation Nuclear energy and climate change Regulation Climate change LTO Nuclear economics …
    Published date: 29 July 2021
    Publications and Reports
    NEA News 38.2

    NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...

    English Public health Fukushima Nuclear safety International co-operation Radiological protection Radioactive waste Radioactive waste management Webinar Generation III reactors Cost control Nuclear economics Accident management …
    Published date: 15 July 2021
    Publications and Reports
    2020 NEA Annual Report

    Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic 2020 was a very active and impactful year at the NEA. The Agency quickly adjusted to the situation, switched to virtual methods of interaction, and continued to ...

    English
    Published date: 21 June 2021
    Publications and Reports
    Ensuring the Adequacy of Funding for Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Management

    The world’s nuclear power reactors are ageing, with the majority approaching the end of their planned operational lifetimes in the coming years. The adequacy of funding for decommissioning and radioa...

    English Nuclear economics Radioactive waste Financing
    Published date: 18 June 2021
    NEA Document
    NUPEC BWR Full-size Fine-mesh Bundle Test BFBT Benchmark - Volume III: Results of Phase I on Void Distribution
    NEA/NSC/R(2020)6

    In the past decade, a large amount of effort has been made towards the direct simulation of the boiling transition (BT) for Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) fuel bundles. This international benchmark, bas...

    English Boiling water reactors Nuclear science Nuclear safety WPRS Thermal hydraulics and mechanics EGTHM Reactor physics Reactor physics Nuclear science Benchmark …
    Published date: 1 June 2021
    Other
    2nd IGSC - FSC Workshop: Managing uncertainty in siting and implementation –9 October 2019

    Managing uncertainty in siting and implementation – Creating a dialogue between science and society
    Second Joint IGSC - FSC  Workshop, 9 October 2019

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Societal aspects of decommissioning and legacy management Stakeholder engagement IGSC FSC Human and organisational factors …
    Published date: 31 May 2021
    Publications and Reports
    Methods for Assessing and Strengthening the Safety Culture of the Regulatory Body

    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 provides both an overview an...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Human and organisational factors Nuclear safety WGSC Nuclear safety research Safety culture Safety research CNRA Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 10 May 2021
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    Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 105 – Volume 2020/2

    The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law. It provides readers with authoritative and comprehensive information o...

    English Nuclear law Publications programme Nuclear Law Bulletin
    Published date: 3 May 2021
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    Long-Term Management and Actions for a Severe Accident in a Nuclear Power Plant

    As the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (NPP) accident illustrates, many challenges have to be faced in maintaining safety over the long term in a damaged NPP following a severe accident. These ...

    English Three Mile Island Fukushima WGAMA Chernobyl Accident analysis and management Nuclear safety research CSNI Accident management …
    Published date: 29 April 2021
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    Convention on the Liability of Operators of Nuclear Ships and Additional Protocol
    English Nuclear law Nuclear law French Liability and compensation Russian International conventions and agreements Spanish Nuclear liability …
    Published date: 27 April 2021
    NEA Document
    Status of Site-Level (Including Multi-Unit) Probabilistic Safety Assessment Developments
    NEA/CSNI/R(2019)16

    Two important lessons learnt from the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (NPP) accident were: 1) there can be significant interactions between multiple co-located radiological sources (...

    English Fukushima WGRISK Nuclear safety Nuclear safety research CSNI Probabilistic risk assessment …
    Published date: 19 April 2021
    NEA Document
    Preparedness for Post-Accident Recovery: Lessons from Experience
    NEA/CRPPH/R(2020)1

    Workshop Summary Report Tokyo, Japan
    18-19 February 2020

    Post-accident recovery management is considered as a complex multidisciplinary process of multi-sectoral dimensions, with a priority expressed ...

    English Radiological protection Fukushima CRPPH Japan Radiological protection EGRM Emergency preparedness and response …
    Published date: 14 April 2021
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    Small Modular Reactors: Challenges and Opportunities

    Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are gaining recognition among policymakers and industry players as a promising nuclear technology. SMRs can be defined as nuclear reactors with a power output between 10...

    English SMR Small modular reactors Nuclear energy and climate change Nuclear technology Climate change …
    Published date: 13 April 2021
    NEA Document
    Bridging Gaps: Developing Sustainable Intergenerational Decision Making in Radioactive Waste Management
    NEA/RWM/FSC(2017)1

    Bridging Gaps: Developing Sustainable Intergenerational Decision Making in Radioactive Waste Management

    English Stakeholder RWMC Stakeholder engagement Stakeholder relations FSC Decision making …
    Published date: 9 April 2021
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    Occupational Exposures at Nuclear Power Plants

    The Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) is jointly sponsored by the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Since 1992, ISOE has provided a forum...

    English Radiological protection Occupational exposure Radiological protection Radiological protection for occupational exposure at nuclear Installations …
    Published date: 18 March 2021
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    Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident, Ten Years On

    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 still remain.

    This ...

    English Public health Radiological protection in nuclear or radiological emergencies Liability and compensation Fukushima Nuclear safety Decommissioning and legacy management Nuclear legislation Remediation Stakeholder engagement Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 3 March 2021
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    The Forum on Stakeholder Confidence Report on Dialogue in the Long-Term Management of Radioactive Waste
    NEA/RWM/R(2020)1

    The Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) was created in 2000 under a mandate from the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) to facilitate the sharing of inte...

    English RWMC Stakeholder engagement FSC Societal aspects of radioactive waste management …
    Published date: 26 February 2021
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    Towards a Shared Understanding of Radiological Risks

    The decisions made about protective actions of people and the environment in situations involving exposure to ionising radiation have tended to be driven by subjective judgements about the health ris...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety WGPC Radiological protection CRPPH Stakeholder relations Risk …
    Published date: 26 February 2021
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    Strategies and Considerations for the Back End of the Fuel Cycle

    A wealth of technical information exists on nuclear fuel cycle options – combinations of nuclear fuel types, reactor types, used or spent nuclear fuel (SNF) treatments, and disposal schemes – and mos...

    English Sustainable development Nuclear technology Fuel cycle technology BEST Back-end Nuclear fuel cycle Nuclear economics …
    Published date: 22 February 2021
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    Uranium 2020: Resources, Production and Demand

    Uranium is the raw material used to produce fuel for long-lived nuclear power facilities, necessary for the generation of significant amounts of low-carbon electricity and other uses, such as heat an...

    English Uranium IAEA NDC Uranium mining …
    Published date: 23 December 2020
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    Two decades of Safety Case Development: An IGSC 20th Anniversary Brochure

    The NEA Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) has served as the most important and effective international platform for developing and integrating the science and engineering necessary to unde...

    English Safety provisions of radioactive waste management Operational safety Performance assessments Radioactive waste management IGSC Safety assessment Geological disposal Safety case …
    Published date: 21 December 2020
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    Projected Costs of Generating Electricity - 2020 Edition

    This joint report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) is the ninth in a series of studies on electricity generating costs. As countries work towards ensuring ...

    English Energy markets Future energy market needs Nuclear economics Nuclear technology Electricity generation …
    Published date: 9 December 2020
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    National Inventories and Management Strategies for Spent Nuclear Fuel and Radioactive Waste

    The diversity in classification schemes across countries has restricted the possibility of comparing waste inventories and led to difficulties in interpreting waste management practices, both nationa...

    English Radioactive waste management Radioactive waste management EGIRM Spent fuel Radioactive waste …
    Published date: 26 November 2020
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    Physics of Plutonium Recycling - Volume III

    The quality of the isotopic composition of plutonium fuel degrades as the number of recycles increases in thermal reactors, requiring an increase in the total loading necessary in mixed plutonium-ura...

    English Nuclear science Plutonium Liquid metal reactors Advanced reactors Reactor physics Recycling and reuse Reactor physics NSC Gas-cooled reactors Fuel cycle technology Fuel cycle physics and chemistry Pressurised water reactors …
    Published date: 17 November 2020
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    Engineered Barrier Systems (EBS): Design Requirements and Constraints

    A joint NEA-EC workshop entitled “Engineered Barrier Systems: Design Requirements and Constraints” was organised in Turku, Finland on 26-29 August 2003 and hosted by Posiva Oy. The main objectives of...

    English Engineered barrier system (EBS) Deep geological repository (DGR) Radioactive waste management IGSC Geological disposal Proceedings …
    Published date: 11 November 2020
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    Optimising Management of Low-level Radioactive Materials and Waste from Decommissioning

    Low-level and very low-level waste represent the vast majority of radioactive waste by volume from decommissioning activity at nuclear facilities around the world, but they are only a small fraction...

    English Optimisation of radioactive waste management Decommissioning Decommissioning and legacy management Radioactive waste management RWMC Low-level waste (LLW) TGOM …
    Published date: 4 November 2020
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    Second Update on the Chemical Thermodynamics of U, Np, Pu, Am and Tc

    This volume is the 14th in the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Chemical Thermodynamics series. It is the second update of the critical reviews published, successively, in 1992 as Chemical Thermodyna...

    English Thermodynamics Thermodynamic data Thermochemical database Chemical thermodynamic series …
    Published date: 16 October 2020
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    Proceedings of International Workshop on Chemical Hazards in Fuel Cycle Facilities Nuclear Processing
    NEA/CSNI/R(2019)9

    Chemical hazards are an important subject for Fuel Cycle facilities, including various chemical processes and substances such as explosions and healthy risks. On 17-18 April 2018, the Nuclear Energy ...

    English WGFCS Fuel cycle facility safety Nuclear safety research CSNI Proceedings …
    Published date: 6 October 2020
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    NEA News 38.1

    NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...

    English Physics Nuclear energy data Public health Environmental protection Cost estimation Fukushima Disposal International co-operation Radioactive waste Radioactive waste management NSC Webinar Cost control Data Bank Nuclear economics Accident management …
    Published date: 1 October 2020
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    Challenges in Nuclear and Radiological Legacy Site Management: Towards a Common Regulatory Framework

    Many countries are dealing with challenges stemming from nuclear and radiological legacy sites. In particular, managing these sites in an open and transparent fashion while taking into account the vi...

    English Radiological protection Regulation Legacy management
    Published date: 29 September 2020
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    International Roundtable on the Final Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel: Summary Report

    Worldwide consensus exists within the international community that geological repositories can provide the necessary long-term safety and security to isolate long-lived radioactive waste from the hum...

    English High-level waste (HLW) Radioactive waste management Disposal International co-operation …
    Published date: 25 September 2020
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    Storage of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel

    This report examines the predisposal phase of radioactive waste management programmes in NEA member countries for all types of waste from high-level to intermediate- and low-level waste, and spent fu...

    English Deep geological repository (DGR) Transport Radioactive waste management RWMC Spent fuel Radioactive waste Storage …
    Published date: 8 September 2020
    NEA Document
    Riverine Flooding: Hazard Assessment and Protection of Nuclear Installations
    NEA/CSNI/R(2018)14

    Workshop Proceedings
    21-23 March 2018, Paris, France

    The WGEV “Riverine Flooding – Hazard Assessment and Protection of NPPs” task was designed to share regulatory practices and technical approaches fo...

    English WGEV CSNI Proceedings
    Published date: 7 September 2020
    NEA Document
    ICDE Topical Report: Collection and Analysis of Common-Cause Failures due to Plant Modifications
    NEA/CSNI/R(2019)4

    The objective of the present report is to document a study that was performed on a set of common-cause failure (CCF) events. These events were derived from the International Common-cause Failure Data...

    English Nuclear safety research CSNI
    Published date: 21 August 2020
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    Uranium 2005: Resources, Production and Demand - Executive Summary
    English Uranium Nuclear economics Nuclear technology Uranium processing Uranium mining Uranium supply …
    Published date: 12 August 2020
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    The Supply of Medical Radioisotopes: Market Impacts of Converting to Low-enriched Uranium Targets for Medical Isotope Production
    English Nuclear economics Medical radioisotopes Nuclear technology High-level Group on the Security of Supply of Medical Radioisotopes HLG-MR Medical radioisotopes …
    Published date: 11 August 2020
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    The Supply of Medical Radioisotopes: The Path to Reliability
    English Nuclear economics Medical radioisotopes Nuclear technology High-level Group on the Security of Supply of Medical Radioisotopes HLG-MR Medical radioisotopes …
    Published date: 11 August 2020
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    The Supply of Medical Radioisotopes: Review of Potential Molybdenum-99/ Technetium-99m Production Technologies
    English Nuclear economics Medical radioisotopes Nuclear technology High-level Group on the Security of Supply of Medical Radioisotopes HLG-MR Medical radioisotopes …
    Published date: 11 August 2020
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    The Supply of Medical Radioisotopes: An Assessment of Long-term Global Demand for Technetium-99m
    English Nuclear economics Medical radioisotopes Nuclear technology High-level Group on the Security of Supply of Medical Radioisotopes HLG-MR Medical radioisotopes …
    Published date: 11 August 2020
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    A Supply and Demand Update of the Molybdenum-99 Market
    English Nuclear economics Medical radioisotopes Nuclear technology High-level Group on the Security of Supply of Medical Radioisotopes HLG-MR Medical radioisotopes …
    Published date: 11 August 2020
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    Unbundling Payments for Radioisotopes from Radiopharmaceuticals and from Diagnostic Procedures: A Tool to Support the Implementation of Full-cost Recovery
    English Nuclear economics Medical radioisotopes Nuclear technology High-level Group on the Security of Supply of Medical Radioisotopes HLG-MR Medical radioisotopes …
    Published date: 11 August 2020
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    The Supply of Medical Radioisotopes: Policy Options for Ensuring Long-term Supply Security of Molybdenum-99 and/or Technetium-99m Produced Without Highly Enriched Uranium Targets
    English Nuclear economics Medical radioisotopes Nuclear technology High-level Group on the Security of Supply of Medical Radioisotopes HLG-MR Medical radioisotopes …
    Published date: 11 August 2020
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    Disposal of Radioactive Waste: The Forming of a New Approach in Germany
    NEA/RWM/FSC(2005)4/REV1

    Disposal of Radioactive Waste: The Forming of a New Approach in Germany - Summary and international perspective of the FSC Community Visit and National Workshop held in Hitzacker, Hamburg on 5-8 Octo...

    English Stakeholder Stakeholder engagement Stakeholder relations FSC Germany …
    Published date: 5 August 2020
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    The Environmental and Ethical Basis of Geological Disposal of Long-Lived Radioactive Wastes

    This report presents a consensus position in the form of a Collective Opinion of the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency. It addresses the strategy for the...

    English Environmental protection Collective opinion Radioactive waste management RWMC Geological disposal …
    Published date: 30 July 2020
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    Final disposal of radioactive waste

    This NEA Policy Brief provides a concise outline of the current outlook for final disposal of radioactive waste in NEA member countries. It describes the challenges, context, stakeholders and potenti...

    English Radioactive waste management Deep geological repository (DGR) Policy Brief Decommissioning and legacy management Radioactive waste management IGSC FSC Geological disposal …
    Published date: 30 July 2020
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    Unlocking Reductions in the Construction Costs of Nuclear

    This study assesses the policy and governance frameworks needed to drive positive learning and continuous industrial performance for nuclear new build. The study also explores the risk allocation and...

    English REDCOST Nuclear economics
    Published date: 2 July 2020
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    Insights from Leaders in Nuclear Energy: Innovative Leadership

    William D. Magwood IV, Director-General of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), sat down with Rumina Velshi, President and Chief Executive Officer of the CNSC, on 17 January 2020. Ms Velshi has extensive...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety WGSC Capacity building and gender Safety culture Canada Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 16 June 2020
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    Mentoring a Future Generation of Female Leaders in Science and Engineering (2017)

    Despite progress over the past decades, women remain under-represented in executive positions in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Female students tend to do very well in math and sci...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Japan Capacity building and gender
    Published date: 15 June 2020
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    Mentoring a Future Generation of Female Leaders in Science and Engineering (2019)

    In today’s society, the population of men and women is essentially equal in terms of numbers. However, in the domain of science and technology, which is part of the same society, this is not the case...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Japan Capacity building and gender
    Published date: 15 June 2020
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    Achievements and Challenges in Nuclear Regulatory Communication with the Public

    After having identified that the public trust towards the regulators could be very different from one country to another even though they are neighbours, the NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activ...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety WGPC CNRA Public communication Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 15 June 2020
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    Commendable Practices on Transparency in Nuclear Regulatory Communication with the Public

    This report was jointly prepared by the Working Group on Public Communication of NuclearRegulatory organisation of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) an...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety WGPC CNRA Public communication Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 15 June 2020
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    Road Map for Crisis Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations – National Aspects

    This report was prepared by the Working Group on Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations (WGPC) of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA). ...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety WGPC CNRA Public communication Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 15 June 2020
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    Crisis Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations: Towards global thinking

    The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) Working Group on Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations (WGPC) organised the workshop “Crisis ...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety WGPC CNRA Public communication Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 15 June 2020
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    Nuclear Regulatory Organisations, the Internet and Social Media: The What, How and Why of Their Use as Communication Tools

    “Social media” is a term referring to various activities that integrate technology, social interaction and content creation. Social media can also be thought of as a way of using technology to “enabl...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety WGPC CNRA Public communication Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 15 June 2020
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    The Evolving Use of Social Media as a Communication Tool by Nuclear Regulatory Organisations

    The topic of social media as appropriate for further study was first proposed by the NEA Working Group on Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations (WGPC) to the NEA Committee on Nucle...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety WGPC CNRA Public communication Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 15 June 2020
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    Nuclear Regulatory Organisations and Communication Strategies

    This report was prepared by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) Working Group on Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations (WGPC). Th...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety WGPC CNRA Public communication Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 15 June 2020
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    A Comprehensive Report on Three Regional Stakeholder Workshops in Europe, North America and Asia

    The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) Working Group on Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations (WGPC) acknowledged the wide range of stake...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety WGPC CNRA Public communication Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 15 June 2020
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    A Public Communication Case Study: Switzerland

    The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Working Group on Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations (WGPC) has dealt with a broad range of communications issues and produced a variety of report...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety WGPC CNRA Switzerland Public communication Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 15 June 2020
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    2019 NEA Annual Report

    The NEA Annual Report 2019 provides an overview of the status of nuclear power in NEA member countries and illustrative descriptions of the Agency's activities and international joint projects. 2019 ...

    English Nuclear law Human aspects of nuclear safety Radiological protection Nuclear science Nuclear economics Nuclear technology Decommissioning and legacy management Radioactive waste management Nuclear safety research Nuclear science Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 12 June 2020
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    Nuclear power and the cost-effective decarbonisation of electricity systems
    • Post-pandemic recovery plans to reconcile climate objectives with economic goals need to put system costs at the heart of energy policy.
    • Moving to a carbon neutral electricity system without nuclear...
    English Cost estimation Nuclear power generation Decarbonisation NDC Policy Brief Low-carbon generation Electricity generation Energy markets Cost control Electricity markets Nuclear economics …
    Published date: 1 June 2020
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    Creating high-value jobs in the post-COVID-19 recovery with nuclear energy projects
    • The post-COVID-19 economic recovery is a perfect opportunity to create jobs and economic development while continuing to move ahead with the energy transition.
    • Investing in nuclear energy creates a ...
    English Nuclear economics NDC Policy Brief Low-carbon generation Electricity generation Industrial and market frameworks Resilience Electricity markets COVID-19 Employment Nuclear economics Sustainable development and nuclear energy …
    Published date: 1 June 2020
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    Building low-carbon resilient electricity infrastructures with nuclear energy in the post-COVID-19 era
    • Electricity security is an essential public need, at the same level as food security and access to health care.
    • Nuclear energy is a key contributor to electricity security and already contributes po...
    English Nuclear economics Policy Brief Low-carbon generation Electricity generation Nuclear energy supply Industrial and market frameworks Resilience Electricity markets COVID-19 Nuclear economics Sustainable development and nuclear energy …
    Published date: 1 June 2020
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    NEA News 37.2

    NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...

    English Uranium Deep geological repository (DGR) Liability and compensation CPS Occupational exposure Stakeholder Joint project Radiation safety Stakeholder relations Risk Multiphysics Long-term operation IRPS Data Bank …
    Published date: 28 May 2020
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    Occupational Exposures at Nuclear Power Plants (2009)

    The Nineteenth Annual Report of the ISOE Programme (2009) presents the status of the ISOE programme for the year of 2009.

    English Occupational exposure Radiological protection for occupational exposure at nuclear Installations
    Published date: 27 May 2020
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    Occupational Exposures at Nuclear Power Plants (2013)

    The Twenty-third Annual Report of the ISOE Programme presents the status of the ISOE programme for the year of 2013.

    English Occupational exposure Radiological protection for occupational exposure at nuclear Installations
    Published date: 27 May 2020
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    Occupational Exposures at Nuclear Power Plants (2014)

    The Twenty-fourth Annual Report of the ISOE Programme presents the status of the ISOE programme for the year of 2014.

    English Occupational exposure Radiological protection for occupational exposure at nuclear Installations
    Published date: 27 May 2020
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    Occupational Exposures at Nuclear Power Plants (2017)

    Twenty-Seventh Annual Report of the ISOE Programme, 2017

    English Occupational exposure Radiological protection for occupational exposure at nuclear Installations
    Published date: 27 May 2020
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    How the Forum on Stakeholder Confidence serves as a platform to build and share knowledge about stakeholder confidence in radioactive waste management FSC identity flyer - English A4 (2017)

    How the Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) serves as a platform to build and share knowledge about stakeholder confidence in radioactive waste management flyer – English A4

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Radioactive waste management Stakeholder Radioactive waste management Stakeholder engagement Stakeholder relations FSC Societal aspects of radioactive waste management …
    Published date: 26 May 2020
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    Nuclear Power Plant Operating Experience from the IAEA/NEA Incident Reporting System 2015-2017

    The International Reporting System for Operating Experience (IRS) is an essential system for the exchange of information on safety related events at nuclear power plants worldwide. The fundamental ob...

    English Nuclear safety regulation
    Published date: 21 April 2020
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    Improving regulatory practices through the OECD-NEA Stress Corrosion Cracking and Cable Ageing Project (SCAP)

    Paper about the Stress Corrosion Cracking and Cable Ageing Project (SCAP)

    English Nuclear safety research Joint project Safety of components and structures
    Published date: 17 April 2020
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    Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 102

    Table of contents of Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 102

    English Nuclear law Publications programme Nuclear Law Bulletin
    Published date: 15 April 2020
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    Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 103 – Volume 2019/2

    The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law. It provides readers with authoritative and comprehensive information o...

    English Nuclear law Nuclear law Publications programme Nuclear Law Bulletin …
    Published date: 30 March 2020
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    Improving Evaluations of Source Terms for Severe Accidents at Nuclear Installations: Final Report of the Source Term Evaluation and Mitigation Project (STEM)
    NEA/CSNI/R(2018)6

    The Source Term Evaluation and Mitigation Project (STEM) project, hosted by the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and operated by the Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (French Institute of...

    English CSNI
    Published date: 17 March 2020
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    International Evaluation Co-operation, Volume 42

    Thermal Scattering Law S(α,β): Measurement, Evaluation and Application

    English WPEC NSC Nuclear science Nuclear data …
    Published date: 13 March 2020
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    International Evaluation Co-operation, Volume 34

    Co-ordinated Evaluation of Plutonium-239 in the Resonance Region

    English WPEC NSC Nuclear science Evaluation Nuclear data …
    Published date: 12 March 2020
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    Nuclear Legislation – Analytical Study (1998-1997-1995)
    English Nuclear law Nuclear law Nuclear legislation Publications programme …
    Published date: 11 March 2020
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    Nuclear Legislation – Analytical Study (1999)
    English Nuclear law Nuclear law Nuclear legislation Publications programme …
    Published date: 11 March 2020
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    Nuclear Legislation – Analytical Study (2001)
    English Nuclear law Nuclear law Nuclear legislation Publications programme …
    Published date: 11 March 2020
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    Nuclear Legislation – Analytical Study (2002-2003)
    English Nuclear law Nuclear law Nuclear legislation Publications programme …
    Published date: 11 March 2020
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    Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 104 – Volume 2020/1

    The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law. It provides readers with authoritative and comprehensive informatio...

    English Nuclear law Nuclear law Publications programme Nuclear Law Bulletin …
    Published date: 10 March 2020
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    Chemical Thermodynamics of Iron, Part 2

    This volume is the 13b in the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Chemical Thermodynamics series. It is the second part of a critical review of the thermodynamic properties of iron, its solid compounds ...

    English Nuclear science Thermodynamics Thermodynamic data Thermochemical database Chemical thermodynamic series …
    Published date: 3 March 2020
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    Proceedings of Increased Accident Tolerance of Fuels for Light Water Reactors (2013)
    NEA/NSC/DOC(2013)9

    Workshop Proceedings, 10-12 December 2012

    English Nuclear science EGATFL Nuclear science Proceedings Accident Tolerant Fuels Accident tolerant fuels …
    Published date: 25 February 2020
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    Mandate of the Expert Group on Accident-tolerant Fuels for LWRs (EGATFL)
    English NSC Accident tolerant fuels
    Published date: 25 February 2020
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    Protocol on Claims, Legal Proceedings and Indemnification to the Framework Agreement on a Multilateral Nuclear Environmental Programme in the Russian Federation (MNEPR Protocol) (English)
    English Nuclear law Conventions and multilateral agreements Nuclear law Russia International conventions and agreements …
    Published date: 31 January 2020
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    Framework Agreement on a Multilateral Nuclear Environmental Programme in the Russian Federation (MNEPR) (English)
    English Nuclear law Conventions and multilateral agreements Nuclear law Russia International conventions and agreements …
    Published date: 31 January 2020
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    Framework Agreement and Protocol on a Multilateral Nuclear Environmental Programme in the Russian Federation (MNEPR)

    The Frameworks Agreement provides a legal framework designed to promote co-operation in the field of the safety of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste management in the Russian Federation dealin...

    English Nuclear law Conventions and multilateral agreements Nuclear law French Russian Russia International conventions and agreements …
    Published date: 31 January 2020
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    Rectification of the Italian text of the 2004 Protocol to Amend the Paris Convention (English)

    English text of the procès-verbal of rectification of the Italian text of the 2004 Protocol to Amend the Paris Convention. 

    English Nuclear law Conventions and multilateral agreements Nuclear law Liability and compensation International conventions and agreements Nuclear liability …
    Published date: 29 January 2020
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    OECD Council recommendation on the application of the Brussels Supplementary Convention [C(92)166/FINAL]

    Read the document in French. 

    English Nuclear law Conventions and multilateral agreements Liability and compensation International conventions and agreements Nuclear liability …
    Published date: 29 January 2020
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    Decision on the Exclusion of Small Quantities of Nuclear Substances outside a Nuclear Installation from the Application of the Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy [NEA/NE(2016)8/FINAL]
    English Nuclear law Conventions and multilateral agreements Nuclear law Liability and compensation International conventions and agreements Nuclear liability …
    Published date: 28 January 2020
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    Decision and Recommendation of the Steering Committee Concerning the Application of the Paris Convention to Nuclear Installations in the Process of Being Decommissioned (2014)
    English Conventions and multilateral agreements Nuclear law Liability and compensation International conventions and agreements Nuclear liability …
    Published date: 28 January 2020
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    Decision and Recommendation Concerning the Application of the Paris Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy to Nuclear Installations for the Disposal of Certain Types of Low-level Radioactive Waste [NEA/NE(2016)7/FINAL]
    English Conventions and multilateral agreements Nuclear law Liability and compensation International conventions and agreements Nuclear liability …
    Published date: 28 January 2020
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    Management and Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste: Global Progress and Solutions

    Radioactive waste results from many different activities in health care, industry, research, and power production. All such waste must be managed safely, with the protection of human health and the e...

    English Radioactive waste management Deep geological repository (DGR) High-level waste (HLW) Geological disposal …
    Published date: 1 January 2020
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    Nuclear Energy Data 2019/ Données sur l’énergie nucléaire 2019

    Nuclear Energy Data is the Nuclear Energy Agency’s annual compilation of statistics and country reports documenting nuclear power status in NEA member countries and in the OECD area. Information prov...

    English Nuclear energy data French Bilingual Nuclear economics Nuclear technology …
    Published date: 16 December 2019
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    Insights from Leaders in Nuclear Energy: Leadership for Safety

    Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Director-General William D. Magwood, IV sat down with Director-General Wanner and Chief Nuclear Officer Harrison during the NEA-IAEA-WANO Human Capital Workshop in June 20...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety WGSC Switzerland Safety culture United Kingdom Public communication Human and organisational factors Director-General Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 16 December 2019
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    Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory Across Generations: Final Report

    Radioactive waste repositories are designed to isolate waste from the living environment without human intervention over extended periods of time. Nevertheless, the intention is not to abandon the re...

    English Knowledge management and data preservation Radioactive waste management Information, data and knowledge management
    Published date: 13 December 2019
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    Country-Specific Safety Culture Forum: Finland

    One of the many important lessons learnt about nuclear safety over the years has been that human aspects of nuclear safety are as important as any technical issue that may arise in the course of nucl...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Finland Safety culture Safety culture …
    Published date: 29 November 2019
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    Multi-Stage Validation of Control Room Designs and Modifications
    English Human aspects of nuclear safety
    Published date: 26 November 2019
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    Legal Frameworks for Long-Term Operation of Nuclear Power Reactors

    With almost 70% of the operating nuclear power reactors over 30 years of age, countries around the world are assessing whether to allow reactor operation past the 50 60 year mark and potentially up t...

    English Nuclear law Nuclear law WPLANS Long-term operation NLC LTO Publications programme …
    Published date: 22 November 2019
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    The Supply of Medical Radioisotopes

    This report explores the main reasons behind the unreliable supply of Technetium‑99m (Tc‑99m) in health‑care systems and policy options to address the issue. Tc‑99m is used in 85% of nuclear medicine...

    English Nuclear economics Medical radioisotopes Nuclear economics Medical radioisotopes …
    Published date: 18 November 2019
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    Knowledge management in the context of an ageing workforce
    • As the current nuclear workforce ages, concerns are arising over skills requirements and transferring knowledge to the new generation of experts and staff. A key issue is the loss of tacit knowledge...
    English Experiments Knowledge management and data preservation Education Nuclear Education, Skills and Technology (NEST) Framework Policy Brief Information, data and knowledge management Technology Nuclear knowledge management Skills …
    Published date: 7 November 2019
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    The Evolving Use of Social Media as a Communication Tool by Nuclear Regulatory Organisations
    NEA/CNRA/R(2019)5
    English WGPC CNRA Regulation
    Published date: 16 October 2019
    Publications and Reports
    Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations: Compiling a Set of Essential Records for a Radioactive Waste Repository

    Radioactive waste repositories are designed to be intrinsically safe in that they are not dependent on the presence or intervention of humans. In response to this challenge, the Nuclear Energy Agency...

    English RK&M Knowledge management and data preservation Radioactive waste management Information, data and knowledge management Repository Nuclear knowledge management …
    Published date: 24 September 2019
    NEA Document
    PENELOPE-2018: A Code System for Monte Carlo Simulation of Electron and Photon Transport
    NEA/MBDAV/R(2019)1

    Workshop Proceedings, Barcelona, Spain 28 January-1 February 2019

    The computer code system PENELOPE (version 2018) performs Monte Carlo simulation of coupled electron-photon transport in arbitrary ma...

    English Proceedings Codes and programs
    Published date: 2 September 2019
    Publications and Reports
    Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 102 – Volume 2019/1

    The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academic in the field of nuclear law. It provides readers with authoritative and comprehensive information on...

    English Nuclear law Nuclear law Publications programme Nuclear Law Bulletin …
    Published date: 28 August 2019
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    Nuclear Power Plant Components and Structures under Severe Accident Loading (COSSAL): Final Report (Appendices)
    NEA/CSNI/R(2019)2/ADD1

    This is a companion document to the final report of the COSSAL project. It includes appendices which address participant responses to a questionnaire, the data of the problem statement on the large-s...

    English WGIAGE Nuclear safety research CSNI
    Published date: 16 August 2019
    NEA Document
    Nuclear Power Plant Components and Structures under Severe Accident Loading (COSSAL)
    NEA/CSNI/R(2019)2

    In the face of severe accident scenarios with melted core material, such as those that occurred at Three Mile Island-2 in 1979 and at Fukushima Daiichi in 2011, the integrity assessment of primary ci...

    English WGIAGE Nuclear safety research CSNI
    Published date: 16 August 2019
    Publications and Reports
    NEA News 37.1

    NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...

    English Nuclear fuel Fuel studies Environmental protection System cost Sustainable development Decarbonisation Nuclear safety Nuclear Education, Skills and Technology (NEST) Framework Radioactive materials Safety Knowledge management and data preservation …
    Published date: 30 July 2019
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    International Co-operation in Nuclear Data Evaluation (Volume 40)

    Current knowledge of the nuclear physics of fuels and materials provides an understanding and simulation of the operations of nuclear reactors and other systems, both under ordinary and exceptional c...

    English WPEC NSC Nuclear science Evaluation Nuclear data …
    Published date: 18 July 2019
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    Proceedings of International Workshop on Chemical Hazards in Fuel Cycle Facilities Nuclear Processing - Appendix C
    NEA/CSNI/R(2019)9/ADD1

    Appendix C

    The non-radiological risks involving dangerous chemicals in nuclear fuel cycle facilities,French framework regulation -

    Accidents involving hazardous chemicals pose a significant threat to...

    English Nuclear safety research CSNI Proceedings
    Published date: 12 June 2019
    NEA Document
    Comparison of Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis of Nuclear Power Plants in Areas with Different Levels of Seismic Activity
    NEA/CSNI/R(2019)1
    Seismic hazards remain an important factor that nuclear power plant designers and operators worldwide must take into account. Therefore, the Working Group on the Integrity and Ageing of Components a...
    English WGIAGE Nuclear safety research CSNI
    Published date: 3 June 2019
    Publications and Reports
    Cost Benchmarking for Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning

    The nuclear sector has in recent years been placing increasing attention on the need to better understand variations between cost estimates for the decommissioning of nuclear power plants, as well as...

    English Decommissioning Cost estimation Dismantlement Decommissioning and legacy management DCEG Benchmark WPDD …
    Published date: 27 May 2019
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    2018 CNRA-MDEP Workshop on Nuclear Supply Chain Management Proceedings
    NEA/CNRA/R(2019)3

    The CNRA-MDEP workshop was held at the NEA Headquarters in Boulogne-Billancourt (France) on 5-6 November 2018 on the subject of nuclear supply chain management activities. The following topics were s...

    English CNRA Regulation Proceedings
    Published date: 17 May 2019
    NEA Document
    2019 Medical Isotope Demand and Capacity Projection for the 2019-2024 Period
    NEA/SEN/HLGMR(2019)1
    English Nuclear economics Medical radioisotopes Nuclear technology Medical radioisotopes …
    Published date: 16 May 2019
    Publications and Reports
    Occupational Exposures at Nuclear Power Plants (2016)

    This 26th Annual Report of the International System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) Programme presents the status of the Programme in 2016. As of 31 December 2016, the ISOE programme included 74 part...

    English Radiological protection Occupational exposure
    Published date: 7 May 2019
    NEA Document
    Computational Fluid Dynamics for Nuclear Reactor Safety Applications-6 (CFD4NRS-6): Workshop Proceedings
    NEA/CSNI/R(2017)20

    The present report summarises the 6th workshop on Computational Fluid Dynamics for Nuclear Reactor Safety Applications (CFD4NRS-6) in the biennial series, supported by the Nuclear Energy Agency Worki...

    English WGAMA Nuclear safety research CSNI Proceedings …
    Published date: 6 May 2019
    Publications and Reports
    2018 NEA Annual Report

    The year 2018 continued to be one of significant transformation, both in relation to the Agency and the global context within which it operates. In the wider nuclear community, there was increased re...

    English
    Published date: 6 May 2019
    NEA Document
    NEA CODAP Project Topical Report on Basic Principles of Collecting and Evaluating Operating Experience Data on Metallic Passive Components
    NEA/CSNI/R(2018)12

    Several NEA member countries have agreed to establish the Component Operational Experience, Degradation and Ageing Programme (CODAP) to encourage multilateral co-operation in the collection and analy...

    English Nuclear safety research CSNI
    Published date: 4 April 2019
    NEA Document
    Examination of Approaches for Screening External Hazards for Nuclear Power Plants
    NEA/CSNI/R(2018)7

    It has long been recognised that external hazards can present a potential common cause source of initiating events that could challenge nuclear power plant safety. Modelling of these hazards is a com...

    English WGEV Nuclear safety research CSNI
    Published date: 2 April 2019
    NEA Document
    Comparison of Methodologies for the Simulation of Electrical Systems in Nuclear Power Plants: Working Group on Electrical Power Systems Activity 3 Report
    NEA/CSNI/R(2018)10

    One of the major conclusions of this workshop was that simulation of electrical systems has not been adequately discussed at the international level despite the fact that it is used more and more fre...

    English WGELEC Nuclear safety research CSNI
    Published date: 19 February 2019
    NEA Document
    International Features, Events and Processes (IFEP) List for the Deep Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste Version 3.0
    NEA/RWM/R(2019)1

    Version 3.0 of the International Features, Events and Processes (IFEP) List for the Deep Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste. This is a comprehensive and structured list of generic FEPs, relevan...

    English Safety provisions of radioactive waste management Deep geological repository (DGR) Radioactive waste management Disposal RWMC IGSC Radioactive waste Safety case Radioactive waste management FEPs Features events and processes (FEPs) …
    Published date: 18 February 2019
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    NEA Benchmark Exercise: Computational Fluid Dynamic Prediction and Uncertainty Quantification of a GEMIX Mixing Layer Test
    NEA/CSNI/R(2017)19
    The main objectives of the current activity are the promotion, test and evaluation of various methodologies for uncertainty quantification in computational fluid dynamics (UQCFD) for nuclear reactor...
    English Uncertainty quantification Nuclear safety research CSNI
    Published date: 6 February 2019
    Publications and Reports
    NEA News 36.2

    NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...

    English Nuclear energy data Sweden NLC State-of-the-art report Safety culture Radioactive waste Nuclear Law Bulletin Leadership IRPS Data Bank Accident tolerant fuels …
    Published date: 1 February 2019
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    The Costs of Decarbonisation: System Costs with High Shares of Nuclear and Renewables

    Under the Paris Agreement, OECD countries agreed to aim for a reduction of their greenhouse gas emissions sufficient to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre...

    English Future energy market needs Sustainable development Decarbonisation Nuclear economics Electricity generation Climate change Nuclear energy supply Energy markets Industrial and market frameworks Nuclear energy and climate change Electricity markets Fuel cycle economics …
    Published date: 25 January 2019
    NEA Document
    Phase II of the Assessment of Structures Subjected to Concrete Pathologies (ASCET): Final Report
    NEA/CSNI/R(2018)4

    The objective of the CSNI ASCET activity is to make general recommendations for ageing management of concrete nuclear facilities taking into account the effect of concrete pathologies on structural d...

    English WGIAGE Nuclear safety research CSNI
    Published date: 21 January 2019
    NEA Document
    NEA Component Operational Experience, Degradation & Ageing Programme (CODAP): Second Term (2015-2017) Status Report
    NEA/CSNI/R(2019)7
    Several Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) member countries have agreed to establish the Component Operational Experience, Degradation and Ageing Programme (CODAP) to encourage multilateral co-operation in...
    English Nuclear safety research CSNI
    Published date: 21 January 2019
    NEA Document
    A Code to Code Benchmark for High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor Fuel Element Depletion
    NEA/NSC/R(2019)1

    The high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) is a Generation IV reactor concept that uses a graphitemoderated gas-cooled nuclear reactor with a once-through uranium fuel cycle. This design permits ...

    English Nuclear fuel Fuel studies Generation IV reactors Nuclear science WPRS Reactor physics Multiphysics EGMUP Reactor physics Cogeneration NSC Gas-cooled reactors EGPRS Nuclear science Benchmark …
    Published date: 18 January 2019
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    Insights from Leaders in Nuclear Energy: Safety, Performance, and Responsibility

    Insights from Leaders in Nuclear Energy shares personal insights through a series of in-depth conversations between the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Director-General and leading figures in the sector. ...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety CNRA WGSC Japan Safety culture Safety culture Director-General Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 15 January 2019
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    The System Costs of Electricity: Reflecting the true costs of decarbonisation

    Under the Paris Agreement, OECD countries agreed to aim for a reduction of their greenhouse gas emissions sufficient to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre...

    English Cost estimation Sustainable development Decarbonisation Nuclear economics Policy Brief Low-carbon generation Electricity generation Nuclear energy supply Energy markets Industrial and market frameworks Cost control Electricity markets Sustainable development and nuclear energy …
    Published date: 2 January 2019
    NEA Document
    Phase II of the Assessment of Structures Subjected to Concrete Pathologies (ASCET): Final Report (Appendix)
    NEA/CSNI/R(2018)4/ADD1

    Increasingly engineers are confronted with the need to perform predictive structural assessment based on limited or incomplete data set. This may include damage up to failure assessment (in the conte...

    English WGIAGE Nuclear safety research CSNI
    Published date: 1 January 2019
    NEA Document
    Status of Practice for Level 3 Probabilistic Safety Assessments
    NEA/CSNI/R(2018)1

    The mission of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) Working Group on Risk Assessment (WGRISK) is to advance understanding of probabilistic safety as...

    English WGRISK Nuclear safety research CSNI
    Published date: 19 December 2018
    Publications and Reports
    Nuclear Energy Data 2018/ Données sur l’énergie nucléaire 2018

    Nuclear Energy Data is the Nuclear Energy Agency's annual compilation of statistics and country reports documenting nuclear power status in NEA member countries and in the OECD area. Information prov...

    English Nuclear energy data French Bilingual Nuclear economics Nuclear technology …
    Published date: 14 December 2018
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    Uranium 2018: Resources, Production and Demand

    Uranium is the raw material used to produce fuel for long-lived nuclear power facilities, necessary for the generation of significant amounts of baseload low-carbon electricity for decades to come. A...

    English Uranium Nuclear economics Nuclear technology Uranium processing Uranium mining Uranium supply …
    Published date: 13 December 2018
    NEA Document
    Review of Operating and Forthcoming Experimental Facilities Opened to International R&D Co-operation in the Field of Advanced Fuel Cycles
    NEA/NSC/R(2018)4
    English R&D WPFC NSC Chemistry Nuclear science Nuclear fuel cycle Fuel cycle physics and chemistry …
    Published date: 12 December 2018
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    14th WGIP Workshop Proceedings, Questionnaires' Answers
    NEA/CNRA/R(2018)6/ADD1

    This documents provides answers to the questionnaire used as input for the 14th WGIP Workshop held by the WGIP in Heidelberg (Germany) on 8-12 April 2018.

    English WGIP CNRA Inspection practices Proceedings Nuclear safety regulation …
    Published date: 10 December 2018
    NEA Document
    Cable Ageing in Nuclear Power Plants: Report on the First and Second Terms (2012-2017) of the NEA Cable Ageing Data and Knowledge (CADAK) Project
    NEA/CSNI/R(2018)8

    The number of ageing nuclear power plants (NPPs) is increasing in NEA member countries. Accordingly, maintenance programmes, in-service inspection and testing of structures, systems and components im...

    English Nuclear safety research CSNI Safety of components and structures
    Published date: 6 December 2018
    NEA Document
    Resolving Complex Safety Relevant Issues Related to Hydrogen Release in Nuclear Power Plant Containments During a Postulated Severe Accident
    NEA/CSNI/R(2018)11

    This is a summary report by the Hydrogen Mitigation Experiments for Reactor Safety (HYMERES) project on the PANDA and MISTRA experiments.

    Phase 1 of the Project, between 2013 and 2016, focused on imp...

    English Nuclear safety research CSNI Joint project
    Published date: 23 November 2018
    NEA Document
    Integrity of Structures, Systems and Components Under Design and Beyond Design Loads in Nuclear Power Plants: Final Report of the Project on Metallic Component Margins Under High Seismic Loads (MECOS)
    NEA/CSNI/R(2018)3

    The Metallic Component Margins under High Seismic Loads (MECOS) Project is an international programme organised under an initiative of the NEA. The main objective of the MECOS Project is to quantify ...

    English WGIAGE Nuclear safety research CSNI
    Published date: 12 November 2018
    NEA Document
    International Workshop on Operating Experience (OPEX) Proceedings, Working Group on Operating Experience (WGOE)
    NEA/CNRA/R(2018)5

    The main objective of this international workshop held in Madrid, Spain, on 24-26 April 2017, was to provide a forum to exchange information and allow groups of nuclear safety experts to discuss thei...

    English WGOE CNRA Proceedings
    Published date: 8 November 2018
    Publications and Reports
    Extended Summary of The Full Costs of Electricity Provision

    Electricity provision touches upon every facet of life in OECD and non-OECD countries alike, and choosing how this electricity is generated whether from fossil fuels, nuclear energy or renewables aff...

    English Sustainable development Nuclear economics Nuclear energy and climate change Climate change …
    Published date: 29 October 2018
    Publications and Reports
    Measuring Employment Generated by the Nuclear Power Sector

    The nuclear energy sector employs a considerable workforce around the world, and with nuclear power projected to grow in countries with increasing electricity demand, corresponding jobs in the nuclea...

    English Nuclear economics
    Published date: 25 October 2018
    Publications and Reports
    2018 NEA International Mentoring Workshops

    The NEA mentoring workshops are in line with the initiatives being undertaken by countries around the world to ensure that expertise is maintained in highly technical areas such as nuclear safety, ra...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Spain Japan Capacity building and gender Training …
    Published date: 23 October 2018
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    Proceedings of the Fifth International Nuclear Emergency Exercise (INEX-5) Workshop

    The Fifth International Nuclear Emergency Exercise (INEX-5) was developed in response to NEA member countries' desire to test and demonstrate the value of changes put in place following the Fukushima...

    English Radiological protection Proceedings
    Published date: 2 October 2018
    Publications and Reports
    State-of-the-Art Report on Light Water Reactor Accident-Tolerant Fuels

    As part of a broader spectrum of collaborative activities underpinning nuclear materials research, the Nuclear Energy Agency is supporting worldwide efforts towards the development of advanced materi...

    English Nuclear science Nuclear science Accident tolerant fuels
    Published date: 28 September 2018
    NEA Document
    Lessons Learnt from Common-Cause Failure of Emergency Diesel Generators in Nuclear Power Plants: A Report from the International Common-Cause Failure Data Exchange (ICDE) Project
    NEA/CSNI/R(2018)5

    This report documents a study performed on a set of common-cause failure (CCF) events of Emergency Diesel Generators (EDG) at nuclear power plants. In May 2000, the ICDE Project published a report su...

    English Accident analysis and management Safety of electrical systems Nuclear safety research Ancillary data CSNI Safety Safety of components and structures Safety research Risk assessment …
    Published date: 26 September 2018
    Publications and Reports
    Nuclear Power Plant Operating Experience from the IAEA/NEA Incident Reporting System 2012–2014

    The International Reporting System for Operating Experience (IRS) is an essential system for the exchange of information on safety related events at nuclear power plants worldwide. The fundamental ob...

    English Nuclear safety regulation
    Published date: 19 September 2018
    Publications and Reports
    Country-Specific Safety Culture Forum: Sweden

    One of the many important lessons learnt about nuclear safety over the years has been that human aspects of nuclear safety are as important as any technical issue that may arise in the course of nucl...

    English Human aspects of nuclear safety Sweden Safety culture Safety culture …
    Published date: 13 September 2018
    Publications and Reports
    NEA brochure

    The brochure provides background information about the NEA.

    English Nuclear law Human aspects of nuclear safety Nuclear law Radiological protection Nuclear science Nuclear economics Nuclear technology Regulation Decommissioning and legacy management Radioactive waste management Nuclear safety research Radiological protection Technology Safety research Radioactive waste management Human action Data Bank Nuclear science Nuclear safety regulation Nuclear economics …
    Published date: 10 September 2018
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    Overview of User Facilities for Basic Research in the Field of Materials Under Irradiation
    NEA/NSC/R(2018)3

    To address the objective of the Expert Group on Innovative Structural Materials (EGISM) related to sharing available experimental installations, this report considers the existing facilities, also de...

    English WPFC Structural materials NSC Nuclear installations Materials science EGISM Nuclear fuel cycle …
    Published date: 7 September 2018
    NEA Document
    Consensus Position on the Qualification of I&C Platforms for Use in Systems Important to Safety [CP-14]
    NEA/CNRA/R(2018)3

    This consensus position provides evaluation guidance for the qualification of platforms developed for general industrial use as well as those developed specifically for nuclear applications important...

    English CNRA Digital instrumentation WGDIC Nuclear safety regulation Digital instrumentation and control in nuclear safety …
    Published date: 4 September 2018
    Publications and Reports
    Phenomena Identification and Ranking Table
    English Nuclear safety regulation
    Published date: 3 August 2018
    Publications and Reports
    NEA News 36.1

    NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...

    English Uranium Cost estimation Fukushima IRPS Electricity generation Safety Emergency preparedness and response …
    Published date: 27 July 2018
    NEA Document
    Informing Severe Accident Management Guidance and Actions for Nuclear Power Plants through Analytical Simulation
    NEA/CSNI/R(2017)16

    This report by the Working Group on Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) summarises the first Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) project to address the topic of severe accident management guidance (...

    English WGAMA