Uranium is the raw material used to fuel over 400 operational nuclear reactors around the world that produce large amounts of electricity and benefit from life cycle carbon emissions as low as renewa...

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

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

国家内部和国家之间核设施退役成本估算的格式、内容和实践存在很大差异。这些差异自有其正当理由，但也会使审查估算值的过程变得复杂，估算值本身也难以论证。因此经济合作与发展组织核能署、国际原子能机构和欧盟委员会联合倡议列出退役成本的标准清单，可以直接用于成本估算或将估算值转换为标准的通用结构便于比较。本报告结合迄今为止积累的经验，更新了早期1999年公布的条目。修订后的成本分项结构旨在体现退役项目计划...

Cost estimation for the decommissioning of nuclear facilities can vary considerably in format, content and practice both within and across countries. These differences may have legitimate reasons but...

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

Swedish version of Country-Specific Safety Culture Forum: Sweden

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

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 ...

The Workshop on the Indemnification of Damage in the Event of a Nuclear Accident, organised by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency in close co-operation with the French authorities, was held in Paris from...

The Second International Workshop on the Indemnification of Nuclear Damage was held in Bratislava, Slovak Republic, from 18 to 20 May 2005. The workshop was co-organised by the OECD Nuclear Energy Ag...

The Third International Workshop on the Indemnification of Damage in the Event of a Nuclear Accident was held in Bratislava, Slovak Republic in October 2017. It was organised in co-operation with the...

The Fourth International Workshop on the Indemnification of Damage in the Event of a Nuclear Accident took place in Lisbon, Portugal in October 2019. It was organised in collaboration with the Instit...

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...

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...

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 (PCMI). The process i...

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 (PCMI). The process i...

This is Volume 15 in the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) “Chemical Thermodynamics” series that features expert reviews of the chemical thermodynamics of key chemical elements in nuclear technology a...

This publication addresses trends and patterns in material degradation as a function of nuclear power plant ageing, which is a key topic in the regulation of ageing management programmes, codes and s...

Realising the full contribution of nuclear energy to achieving net zero targets requires mastering the challenge of financing and constructing significant numbers of new reactors. This new NEA report...

Emergency preparedness programmes around the world are designed to protect people from the health effects arising from radiological releases. The science behind these programmes is both well known an...

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...

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

This report established by the NEA Working Group on Fuel Safety (WGFS) of the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) compiles the state-of-the-art knowledge on fuel behaviour in loss...

The potential deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs) is viewed by many countries as a transformative opportunity to support net zero objectives through various power and non-power applications. ...

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...

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

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...

This publication on small modular reactors (SMRs) for mining is the first of a series of NEA case studies that assess the opportunities and challenges for SMRs to support decarbonisation of hard-to-a...

Scaling up investment flows in nuclear energy is one of the major challenges for OECD and NEA countries that have decided or are considering the construction of nuclear power plants. This report offe...

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...

健全な安全文化は、原子力安全を高いレベルで維持するために必須なことであると考えられてきた。各国が目指すことは類似しているが、国の文化的特性を含む様々な要因により、実際の取り組み状況は異なる。このような特性は、安全文化に良い影響を与えることもあれば課題となることもある。したがって、原子力界においては、それぞれの文化的背景の中でどのような影響が存在するかを特定し、これらの影響が安全文化にどのような効...

A healthy safety culture has long been considered essential to maintaining high levels of nuclear safety. Although safety goals across countries are similar, the operational realities vary due to a r...

The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), in co-ordination with the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) of Japan, hosted the “International Conference on Regulators’ Views and Priorities on Nuclear Safety and ...

The brochure provides background information about the NEA.

This report is intended to serve as a practical guide to explain the organisational characteristics, attributes and ways of thinking that can help a nuclear regulator build and maintain trust with in...

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...

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...

Contracted services are an integral part of the design, construction and operation of a nuclear facility. Changes in the nuclear industry sector, including varied availability of nuclear expertise, t...

Each nuclear power plant, fuel cycle facility and nuclear research and test facility that is operating today will eventually reach the end of its useful life and cease operation. During the period of...

The concept of improving nuclear safety versus maintaining it has been discussed at a number of nuclear regulators meetings in recent years. National reports have indicated that there are philosophic...