The new NEA initiative was announced at the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28).
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5 December 2023
International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2023
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10 February 2023
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Jeju Island, Korea (dates to be confirmed)
The purpose of this joint conference is to ensure attendees leave with renewed interest in their field of expertise by exposing them to the new tools for developers, code users, theoreticians, and ex...
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NEA Headquarters, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
The NEA is organising the 16th Information Exchange Meeting on Actinide and Fission Product Partitioning and Transmutation (16IEMPT) on 24-27 October 2023. The meeting will be held at the NEA offices...
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23 October 2023
This brochure is published in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the NEA Regulators' Forum (RF). The document describes the history of RF, its major milestones, achievements, and vision for the...
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23 February 2023
Publié chaque année, le Rapport annuel de l’AEN présente un aperçu des activités et publications de l’AEN pour une année donnée, ainsi que les derniers développements du secteur de l’énergie nucléair...
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8 December 2023
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 ...
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8 December 2023
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7 September 2023
NEA Director-General Magwood shares his forecast for the biggest developments and challenges in the nuclear energy sector in 2023.
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3 February 2023
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Barcelona, Spain
Date: 8-12 July 2024
Place: Universitat de Barcelona
Facultat de Fisica
Diagonal 645
08028 Barcelona - SPAIN
Minimum enrolment: 6 participants
Maximum enrolment: 15 participants
Course fee: 1500 EUR
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NEA headquarters (46, quai Alphonse Le Gallo, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France) with a remote access option
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30 January 2023
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NEA headquarters (46, quai Alphonse Le Gallo, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France), remote access only under exceptional circumstances
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29 November 2023
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Warsaw, Poland
The International Nuclear Law Association (INLA) was founded in Brussels in 1970 by a group of nuclear lawyers, with finalisation of its Statutes and incorporation taking place in 1972. Its purpose i...
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8 January 2024
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10 July 2023
Accelerating SMRs for Net Zero will establish a practical, solutions-oriented platform with a defined plan of work for collaboration and knowledge exchange to support decision makers in maximising th...
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11 December 2023
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Laurier Room - Fairmont Château Laurier, Ottawa, Canada
The NEA will host an international workshop on the economics of small modular reactors (SMRs) at Fairmont Château Laurier in Ottawa, Canada, on Tuesday, 27 February 2024. This international workshop ...
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19 January 2024
The project participants, who come from 19 organisations in 8 countries, met in December 2023 in Karlsruhe.
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21 December 2023
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12 September 2023
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4 May 2023
1964 Protocol to Amend 1963 Brussels Supplementary Convention
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12 May 2023
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31 March 2023
The NEA and IAEA jointly organised an international workshop in Vienna, Austria, on 2-6 October 2023.
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21 November 2023
NEA workshop gathers nuclear sector stakeholders for interactive discussions.
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20 March 2024
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6 October 2023
The NEA ATLAS3 and NEA ETHARINUS projects organised a workshop on 7-9 November 2023.
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23 November 2023
The 9th edition of the Computational Fluid Dynamics for Nuclear Reactor Safety workshop was hosted by Texas A&M University on 20-22 February 2023.
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23 March 2023
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15 June 2023
JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel, Bucharest, Romania
Momentum in regards to disposal solutions for radioactive waste has rapidly picked up over the last five years. Several countries have entered the licensing phase of establishing a deep geological re...
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13 June 2023
The 2023 MMSNF takes place in Canada.
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14 December 2023
WPFM held meetings on 23-25 May 2023.
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13 June 2023
Approximately 30 experts from WGAMA discussed how to advance the understanding of phenomena in pool in the situation of a loss of cooling accident.
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25 April 2023
An NEA delegation last week travelled to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to take part in the 37th Africa Union Summit.
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27 February 2024
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29 June 2023
Tokyo (Japan) - Hitotsubashi Hall, National Center of Sciences Building
The NEA in collaboration with the Japanese Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) hosted an international workshop on 28-29 June 2023 on the topic of Ageing management considerations in mechanical codes ...
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3 July 2023
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6 June 2023
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11 January 2024
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11 October 2023
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9 October 2023
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11 October 2023
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8 April 2024
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19 September 2023
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22 February 2024
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20 February 2024
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27 June 2023
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1 June 2023
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22 January 2024
The objective of the Amendment to the CPPNM is to achieve and maintain worldwide effective physical protection of nuclear material and of nuclear facilities used for peaceful purposes; to prevent a...
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2 April 2024
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Online training course
--Registration closed--
Date: 16-17 April 2024
Place: Online course
Maximum enrolment: 25 participants
Course fee: 50 EUR
This two-day online event will be...
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15 March 2024
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19 April 2024
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8 June 2023
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16 November 2023
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15 November 2023
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6 September 2023
The OECD NEA RASPLAV Project provided experiments with prototypical material and data on the behavior of molten core material (corium) in the reactor pressure vessel lower head during a severe accide...
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6 October 2023
The scope of the proposed project is therefore to perform practical exercises of demonstration of the SAPIUM approach.
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1 September 2023
Anciens numéros du Bulletin de droit nucléaire (nos 1 à 80).
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3 April 2023
23 June 2023
12:30 CEST, Zoom
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...
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19 June 2023
Nuclear legislation: Argentina
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19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: Australia
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19 September 2023
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12 March 2024
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27 June 2023
Irradiation Vessel with Coupons, CNL
The NEA Behaviour of Iodine Project (BIP) was created to provide separate effects and modelling studies of iodine behaviour in a nuclear reactor containment bui...
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31 August 2023
NEA/CSNI/R(2020)14
The present report summarises the main results and learnings from the third phase of the NEA Behaviour of Iodine Project (BIP-3), which was conducted between 2016 and 2019 by the Canadian Nuclear Lab...
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15 February 2023
Nuclear legislation: Belgium
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19 September 2023
The Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS) and its expert groups co-ordinate benchmark activities on Reactor Single- and Multi-Physics. The benchmark ac...
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21 December 2023
The goal of the Benchmark for Uncertainty Analysis in Best-Estimate Modelling for Design, Operation and Safety Analysis of Light Water Reactors (LWR-UAM) is to determine the uncertainty in light wate...
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25 April 2023
NEA/NSC/R(2021)5
Since the early 2000s there is an increasing demand from nuclear research, industry, safety and regulation for best-estimate predictions to be provided with their confidence bounds. Consequently, an ...
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18 April 2023
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18 January 2024
NEA/NSC/R(2023)8
The Task Force on Dose Rate Calculations for Irradiated Fuel Assembly was launched in 2015 to assess code predictions of dose rates from bare spent fuel assemblies and to benchmark multiple codes and...
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19 September 2023
NEA/NSC/R(2022)5
This report presents the results of a benchmark study on innovative fuels for fast reactors using fuel performance codes. Irradiation results were shared among participants of the expert group and co...
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3 April 2023
30 October 2023
13:00-15:00 CET, Online
Recent performance breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) have led to unprecedented interest in AI/ML among nuclear engineers. However, the lack of dedicated benchmar...
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6 December 2023
The annual WPRS Benchmarks Workshops took place on 22-26 May 2023 in Bologna, Italy.
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13 June 2023
Benchmarking the progress of SMRs continues with the release of the NEA SMR Dashboard: Volume II.
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20 July 2023
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16 June 2023
Presentation of NEST Fellows
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25 May 2023
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25 May 2023
The Brussels Supplementary Convention establishes a scheme to provide compensation supplementary to that required by the Paris Convention. The BSC is open only to contracting parties to the Paris C...
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2 April 2024
The Brussels Supplementary Convention establishes a scheme to provide compensation supplementary to that required by the Paris Convention. The BSC is open only to contracting parties to the Paris Con...
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12 May 2023
Latest status of ratifications or accessions of the Brussels Supplementary Convention (BSC).
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30 January 2023
Convention de Bruxelles complémentaire à la Convention de Paris: Texte consolidé officieux et exposé des motifs
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12 May 2023
General view of the EREC test facility BC V-213, source: EREC
There are several VVER-440/213* type nuclear power plants operating in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovak Republic, Russia and Ukraine...
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6 October 2023
In May 2022, the Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) and the Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) held a Joint Workshop with stakeholders from Germany, Sweden and Switzerland to assess the ...
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21 August 2023
NEA/RWM/R(2022)4
Safe disposal of radioactive waste (RW), including spent fuel, must take into consideration long timescales as implied by radioactive waste management (RWM). The NEA Radioactive Waste Management Comm...
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24 January 2024
Nuclear legislation: Bulgaria
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19 September 2023
Le Bulletin de droit nucléaire est une publication internationale unique en son genre destinée aux juristes et aux universitaires en droit nucléaire.
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27 March 2024
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24 May 2023
Le Bulletin de droit nucléaire est une publication internationale unique en son genre destinée aux juristes et aux universitaires en droit nucléaire. Ses lecteurs bénéficient d’informations exhaustiv...
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27 January 2023
Le Bulletin de droit nucléaire est une publication internationale unique en son genre destinée aux juristes et aux universitaires en droit nucléaire. Ses lecteurs bénéficient d’informations exhaustiv...
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24 May 2023
Le Bulletin de droit nucléaire est une publication internationale unique en son genre destinée aux juristes et aux universitaires en droit nucléaire. Ses lecteurs bénéficient d’informations exhaustiv...
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16 November 2023
Burn-up credit is a safety approach that accounts for the reduction in the reactivity of configurations with spent nuclear fuel due to the change in their composition after irradiation.
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11 September 2023
This benchmark is organised to examine the models for fission gas release during anticipated operational occurrences (AOOs).
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7 March 2023
Cable samples of Beznau NPP
In 2006, two subjects, stress corrosion cracking and the degradation of cable insulation were selected as the focus of the Stress Corrosion Cracking and Cable Ageing Pro...
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20 February 2024
Cabri Reactor (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives)
The Cabri International Project (CIP) began in March 2000 to study the behaviour of nuclear fuel rods and cladding durin...
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26 April 2023
Nuclear legislation: Canada
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19 September 2023
Kick-off workshop of the thermal hydraulic code validation benchmark for high temperature gas-cooled reactors using High Temperature Test Facility (HTTF) data.
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16 June 2023
This report is intended to serve as a practical guide to explain the organisational characteristics, attributes and way of thinking that can help a nuclear regulator build and maintain trust with int...
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17 April 2024
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17 November 2023
National legislation: China
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19 September 2023
The International Co-operative Programme for the Exchange of Scientific and Technical Information Concerning Nuclear Installation Decommissioning Projects (CPD) is a joint undertaking of a limited nu...
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3 November 2023
The goal of the Committee for Technical and Economic Studies on Nuclear Energy Development and the Fuel Cycle is to provide authoritative, reliable information on nuclear technologies, economics, str...
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1 March 2024
The CDLM assists member states in holistically addressing challenges in the execution of decommissioning and legacy management through sharing experiences among members with a broad range of expertis...
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5 May 2023
The Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) is an international committee created in 1989 to guide the NEA concerning safety in the regulation, licensing and inspection of nuclear installat...
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16 February 2024
The Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) is responsible for NEA programmes and activities that support maintaining and advancing the scientific and technical knowledge base of the ...
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10 October 2023
38 OECD countries formally adopt the Recommendation of the Council on Improving the Gender Balance in the Nuclear Sector.
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8 June 2023
Feeders on the Reactor Face in the Feeder Cabinet Photo: Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)
The Component Operational Experience, Degradation and Ageing Programme (CODAP) combines the follow-u...
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11 April 2024
The CTBT bans all nuclear explosions anywhere on Earth whether for military or peaceful purposes.
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13 November 2023
NEA Working Group on Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) initiated this activity focusing on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in nuclear reactor safety (NRS).
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1 September 2023
NEA/CSNI/R(2022)2
The eighth instalment of the workshop on computational fluid dynamics for nuclear reactor safety (CFD4NRS-8) was organised by the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Instal...
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28 August 2023
Control room, PAKS NPP.
Software-based systems are used and retrofitted in operating nuclear power plants worldwide. The failure modes of both hardware and software in these systems are to some ext...
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7 November 2023
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30 June 2023
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13 September 2023
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3 November 2023
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28 April 2023
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5 September 2023
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19 September 2023
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29 March 2023
Convention du 29 juillet 1960 sur la responsabilité civile dans le domaine de l’énergie nucléaire, modifiée par le Protocole additionnel du 28 janvier 1964, par le Protocole du 16 novembre 1982 et pa...
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2 February 2024
Recueil des décisions, recommandations et interprétations concernant la convention de Paris
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13 March 2023
État d’avancement des ratifications ou des adhésions à la Convention de Paris sur la responsabilité civile nucléaire.
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4 April 2023
The OSPAR Convention is the mechanism by which 15 governments and the EU co-operate to prevent and eliminate pollution and protect the maritime area against the adverse effects of human activities ...
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17 May 2023
1963 Brussels Supplementary Convention as Amended in 1964 and 1982 (bilingual)
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12 May 2023
The Aarhus Convention obliges states and grants the public rights in three areas of the convention: access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environme...
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27 October 2023
The Convention on Assistance sets up a framework for states parties to co-operate amongst themselves and with the International Atomic Energy Agency to facilitate prompt assistance in the event of ...
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2 April 2024
The Early Notification Convention establishes a notification system for nuclear accidents that have the potential for an international transboundary release of radioactive material that could be of...
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2 April 2024
The Espoo Convention sets out the obligations of parties to assess the environmental impact of certain activities at an early stage of planning and lays down general obligations of states to notify...
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27 October 2023
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2 April 2024
The CSC provides for a global liability and compensation scheme that may supplement that called for under the Paris Convention, the Vienna Convention or Annex state legislation as defined by the CS...
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2 April 2024
The CPPNM establishes measures related to the physical protection of nuclear material used for peaceful purposes during transport, criminalisation of offenses relating to nuclear material and inter...
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2 April 2024
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23 March 2023
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29 March 2023
1963 Brussels Supplementary Convention
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12 May 2023
This COP28 was a historic event for nuclear energy when it was formally specified as one of the solutions to climate change.
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21 December 2023
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10 July 2023
The Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy is led by a Council of Advisors comprised by representatives from about 20 academic institutions in NEA member countries.
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24 May 2023
The NEST Framework comprises several countries and organisations who wish to co-operate through international exchanges and activities to strengthen nuclear-related technology education and training ...
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4 September 2023
Declaration draws on NEA analysis which shows that that tripling nuclear energy capacity by 2050 provides the world with a realistic and practical path to meet net zero carbon emissions goals.
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2 December 2023
The NEA established the Country-Specific Safety Culture Forum (CSSCF) to examine how nuclear safety culture can be influenced by the national cultural context of a country operating nuclear facilitie...
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2 April 2024
One of the many 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. The international nuclear comm...
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5 April 2024
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19 February 2024
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24 January 2024
The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Working Group on the Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA) aims to contribute to the assessment of the prevention, mitigation and management of accidents, ultim...
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5 October 2023
This Technical Opinion Paper (TOP) studies the emerging use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) as an additional tool for the evaluation of safety cases implying thermal hydraulics. CFD allows a fi...
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11 March 2024
While there is a growing interest in the deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs) as a promising option to help mitigate climate change, further international efforts are needed to accelerate the ...
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10 October 2023
National legislation: Czechia
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27 October 2023
Data available in the JANIS 'NEA' database
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12 February 2024
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18 April 2023
Data Bank Newsletter Archive
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29 June 2023
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29 June 2023
NEA DB Services to non-NEA DB countries
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1 June 2023
Experts from 16 countries met on 13-15 September for the 24th annual Working Group on Fuel Safety GFS meeting in Paris.
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27 October 2023
Joint workshop on initiatives of low-dose research co-ordination
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6 February 2024
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24 May 2023
Development started on DATIF, the DATabase for IFpe, in 2018 in order to enhance accessibility to the IFPE legacy collection of integral fuel performance experiments data, jointly put together by the...
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12 April 2023
International Workshop on Medical Radioisotopes Supply
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6 November 2023
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10 November 2023
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10 November 2023
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10 November 2023
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10 November 2023
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10 November 2023
International Workshop on Medical Radioisotopes Supply
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6 November 2023
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10 November 2023
International Workshop on Medical Radioisotopes Supply
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6 November 2023
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10 November 2023
International Workshop on Medical Radioisotopes Supply
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6 November 2023
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10 November 2023
International Workshop on Medical Radioisotopes Supply
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6 November 2023
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22 August 2023
The disposal of long-lived radioactive waste in a deep geological repository (DGR) is a scientifically and technically credible solution that meets the need for long-term safety without reliance on a...
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24 January 2024
The Horonobe International Joint Project (HIP) is a collaborative project between the NEA and Japan Atomic Energy Agency established in February 2023.
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25 April 2023
National legislation: Denmark
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19 September 2023
NEA/CSNI/R(2021)14
In June 2017, the NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installation (CSNI) approved the Working Group on Risk Assessment (WGRISK) activity Digital I&C PSA – Comparative application of Digital Instr...
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6 February 2024
NEA/CSNI/R(2021)14/ADD
During the 28-30 January 2019 meeting on Digital I&C PSA – Comparative application of Digital Instrumentation and Control (I&C) Modelling Approaches for Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) hosted b...
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6 February 2024
The Joint NEA-IAEA Uranium Group discussed latest and future activities during a meeting in Paris.
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26 February 2024
International workshop convened experts in the field to United States.
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20 November 2023
Members of the WGHOF gathered in Vantaa, Finland, for its 33rd meeting.
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25 May 2023
CNRA met to discuss its new structure and future activities.
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14 June 2023
The NEA High-level Group on Low-Dose Research (HLG-LDR) met on 27-28 June 2023.
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6 July 2023
The WPRS met from 20-24 February 2023.
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17 March 2023
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19 July 2023
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21 June 2023
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22 September 2023
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21 June 2023
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4 May 2023
A new collaboration with the EPRI and the NEA will focus on waste management strategies for small modular reactors.
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26 October 2023
The NEA and the Ministry of Energy Transition of France will host the first government-industry conference.
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27 September 2023
The NEA participated in the European Nuclear Young Generation Forum in Krakow, Poland, an international platform for collaboration between the nuclear sector and the next generation.
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17 May 2023
WPNEM held its 48th meeting in Oslo on 21 November 2023.
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4 December 2023
EGPRS Task Force members met on 3 April 2023.
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7 April 2023
Workshop gathers global experts to better understand the situation in Ukraine and increase co-operation.
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21 December 2023
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Krakow, Poland
The ENYGF is a biennial event that alternates with the International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC). The ENYGF’s objective is to provide a network for international communication and sharing knowledge...
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7 March 2023
NEA/CSNI/R(2020)2
In order to reach a better understanding of countries’ different approaches to the evaluation of vibrations detected in piping systems and components, the NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Insta...
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15 February 2023
Joint workshop on initiatives of low-dose research co-ordination
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6 February 2024
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24 May 2023
All Global Forum meetings, events and conferences are listed on this page.
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24 May 2023
A list of NEST events, conferences, workshops and summer schools organised in the context of ongoing NEST projects.
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24 May 2023
Fourth Country-Specific Safety Culture Forum brings together operators, regulators, local governments, international observers.
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21 December 2023
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4 May 2023
NEA/NSC/R(2022)6
The goal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS) Subgroup on Experimental Needs for Criticality Safety Purposes (SG-5) was to highlight the needs of int...
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15 September 2023
The Expert Group on a Data and Information Management Strategy for the Safety Case (EGSSC) shall address activities that help RWMOs to describe and better understand the data and information they hol...
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18 July 2023
The HDCS will develop a holistic process for decision making and provide guidelines to allow an integral progression from recognition to resolution, to support the decommissioning and management of c...
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28 August 2023
The EGCDL will address costing issues for decommissioning of nuclear installations and legacy management as a level three expert group.
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22 August 2023
Under the guidance of the Working Party on Materials Science Issues in Nuclear Fuels and Structural Materials (WPFM), the Expert Group on Fuel Materials (EGFM) focuses on materials science aspects of...
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3 March 2023
The EGOE facilitates an active and timely exchange of operating experience information to establish, implement, assess, and continuously improve regulatory oversight practices and programmes.
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16 February 2024
Under the guidance of the Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS), the Expert Group on Physics of Reactor Systems (EGPRS) performs specific tasks associa...
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6 December 2023
The Expert Group on Public Communication of Nuclear Regulatory Organisations (EGPC) is responsible for supporting and advising the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) in carrying out it...
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2 February 2024
Created in 2019, under the guidance of the Working Party on Scientific Issues of Reactor Systems (WPRS) the expert group will perform specific tasks associated with core thermal-hydraulics aspects of...
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6 December 2023
Under the guidance of the Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS) the expert group performs specific tasks associated with fuel performance aspects of pr...
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8 March 2023
The Expert Group on Reactor Systems Multi-Physics (EGMUP) advances the state of the art in establishing processes and procedures for certifying experimental data and benchmarking multi-physics multi-...
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6 December 2023
With the growing importance of SMRs, following the proposal of the CSNI Bureau, the CSNI has decided to create an Expert Group on SMRs (EGSMR), at its 69th meeting held on 2-3 June 2021.
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7 April 2023
Under the guidance of the Working Party on Materials Science Issues in Nuclear Fuels and Structural Materials (WPFM), the Expert Group on Structural Materials (EGSM) focuses on materials science aspe...
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3 March 2023
The EGRRS supports NEA member countries to optimise the development of national radioactive waste management and decommissioning programmes through the application of robotic and remote systems.
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19 March 2024
Expert groups on structural and fuel materials meet to advance materials science activities
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24 February 2023
The fourth FACE meeting brought together experts to Cologne, Germany.
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27 February 2024
Updates from the NEA Working Group on Reactor Oversight
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18 March 2024
The NEA Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS) held its bi-annual meetings in June 2023
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24 July 2023
Around 50 delegates from 22 countries and 2 international organisations gathered on 6-7 June 2023 for the 73rd CSNI meeting.
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14 June 2023
Forty nuclearexperts came together to explore the latest developments in preparations for the LTO beyond sixty years of existing nuclear power plants.
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27 March 2024
Paris Convention Exposé des Motifs - Bilingual (with disclosure)
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29 March 2023
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The NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) created the Ad-hoc Group on the Extended Storage and Transportation (AhGEST) in 2021. Following the work on these two topics, AhGEST presented it...
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22 January 2024
Some 100 international experts convened in New Jersey, U.S for the Workshop on Extended Storage and Transportation of Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste from Current and Future Reactor Technologies.
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21 December 2023
NEST Fellows can be Master’s students, PhDs, postdoctoral researchers, young professionals, etc. belonging to one of the NEST project’s participating organisations.
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24 May 2023
The FIDES-II framework is designed to do more than just produce data on transient fuel behavior and safety related issues.
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13 June 2023
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19 April 2023
National legislation: Finland
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19 September 2023
The Fire Incidents Records Exchange (FIRE) Project started in 2002 and phase 7 of the project began in 2023 for a duration of three years, with 14 countries currently participating. The main purpose ...
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23 November 2023
Electrical cable fire test, IRSN.
The NEA PRISME project addressed in a series of 3 phases from 2006 till 2022 fire risk research. Operating experience shows that fire is one of the highest risks i...
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4 October 2023
Scheme of the DIVA Facility, IRSN
The Fire Risk Assessment through Innovative Research Project is a follow-up of the PRISME project series which addresses new fire scenarios and new topics of inter...
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31 August 2023
The benchmark will predict the Critical Heat Flux (CHF).
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22 November 2023
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Online training & in-person event on 22-23 May 2023 in Bologna, Italy
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11 December 2023
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21 April 2023
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21 April 2023
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2 March 2023
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22 June 2023
NEA, Paris, France
Date: 20-22 June 2023
Place: OECD/NEA Headquarters
46, Quai Alphonse Le Gallo
92100 Boulogne-Billancourt (Paris) - FRANCE
Minimum enrollment: 8 participants
Maximum enrollment: 16 participan...
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1 June 2023
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20 June 2024
NEA, Paris, France
Date: 18-20 June 2024
Place: OECD/NEA Headquarters
46, Quai Alphonse Le Gallo
92100 Boulogne-Billancourt (Paris) - FRANCE
Minimum enrollment: 10 participants
Maximum enrollment: 16 participa...
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12 March 2024
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10 November 2023
NEA, Paris, France
Date: 6-10 November 2023
Place: OECD/NEA Headquarters
46, Quai Alphonse Le Gallo
92100 Boulogne-Billancourt (Paris) - FRANCE
Minimum enrollment: 15 participants
Maximum enrollment: 20 partic...
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14 September 2023
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4 March 2024
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5 February 2024
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7 March 2024
Members of the NEA Working Group on Leadership and Safety Culture (WGLSC) discussed ongoing activities at a meeting in Budapest.
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12 April 2024
The NEA participated in the 14th Clean Energy Ministerial in Goa, India.
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25 July 2023
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 and enhancing stakeholder engagem...
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11 March 2024
L’un des nombreux enseignements tirés au sujet de la sûreté nucléaire au fil du temps est que les aspects humains sont tout aussi importants que les enjeux techniques de l’exploitation nucléaire. Si ...
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5 April 2024
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17 November 2023
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4 May 2023
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15 April 2024
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19 April 2023
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27 September 2024
Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, United States
Context of the workshop
Since its inception, the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has served as a flexible and powerful platform for multinational research co-operation, particularly in areas related to n...
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15 April 2024
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5 February 2024
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...
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17 November 2023
Nuclear legislation: France
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19 September 2023
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24 May 2024
NEA, Paris, France
Date: 21-24 May 2024
Place: OECD/NEA headquarters
46, Quai Alphonse Le Gallo
92100 Boulogne-Billancourt (Paris) - FRANCE
Minimum enrollment: 8 participants
Maximum enrollment: 22 participant...
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16 April 2024
On 11 March 2011, a massive earthquake of magnitude 9.0 on the Richter scale jolted the eastern coast of Japan. An hour after the earthquake, a 14-15 m tsunami, as estimated at the Fukushima Daiichi ...
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9 March 2023
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10 March 2023
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10 March 2023
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...
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8 March 2023
Nuclear legislation: Germany
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19 September 2023
This Global Forum Working Group focuses on activities to increase the number of women in the nuclear field.
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25 May 2023
Co-Chair: Raul Barrachina (left), National Atomic Energy Commission and Kenichi Ishikawa (right), University of Tokyo
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25 May 2023
Co-Chair: Emanuela Colombo (left), Politecnico di Milano and Edward Obbard (right), The University of New South Wales Sydney (UNSW)
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25 May 2023
Co-Chair: Ian Farnan (left), University of Cambridge and Man-Sung Yim (right), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
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25 May 2023
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28 August 2023
NEA and French Ministry for Energy Transition hosted Roadmaps to New Nuclear conference.
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29 September 2023
French Ministry for Energy Transition and OECD Nuclear Energy Agency to hold joint conference in Paris.
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26 July 2023
Halden Hammlab research facility for human factor research.
The NEA Halden HTO Project is a continuation of Man-Technology-Organisation (MTO) research carried out for more than 40 years as part of t...
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22 March 2024
This handbook makes international guidance on estimating decommissioning costs more accessible by compiling material from two key reports: the International Structure for Decommissioning Costing (ISD...
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8 February 2024
Heavy liquid metals such as lead or lead-bismuth have been proposed and investigated as coolants for fast reactors since the 1950s. More recently, there has been renewed interest worldwide in the use...
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26 January 2024
High Burnup Experiments in Reactivity Initiated Accident (HERA) is dedicated to the understanding of LWR fuel performance at high burn-up under reactivity-initiated accidents (RIA).
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6 March 2023
A cabinet containing copper bus before the HEAF test (left) and after the test(right). Source: NRC
Massive electrical discharges, referred to as high energy arcing faults (HEAF), have occurred in nuc...
Published date:
19 April 2023
The overall objective of the High-level Group on Low Dose Research (HLG-LDR) is to support radiological protection policy, regulation and implementation choices by improving the effectiveness and eff...
Published date:
12 May 2023
The CRPPH held its annual meeting on 4-6 April 2023 at the NEA premises in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
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21 April 2023
Illustration of the Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory and locations of the in situ experiments planned in each of the three HIP Joint Project task
The Horonobe International Project (HIP) is a...
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13 October 2023
The NEA Data Bank distributes nuclear computer codes and processed nuclear data libraries to eligible IAEA Member countries upon request. Requesters in this category are encouraged to familiarise t...
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27 January 2023
Nuclear legislation: Hungary
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19 September 2023
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28 November 2023
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9 February 2024
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20 February 2024
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5 March 2024
The Technical Review Groups for both projects met at the NEA headquarters on 3-7 April 2023.
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24 April 2023
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29 August 2023
The Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) has been organising a series of symposia every five years focusing on the development of a competent and robust safety case since 2007, in co‑operatio...
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21 November 2023
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30 November 2023
NEA/NSC/R(2022)2
Under the guidance of the NEA Nuclear Science Committee (NSC), the Expert Group on Improvement of Integral Experiments Data for Minor Actinide Management (EGIEMAM-II) was established to recommend nec...
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4 March 2024
“Improving Cross-disciplinary and Transversal Skills for the Severe Accidents Community” approved by NEST Management Board.
Published date:
18 December 2023
In capacity building and gender balance, a key goal is to attract and retain more women in the technology and science fields by promoting education and development in those areas.
Published date:
8 June 2023
On 11-12 October 2023, the NEA Task Group on Improving the Gender Balance in the Nuclear Sector (GB-TG) met in Paris to discuss ongoing work and future activities.
Published date:
24 November 2023
8 March 2023
13:30-15:00 CET, Online
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...
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10 February 2023
Thermodynamic databases and accident prevention
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24 February 2023
TCOFF-2 members discuss future activities.
Published date:
10 July 2023
The INCA experiments will provide comparative data on the irradiation induced creep of current Zr alloys and Cr coated samples
Published date:
15 November 2023
Nuclear legislation: India
Published date:
19 September 2023
The Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) Project provides a forum for radiological protection (RP) professionals from nuclear electricity utilities and national regulatory authorities w...
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21 February 2024
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9 May 2023
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8 February 2024
Innovations in nuclear safety thermal-hydraulics
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26 June 2023
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19 April 2024
Ahmad Sleiman, a PhD student in neurotoxicology at IRSN, talks about his NEST Framework Fellowship.
Published date:
10 October 2023
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15 March 2024
Paris, France
Photo credit: Joel A. Kulesza, Roger Lee Martz, LANL LA-UR-17-23854
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26 January 2024
NEA workshop addresses the importance of a secure supply chain of medical radioisotopes to save lives.
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30 November 2023
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29 May 2024
Avignon, France
Long-term decommissioning programmes of nuclear facilities (NPPs, fuel cycle plants, research facilities, etc.) are major stakes for the nuclear industry, and innovation initiatives are needed.
This ...
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12 March 2024
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17 August 2023
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
The International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2023) is a part of a series of topical meetings organised by the Mathematics and ...
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27 May 2021
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6 October 2023
Sendai International Center, Miyagi, Japan
The 12th International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety (ICNC) was held in Sendai, Japan, on 1-6 October 2023. Twenty years after the last conference in Japan, which was held in Tokai-mura as...
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13 December 2022
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19 May 2023
Vienna, Austria
Purpose and objectives
The purpose of the event is to discuss achievements, challenges and lessons learnt in the decommissioning of nuclear facilities, highlighting current priority needs and sharing...
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10 January 2023
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10 November 2023
Vienna, Austria
The purpose of the event is to provide a forum for fostering the exchange of information, experiences, and anticipated future developments in the interrelationships between safety and sustainable dev...
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10 January 2023
The Nuclear Terrorism Convention's main objective relates to the criminalisation of a number of nuclear and radioactive material related offences, the establishment of jurisdiction over these offen...
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2 April 2024
The Terrorist Bombings Convention's objective is to enhance international co-operation among states in devising and adopting effective and practical measures for the prevention of acts of terrorism...
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27 October 2023
The Terrorist Financing Convention's objective is to enhance international co-operation among states in devising and adopting effective measures for the prevention of the financing of terrorism, as...
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21 November 2023
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16 November 2023
Office for Nuclear Regulation, Merton Road, Bootle, Merseyside L20 7HS, United Kingdom
The workshop on the Approaches to design, implementation and operation of electrical systems for beyond design basis equipment and management of geomagnetically induced currents in electrical systems...
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22 June 2023
FACE project members met on 28-30 June 2023 in Paris, France.
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24 July 2023
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3 November 2023
Labadi Beach Hotel, Accra, Ghana
The International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC) hosted its first Ministerial Conference since the COVID-19 pandemic on 1-3 November 2023. Organised in co-operation with the Ghana A...
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21 August 2023
Description of the contents of the IFPE collection, maintained by the NEA and the IAEA.
Published date:
8 April 2024
International Fuel Performance Experiments (IFPE) is a data collection of nuclear fuel performance experiments for the purpose of code development and validation.
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18 January 2024
Guidance to request the data collection of nuclear fuel performance experiments for the purpose of code development and validation.
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19 April 2023
The International Nuclear Law Essentials (INLE) is a one-week programme run by the NEA covering practical issues in international nuclear law.
Published date:
10 April 2024
27 February 2023 -
3 March 2023
OECD Conference Centre, Paris
Applications are closed
Programme
The 2023 International Nuclear Law Essentials (INLE) programme will be conducted under the leadership of Paul Bowden, Honorary Professor of Law at the Nottingham La...
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7 February 2023
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8 March 2024
OECD Conference Centre, Paris
4-8 March 2024
The application period is now closed.
Programme
The 2024 International Nuclear Law Essentials (INLE) programme will be conducted under the leadership of Paul Bowden, Honorary Professo...
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1 February 2024
International Nuclear Law Essentials (INLE) course took place on 4-8 March.
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19 March 2024
The CRPPH has long served as a forum for exchange and co-operation, to establish best practices, contribute to the development of the key recommendations of the International Commission on Radiologic...
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18 March 2024
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18 August 2023
Stockholm University, Sweden
The 2023 edition of the IRPS took place in person in Stockholm, Sweden from 14-18 August 2023, in co-operation with the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) and the Centre for Radiation Protectio...
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2 October 2023
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16 August 2024
Stockholm University, Sweden
The 2024 edition of the IRPS will be held in person at Stockholm University, Sweden, from 12-16 August 2024, in co-operation with the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) and the Centre for Radia...
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18 March 2024
The International School of Nuclear Law (ISNL) is a two-week programme run annually by the NEA and the University of Montpellier and supported by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Coveri...
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9 April 2024
21 August 2023 -
1 September 2023
Montpellier, France
The application period for the 2023 session is now closed.
Published date:
7 September 2023
26 August 2024 -
6 September 2024
Montpellier, France
The application period for the 2024 session is now closed.
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9 April 2024
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9 November 2023
ISNL 2023 gathered 60 graduate students and professionals from across the world.
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11 September 2023
The International School on Simulation of Nuclear Reactor Systems (SINUS) provides hybrid, hands-on-training encompassing multiphysics modelling and simulation (M&S) and associated validation, verifi...
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21 December 2023
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6 December 2023
NEA/CSNI/R(2021)9
This synthesis report summarises the technical programme and the outcome of the 2018 International Severe Accident Management Conference (ISAMC-2018) organised in Ottawa, Ontario on 15-18 October 201...
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11 December 2023
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17 May 2023
International Convention Center (ICC), Jeju, Korea
The International workshop on disruptive technologies for nuclear safety applications is one of the most significant digital innovation events of the year. This two-day workshop was held on 16-17 May...
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9 May 2023
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17 November 2023
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, United States
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10 October 2023
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31 October 2023
OECD Conference Centre, Paris, France
Current status and future actions to ensure the reliable supply for molybdenum-99 (99Mo), and a conversation on a new generation of innovative radioisotopes for diagnostics and therapy
The NEA hosted...
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10 November 2023
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13 September 2023
IRSN, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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4 September 2023
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6 June 2023
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States
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20 April 2023
International experts gathered at the NEA for the commencement of the third phase TAF-ID on 16-17 February 2023.
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24 February 2023
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8 March 2024
Paris, France
Photo credit: Joel A. Kulesza, LANL LA-UR-21-25545
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26 January 2024
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13 April 2023
Online training course
Dates: 12-13 April 2023
- Wednesday, 12 April 2023: lectures
- Thursday, 13 April 2023: practice
Location: Online course, 9:00-13:00 (CEST, UTC+02:00, Paris time)
Course fee: 50 EUR
Registration de...
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8 March 2023
NEA/NSC/R(2021)4
The understanding of nuclear physics and the associated uncertainties is essential to the modelling of all nuclear systems. Nuclear reaction probabilities, emitted particle energies and angles, fissi...
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8 February 2023
NEA webinars explore a common understanding of optimisation as an approach to decision making.
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8 February 2023
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30 January 2023
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2 February 2023
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14 February 2024
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14 February 2024
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...
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19 January 2024
JANIS TRANS Checker is a command line tool for EXFOR compilers to check PRELIM or TRANS files and reports potential deviations from EXFOR coding rules.
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30 November 2023
National legislation: Japan
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19 September 2023
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21 April 2023
The Joint Convention is an incentive convention that aims to, inter alia, achieve and a high level of safety worldwide in spent fuel and radioactive waste management, through the enhancement of nat...
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6 December 2023
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24 October 2024
Paris, France
The Joint International Conference on Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications + Monte Carlo (SNA + MC 2024) is a long-standing conference that focuses on high-performance software development and use....
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17 January 2023
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6 October 2023
Austria, Vienna
Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) technologies are attracting great interest in the public and private sectors for a broad spectrum of applications worldwide. Most efforts at the international level are devo...
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31 May 2023
Image adapted from Romolo Tavani, Shutterstock.
Exploring how innovative nuclear systems require innovative waste management solutions
The new NEA Joint Project on Waste Integration for Small and Adv...
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7 March 2024
The Joint Protocol acts as a bridge between the Paris and Vienna Conventions, effectively extending the benefits provided by one convention to victims in countries that have joined the other conven...
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2 April 2024
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26 June 2024
NEA headquarters, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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20 March 2024
Project members held a meeting to discuss the activities.
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16 April 2024
Nuclear legislation: Korea
Published date:
19 September 2023
Improving gender balance in nuclear
Published date:
8 March 2023
Lead-cooled Fast Reactors (LFR) are rather new concepts which have gathered increasing international attention after the Generation-IV International Forum (GIF) selected them as promising candidates ...
Published date:
9 June 2023
There are many types of legal challenges that can be raised in the context of the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. Each country’s framework for legal challenges related to the peaceful use of nuclear...
Published date:
20 March 2024
The legislation country reports provide comprehensive information on the regulatory and institutional framework governing nuclear activities in OECD and NEA member countries.
Published date:
2 April 2024
The Working Party on Nuclear Liability and Transport (WPNLT) agreed to prepare and publish specific country sheets presenting provisions related to nuclear transport and transit under the relevant na...
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27 March 2024
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27 March 2024
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17 November 2023
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17 November 2023
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17 November 2023
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17 November 2023
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30 May 2023
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31 January 2023
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2 October 2023
JAEA High-temperature Engineering Test Reactor Photo: Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)
The Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) Task Group on Advanced Reactor Experimental Facil...
Published date:
19 March 2024
View looking down onto the LOFT reactor
The Loss-of-fluid Test (LOFT) Research Programme was originally set up by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Part of the programme was later broadened int...
Published date:
2 October 2023
The main decision body of the NEST Framework is the Management Board which includes one member and one alternate from each NEST Country.
Published date:
4 September 2023
The NEA held its second Risk Communication Training Course on 13-16 November in Abu Dhabi.
Published date:
4 December 2023
View of the RASPLAV-3 Facility.
The Material Scaling (MASCA) Project was a follow-up of the RASPLAV Project and investigated in-vessel phenomena during a severe accident with core melt. Specifica...
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6 October 2023
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30 November 2023
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON (Canada)
The Materials Modelling and Simulation for Nuclear Fuels (MMSNF) Workshop is a forum for the discussion of state-of-the-art modelling and simulation techniques for nuclear fuels and cladding material...
Published date:
20 November 2023
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 ...
Published date:
2 February 2023
2 February 2023
16:00-17:30 CET, Online
Uranium is the primary source of fuel for nuclear power plants, which provides large-scale low-carbon baseload electricity for more than 30 countries around the world and is the world’s second larges...
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25 August 2022
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10 March 2023
Paris, France
This advanced course is designed for people who have experience in running MCNP Monte Carlo calculations, but who would like to advance their skills and develop greater depth of understanding of theo...
Published date:
28 August 2023
27 February 2023 -
3 March 2023
Paris, France
***The course is full***
This intermediate course is designed for people who have some experience in running MCNP Monte Carlo calculations, but who would like to refresh or advance their skills. Prov...
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13 January 2023
A new working group will focus on HTGRs.
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22 March 2024
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24 October 2023
A total of 16 countries are parties to the Paris Convention.
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11 December 2023
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19 April 2024
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), California, USA
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2 February 2024
In a core melt accident, if the molten core is not retained in-vessel despite severe accident mitigation actions, the core debris will relocate to the reactor cavity region and interact with the stru...
Published date:
2 October 2023
Members of FIDES-II from 12 countries assembled in Prague, Czech Republic, on 17-21 April 2023 for meetings of its Technical Advisory Group and Governing Board.
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21 April 2023
FIDES-II member assembled at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) in Mito, Japan.
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23 November 2023
The NEA held its first Indigenous International Mentoring Workshop for female students in Ontario on 7-10 May 2023.
Published date:
3 June 2023
Nuclear legislation: Mexico
Published date:
19 September 2023
NEA Director-General William D. Magwood was in Spain on 16-17 January for a series of meetings.
Published date:
25 January 2024
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31 August 2023
Status of accession of the Framework Agreement and Protocol on a Multilateral Nuclear Environmental Programme in the Russian Federation (MNEPR).
Published date:
17 November 2023
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9 November 2023
Information on, including the status of adherence to, the multilateral agreements of highest import to international nuclear law.
Published date:
21 April 2023
NEA delegation participates in discussions at the Regulatory Information Conference in Washington D.C.
Published date:
27 March 2023
The NEA and the World Association of Nuclear Operators have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
Published date:
24 April 2023
NEA and CNIC announced plans for collaborative efforts to help ensure the supply of medical radioisotopes.
Published date:
31 October 2023
The NEA announced today that it will co-operate with Net Zero Nuclear, the platform that the global nuclear industry has launched to deliver a Financing Nuclear work stream during COP28 in Dubai.
Published date:
3 October 2023
The NEA participated in the 28th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to shed light on nuclear energy’s role in addressing climate change.
Published date:
11 December 2023
The NEA Data Bank Computer Program Service (CPS) has been conducting training activities for more than 30 years. These courses provide a unique opportunity to bring together code users from around th...
Published date:
15 March 2024
In November 2023, the NEA Data Bank held two beginner level courses in Paris, France.
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21 November 2023
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15 April 2024
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4 May 2023
NEA forms Women in Nuclear Global Chapter
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30 January 2023
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11 October 2023
Pitești, Romania
The NEA in co-ordination with the National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest will convene the second country-specific workshop under the NEA Global Forum on Nuclear Education...
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26 September 2023
The Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy acts as an inclusive network of experts in the nuclear energy sector, primarily from academia, focused on enabling the generation...
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2 October 2023
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7 April 2023
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18 October 2023
Seoul, Korea
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27 September 2023
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31 October 2023
More than 50 participants from 25 countries took part in the five-day course.
Published date:
15 September 2023
Workshops seek to create motivating connections between female students and senior female representatives in STEM.
Published date:
26 January 2024
NEA/CSNI/R(2022)9
The objective of this study is to compare leak rate computation practices and the applied tools and software solutions. Leak rate prediction is an important aspect of the leak-beforebreak assessment,...
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13 March 2024
NEA organised the first official visit to Ghana on 1-6 November 2023.
Published date:
28 November 2023
The NEA co-organised the International Workshop on Disruptive Technologies for Nuclear Safety Applications on 16-17 May 2023 in Jeju, Korea.
Published date:
4 June 2023
NEA delegation led by Director-General Magwood was in Romania for a series of meetings and to co-host a workshop.
Published date:
29 June 2023
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15 April 2024
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...
Published date:
13 April 2023
The NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) and the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) convened on 4-8 December to discuss current activities and plan future body o...
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18 December 2023
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2 February 2023
The 38 nations of the OECD have committed to improving gender balance in the nuclear sector and have formally called on national authorities and the industry to increase the number of women in scienc...
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8 June 2023
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28 February 2024
NEA/CSNI/R(2022)3
The NEA Specialist Workshop on Advanced Measurement Method and Instrumentation for Enhancing Severe Accident Management in a Nuclear Power Plant addressing Emergency, Stabilisation and Long-term Reco...
Published date:
15 April 2024
The NEA survey on the status of nuclear education, training and outreach in member countries is conducted by the NEA Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy Working Group 2:...
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22 March 2023
The imperative to reduce carbon emissions is profoundly transforming the electricity and energy systems of OECD and NEA countries. This sets in motion a number of interrelated developments that chall...
Published date:
5 March 2024
NEA Director-General William D. Magwood, IV was in Poland on 30-31 May 2023 for a series of meetings.
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6 June 2023
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21 December 2023
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15 April 2024
The project led by JAEA/CLADS will be dedicated to advanced remote technology for decommissioning under intense gamma-ray radiation environments (e.g. robotics, virtual reality).
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22 March 2023
NEST Alumni share valuable lessons from their fellowships
Published date:
25 April 2023
The proposed NEST project BEAST addresses postgraduate students, postdoctoral researchers and young professionals, who intend to work in the field of Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Management. The...
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24 May 2023
28 November 2023
Online Event
To celebrate the achievements of the Nuclear Education, Skills and Technology (NEST) Framework since its inception in 2019, the NEA will hold a virtual NEST Fellows Award Competition on 28 November 2...
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13 September 2023
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13 September 2023
The NEST HYMERES project addresses safety-relevant phenomena in containments during accidents. It offers hands-on training opportunities during the experimental test campaigns carried at the PSI PAND...
Published date:
22 March 2023
NEA Nuclear Education, Skills and Technology (NEST) Framework leaflet (2023).
Published date:
7 April 2023
MANTRAS includes educational and training courses, events on applications in the medical sector, and access to the available research infrastructures. It focuses in particular on the development of n...
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22 March 2023
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26 May 2023
Idaho National Laboratory, USA
The 2023 Microreactor Deployment Workshop will enable participating student teams to understand the multi-disciplinary challenges in deploying microreactors. Over a one-week course, students will be ...
Published date:
2 May 2023
This project aims to integrate SMR research projects from the individual participant organisation countries into a broader and more impactful programme. It will include elements of technology assessm...
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22 March 2023
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4 December 2023
Nuclear legislation: Netherlands
Published date:
19 September 2023
The CRISSUE-S Project was created to re-evaluate fundamental technical issues with the technology of light water reactors (LWRs).
Published date:
2 November 2023
NEA/CSNI/R(2021)3
Recent operating experience in nuclear power plants has shown that there is a safety concern associated with the use of new industrial devices, including digital devices, in safety power systems in b...
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15 May 2023
The group met in Paris to discuss future activities.
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23 January 2024
The NEA has published the latest version of the NEA Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Dashboard which provides a comprehensive assessment of the progress made by 56 SMR designers and companies worldwide.
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7 March 2024
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4 May 2023
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7 December 2023
NEA, Paris, France
The course is full
Date: 4-7 December 2023
Place: OECD/NEA Headquarters
46, Quai Alphonse Le Gallo
92100 Boulogne-Billancourt (Paris) - FRANCE
Minimum enrollment: 15 participants
Maximum e...
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17 November 2023
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12 March 2024
Under the guidance of the Nuclear Science Committee (NSC), the Task Force on Demonstration of Fuel Cycle Closure including Partitioning and Transmutation (P&T) for Industrial Readiness by 2050 (TF-FC...
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8 January 2024
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4 May 2023
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28 April 2023
NEA Headquarters, 46 Alphonse Le Gallo, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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21 April 2023
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26 April 2024
NEA Headquarters, 46 Alphonse Le Gallo, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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8 April 2024
The NEA launched the Nuclear Education, Skills and Technology (NEST) Framework in partnership with its member countries to help address important gaps in nuclear skills capacity building, knowledge t...
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13 September 2023
Nuclear Energy Agency Welcomes Assistant Secretary Huff’s Announcement on the United States’ Decision to Join the NEA Data Bank
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16 August 2023
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4 December 2023
23 June 2023
14:00-15:30 CEST - Room D, OECD, 2 Rue André Pascal, 75016 Paris, France and Online
Many African countries are considering nuclear energy in their plans to increase electricity supply while reducing emissions. As part of the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact the OECD Nuclear En...
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12 June 2023
NEA Director-General Magwood joined a line-up of over 200 speakers in the World Governments Summit in Dubai on 12-14 February.
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28 February 2024
The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law.
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14 March 2024
Older issues of the Nuclear Law Bulletin (Nos. 1 to 80).
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3 April 2023
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...
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5 July 2023
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...
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22 September 2023
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...
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14 March 2024
The Nuclear Law Committee (NLC) is a highly focused group of specialists designated by the NEA member countries, comprising lawyers, policy makers, academics and from time to time, technical experts....
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5 March 2024
Nuclear Law Education Resources
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6 June 2023
WPLANS members gathered on 27 September 2023.
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4 October 2023
The NEA gathered nuclear law experts for meetings in June 2023.
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26 June 2023
The NEA workshop took place in Fukushima on 29-31 July.
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23 October 2023
Analytical studies on nuclear legislation in OECD member countries and in Central and Eastern Europe and the NIS issued between 1995 and 2003.
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27 October 2023
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2 June 2023
20 September 2023
NEA, 46 Quai Alphonse Le Gallo, 92100, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
The NEA nuclear data stakeholder meeting, hosted at the NEA headquarters, will gather representatives from organisations that are end-users of nuclear modelling and simulation tools to exchange views...
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4 September 2023
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16 November 2023
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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8 August 2023
One of the major achievements of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) is the knowledge it has helped to generate through the organisation of joint international research projects. Such projects, prim...
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15 April 2024
The NEA nuclear science programme is developed and executed by the Nuclear Science Committee (NSC), comprising high-level scientific experts from all NEA member countries.
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6 December 2023
Established to help fulfil the objectives of the Agency and the Nuclear Science Committee (NSC), the NSC Programme Review Group (PRG) formulates recommendations based on best practices to optimise ac...
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19 March 2024
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 for...
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24 October 2023
Convention/treaty status of each member country of the OECD or the NEA.
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24 January 2024
PAKS Nuclear Power Plant, Hungary.
During a fuel crud removal operation on the Paks-2 unit on 10 April 2003, several fuel assemblies were severely damaged. The assemblies were being cleaned in a sp...
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2 October 2023
NEA/CSNI/R(2021)8
The objective of the NEA THAI-3 project was to address open questions concerning the behaviour of hydrogen, iodine and aerosols under severe accident conditions in the containment of water cooled rea...
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28 August 2023
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7 April 2023
OECD Headquarters, Paris
Dates: 3-7 April, 2023
Place: OECD Headquarters in Paris, France
Minimum enrollment required: 12 participants
Course fee: 1000 EUR
This 4.5-day interactive course is intended to give students a thorough...
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27 January 2023
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9 March 2023
Leaders from regulation, government, industry, academia, international organisations and NGOs on 5-7 September 2023 in Paris.
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23 October 2023
The NEA event reviews the accomplishments of the joint safety projects.
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27 January 2023
PANDA vessel assembly (construction phase, 1993), PSI.
The PANDA project is a follow-up of the HYMERES-2 project, and its general objective is to advance the knowledge on the containment of thermal...
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31 August 2023
Compilation of the decisions, recommendations and interpretations concerning the Paris Convention
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13 March 2023
The Paris Convention establishes a nuclear liability and compensation regime to compensate victims of a nuclear accident. The PC is open to OECD member countries as of right and non-member countrie...
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2 April 2024
The Paris Convention establishes a nuclear liability and compensation regime to compensate victims of a nuclear accident. The PC is open to OECD member countries as of right and non-member countries ...
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30 March 2023
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9 March 2023
Latest status of ratifications or accessions to the Paris Convention on Nuclear Third Party Liability.
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4 April 2023
Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy of 29 July 1960, as amended by the Additional Protocol of 28 January 1964, by the Protocol of 16 November 1982 and by the Protocol o...
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2 February 2024
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17 April 2023
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2 February 2024
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7 July 2023
Barcelona, Spain
Date: 3-7 July 2023
Location: Universitat de Barcelona - Facultat de Fisica
Diagonal 645
08028 Barcelona - SPAIN
Course fee: 1500 Euros
Registration deadline: 26 May 2023
Participants m...
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4 April 2023
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30 June 2023
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18 January 2024
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17 May 2024
NEA, Paris, France
Date: 13-17 May 2024
Place: NEA Headquarters
46, Quai Alphonse Le Gallo
92100 Boulogne-Billancourt (Paris) - FRANCE
Minimum enrollment: 10 participants
Maximum enrollment: 20 participants
Co...
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18 January 2024
Pipe Degradation & Failure as a Function of In-Service Time (Years) at the time of the OPDE project closure
The goals of the Piping Failure Data Exchange (OPDE) Project were to:
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20 February 2024
PAKS control room.
Under an agreement with the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, (JAERI), the NEA supported an international research project with the goal of developing a plant safety monito...
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19 December 2023
Nuclear legislation: Poland
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19 September 2023
National legislation: Portugal
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19 September 2023
P2M includes in-pile tests and Post-Irradiated Examinations in Hot-Laboratory to assess the operational margins at high power.
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6 December 2023
Workshop: The medium and the message: Challenges and solutions in selecting and preserving records of radioactive waste
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12 September 2023
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10 March 2023