Decommissioning of both commercially used and R&D nuclear facilities is expected to increase significantly in the coming years, and the largest of such industrial decommissioning projects could comma...

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

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

Activities carried out over the last three decades in relation to core-concrete interactions and melt coolability, as well as related containment failure modes, have significantly increased the level...

All national radioactive waste management authorities recognise today that a robust safety case is essential in developing disposal facilities for radioactive waste. To improve the robustness of the ...

Large quantities of materials arising from the decommissioning of nuclear facilities are non-radioactive per se. An additional significant share of materials is of very low-level or low-level radioac...

Analytical codes and methods play a critical role in the design and safety analysis of nuclear reactors, helping to evaluate complex systems against potential severe events. This NEA report addresses...

This book describes the legal regime established to deal with the aftermath of a nuclear accident and the reappraisal of that regime following the Chernobyl disaster. It focuses particularly on the i...

L'évaluation de la sûreté à long terme des centres de stockage des déchets radioactifs nécessite notamment d’étudier les événements perturbateurs d’origine naturelle ou humaine et d’en évaluer les im...

Rapport établi conjointement par l'AEN et l'AIEA

Le respect de l'environnement prend une importance croissante dans le secteur de la production d'uranium car :

- les nouvelles installations doivent êt...

DOI: 10.1787/g2gh1d07-en

The concept of sustainable development, which emerged from the report of the 1987 World Commission on Environment and Development (the Brundtland report), is of increasing in...

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

DOI: 4Ne4=W/5g;sC

Cette publication analyse la législation et la réglementation régissant les utilisations pacifiques de l'énergie nucléaire en Europe de l'Est. Elle couvre 11 pays d'Europe centrale ...

DOI: 10.1787/9789264173859-en

ISBN-13: 9789264173859, 9789264171169

Workshop Proceedings, Avignon, France, 6-7 October 1998

The optimisation of the nuclear fuel cycle is a key issue for the sustainabi...

DOI: 10.1787/9789264280571-fr

La compétitivité des centrales nucléaires dépend dans une large mesure de leurs coûts en capital qui représentent environ 60 pour cent des coûts totaux de la production ...

DOI: 10.1787/9789264082298-en-fr

Energy and nuclear policy makers face many challenges as they evaluate options to ensure an adequate supply of electricity while pursuing environmental, economic and ...

DOI: 10.1787/9789264082298-en-fr

The International Symposium on the Reform of Civil Nuclear Liability, organised by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency in co-operation with the International Atomic Energy...

DOI: 10.1787/9789264181526-en

Workshop Proceedings, Stockholm, Sweden, 4-5 October 1999

The opening of energy markets is leading to increased competition, and the nuclear power industry must adapt if ...

DOI: 10.1787/9789264082182-en-fr

Integrated performance assessments (IPAs) of radioactive waste repositories deep underground are made at different stages of repository development in order, for exam...

10.1787/9789264073289-en

Plant life management is becoming an increasingly important topic both in nuclear power plant operations and in international discussions on the role of nuclear energy. As in...

DOI: 10.1787/g2gh1c9a-en

ISBN-13: 9789264160996

GEOTRAP is the OECD/NEA Project on Radionuclide Migration in Geologic, Heterogeneous Media carried out in the context of site characterisation and eval...

10.1787/9789264173378-en

Over the last 50 years particle accelerators have evolved from simple devices to powerful machines, and will continue to have an important impact on research, technology and ...

10.1787/94d5e451-en

Knowledge of basic nuclear physics data is essential for the modelling and safe operation of all types of nuclear facilities. The de facto international standard format, Evaluated...

DOI: 10.1787/cd079210-en

This report further explores some of the key elements presented in The Safety Culture of an Effective Regulatory Body (2016), commonly known as the NEA Green Booklet, and pro...

DOI: 10.1787/be85cb3d-en

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

DOI: 10.1787/58b25dca-en

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

DOI: 10.1787/89d851b6-en

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

DOI: 10.1787/f2135036-en

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

DOI: 10.1787/ac21f8be-en

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

DOI: 10.1787/1da1f064-en

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

DOI: 10.1787/9789264014244-fr

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

DOI: 10.1787/b94e0fcc-ja

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

DOI: 10.1787/g2gh1c75-en

ISBN-13: 9789264154599

As we near the beginning of the 21st century, the industrialised world continues to change. Economic pressures in all facets of modern industry have ...

DOI: 10.1787/g2gh1c68-en

ISBN-13: 9789264148840

One of the initiatives of the Clay Club has been to launch a compilation and a review of the relevant literature on the basic concepts and mechanisms w...

DOI: 10.1787/g2gh1c43-en

ISBN-13: 9789264143760

Proceedings of a Seminar, Saclay, France, 27-29 April 1993

DOI: 10.1787/g2gh1c51-en

ISBN-13: 9789264145276

Proceedings of an NEA/Paul Scherrer Institute Workshop Bad Zurzach, Switzerland, 14-16 September 1994

DOI: 10.1787/g2gh1c46-en

ISBN-13: 9789264144200

DOI: 10.1787/g2gh1c8b-en

ISBN-13: 9789264160217

An evaluation of the occurrence of fluid flow through faults and fractures is of primary importance for the performance assessment of radioactive waste...

DOI: 10.1787/g2gh1c79-en

ISBN-13: 9789264155091

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

DOI: 10.1787/g2gh1c88-en

ISBN-13:  9789264160330

These fact sheets present the radioactive waste management programmes of 20 OECD/NEA member countries. They include information about the sources, type...

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

10.1787/5c58a5c1-en

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

10.1787/8580e7ce-en

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 w...

10.1787/e586e483-en

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

10.1787/0df32944-en

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 neede...

10.1787/05353d10-en

Many of the failures that occur in nuclear fuel rods in light water reactors around the world are caused by the phenomenon of mechanical interaction between pellets and cladding (...