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...
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25 January 2019
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...
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25 January 2019
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9 November 2012
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...
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22 July 2022
The brochure provides background information about the NEA.
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10 September 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...
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5 March 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...
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1 June 2022
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.
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15 June 2020
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19 April 2022
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...
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12 May 2022
The use of medical radioisotopes is an important part of modern medical practice. Many millions of patients around the world benefit from nuclear medicine imaging.
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16 March 2022
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...
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25 January 2022
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...
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2 December 2021
Nuclear power plants are used extensively as base load sources of electricity. This is the most economical and technically simple mode of operation. In this mode, power changes are limited to frequen...
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1 June 2011
Many different estimates for the cost of radioactive waste disposal in geological repositories have been published. This study, aimed at the general reader, illustrates why the published cost estimat...
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1 January 1993
The NEA held a WebChat with H.E. Mohamed Al Hammadi, Chief Executive Officer of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC).
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17 September 2020
The Clean Energy Ministerial’s Nuclear Innovation: Clean Energy Future (NICE Future) initiative and the International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC) hosted a webinar on Earth Day, 22 April 2021, on Po...
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29 April 2021
The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) hosted an expert roundtable discussion on 29 July 2021 to present and discuss findings from a new report on the role of nuclear long-term operation (LTO) in decarbonis...
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5 August 2021
A new NEA report on Ensuring the Adequacy of Funding for Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Management was launched in an online expert roundtable on 18 June 2021, where the NEA presented analysis...
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1 July 2021
New NEA task force on partitioning and transmutation kicks off
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27 January 2021
Uranium 2020: Resources, Production and Demand
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23 December 2020
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had significant impacts on the global economy and energy sector. It has also underlined the importance of electricity reliability and resilience during major d...
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24 June 2020
This Strategic Plan is intended to guide the NEA as it seeks to meet the evolving needs of member countries in the application and exploration of nuclear science and technology. The plan includes an ...
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22 December 2016
The joint NEA/IAEA Uranium Group held its 57th meeting virtually on 3-5 November 2021.
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12 December 2021
NEA Director General William D. Magwood, IV delivering his opening remarks at the International Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Power in the 21st Century. St Regis Saadiyat Island Resort, Abu Dhabi...
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31 October 2017
The NEA held a WebChat H.E. Michał Kurtyka, Poland's Minister of Climate and 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP24) President.
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15 June 2020
23 November 2021
14:00-17:00 CET, Online
In 2021, the NEA and IFNEC organised a series of joint webinars on a number of conceptual and practical issues pertaining to nuclear new build financing. These events aimed to advance ongoing policy ...
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19 November 2021
Sustainable development is a goal that transcends national boundaries and generations of people. It integrates environmental protection, economic growth and social welfare.
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22 July 2020
The Ad hoc Expert Group on Climate Change: Assessment of the Vulnerability of Nuclear Power Plants and Cost of Adaptation (NUCA) is responsible for assesing the vulnerability of nuclear power plants,...
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16 June 2020
This report assesses the role that nuclear energy can play in supporting the transition to a low-carbon energy system. It begins by considering the greenhouse gas emissions from the full nuclear fuel...
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18 June 2012
Nuclear economics refers to the study of costs related to nuclear energy, which includes electricity generation, uranium supply, new plant build and support, fuel, waste disposal and decommissioning....
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28 November 2019
The world’s effort to decarbonise is one of the defining challenges for this generation and the window for action is rapidly narrowing. Nuclear energy is playing an important role today and can do mo...
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27 October 2021
Limiting the rise of global temperature to less than 2°C represents an enormous challenge for the whole electricity sector. Decarbonising the electricity sector in a cost-effective manner while maint...
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27 October 2021
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25 November 2019
This report reviews how some of the innovative nuclear-fission technologies being developed today attempt to address the challenges facing nuclear energy. It suggests some areas for collaborative res...
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12 August 2020
Techniquement, les réacteurs nucléaires de fission, qu’ils soient en service ou en cours de construction, peuvent fournir des produits autres que l’électricité. Cependant, alors que les applications ...
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1 January 2004
Technically, nuclear fission reactors in operation or being built can supply non-electricity products. However, while non-electrical applications have been considered since the very beginning of nucl...
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1 January 2004
Refurbishment and long-term operation (LTO) of existing nuclear power plants (NPPs) today are crucial to the competitiveness of the nuclear industry in OECD countries as existing nuclear power plants...
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19 December 2012
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...
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18 June 2021
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 ...
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12 June 2020
The feasibility and costs of spent nuclear fuel management and the consequent disposal of ultimate waste continue to be the subject of public debate in many countries, with particular concern often e...
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23 October 2013
The decommissioning of nuclear power plants is a topic of increasing interest to governments and the industry as many nuclear units approach retirement. It is important in this context to assess deco...
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11 August 2003
Uranium is the raw material used to produce fuel for nuclear power plants and refers to the global markets study of its supply and demand.
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25 February 2020
Over the last few years, education, training and knowledge management in nuclear science and technology have been very high priority, topical issues for the international community, notably in the co...
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11 May 2021
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...
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2 January 2019
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 ...
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9 December 2020
NEA/SEN/HLGMR(2019)2
NEA/SEN/HLGMR(2019)2
At the request of its member countries, the NEA became involved in global efforts to ensure an economically sustainable secure supply of molybdenum-99/technetium-99m. This final ...
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15 February 2021
The "Red Book", is a biennial publication produced jointly by the NEA and the IAEA under the auspices of the joint NEA/IAEA Uranium Group. It is the only government-sponsored publication tracking wor...
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15 February 2021
This ongoing series on projected costs of generating electricity presents and analyses cost estimates for some 130 power and co-generation (heat and power) plants using coal, gas, nuclear and renewab...
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15 June 2020
An NEA initiative to accelerate R&D and market deployment of innovative nuclear fission technologies.
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20 February 2020
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